PostDoc position on Quantum Readout PUFs

Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), Netherlands

Updated: 2 days ago
Deadline: 11 Oct ’26

Quantum Readout of Physical Unclonable Functions; Use of PUFs in quantum-cryptographic protocols.

Information
The project focuses on the use of PUFs as a physical authentication credential, and in particular Quantum Readout of PUFs, which enables remote authentication of physical credentials without the need to trust remote devices.
https://arxiv.org/abs/1303.0142
https://export.arxiv.org/abs/1802.07573
https://eprint.iacr.org/2016/971

One of the goals is to achieve Quantum Readout through a long optical fiber, with random challenges in the time-frequency domain (instead of the easier to achieve transverse modes domain).
You will be involved in the system modeling, the design of protocols, and the security analysis.
A broader topic of interest is the use of PUFs in quantum security schemes in general.
The project will be executed in close collaboration with the company QSA Technology, providing direct feedback from physical implementations of the work.

The research is done at the Eindhoven Institute for the Protection of Systems and Information (EIPSI), in the department of Mathematics and Computer Science. The work is carried out in collaboration with QUANT at Twente University and QSA Technology, as well as TU Eindhoven's fiber optics experts at the department of Electrical Engineering.

This position is part of the NWO-funded "Quartet" project, which aims to address open problems in the practical realisation of quantum authentication of optical PUFs through single-mode fiber.


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