Research Engineer on efficient privacy-preserving network analysis

29 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Université Catholique de Louvain (UCL)

Department

ICTEAM

Research Field

Computer science » Computer systems

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Belgium

Application Deadline

31 Mar 2024 - 18:00 (Europe/Brussels)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

38

Offer Starting Date

1 May 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

CONTEXT

This project is part of the novel CyberGalaxia project, part of CyberExcellence, and funded by the FEDER European fund.

This one-year contract will take place at Galaxia , location of many companies active in cybersecurity and space, such as Rhea, Telespazio and, of course near the ESA and the Euro Space Center. The researcher will have the opportunity to train on two demonstrators, including a cyber range.

While this contract is limited to 1 year and therefore too short to conduct a PhD, it is possible to look for further funding to conduct a PhD (typically four years in Belgium) with the ENSG. Applying as a post-doc is also possible. The salary will be matched with UCLouvain’s salary scale.

ORGANISATION/COMPANY

Université catholique de Louvain

Institute of Information and Communication Technologies, Electronics and Applied Mathematics (ICTEAM)

RESEARCH FIELD

Networking, Systems, NFV, Cyber Security, Space

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

The candidate must have obtained a Master’s degree in computer science before the start date (April 2024, can be adapted). If applying as a post-doc, the same rule applies to the doctoral dissertation.

APPLICATION DEADLINE

ASAP, applications will be reviewed every two weeks until a candidate is found.

LOCATION

The applicant will share his or her time between Galaxia in Transinnes, where the contact will be established, and a second office in Louvain-La-Neuve. The split of her/his time is to be discussed.

TYPE OF CONTRACT

Research Engineer, 1 year position, full-time

Funded as part of the CyberGalaxia FEDER project.

JOB STATUS

Full-time

HOURS PER WEEK

38

OFFER DESCRIPTION

The applicant will join the ENSG, but work partly at Galaxia in Transinnes with other members of CyberExcellence.

The candidate will build a network audit system to allow auditors to run analyses on network traffic without violating user privacy or regulations such as the GDPR. To this end, the candidate will build a verifier that ensures that the private data of users analyzed by the audit system are aggregated in a sufficient manner before being exported to the listener. For instance, the program can scan each connection to check the recipient’s secure server name (TLS SNI) but can only output a proportion of users heading to the servers of this or that service provider. The system will be based on Retina , a system previously built in a consortium including the ENSG and Stanford ESRG.

The CyberGalaxia project studies cybersecurity problems, particularly in space. Hence, this project is particularly looking at how to run efficient network analysis in satellite-constrained resources and how to audit civilian traffic that is spreading with LEO Internet connection.

SUBMISSION

Please send to [email protected] :

(a) Curriculum vitae;

(b) Motivation letter;

We will get back to you, the selection process includes in general a first informal meeting via Teams, and then an in-person interview.

REQUIRED LANGUAGES

ENGLISH: at least B1

French is not required but is a plus

Other positions

See the range of possibilities at the Efficiency of Networked Systems Group

Requirements

Research Field

Computer science » Computer systems

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

• Good student
• Good in the Operating System and networking courses
• Ease with programming in Rust
• Autonomy, research-minded

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Good

Research Field

Computer science » Computer systemsComputer science » Programming

Additional Information
Benefits

- Possibility to extend on a PhD (further funding is not guaranteed)

Selection process

Applications will be reviewed every two weeks until a candidate is found

We will get back to you, the selection process includes in general a first informal meeting via Teams, and then an in-person interview.

Additional comments

The candidate will have to attend the Galaxia office a few days per week, which is not easily accessible by public transport. Therefore the candidate should hold a driving license and have a car.

Website for additional job details

https://perso.uclouvain.be/tom.barbette/1-year-research-engineer-position-on-ef…

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

UCLouvain / ICTEAM / INGI - Galaxia offices

Country

Belgium

City

Libin

Postal Code

6890

Street

Devant les Hêtres 2

Geofield

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

UCLouvain / ICTEAM / INGI

Country

Belgium

City

Louvain-La-Neuve

Postal Code

1348

Street

Place Sainte Barbe, 2

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Louvain-la-Neuve

Website

https://www.tombarbette.be

Street

Place Sainte-Barbe 2

Postal Code

1348

E-Mail

[email protected]

Phone

0032479609463

STATUS: EXPIRED