Tuesday, 15 May 2018 Position of Young Researcher in the field of Cryptography
Next week, the University of Primorska will publish a public tender for Young Researcher candidate in the field of CRIPTOGRAPHY to be trained in the research programme at University of Primorska Andrej Marušič Institute (UP IAM) for obtaining a doctorate of science. Student’s mentor will be Prof. Enes Pasalic, PhD, one of leading experts in symmetric-key cryptography.
The four-year doctoral study, which will begin in the Academic Year 2018/19, includes research work, publication of articles in international scientific journals, project work and teaching exercises as assistant.
The PhD student will conduct research in modern cryptography that include some contemporary directions such as post-quantum cryptography and/or homomorphic encryption. The former branch of cryptography mainly concerns problem of specifying secure cryptographic primitives which are resistant in presence of quantum computers. In particular, the standard public key cryptography is affected and therefore many alternative approaches have been developed (lattice-based, code-based, multivariate-based cryptography) recently to protect these primitives once quantum computers become reality. Homomorphic encryption or more precisely Fully Homomorphic Encryption has been developed during the last decade but there still do not exist efficient solution for performing standard mathematical operations on the encrypted data instead of decrypting the data, performing such operations and encrypting the data again.
More detailed information about the application procedure will be published shortly.
UP FAMNIT Center of Cryptography
In the modern world, intense research activity in the field of cryptography is extremely important, since cryptographic codes protect information from unauthorized access, alterations and other abuses, making the use of cryptography in economy and industry essential on the national and international levels. Researchers from the University of Primorska have been working for many years in the field of cryptography, and the establishment of the Center of Cryptography is the result of their work. The Center will aims to significantly increase the possibilities of cooperation between the university, industry and the wider society, as in the modern society, the exchange and storage of information in an efficient, reliable and safe way, is essential.
