[TYPES/announce] PhD student position in Principled Application Security at Chalmers

[Ana Bove]

Dear All,

This information might be of interest to many of you.

Note that phd students have full employment benefits in Sweden (pension, 
sick and parental leave, paid holidays, etc).

Applications form the types community are welcome!

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Come and join us as PhD student at Chalmers!

The PhD student will join he Chalmers Security & Privacy Lab 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cse.chalmers.se/research/group/security/__;!!IBzWLUs!TotlEAYfzfj_Fbknf7OYGi81zObhMagfzm8DqkpiVq1q7UVzj_qmLYRAte_pkdp3atiEdh3Lx5_VGUJWo0vC-PY12YMLWg$  , a high-profile 
group of researchers on security and privacy. Software is often the root 
cause of vulnerabilities in modern computing systems. By focusing on 
securing the software, we target principled security mechanisms that 
provide robust protection against large classes of attacks.

The PhD student will join one of our ambitious projects:

-WebSec: Securing Web-driven Systems 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cse.chalmers.se/research/group/security/websec/__;!!IBzWLUs!TotlEAYfzfj_Fbknf7OYGi81zObhMagfzm8DqkpiVq1q7UVzj_qmLYRAte_pkdp3atiEdh3Lx5_VGUJWo0vC-Pawldimow$  conducted 
jointly with Uppsala University, and funded by the Swedish Foundation 
for Strategic Research (SSF). Promotional video of our research on 
securing web applications: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://youtu.be/lUpUZQiLmTI__;!!IBzWLUs!TotlEAYfzfj_Fbknf7OYGi81zObhMagfzm8DqkpiVq1q7UVzj_qmLYRAte_pkdp3atiEdh3Lx5_VGUJWo0vC-PbC1HGjNw$ 
-WASP NEST CyberSecIT 
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framework project conducted jointly with KTH and Umeå University to 
explore the security and privacy of IoT applications, with emphasis on 
software. NESTs are flagship projects of the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous 
Systems and Software Program (WASP https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://wasp-sweden.org/__;!!IBzWLUs!TotlEAYfzfj_Fbknf7OYGi81zObhMagfzm8DqkpiVq1q7UVzj_qmLYRAte_pkdp3atiEdh3Lx5_VGUJWo0vC-PZ1w_43Cw$  ).

-VR NewGen project with Uppsala University on applications of 
programming language-based, SMT solving, and symbolic execution 
techniques to discover vulnerabilities and secure software systems by 
construction.

The PhD student will be supervised by Prof. Andrei Sabelfeld 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.cse.chalmers.se/*andrei/__;fg!!IBzWLUs!TotlEAYfzfj_Fbknf7OYGi81zObhMagfzm8DqkpiVq1q7UVzj_qmLYRAte_pkdp3atiEdh3Lx5_VGUJWo0vC-PZR_Hsr6Q$  , recipient of a number of awards 
by ERC, SSF, Google, Amazon, and Facebook as well as the Chalmers PhD 
Supervisor of the Year award.

The PhD student position is limited to 5 years and includes 20% 
departmental work, mostly teaching duties. Salary for the position is as 
specified in Chalmers' general agreement for PhD student positions, 
currently starting from 32,150 SEK per month before taxes.

The Department of Computer Science and Engineering 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.chalmers.se/en/departments/cse/__;!!IBzWLUs!TotlEAYfzfj_Fbknf7OYGi81zObhMagfzm8DqkpiVq1q7UVzj_qmLYRAte_pkdp3atiEdh3Lx5_VGUJWo0vC-PZh1z-YSQ$  is a joint department at 
Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, with 
activities on two campuses in the city of Gothenburg. The department has 
around 300 employees from over 30 countries. Our research has a wide 
span, from theoretical foundations to applied systems. We provide 
high-quality education at Bachelor's, Master's, and graduate levels, 
offering over 120 courses each year. We have extensive national and 
international collaborations with academia, industry, and society.

Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at 
Chalmers. Chalmers actively works with equal opportunity projects, for 
example the GENIE initiative on gender equality for excellence 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/organisation-and-governance/equality/genie-gender-initiative-for-excellence/__;!!IBzWLUs!TotlEAYfzfj_Fbknf7OYGi81zObhMagfzm8DqkpiVq1q7UVzj_qmLYRAte_pkdp3atiEdh3Lx5_VGUJWo0vC-PZg3a2HZA$  
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Application deadline: October 15, 2023.

Apply here: 
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.chalmers.se/en/about-chalmers/work-with-us/vacancies/?rmpage=job&rmjob=12069__;!!IBzWLUs!TotlEAYfzfj_Fbknf7OYGi81zObhMagfzm8DqkpiVq1q7UVzj_qmLYRAte_pkdp3atiEdh3Lx5_VGUJWo0vC-PaCMHexIg$  

Best regards,
-Andrei