Open PhD position

(also available on https://www.iacr.org/jobs/item/2892)

With a 3 years duration, the PhD is expected to start in 2022.

The Embedded System Security Group at University Jean Monnet (Saint-Etienne, France) is looking for motivated PhD students. We are looking for candidates to work on the implementation security of post-quantum NIST finalists.

This project aims to develop side-channel attacks and fault attacks against unprotected implementations of the candidates and propose tailored countermeasures.

Your tasks :
 Research in the field of post-quantum cryptography
 Possible teaching to the extent of 4 hours a week

Your profile :
 Master’s degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related area by the time of appointment.
 Interest in the areas of cryptography and IT security.
 Fluency in English (written and spoken).
 Knowledge of French is not mandatory.

Related publications :
 Message-recovery Profiled Side-channel Attack on the Classic McEliece Cryptosystem 
B. Colombier, V. F. Dragoi, P. - L. Cayrel and V. Grosso
IACR Cryptology ePrint Archive 2022 [DOI]
 Message-recovery Laser Fault Injection Attack on the Classic McEliece Cryptosystem 
P. - L. Cayrel, B. Colombier, V. F. Dragoi, A. Menu and L. Bossuet
Eurocrypt 2021 LNCS 12697, 438 - 467 [DOI] [video]
 Solving a Modified Syndrome Decoding Problem using Integer Programming 
V. F. Dragoi, P. - L. Cayrel, B. Colombier, D. Bucerzan and S. Hoara
International Journal of Computers Communications & Control, vol 15-5 : 2020 [DOI]

If you are interested, please send an email including your detailed CV to vincent.grosso@univ-st-etienne.fr and pierre.louis.cayrel@univ-st-etienne.fr. Applications will be reviewed continuously until the position is filled.