[HiPEAC-announce] Two PhD positions in software protection techniques

[Bjorn De Sutter]

The PARIS (Parallel Information Systems) research group at Ghent  
University is offering two PhD positions in the fields of software  
protection. In the recent past, this group has conducted research into  
software obfuscation, software diversification, hybrid static-dynamic  
attacks on software protection, and protection mechanisms against side- 
channel attacks, which so far resulted in two PhDs (Matias Madou and  
Bertrand Anckaert). The group has a lot of experience in building  
tools to support this research, with the mature tools Diablo (for  
static binary rewriting) and Diota (for dynamic program  
instrumentation) proving to be excellent experimentation tools. With  
this track record, we are now looking for motivated, focused PhD  
students that want to move away from the black-magic art that software  
protection has been so far, and bring it to the next level where  
qualitative and quantitative metrics rule.

The PARIS group, from which Prof. Koen De Bosschere coordinates the  
HIPEAC2 European Network of Excellence, performs research into  
hardware/software codedesign, and into the software/hardware interface  
(compilers and computer architecture). As such this position offers  
the ability to participate heavily in the HIPEAC2 network.

For more information on how to apply, contact prof. Bjorn De Sutter at bjorn.desutter at elis.ugent.be 
. Or mail him your CV, score marks, references and Ms. thesis.

Bjorn De Sutter
Electronics & Information Systems Department
Ghent University