PhD student position in Principled Application Security Application deadline: November 11, 2024

Wasp Sweden; Uppsala kommun; On-site; SEK 284,557 - 328,335; Full time

Job summary

A leading research institution in Uppsala seeks a PhD student for a project on programming language-based security. Join a world-class environment at Chalmers University of Technology. The position involves participating in projects like WebSec in collaboration with Uppsala University and the WASP initiative. Candidates should have a strong interest in ensuring software security and privacy through innovative research. This offers a unique opportunity to engage in cutting-edge security research and benefit from the WASP graduate school.

Qualifications

• Strong interest in programming language-based security.
• Ability to work in a research environment.

Responsibilities

• Join ambitious projects focused on security for software systems.
• Conduct research in Programming Language-based Security.
• Collaborate with Uppsala University on WebSec.

Job description

PhD student position in Principled Application Security

November 11, 2024

PhD student position in the WASP project on Programming Language-based Security, based at Chalmers University of Technology.

The PhD student will join a world-leading research environment atthe Chalmers Security and Privacy Lab . Software is often the root cause of vulnerabilities in modern computing systems. We develop principled concepts and mechanisms to ensure robust security and privacy for software.The PhD student will be supervised byProf. Andrei Sabelfeld (recipient of several awards by ERC, SSF, VR, WASP, Google, Amazon, Facebook, and OpenAI, as well as the Chalmers PhD Supervisor of the Year award).

Major responsibilities

The PhD students will join one of our ambitious projects:

• WebSec: Securing Web-driven Systems conducted jointly with Uppsala University, and funded by the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Research (SSF).
• WASP project on Programming Language-based Security within the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP): The PhD student will enjoy the benefits of the WASP graduate school.
• VR project on applications of programming language-based, SMT solving, and symbolic execution techniques to discover vulnerabilities and secure software systems by construction.

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