Research Associate (Cryptography)

at  Kings College London

Job id: 090645. Salary: £47,978 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.
Posted: 06 June 2024. Closing date: 01 September 2024.
Business unit: Natural, Mathematical & Engineering Sci. Department: Informatics.
Contact details: Martin Albrecht. martin.albrecht@kcl.ac.uk
Location: Strand Campus. Category: Research.
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About us
The Department of Informatics is looking to appoint a Research Associate to work in the area of cryptography.
The Department of Informatics is a cutting-edge place to study and research the field of computer science and the technologies that are transforming our lives today and tomorrow. We aim to consider fundamental scientific questions as well as respond to key societal challenges and opportunities in an increasingly complex digital world.
About the role
The candidate will work alongside Prof. Martin Albrecht, Dr. Benjamin Dowling, Dr. Rikke Bjerg Jensen (Royal Holloway University of London) and Dr. Andrea Medrado (Exeter) on establishing social foundations of cryptography in protest settings. In particular, the candidate will work with a multi-disciplinary team of cryptographers (Dowling, Albrecht) and ethnographers (Jensen, Medrado) to understand the security needs of participants in protests, to formalise these needs as cryptographic security notions and to design or analyse cryptographic solutions with respect to these notions.
This position is part of the EPSRC-funded project “Social Foundations of Cryptography” and more information is available at https://social-foundations-of-cryptography.gitlab.io/.
In brief, ethnography is a social science method involving prolonged fieldwork, i.e. staying with the group under study, to observe not only what they say but also what their social reality and practice is. In this project, we are putting cryptography at the mercy of ethnographic findings, allowing them to shape what we model.
Candidates are strongly encouraged to reach out to Prof. Martin Albrecht to discuss the research project and their potential role in it before sending an application.
Applicants should have already completed, or be close to completing, a PhD in a relevant discipline. Applicants should have an outstanding research track record in cryptography. Applicants should be able to demonstrate scientific creativity, research independence, and the ability to communicate their ideas effectively in written and verbal form.
This is a full time post , and you will be offered an a fixed term contract until the 25th October 2026.
About you
To be successful in this role, we are looking for candidates to have the following skills and experience:
Essential criteria
1. PhD in cryptography
2. Publication track record in top cryptographic venues
3. Effective communication: written and verbal
Desirable criteria
1. Ability to work independently
2. Willingness and ability to collaborate
3. Creativity and originality in research
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