Open PhD position in Quantum Cryptography
A similar call to this position will be issued soon. If you are interested, please send me a motivating email and your CV.
I am looking for a Ph.D. student in the area of quantum cryptography. The aim of the PhD project is to develop new quantum-cryptographic protocols (beyond the task of key distribution) and explore their limitations. An active recent area of research is position-based quantum cryptography. Another possible topic is to investigate the security of classical cryptographic schemes against quantum adversaries (postquantum cryptography).
Requirements:
- a Master's degree in computer science or mathematics with outstanding results or a comparable degree,
- candidates with a strong background in cryptography or quantum information are preferred
- demonstrated research abilities by completion of an (undergraduate) research project
The position is co-funded by the Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) and Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI). Staff members at CWI and ILLC (Harry Buhrman, Ronald de Wolf, Christian Schaffner, Serge Fehr) do research on a variety of topics in quantum information processing including quantum cryptography, quantum algorithms, cryptographic protocols and complexity theory.
The gross monthly salary will range from 2083 Euro in the first year to
2664 Euro in the final year, according to the Dutch salary scales for
PhD students. The collective employment agreement (CAO) of Dutch
universities is applicable. The successful applicant will be working
under my supervision. The main focus of the appointment is on research, but will include moderate teaching duties in subjects relevant to the candidate's research activities.
Information about CWI and ILLC:
Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) is the Dutch national research institute for mathematics and computer science and linked to the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). The mission of CWI is to conduct pioneering research in mathematics and computer science, generating new knowledge in these fields and conveying it to trade, industry, and society at large. CWI is located at Science Park Amsterdam. It is an internationally oriented institute, with 160 scientists from approximately 30 countries. The facilities are first-rate and include excellent IT support, career planning, training, and courses.
The Institute for Logic, Language and Computation (ILLC) is a research institute at the University of Amsterdam, in which researchers from the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Humanities collaborate. Its central research area is the study of fundamental principles of encoding, transmission and comprehension of information. Research at ILLC is interdisciplinary, and aims at bringing together insights from various disciplines concerned with information and information processing, such as logic, mathematics, computer science, linguistics, cognitive science, artificial intelligence and philosophy. Research is organized in three research groups: Logic and Computation (LoCo), Logic and Language (LoLa) and Language and Computation (LaCo).
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