PhD Positions

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

The University of Oldenburg invites applications for a PhD student position in the Safety-Security-Interaction group, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Andreas Peter and Dr. Federico Mazzone.

• Full-time position
• Start date: flexible, to be discussed with the applicant
• End date: 30 September 2030
• Research area: (applied) cryptography, privacy-enhancing technologies, and trustworthy AI, with a focus on applications to healthcare systems
• Possible research topics: homomorphic encryption, secure multi-party computation, differential privacy, secure collaborative machine learning, robustness, explainability, fairness, and auditability
• Position highlights:
  • Goal of publishing at leading international conferences and journals in security, privacy, cryptography, and machine learning
  • Full support for conference travel and international networking
  • Young and growing research environment with close supervision
  • Room to shape the PhD project according to the candidate’s interests
  • Opportunities to collaborate with our many academic and non-academic partners

Requirements:

• Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
• Strong background in cybersecurity and machine learning
• Good programming skills
• Excellent English level

Application deadline: 8 November 2026

Interested? Find more details here: https://uol.de/job1332en

Requirements

Research Field: Computer science

Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent

Languages: ENGLISH

Level: Excellent

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available: 1

Company/Institute: University of Oldenburg

Country: Germany

Contact

City: Oldenburg

Website: https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/informatik/ssi

Street: Ammerländer Heerstraße 114-118

Postal Code: 26129

E-Mail: federico.mazzone@uni-oldenburg.de