University of Oslo, Department of Informatics
PhD Research Fellowships in the Initiative
Concurrent Security and Robustness for Networked Systems (ConSeRNS)
Deadline for application: 20. April 2014
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The fellowships are for a period of up-to 4 years, with 25 % compulsory
work (such as teaching assistance).
Starting date: no later than 01.10.2014.
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o Job/ project description:
The Department of Computer Science offers 3 PhD positions in the general
area of security and robustness for concurrent and distributed systems.
The open topics are more specifically:
- Design and Formal Analysis of User Authentication Systems:
This Ph.D. research project focuses on designing, formalizing, and
formally verifying seamless and continuous user authentication
architectures. A holistic approach to security design is desirable,
meaning that contextual elements can be considered part of the
security protocol which then becomes a security ceremony. A key part
of the project is therefore the development of formal analysis
methods for security ceremonies.
- Secure and Robust Network-based Systems (1)
The goal is to investigate the trade-off between QoS (Quality of
Service) on one hand, and security and robustness on the other,
when designing and configuring IT systems. Self-protection is part
of the design approach, whereby a countermeasure is automatically
identified and applied when an attack or threat is discovered. The
challenge is to make optimal decisions with regard to balancing
the need to offer services of high quality (e.g. performance) and
the need to protect against attacks.
- Secure and Robust Network-based Systems (2)
The goal is to address the problem of how IT systems during runtime
can assess, detect, react and adapt to current security threats,
vulnerabilities and attacks in order to achieve a certain level of
security threat immunity. Elements to be considered as part of this
PhD project is the development of models for dynamic risk, the
design of redundant security architectures, and the application of
formal methods for security design verification.
Applicants must hold a Master's degree or equivalent in the area of
computer science with an emphasis on one or more of the following:
distributed systems, information security, formal methods, theoretical computer science.
o Further info about the application procedure, contact, salary etc under
the institute's announcements for the 3 positions:
- http://uio.easycruit.com/
- http://uio.easycruit.com/
- http://uio.easycruit.com/
(see also
http://www.mn.uio.no/ifi/
for an overview, including 2 additional ConSeRNS-positions
o Institutional framework
The positions are part of the ConSeRNS initiative (Concurrent Security
and Robustness for Networked Systems) at the University of Oslo. The
initiative targets essential research challenges in security and
robustness of ICT infrastructures. ConSeRNS is part of a national Center
for Resilient Networks and Applications (CRNA), which spans Simula
Research Laboratory, the University of Bergen as well as the University
of Oslo.
The Ph.D positions are associated to the University of Oslo, Department
of Computer Science, by the research groups :
- Precise Modelling and Analysis : http://www.mn.uio.no/ifi/
- Networked and Distributed Systems: http://www.mn.uio.no/ifi/
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