【Urgent Call】Funded PhD Position in Cryptographic Engineering at USF

“This is an urgent call for interested applicants. A funded Ph.D. student position is available starting August 2017 to work on different aspects of Cryptographic Engineering in the CSE department at USF.

USF is an R1 university and among the leading institutions in Florida. We are looking for motivated, talented, and hardworking applicants who have background and are interested in working on different aspects of Cryptographic Engineering with emphasis on:

- Cryptographic hardware systems
- Side-channel attacks, particularly fault and power analysis attacks

The required expertise includes:

- Masters (or Bachelors with outstanding background) in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
- Solid background in digital design, VLSI, computer arithmetic, and ASIC/FPGA implementations
- Solid HDL expertise
- Outstanding English (if English tests are taken) to be eligible for department funding
- Motivation to work beyond the expectations from an average Ph.D. student and publish in top tier venues

Please closely observe the admission requirement details here before emailing: http://www.usf.edu/engineering/cse/graduate/phd-program.aspx  

Please send me your updated CV (including list of publications, language test marks, and references), transcripts for B.Sc. (and M.Sc.), and a statement of interest at usfcrypto2017@gmail.com as soon as possible.

NOTE: At this time, I consider only the applicants who have already taken TOEFL/IELTS and GRE exams with excellent marks. The successful candidate will be asked to apply formally very soon to the USF CSE department, so all the material has to be already ready.”