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The Security & Privacy Research (SPQR) Lab at UMass Amherst has an open postdoctoral position for systems research in security or embedded systems. There are several active projects, including:
More information appears on links from http://www.cs.umass.edu/~kevinfu/
A postdoc would have access to extensive resources thanks in part to several awards from NSF, HHS, private donors, and industrial support. The postdoc position would start as early as August 2010 and last for at least one year, with extensions subject to negotiation.
Application materials should be sent to postdoc-spqr@cs.umass.edu by May 28, 2010. The application (in PDF format) should include a CV emphasizing publications, a research statement emphasizing research philosophy, and the names of at least three references. Each reference should separately send a PDF letter directly to postdoc-spqr@cs.umass.edu also by May 28. If a PhD has not yet been granted, the thesis advisor should confirm in a letter that the applicant is on track to receive a PhD before the Fall semester.
The SPQR Lab focuses on research topics of interest to the security and embedded systems communities, often with emphasis on matters of social importance. About a half dozen graduate students affiliated with the SPQR Lab publish in conferences such as USENIX Security, IEEE Symposium on Security & Privacy, and ACM/USENIX MobiSys. Student honors include multiple best paper awards from the top security conferences and multiple NSF graduate research fellowships. The research results have been featured in the New York Times, NPR, and MIT Technology Review. The publications also prompted rethinking at the Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Reserve system, and the Federal Trade Commission.
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The SPQR Lab has a substantial amount of special purpose electronic test equipment, personnel to assist with development aspects of research, and other resources for research in security and embedded systems.
Members of the SPQR Lab collaborate with the Wireless Sensor Networks Group led by Prof. Deepak Ganesan (SenSys 2010 PC Chair) and the VLSI Circuits & Systems Group led by Prof. Wayne Burleson. See http://suma.cs.umass.edu/ for more information about faculty in the greater systems group.
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