Why apply for a job at KU Leuven COSIC?
- COSIC is a top research group in the crypto and security field.
- KU Leuven is one of Belgium’s leading research institutions.
- Leuven is a lively, friendly university city located near Brussels.
- The campus offers high-class educational and recreational facilities.
- Both the research group and the university provide a dynamic and international environment.
- The working language is English, the knowledge of Dutch is not required.
- There are ample networking opportunities with people working in the security field.
- You can count on good future job prospects.
COSIC is looking for motivated researchers who fit into following profiles
- [NEW] Postdoc Position: Cryptography secured against physical attacks
- [NEW] PhD Position: Mobile web privacy and security
- [NEW] PhD/postdoc position on access control and data protection in health care
applications (EU H2020 – ProTego)
- [NEW] Postdoctoral researcher in post-quantum cryptography
- [NEW] PhD/postdoc position in Applied Multi-Party Computation
- [NEW] PhD/postdoc positions in secure computation (FWO Odysseus, DARPA RACE, IARPA Hector)
- PhD position in secure hardware roots of trust
- PhD/postdoc position in Protocol Design and Analysis
Spontaneous application
If you haven’t found what you’re looking for in the current vacancies, you can submit a spontaneous application according to our application guidelines (see below).
General required profile and skills
For all of the above positions, candidates must hold a Master’s Degree in electronics engineering, computer engineering, mathematics or computer science, have good grades and have a keen interest in cryptography.
We prefer candidates who can demonstrate that they have developed their research skills during their Master’s studies.
For the postdoctoral positions, a PhD degree in the relevant area is required. Most of the projects have an implementation component, so the candidate should have an interest in implementation of the cryptographic algorithms or protocols that are being developed or analyzed.
How to apply
Send the following documents (in pdf) to:
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Please mention in the subject line for which job you are applying.
- Curriculum Vitae
- Motivation letter
- List of publications
- Relevant research/work experience
- Study curriculum with rankings
- A proof of English proficiency
- A pdf of diploma(s) and transcripts (provide a translation if the original is not in Dutch, English, French or German)
- [Optional] Research proposal (1 page) describing which research questions you would like to work on
- [Optional] Names (and email) of 2 reference persons and the nature of contact with them