The Department of Computer Science and Engineering 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 210 employees from over 30 countries. Our research has a wide span, from theoretical foundations to applied systems development. We provide high quality education at Bachelor's, Master's and graduate levels, offering over 120 courses each year. We also have extensive national and international collaborations with academia, industry and society.

Information about the research group

The PhD student will join a high-profile group of researchers on software security with a rich network of collaborators and visibility across several research communities (security, programming languages, and systems research). In collaboration with top universities, researchers at Chalmers have developed some of the state of the art tools for protecting users' private data in Haskell programs (e.g., LIO https://hackage.haskell.org/package/lio) as well as web browsers (COWL  http://cowl.ws/).

Major responsibilities

The position focuses on developing techniques to protect confidentiality and integrity of users' data when manipulated by untrusted code -- a pressing problem for the web as well as mobile platforms. It is expected that the work carried out by the applicant ranges from establishing new theoretical foundations to deploying prototypes in production systems. We are looking for outstanding candidates with background in either programming languages and/or systems research interest in pursuing one or more of the following topics:

1. Combining static and dynamic techniques to secure Haskell programs

2. Leveraging hardware-level security components (e.g, Intel SGX and ARM TrustZone) to provide security in depth, where private data can be protected from the application level down to the low-level physical layers. 

3. Developing domain specific languages to express different kind of security policies

This position will be supervised by Prof. Alejandro Russo (http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~russo/).

Position summary

PhD student positions are for up to five years of full-time employment; normally, 20% of the time is allocated to departmental work (mainly teaching duties). The salary for the positions is as specified in Chalmers's general agreement for PhD student positions.

The position is intended to start in the autumn of 2016.

Qualifications

The successful applicant need to have a Masters degree or a degree of similar level in computer science, computer engineering, or a closely related discipline. You may apply if you have not completed all requirements for your degree, provided you will have before the position at Chalmers starts.

Competitive candidates will have a strong computer science background, both theoretical and practical, with emphasis on software technology; expertise in some of the areas of interests for this position; a passion for high-quality software research and development; and excellent analytical and communication skills. Prior publications are meritorious.

Whereas both Swedish and English are used in undergraduate courses, English is the working language for research in Chalmers's Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Thus, fluency in English is mandatory for candidates, but knowledge of Swedish is not required.

Gothenburg, Sweden

==================

Gothenburg is often referred to as the "heart of Scandinavia". The videos below give an impression what it's like to live and study in Gothenburg.

Live in Gothenburg: https://vimeo.com/20847995

Study in Gothenburg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnQQt1q7Vd4

Chalmers cont

Timmar per vecka: Heltid/ Ej specificerat

Arbetsgivare Namn: Chalmers Tekniska Högskola AB

Arbetsgivare adress:
Chalmers tekniska högskola AB 41296 Göteborg 41296 Göteborg

Form av kontakt:
titel : telefon 1: () telefon 2: () mobil: e-post:

Jobb kort beskrivning: University and higher education teachers

Land: Sweden

Område: Västra Götalands län

Avtalstid: Permanent

Typ av kontrakt: Full time

Källa till jobberbjudande: Public Employment Service of Sweden(AMS)

Hur man ansöker: Other - see free text