PhD Position in Applied Cryptography and Privacy-Preserving Computation (m/w/d)
PhD Position in Applied Cryptography and Privacy-Preserving Computation (m/w/d)
PhD Position in Applied Cryptography and Privacy-Preserving Computation (m/w/d)
PhD Position in Applied Cryptography and Privacy-Preserving Computation (m/w/d)
Universität St.Gallen
Pharma, Medizintechnik
St. Gallen
- Art der Beschäftigung: Vollzeit
- 84.000 CHF – 124.500 CHF (von XING geschätzt)
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PhD Position in Applied Cryptography and Privacy-Preserving Computation (m/w/d)
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PhD Position in Applied Cryptography and Privacy-Preserving Computation (m/w/d)
70 - 100 %
(permanent employment contract, starting on 01.04.2026 until 31.03.2030)
Your tasks
The position offers the opportunity to design and analyze cryptographic protocols with provable security guarantees, focusing on efficiency and scalability in real-world deployments.
Key Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities:
- Conduct innovative research in applied cryptography and information security.
- Contribute to the development of secure and privacy-preservingContribute to the development of secure and privacy-preserving protocols.
- Support and assist in teaching courses on computer security and cryptography.
Your profile
- The PhD student is expected to have a MSc degree or equivalent, and strong background in cryptography, network security and mathematics.
- We welcome candidates with strong foundations in cryptography and an interest in provable security, MPC, and privacy-preserving computation. Prior experience in protocol design or secure computation is a plus.
- Strong programming skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
The research group for Cybersecurity & Applied Cryptography Research Group, https://cybersecurity.unisg.ch/, is a part of the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) at the University of St. Gallen. The group was established in autumn semester 2020 and is led by Prof. Dr. Katerina Mitrokotsa. Our research interests are centered around information security and applied cryptography, with the larger goal of safeguarding communications and providing strong privacy guarantees. We are currently active in multiple areas including the design of provably secure cryptographic protocols and cryptographic primitives that can be employed for reliable authentication, outsourcing computations in cloud-assisted settings, network security problems as well as secure and privacy-preserving machine learning. As a doctoral student you will be a part of the Doctoral School of Computer Science (DCS), https://dcs.unisg.ch.
If you are excited about building cryptographic solutions that combine rigorous security proofs with practical efficiency, we would love to hear from you.
We seek a highly motivated PhD student passionate about advancing the state of the art in applied cryptography and privacy-preserving technologies to work in the topics of information security and cryptography.
Applications are accepted until 15th February 2025.
The successful candidate will work on topics related to information security and cryptographic protocol design, with a focus on provable security, multi-party computation (MPC), and privacy-preserving computation.
If you are excited about building cryptographic solutions that combine rigorous security proofs with practical efficiency, we would love to hear from you.
We seek a highly motivated PhD student passionate about advancing the state of the art in applied cryptography and privacy-preserving technologies to work in the topics of information security and cryptography.
Applications are accepted until 15th February 2025.
The successful candidate will work on topics related to information security and cryptographic protocol design, with a focus on provable security, multi-party computation (MPC), and privacy-preserving computation.
We are looking forward to your online-application stating the job ID 2659
