Postdoctoral Position in Statistics, Machine learning, Information theory – NTNU, Norway

The Department of Information Security and Communication Technology (IIK) has a vacancy for a position as a postdoctoral researcher at the Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering( IE), in the cross-disciplinary field of cyber security.

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General Info

Position:

Postdoctoral Position

No. of Positions:

1

Research Field:

Computer Science, Information Theory, Machine learning

 
Deadline to Apply: 

Mon Nov 15 2021 23:59:00 GMT+0100 (Mitteleuropäische Normalzeit)

Joining Date:

ASAP

Contract Period:

2 Years

Salary:

574 700 NOK/Year

Workplace:
Faculty of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering( IE)
Department of Information Security and Communication Technology (IIK)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology, NTNU
Trondheim,Norway

Qualification Details

You must have completed a Norwegian doctoral degree or corresponding foreign doctoral degree recognized as equivalent to a Norwegian PhD in:

• Statistics
• Machine learning/NPL
• Mathematics
• Computer Science
• Information theory

or equivalent.

The appointment is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants and national guidelines for appointment as PhD, post doctor and research assistant.

Preferred selection criteria

• Interest in the proposed research and the ability to acquire necessary tools for conducting the research
• Ability to work independently.
• Good organization and communication skills.
• Interest in a wider context beyond own research.
• Eager to disseminate research results through publications and presentations at international conferences.
• Good written and oral English and Norwegian language skills. Applicants who do not master a Scandinavian language must provide evidence of good English language skills, written and spoken. The following tests can be used as such documentation: TOEFL, IELTS or Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) or Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE). Minimum scores are:
  • TOEFL: 600 (paper-based test), 92 (Internet-based test).
  • IELTS: 6.5, with no section lower than 5.5 (only Academic IELTS test accepted).
  • CAE/CPE: grade B or A.
  
  

Publication activities in the aforementioned disciplines will be considered a strong advantage.

We are seeking applicants who are:

• Highly motivated by fundamental scientific research of practical relevance.
• Able to work independently.
• Well organized and have interests beyond their own research.
• Eager to disseminate research results through publications and presentations at international conferences.

In the evaluation of which candidate is best qualified, emphasis will be placed on education, experience and personal suitability, as well as motivation, in terms of the qualifications specified in the advertisement.

Responsibilities/Job Description

The appointment is for a term of 2 years and is a part of the CLEANUP project funded by the Norwegian Research Council.

The CLEANUP project spans several research institutions, including NTNU, the University of Oslo, the Norwegian Computing Center in Norway and University of Rovira i Virgili in Spain. It aims to develop novel computational models and processing techniques to automatically anonymize unstructured data, with a focus on text documents. The project will also design dedicated evaluation methods to assess the empirical performance of text anonymization mechanisms, and examine how these metrics should be interpreted from a legal perspective. Finally, the project will investigate how these technological solutions can be integrated into organizational processes – in particular how quality control can be effectively performed, and how the level and type of anonymization can be parametrized to meet the specific needs of the data owner.

The position will be concerned with analyzing and designing mechanisms for text data and information access that allow control of the privacy- utility trade-off. Of particular interest is:

• Development of differentially private text data query mechanisms.
• Evaluation of existing anonymization approaches.

The research will be carried out as an integrated part of the NTNU Applied Cryptology Lab, and under guidance of Staal A. Vinterbo.

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Reference Number: 2021/ 54671