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================================= PhD POSITION IN COMPUTER SCIENCE FOUNDATIONS OF COMPUTER SECURITY The University of Vermont, USA ================================= Location: Department of Computer Science, The University of Vermont (UVM), Burlington, Vermont, USA. http://www.cs.uvm.edu http://www.uvm.edu http://www.ci.burlington.vt.us Description: We are seeking qualified applicants for doctoral research opportunities in the foundations of computer security. Our current research has two main thrusts. The first is type-and-effect analysis for enforcing temporal safety properties in software as a form of programming language based security. The second is the use of formalisms and programming logics to specify and implement distributed trust management (authorization) systems for applications such as web services. More information about these projects and associated publications is available online: http://www.cs.uvm.edu/~skalka/skalka-pubs/skalka-projects.html Research will be conducted in the context of larger projects being carried out by the Distributed Systems Group: http://www.cs.uvm.edu/research/distrsys This position is funded by a grant from the Department of Defense (DoD), Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR). Inquiries: Please direct questions to Christian Skalka, [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.cs.uvm.edu/~skalka. To Apply: Information about the UVM Computer Science PhD Program, including information about applying, is available on the web: http://www.cs.uvm.edu/gradinfo/PhD-guide.shtml The deadline for applications to start in Fall 2007 is February 1, 2007. ============================== Christian Skalka Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science University of Vermont http://www.cs.uvm.edu/~skalka ==============================