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At Radboud University, we aim to make an impact through our work. We achieve this by conducting groundbreaking research, providing high-quality education, offering excellent support, and fostering collaborations within and outside the university. In doing so, we contribute indispensably to a healthy, free world with equal opportunities for all. To accomplish this, we need even more colleagues who, based on their expertise, are willing to search for answers. We advocate for an inclusive community and welcome employees with diverse backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives. Will you also contribute to making the world a little better? You have a part to play.
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Faculty of Science
The Faculty of Science (FNWI), part of Radboud University, engages in groundbreaking research and excellent education. In doing so, we push the boundaries of scientific knowledge and pass that knowledge on to the next generation.
We seek solutions to major societal challenges, such as cybercrime and climate change and work on major scientific challenges, such as those in the quantum world. At the same time, we prepare our students for careers both within and outside the scientific field.
Currently, more than 1,300 colleagues contribute to research and education, some as researchers and lecturers, others as technical and administrative support officers. The faculty has a strong international character with staff from more than 70 countries. Together, we work in an informal, accessible and welcoming environment, with attention and space for personal and professional development for all.
Are you an aspiring computer science researcher interested in what can be done to make our digital world more secure? Then you have a part to play as a PhD candidate. By investigating techniques to design, analyse and test software, you will help us develop new, innovative methods to improve software security.
Cyber security problems have increased dramatically over the past decades. Not a day goes by without a major data leak, some system being hacked, or some organisation being ransomwared. This trend only looks set to continue as our society relies on IT to an ever larger degree. Software is an important root cause of cyber security problems: software is what gives modern IT its flexibility and power, but it also comes with flaws, ranging from simple coding mistakes to fundamental design flaws, which enable cyber criminals to exploit all this power and flexibility to attack individuals and organisations.
Producing more secure software is a major challenge. To address this challenge, our research group investigates ways to analyse, design and test software for security flaws or, better still, prevent security flaws during design and construction. Examples of techniques we have used for this include automated reverse engineering with state machine inference to spot flaws in the program logic, the LangSec (Language-theoretic Security) approach to structurally improve input handling, and security testing by means of fuzzing. Some of these techniques can also be used for offensive purposes, for example in pentesting, but our ultimate objective is to contribute to the defensive side of security by improved software engineering practices. This is not limited to the techniques mentioned above: depending on your own interests, there are other aspects of secure software engineering that could be investigated, for example better management of software supply chain risks using SBOMs and SaasBOMs.
Under the supervision of Dr Erik Poll, you will work on INTERSECT, a larger national research project into the security of the Internet of Things (IoT). INTERSECT is funded by the Dutch Research Council (grant NWA.1160.18.301). It involves six universities and over 20 organisations from the public and private sectors, including security evaluation companies, IT vendors, and some government and non-profit organisations. So you will have the chance to collaborate with researchers from a range of backgrounds.
You will spend roughly 10 percent of your time on assisting with the teaching in our department. This will typically include tutoring practical assignments, grading coursework, and supervising student projects.
You will be a member of the Digital Security group working with Dr Erik Poll and fellow PhD candidates. The Digital Security group is one the largest security research groups in the Netherlands with researchers in the group working on a range of topics in cryptography, privacy and cyber security. Tackling the societal challenges of security and privacy goes beyond just the technical field of computer science. Therefore, some of our group’s research is carried out as part of the Radboud iHUB, our university’s interdisciplinary research hub on digitalisation and society.
You can apply no later than 19 May only via the button below. Address your letter of application to dr. ir. Erik Poll.
The first interviews will take place on 27 May. Any second interview will take place on 10 June. You will preferably start your employment on 1 September 2024.
We can imagine you're curious about our application procedure. It describes what you can expect during the application procedure and how we handle your personal data and internal and external candidates. If you wish to apply for a non-scientific position with a non-EU nationality, please take notice of the following information.
Type of employment | Temporary position |
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Contract type | Full-time/Part-time |
First day of employment | 01-09-2024 |
Salary | Promovendus |
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Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 0,8 - 1,0 |
City | Nijmegen |
County | Gelderland |
Country | Netherlands |
Reference number | 62.070.24 |
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Published | 16.Apr.2024 |
Last application date | 19.May.2024 11:59 PM CEST |