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Mandela-Rhodes Scholarship

The Mandela-Rhodes Scholarships are open for applications.

The scholarships are open to citizens of all African countries for Master's degree study (or Honours) at South African universities or tertiary institutions.

Applications close on 15th April 2018.

Further information can be found at
https://mandelarhodes.org/

Postdoctoral Position Opening at Le Havre-Normandie University, France

We are seeking a postdoctoral fellow to work on theoretical and numerical analysis of Complex Systems of Reaction-Diffusion equations in Neuroscience context. The funds are available now.

For further information please contact Aziz Alaoui, aziz.alaoui@univ-lehavre.fr

PhD Studentships in Automated, Scalable and Adaptive Predictive Modelling
Advanced Analytics Institute (AAi), Faculty of Engineering and IT, University of Technology Sydney, Australia

Applications are invited for two 3 year, fully funded PhD research studentships to work with Professor Gabrys on the following projects:

• Automatic composition, optimisation and adaptation of multi-component predictive systems
• Development of robust and scalable hyperbox based machine learning algorithms

The student will be joining the Advanced Analytics Institute in Sydney and work primarily with Prof. Gabrys but will also have an outstanding opportunity to gain a diverse experience of both academic and commercial environments for which the AAi is very well known.

The studentship carries a basic remuneration of $27,082 pa tax-free and a waiver of the full-time research student fee. There are no restrictions on the nationality of the applicants and the selection will be based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

Applicants should have a very strong mathematical and computational background and hold a good Bachelor or Master’s degree in computer science, mathematics, physics, engineering, statistics or a similar discipline. Additionally the candidate should have very strong programming skills and experience using any or ideally a combination of Java, C++, Python, R and Matlab. Knowledge of and exposure to the big data platforms and technologies as well as reconfigurable hardware including FPGAs will be an advantage.

Before the formal application please contact Prof Bogdan Gabrys, e-mail: bogdan.gabrys@uts.edu.au to discuss your suitability. Further PhD subject relevant information can be found on the following www pages: http://bogdan-gabrys.com.

HOW TO APPLY: Interested candidates should follow the application procedure listed on the University of Technology Sydney’s web pages: https://www.uts.edu.au/research-and-tea ... /how-apply and apply following this link: https://msa.uts.edu.au/eStudent/S1/eApp ... .LOGIN.WEB.

INTERNATIONAL MAX PLANCK RESEARCH SCHOOL - MOLECULAR BIOMEDICINE (IMPRS-MBM)

http://www.imprs-mbm-cedad.mpg.de/

The program is now OPEN for new applications (deadline 13 April 2018). For more information go to http://www.imprs-mbm-cedad.mpg.de/index ... pplication

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Open Positions in Security and Formal Analysis
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# Multiple open PhD and postdoc positions in security and formal analysis

Full information can be found at:

http://cascremers.com/open-positions.html


Professor Cas Cremers is expanding his research group within the recently
founded CISPA-Helmholtz center in Saarbrücken, Germany, and has several
open PhD and post-doctoral researcher positions. Please get in touch and
mail Cas at cas.cremers@cs.ox.ac.uk if you are interested!


## Our research

Our research focuses around security analysis and communication systems,
for which we provide mathematical foundations, analysis tools, and novel
security mechanisms. For example, we contributed to the analysis of the
TLS 1.3 and Signal protocols, and co-developed the Scyther tool and the
Tamarin prover.

Our methodology typically ranges from theoretical work (formal methods,
term rewriting, process calculi, game-hopping proofs, computational and
symbolic approaches) to algorithms for analysis tools (e.g., interactive
theorem proving, constraint solving), to the development of new protocols
(e.g., for the automatic detection of misuse of secrets, or strongly secure
group messaging).

For some examples of our work, see:

- Tamarin prover https://tamarin-prover.github.io/ and its theory paper

https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/cas.crem ... ded_v1.pdf

- TLS 1.3 protocol analysis https://tls13tamarin.github.io/TLS13Tam ... raft21.pdf

- Signal protocol analysis https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/1013.pdf

- ART protocol design](https://eprint.iacr.org/2017/666.pdf


## Candidates

We are looking for excellent students and PhDs. We are particularly
interested in attracting a broad range of candidates, and are committed to
diversity and inclusion. We also enjoy our work, and feel that the working
place should be enjoyable for everyone, and allow for flexible working
hours -- ask our alumni and current students for references.


## Requirements

For a PhD position, we usually require a Master’s degree in a relevant
topic at the time of starting.
For a post-doctoral researcher position, we require a relevant PhD degree
at the time of starting. However, we encourage candidates to apply early,
e.g., when anticipating a finishing date.

Evidence of knowledge in the following backgrounds would be beneficial:

- Formal methods
- Logics
- Theorem proving
- Cryptography

If you have a research idea or proposal already then that is great, but we
are also happy to work with good candidates to find a topic that works for
all. We have many exciting ongoing research projects.


## Get in touch!

Interested? Send Cas an email at

cas.cremers@cs.ox.ac.uk

Cas Cremers is currently Professor at the University of Oxford, and is
moving to the CISPA-Helmholtz center June 2018.

https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/cas.cremers/intro.html
https://twitter.com/CasCremers

Postdoctoral Positions in Crypto at USF & FAU (Florida)

As part of a joint project between the University of South Florida (USF, based in Tampa) and Florida Atlantic University (FAU, based in Boca Raton), we expect to hire two postdocs for 12 months each, starting during the Summer 2018.

The areas of interest are:
a) Lattice based cryptography.
b) Isogeny-based cryptography.
c) Cryptocurrencies.
d) Classical and quantum cryptanalysis.

The person recruited at USF will report to Dr. Jean-Francois Biasse. They will work on fundamental aspects of the aforementioned topics and be hired by the Mathematics department. The annual salary will be $47,659

The person recruited at FAU will report to Dr Reza Azarderakhsh. They will work on efficient implementations related to the topics of interests, with
an emphasis on hardware solutions. They will be hired by the Department of Computer and Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. The annual
salary will be $50,000.

If you are interested in either position, please send a CV and a 1 page research statement to usf.fau.crypto.postdoc@gmail.com.

To ensure full consideration, please send your application material by April 1st 2018. However, we will consider applications until the positions are filled.

ICTP/SISSA Master in High Performance Computing

The Master in High Performance Computing (MHPC) programme, coordinated by ICTP and the International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA), is now accepting applications for the 2018-2019 academic year.

ICTP is pleased to provide scholarships for successful applicants from developing countries: the deadline for applicants interested in these scholarships is 20 April 2018. The online application form and instructions can be found at

https://www.ictp.it/about-ictp/media-ce ... -2018.aspx

PhD Biogeochemical Modeling at GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel

The GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel is a public-law foundation jointly financed by the Federal Republic of Germany (90%) and the state of Schleswig-Holstein (10%) and is one of the world's leading institutions in the field of marine research. The GEOMAR currently has an annual budget of approximately 75 million euros and has about 1,000 employees.

According to the allocation of project funding, a job is available on 01.07.2018

PhD student / In

Tasks:
The successful candidate will pool, analyze and integrate microbiological, ecological and biogeochemical observation data to calibrate a plankton ecosystem model. An existing model that resolves the size-frequency structure of a plankton community is merged with a model that provides optimal physiological adaptation to changing environmental conditions. The PhD student will use the fused model to estimate multi-annual and seasonal variations in the mass flow of carbon and nitrogen at a station on Fram Road with multi-annual observations. The planned study will investigate processes in the Arctic Ocean. This will be done in close cooperation with partners at the Alfred Wegener Institute (AWI) Bremerhaven,

Requirement profile:
A prerequisite for this position is a university degree (diploma or M.Sc.), preferably in biological oceanography. Students with M.Sc. in the fields of geosciences or applied mathematics are also encouraged to apply. Good programming skills (eg in C or FORTRAN and in R, MATLAB or Python) are essential. Basic experience in ecosystem modeling or parameter optimization is beneficial. Strong communication and writing skills in English are required. We are looking for a PhD student willing to successfully complete the modeling study in close collaboration with the project's ecologists and biogeochemists.

The position is to be filled for a limited period of three years. Remuneration is paid if the relevant conditions are met up to the fee group E 13 (TVöD-Bund). The regular weekly working time is 75% of that of a full-time employee. The place is not divisible.

The GEOMAR has set itself the goal of promoting women. Applications from women are therefore expressly welcomed. The GEOMAR is committed to the employment of severely disabled people. For this reason, severely disabled applicants are given preferential treatment if suitably suitable.

Please send your complete, meaningful documents, including an English abstract of the master's or diploma thesis by e-mail in a pdf document until 20 April 2018under the password "microArc" to:

E-Mail: application (at) geomar.de

GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel
Human Resources
Application Management / "microArc"
Wischhofstraße 1 - 3
24148 Kiel

Please be sure to note the password in the subject. Upon completion of the selection process, all application documents will be destroyed in accordance with the Privacy Policy.

Information about the advertised position Markus Schartau ( mschartau (at) geomar.de ). Please refrain from telephone inquiries about the status of the proceedings. Gladly we take your questions under indication of the password by E-Mail under bewerbung (at) geomar.de against.

Further information on the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel or the Helmholtz Association can be found at www.geomar.de or www.helmholtz.de .

Application deadline: April 20, 2018

PhD Position in Computational Systems Biology and Immunology at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine

A 3-year position as PhD student is available at the Institute for Research in Biomedicine (IRB, www.irb.usi.ch). The candidate will work on an interdisciplinary project with the group of Dr. González “Infection and Immunity” at IRB in Bellinzona.

The successful applicant will be integrated in a project in the field of image-based systems biology, which is the result of a joint collaboration with the group of Prof. Dr. Rolf Krause and Diego Ulisse Pizzagalli, at the Institute of Computational Science (ICS) in Lugano. The project aims at characterizing the movement of immune cells observed by multiphoton intravital microscopy.

The candidate will focus on the development of efficient methods for analyzing imaging data, should have a strong interest in biology and a master degree in Biomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Computer Science or a related field. Knowledge in numerical methods, machine learning and experience in a programming language (like Matlab, C, Java or Python) will be fostered during the PhD and represent an added value of the potential candidate. Fluent English is required.

The IRB is affiliated to the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) and provides a unique interdisciplinary research environment. Strong competences in biology, immunology and computational science come together in an open and application oriented atmosphere.

Your application should contain a motivational letter (2 pages maximum), a CV, copies of relevant degrees and two contacts for references.

Please submit applications electronically in PDF format to: santiago.gonzalez@irb.usi.ch

Deadline: April 16, 2018

The African Postdoctoral Training Initiative - a partnership of the African Academy of Sciences, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and the U.S. National Institutes of Health

The African Academy of Sciences (AAS), the U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation are partnering under the auspices of the Coalition of African Research & Innovation (CARI) to establish a post-doctoral training fellowship program, the African Postdoctoral Training Initiative (APTI). Training will be at a world class institute, the intramural laboratories of NIH.

The main objective of APTI is to train a cadre of African scientists so they return to their home institutions and become scientific leaders in their community, help solve Africa’s challenges in global health and development, and in turn become trainers of the next generation. A key ingredient is a focus on the home institutions. See more

http://www.aasciences.ac.ke/aesa/en/pro ... itiative-/