About the SnT The University of Luxembourg is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character. The Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust ( SnT ) at the University of Luxembourg is a leading international research and innovation centre in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT systems and services. We play an instrumental role in Europe by fueling innovation through research partnerships with industry, boosting R&D investments leading to economic growth, and attracting highly qualified talent.Welook forresearchers from diverse academic backgrounds to contribute to our projects in areas such as: Network Security, Information Assurance, Model driven Security, Cloud Computing, Cryptography, Satellite Systems, Vehicular Networks, and ICT Services & Applications. We seek candidates keen to work in an interdisciplinary environment and open to collaborating with researchers from other disciplines, particularly robotics, soft matter physics, image processing, and information extraction. The position is linked to the Interdisciplinary Research Group in Sociotechnical Cybersecurity (IRiSC https://irisc lab.uni.lu/ ) within the Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability, and Trust (SnT) at the University of Luxembourg. The position is initially funded for one year (with a probation period of six months) and may be extended to up to five years following positive evaluation and commitment. The research is linked to the project INVISIMARK Unclonable Invisible Optical Markers For Defence Applications ( https://www.researchgate.net/publication/374806334_InvisiMark ) will be executed in close collaboration with two other research groups, one in robotics (prof. Holger Voos) and the other in soft matter physics (Prof. Jan Lagerwall). The three groups have established an exciting interdisciplinary environment. Your role Depending on the ambition and abilities, in addition to being involved in the group''s research on data protection and socio technical security design and analysis, the candidate can have the opportunity to develop their research project and to engage in interdisciplinary scientific work with the community of researchers of the University. Successful candidates are expected to participate in the following activities: Conduct highly innovative research in secure authentication protocol design Publish research results and present them at international conferences Contribute to reports activities in support of project management Guide and co supervise PhD or M.Sc. students Contribute to teaching in Cybersecurity courses Your profile The ideal candidate will have experience in Object Authentication, Physical Unclonable Functions, Biometric Authentication, and Security Protocols. Academic: A PhD in Computer and Information Security in [FIELD(S)] Experience in coding and image processing is considered an advantage Communication Skills: Proficiency in written and oral Eng