We apologize if you have received multiple copies of this message. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.cs.stevens-tech.edu/Lab/SecureSystems_Lab/JoinUs.htm Post-Doctoral Positions Available Laboratory for Secure Systems Department of Computer Science Stevens Institute of Technology The Laboratory for Secure Systems at the Computer Science Department of Stevens Institute of Technology invites applications for Post-doctoral positions. The Lab has been recently created, and its mission is to pioneer new technologies for high-assurance and secure systems and prototype tools that can provide guarantees that a system will not exhibit unpredictable behavior in a hostile environment. Our objective is to consolidate and organize research already under way at Stevens. We are taking several approaches to language-based tools for high-assurance, secure systems. Language-based automated analysis can be used to check components during development and also at the point of deployment. Such analyses can complement trust-based approaches to security of mobile components and enhance performance by reducing overhead of run-time checking. Language-based tools fit the programming environments of professional practice, along side other tools like test-generators and performance profilers. Type-based analyses can prevent leakage of privileged data even with dynamic linking and replacement of libraries at run-time. New abstractions are being developed for fault-tolerant computation in wide area networks. Verification techniques can check correctness of implementations of security protocols. Much interest already exists in furthering the technologies, as demonstrated by collaborations of the faculty amongst themselves, with other academic institutions (e.g., with the Secure Internet Programming Laboratory at Princeton, with the FLINT project at Yale, with the University of Edinburgh), and with industrial partners (e.g., Lucent Technologies). Our work has current funding from industrial partners, through multiple grants from the National Science Foundation and the New Jersey Commission of Science and Technology. Successful applicants will be enthusiastic team players with a strong commitment to academic excellence. A PhD in Computer Science or Applied Mathematics or equivalent education is required. Preference will be given to applicants with experience in at least one of the following areas: *Type theory *Static program analysis *Formal verification *Semantics of programming languages *Higher-order programming languages *Implementation of programming languages Post-docs will participate in state of the art research in collaboration with other members of the Lab; they will produce technical reports to document their findings, and participate in building proof of concept software systems to experiment with research advances. The positions are initially for two years, renewable for a third year upon performance and availability of funds. Positions are expected to start with the new academic year in September 2001, but the starting date is flexible. Applicants should send a CV, a statement of research interests, and arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to: Adriana Compagnoni Department of Computer Science Stevens Institute of Technology Castle Point on Hudson Hoboken, NJ 07030 U. S. A. e-mail: abc@cs.stevens-tech.edu For more information contact Adriana Compagnoni (abc@cs.stevens-tech.edu), Dominic Duggan (dduggan@cs.stevens-tech.edu), or David Naumann (naumann@cs.stevens-tech.edu). Stevens Institute of Technology is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Laboratory for Secure Systems (http://www.cs.stevens-tech.edu/Lab/SecureSystems_Lab/) Computer Science Department (http://www.cs.stevens-tech.edu/) LocalWords: http www SecureSystems JoinUs htm docs initially CV dduggan LocalWords: Naumann 21-Jul-2001 15:30:59 -0300,7149;000000000000-0000001c