[Please forward this call to whoever may be interested. Thank you] CALL FOR PHD APPLICATIONS IN INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
The Politecnico di Milano offers 36 PhD positions within the Computer Science and Engineering research area of the Information Technology (IT) PhD Program. The duration of the program is 3 years and admission is on a competitive basis. Most of the positions are supported by a scholarship with competitive salary and additional support for lodging is provided to the best foreign students. Applicants must hold a master degree, but also students that graduate in Italian universities by December 2011 can apply. Applications from foreign students and students from other Italian universities are especially encouraged. IT PhD Program: The IT PhD Program offers young students graduated in scientific disciplines an international and stimulating environment for advanced training and research activities in the fields of Computer Science and Engineering, Electronics, Systems and Control, Communications and Networks, with an emphasis on multidisciplinary approaches. The joint projects with renowned international research institutions make it easier to enter the world of international research, thanks to interaction with scientific personalities and visiting periods in laboratories worldwide. The industrial joint projects in applied research allow PhD students to become acquainted to the activities of today's most technologically advanced companies, thus gaining the knowledge necessary to a more conscious choice between a career in industry or in academia. More information is available at the web site of the IT PhD program (http://phd.dei.polimi.it). Call for applications: The official call for applications is available on the PhD school web site (http://www.ricerca.polimi.it/index.php?id=4731). The deadline for applications is May 25, 2011. élease refer to the official call for details on the application procedure and requirements. Preliminary contacts among applicants and faculty members of the DEI are highly encouraged. Please take a look at the list of professors of the department and their personal web pages, and to the research labs. A list of PhD thesis proposals is also available (please consider that additional proposals can be obtained contacting directly faculty members). This should help applicants in selecting one or more potential research topics for the PhD. In particular, recipients of this email could be interested in the following positions in the security area: AUTOMATED REVERSE ENGINEERING AND ANALYSIS OF MALWARE SAMPLES Description: In the context of the European Projects i-Code and SysSec we are looking for doctoral candidates willing to work on the creation of algorithms and tools for automating the reverse engineering and analysis of malware in a forensic environment, or samples captured by widely deployed networks of honeypots. The work will range from low-level disassembly and reverse engineering to behaviour-oriented analysis, through the use of different types of machine learning algorithms. SECURITY OF SMART GRIDS AND CRITICAL ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURES Description: In the context of a NATO-funded research project, we are looking for doctoral candidates willing to work on threat analysis, modeling and development of countermeasures for securing smart grid environments. SECURITY OF CLOUD COMPUTING ARCHITECTURES Description: In the context of EU-funded research, we are looking for doctoral candidates willing to work on threat analysis, modeling and development of countermeasures for securing next generation computing architectures based on cloud computing. Discussion of different security-oriented doctoral research themes is also possible. Advisor for these themes: Stefano Zanero ([email protected]) Politecnico di Milano and DEI: The Politecnico di Milano is a science and technology university producing engineers, architects and industrial designers through a variety of innovative specializing courses, with great attention being devoted to all sides of education. The Politecnico di Milano was established in 1863 and is now ranked as one of the most outstanding European technical universities. The Department of Electronics and Information (DEI) is one of the largest European ICT departments, both for its size and for the quality of its research. With over 600 members, researchers, collaborators, PhD students, technical and administrative staff, the Department is a vital institution capable of promoting education, fundamental and applied research, and technology transfer to companies. The quality of the research work is demonstrated by the broad network of partnerships with the best international institutions, which makes the Department one of the fundamental players in the worldwide scenario of scientific and technological innovation. The orientation towards the future goes together with a tradition of excellence matured in over 60 years of activity. The result is an environment favorable to the growth of talented people, to the creation of new ideas and enterprises, to the collaboration with private companies and public institutions. -- Cordiali saluti, Stefano Zanero Politecnico di Milano - Dip. Elettronica e Informazione Via Ponzio, 34/5 I-20133 Milano - ITALY Tel. +39 02 2399-4017 Fax. +39 02 2399-3411 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://home.dei.polimi.it/zanero/ ________________________________________________________ http://www.sikurezza.org - Italian Security Mailing List
