Friday, August 9, 2013

Postdoctoral Scholar Position(s) University of Idaho

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Postdoctoral scholar positions

Dr. Jim Alves-Foss
Center for Secure and Dependable Systems at University of Idaho

We are looking for a sharp graduate(s) to join our team as postdoctoral scholars, starting as early as fall 2013. The postdoc(s) would be a fellow of the Center for Secure and Dependable Systems contingent on availability of funding.

The postdoc will be involved in our research on security & privacy for critical infrastructure systems; working with an interdisciplinary group of faculty (including faculty from computer science, electrical and computer engineering, civil engineering, sociology, psychology and business). As such, the postdoc would join an inter-disciplinary team working on funded projects, be responsible for conducting research, managing a team of student researchers, publishing and presenting papers and assisting in the writing of grant proposals.

The candidate must have finished his or her Ph.D in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, have experience with security and/or privacy, have experience writing and presenting research results, have experience conducting experimental computer security research, and have strong programming skills. Ideal candidates will also have experience with embedded computing, formal methods, security policies and software engineering.

The University of Idaho (http://www.uidaho.edu/), the state’s founding doctoral and research-intensive land-grant institution, has its principal campus in Moscow, Idaho, and regional centers in Boise, Coeur d’Alene, and Idaho Falls. The University engages its statewide constituents in strategic educational, research, and service programs to enhance the well-being of the state, its communities, and its people, as well as to develop in students, a sense of national and global citizenship.

 

To enrich education through diversity, the University of Idaho is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action

Interested candidates should send their vita (pdf, please), and also arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly to Dr. Jim Alves-Foss by email to jimaf-at-uidaho.edu

Those applications arriving by September 1, 2013 will receive first consideration.


Dr. Jim Alves-Foss, Director

Center for Secure and Dependable Systems

University of Idaho

875 Perimeter Drive, MS 1008

Moscow, ID 83844-1008

ph: 208-885-4114

http://www.csds.uidaho.edu