Lecturer in Cryptography - London, United Kingdom - King's College London

King's College London

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Job description

The successful applicant for this post will undertake research and teaching in an area of Cryptography and more broadly Cybersecurity.

They will be assigned to teach on the Department's MSc in Cybersecurity (face to face and/or online), or other postgraduate or undergraduate degree programmes offered by the Department of Informatics, and will be expected to supervise both undergraduate and postgraduate projects.

While we cannot guarantee teaching in cryptography, we hope to expand our cryptography teaching portfolio in the near future.

The mission of CYS is to conduct word-class research to address research and practical challenges in Cybersecurity such as the ones listed above through six main interconnected pillars: (i) Trustworthy AI; (ii) Formal and automated (program) analysis for verification and testing of security protocols and systems; (iii) Human-Centred Security and Privacy; (iv) Provenance and Trust; (v) Systems Security; and (vi) Cryptography.

To realise our mission, we look at security & privacy challenges with a broad perspective and regularly sit in the program committees of and publish in top-tier and well-known venues in Cryptography (EUROCRYPT, CRYPTO, ASIACRYPT, IACR Area Workshops), Security & Privacy (e.g., IEEE S&P, USENIX Security, ACM CCS, NDSS, IEEE CSF, USENIX SOUPS, IEEE TDSC, IEEE TIFS, ACM TOPS), Artificial Intelligence (e.g., IJCAI, AAMAS, IEEE TKDE), Measurement (e.g., WWW, IMC), Software Engineering (e.g., IEEE TSE), and Human-Computer Interaction (e.g., CHI, CSCW, TOCHI).

Top-quality research establishes CYS members as leaders in their fields, but it is its transformative aspect that provides the opportunity to serve the society while supporting King's as an outstanding institution in science and technology.

As such, CYS has strong links with industry and civil society organisations, which engages with us in collaborative research projects.

Applicants must have a PhD, an excellent publication record, and the ability to attract research funding.

It is essential that applicants have the enthusiasm and commitment required to contribute to the further development of the research standing of the Department of Informatics, and to make a full contribution to teaching and administrative activities.

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract

This is a full-time post - 100% full time equivalent

Key responsibilities
- engage in advanced research, maintain an outstanding track record of published research at a level of international excellence and lead activities promoting research impact.
- make a significant contribution to the teaching, examining and project supervision of undergraduate and MSc students in the Department of Informatics
- supervise research students in the Department of Informatics and act as personal tutor to students as agreed with the Head of Department, assist with difficulties, e.g. learning support/problems and be responsible for the pastoral care of students.

Undertake any other reasonable duties that may be requested by the Head of Department.
The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post._

Skills, knowledge, and experience

Essential criteria

PhD in computer science, cryptography or related field
Strong research record in computer science and/or cryptography as evidenced by publications in high quality journals and/or conferences; Research experience and good reputation in computer science, cryptography or relevant research field; Potential to acquire research project funding; Ability to supervise research students
Ability to teach undergraduate and postgraduate modules in computer science and cybersecurity
Ability to make a significant contribution to administrative work

Desirable criteria