[TYPES/announce] Postdoctoral Position Available in Systems Security Verification

[Atsushi Igarashi]

Hi,

We are seeking for one postdoc researcher, who works for a project
“Zero-Trust IoT Systems by Collaboration of Formal Verification and
System Software” by Japan Science and Technology Agency.

We'd be grateful if you could spread the word to interested candidates.


* Project Description

The project aims at the construction of formally verified secure IoT
systems that follow the concept of “zero trust architecture”, dubbed
ZT-IoT systems. It consists of four research groups, which include one
led by Atsushi Igarashi, Kyoto University, Japan.  Igarashi's group is
investigating applications of formal verification or programming
language techniques to the construction of secure IoT systems (with
collaboration with Taro Sekiyama's group at National Institute of
Informatics, Japan (NII)).

The main research topic of Igarashi’s team is centered around the design
and theory of security policy engines for ZT-IoT systems, inclucing the
design of a language to describe security policies and policy
enforcement algorithms and the techniques for verifying policy
enforcement algorithms against given security policies. Other team
members are Kohei Suenaga and Masaki Waga at Kyoto University.
See https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10758938__;!!IBzWLUs!RRVgY8jL24yw_2gQuYPdTkqeR80fdyNs-JExEqIdGil76pBJxyPkyXnBXU0MmqHXPnozkMAFt2AEihMYklrTByS4vvavxMxHZs2onSy0qw$  for the modeling
language we are developing.

The appointment can start in October 2025 (the starting date is
negotiable). The contract will initially run until the end of March
2027, which is the end of the project, which is March 2027). Salary
will be about 360,000–550,000 JPY/month.

Applicants should have a Ph.D in computer science or related fields, and
have a strong background in formal verification and/or programming
language theory. Due to the project’s nature, they are required to have
strong interests in applying theory to practice; they should also be
(self-)motivated, dedicated, and able to work both independently and
collaboratively. Strong communication skills in oral and written English
are required.


* Workplace

Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

(Living costs in Japan are not very high nowadays. An estimate is found here
https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.internations.org/go/moving-to-japan/living/the-cost-of-living-in-japan*:*:text=A*20single*20person*20living*20in,will*20see*20that*20number*20tripled__;I34lJSUlJSUlJQ!!IBzWLUs!Gnsm1byNvZF0P1BlNRwU7GGAQScWB27opusBpiWPfAaYVKwjlVfkFFPDlMKMy4y9v8XwtnJmXw8HBA$
and we find rent can be cheaper than the cited amount.)


* Applications and inquiries

Inquiries can be sent to application-zt-iot [at] fos.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp,
with the subject CREST Job Inquiry. Feel free to ask us any questions on
relevance, topics, compensation, etc. We will reply when we see enough
relevance.

Applications should be made electronically via the following JREC-IN
Portal web sites.

https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/Hunter/JorDetail/Init?id=D125060517__;!!IBzWLUs!RRVgY8jL24yw_2gQuYPdTkqeR80fdyNs-JExEqIdGil76pBJxyPkyXnBXU0MmqHXPnozkMAFt2AEihMYklrTByS4vvavxMxHZs1oILxsJw$ 

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Please upload a pdf including

- your brief CV,
- short description of research interests (can be very informal and short),
- the list of papers (a dblp or Google scholar link will do, for example),
- a couple of representative papers (in pdf), and
- (preferably) the contact of two references.

We will contact you for further material and interview, provided that we
find sufficient relevance in your application. Starting dates are
negotiable. The positions will remain open until filled.


Best,
Atsushi Igarashi