Postdoc in Self-learning Systems for Automated Cybersecurity

Job description

The research involves mathematical and algorithmic modeling and analysis, as well as system design, implementation, and experimentation.

The research follows an approach where cyberattacks and response actions on an IT infrastructure are modeled as a game between an attacker and a defender and where strategies of attackers and defenders co-evolve through self-play. The game model is based on attack graphs and system architecture models. Reinforcement learning techniques are studied to approximate optimal control strategies. In addition to analytical modeling and analysis, a testbed and a simulation environment is available and further developed for experimentation, training, and evaluation of control strategies. Cyber ranges hosting realistic IT infrastructure environments are also available. The successful candidate will join a group of researchers that work on topics related to this project. 

What we offer

• A position at a leading technical university that generates knowledge and skills for a sustainable future
• Engaged and ambitious colleagues along with a creative, international and dynamic working environment
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH
• Work in Stockholm, in close proximity to nature

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Qualifications

Requirements

• A doctoral degree, or an equivalent foreign degree, in computer science or a related
  area. This eligibility requirement must be met no later than the time the employment decision is made.
• You exhibit research expertise, collaborative abilities and independence.
• Expertise in the following areas is required: statistics, machine learning, cybersecurity, and programming.
• You are aware of diversity and equal opportunity issues, with specific focus on gender equality.
• For the position, it is required that you have good oral and written communication skills in English in your daily work. 

Preferred qualifications

• A doctoral degree or an equivalent foreign degree, obtained within the last three years prior to the application deadline.
• Good teaching abilities. 

Great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

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To apply for the position

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Your complete application must be received at KTH no later than the last day of application, midnight CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

About the employment

The position offered is for, at the most, three years.

A position as a postdoctoral fellow is a time-limited qualified appointment focusing mainly on research, intended as a first career step after a dissertation.

Others

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