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[WM]: Mediterranean security and privacy predoc/postdoc openings
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PRE-DOCTORAL AND POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS IN SECURITY AND PRIVACY OFFERED
Tarragona, Barcelona, Mallorca and Malaga (SPAIN)
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"ARES: team for Advanced REsearch on information Security and privacy"
is a large project which gathers six of Spain's most dynamic research
groups in the area of information security and virtually all Spanish
groups in the area of information privacy.
In the CONSOLIDER call, ARES has ranked as one of the country's
strongest research teams in all areas.
Members of the team have attracted European, American, Japanese,
Spanish, Catalan and Andalusian public and private funding.
They boast a remarkable publication record and a substantial
collaboration with the industry. Most groups in the team run graduate
and Ph.D. programmes on security and privacy.
The six groups in the team are based along the Mediterranean coast in:
- Tarragona (Prof. Josep Domingo-Ferrer, ARES co-ordinator, UNESCO Chair
in Data Privacy, URV-Rovira i Virgili University)
- Barcelona (Dr. Vicenc Torra, IIIA-CSIC; Dr. Jordi Herrera, UOC-Open
University of Catalonia; Prof. Miquel Soriano, UPC-Technical University
of Catalonia);
- Palma de Mallorca (Dr. Josep Lluis Ferrer, UIB-University of the
Balearic Islands);
- Malaga (Assoc. Prof. Javier Lopez, UMA-University of Malaga)
REQUIREMENTS:
Candidates to the various predoctoral and postdoctoral positions offered
should have a high-quality degree in Computer Science, Telecom
Engineering or Applied Mathematics, have good communication skills in
English and be able to demonstrate strong motivation to conduct
research. For IIIA-CSIC, candidates must be EU nationals or have
residence and/or working permit in Spain.
STIPENDS:
The annual salary for pre-doctoral scholarships is around 16500 Euro a
year before taxes and includes health insurance. The annual salary for a
post-doctoral researcher is around 29000 Euro a year before taxes and
includes health insurance.
Slight variations on the above figures are possible depending on the
specific university.
In addition, generous allowances are given to support presentation of
work at international conferences and to attend seminars and tutorials.
Yearly renewal of scholarships and post-doc contracts is conditional on
satisfactory progress, which is reviewed every year.
START DATE:
Start date is NOVEMBER 1, 2007, although it may be possible to start
later depending on the candidates' circumstance.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE
Applicants should read the breakdown of the offered positions and fill
out the application form at http://crises-deim.urv.cat/aresposition
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATION: SEPTEMBER 2, 2007
Applicants will be required to provide:
1) Personal data;
2) Short statement, in English, of why you are interested
in joining ARES and, in particular, that specific ARES group
(100 words maximum);
3) A preference grading of groups and research topics;
4) Contact information of one or two persons who are willing
to provide confidential academic references on you;
5) An attached zip file containing: - complete CV; - academic=20
transcript
with grade point average; - any relevant publications, if applicable.
DETAILS ON THE GROUPS AND THE OFFERED POSITIONS
1) The URV-Tarragona group offers up to 5 pre-doctoral scholarships (up
to four years each) and 1 post-doc position (one year or more, up to
five years).
Group co-ordinates:
Prof. Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Chairholder, UNESCO Chair in Data Privacy
and CRISES group, Dept. of Computer Engineering and Maths, Rovira i
Virgili University Tarragona, Catalonia, Spain
http://crises-deim.urv.cat http://unescoprivacychair.urv.cat
Work at URV will be in one or several of the following topics: -
privacy-preserving data mining,
- private information retrieval, - statistical disclosure control, -
location privacy,
- anonymization protocols, - RFID privacy, - privacy in vehicular
networks
- privacy in electronic transactions.
2) The Bellaterra/Barcelona-IIIA-CSIC group offers up to 1 pre-doctoral
scholarship (up to four years) and 1 post-doc position (up to two
years). Group co-ordinates:
Dr. Vicenc Torra, IF-PAD Group
IIIA-CSIC, Artificial Intelligence Research Institute Spanish National
Research Council Bellaterra (Barcelona), Catalonia, Spain
http://www.iiia.csic.es/~vtorra/ares/?llengua=3Den
Work at IIIA-CSIC will be in one or several of the following topics:
- privacy-preserving data mining
- record linkage
- statistical disclosure control
- data privacy in general
3) The Barcelona-UOC group offers up to 1 pre-doctoral scholarship (up
to four years) and 1 post-doc position (1 year or more, up to five
years). Group
co-ordinates:
Dr. Jordi Herrera
KISON Group
UOC-Open University of Catalonia
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
http://kison.uoc.edu
Work at UOC will be in one or several of the following topics:
- secure electronic commerce and digital content distribution
- anonymous fingerprinting
- evaluation of watermarking schemes
- audio fingerprinting
- secure ad-hoc networks
4) The Barcelona-UPC group offers up to 4 pre-doctoral scholarships (up
to four years) and 1 post-doc position (1 year or more, up to five
years).
Group co-ordinates:
Prof. Miquel Soriano
ISG Group
Department of Telematics Engineering
UPC-Technical University of Catalonia
Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
http://isg.upc.es/index.php?sel=3Dpresentacio&sub=3Dmissio&idioma=3Den
Work at UPC will be in one or several of the following topics:
- ubiquitous computing (1 post-doc and 1 pre-doc)
- critical infrastructure protection (1 pre-doc)
- secure e-commerce and digital content distribution (1 pre-doc)
5) The Palma de Mallorca-UIB group offers up to 1 pre-doctoral
scholarships (up to four years) and 1 post-doc position (1 year or more,
up to five years).
Group co-ordinates:
Dr. Josep Lluis Ferrer Gomila
Department of Mathematics and Computer Science University of the
Balearic Islands Palma de Mallorca, Balearic Islands, Spain
Work at UIB will be in one or several of the following topics:
- secure electronic commerce and digital content distribution
- digital signatures and PKI
- electronic contract signature
- technical-legal issues of privacy
6) The Malaga-UMA group offers up to 3 pre-doctoral scholarships (up to
four years) and 1 post-doc position (1 year or more, up to five years).
Group co-ordinates:
Assoc. Prof. Javier Lopez
GSI Group
Department of Languages, Computation and Telematics University of Malaga
Malaga, Spain
Work at UMA will be in one or several of the following topics:
- critical infrastructure protection
- wireless sensor networking
- ubiquitous systems
- privacy in the above infrastructures and systems
J. Serra-Ruiz
Open University of Catalonia
Barcelona
SPAIN
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