PhD Position in Personal Data Servers

The SMIS (Secured and Mobile Information System) team at INRIA is offering two Ph.D. positions in a new project to start December 1, 2011. The project is in the area of Personal Data Servers and deals with data privacy and embedded databases.

About the project: an increasing amount of personal data is automatically gathered and stored on servers by administrations, hospitals, insurance companies, etc. Citizen themselves often count on internet companies to store their data and make them reliable and highly available through the internet. Personal Data Servers suggest a radically different way of managing personal data. It builds upon the emergence of new portable devices combining the security of smart cards and the storage capacity of NAND Flash chips (from Gigabytes to Terabytes soon). By embedding a full-fledged Personal Data Server (PDS) in such devices, user's control of how her sensitive data is shared by others (by whom, for how long, according to which rule, for which purpose) can be fully reestablished and convincingly enforced.

More information about the project and the PhD research topics can be found here: http://www-smis.inria.fr/

About INRIA: INRIA, the French National Institute for Research in Computer Science and Control, is one of the top research center in Europe. It is dedicated to fundamental and applied research in ICST. More than 3000 scientists work in the 174 research teams of INRIA. INRIA is based at Rocquencourt, close to Versailles and Paris. It then offers the best choice of cultural opportunities, as well as excellent food and wine.
More information about INRIA: http://www.inria.fr/en/

Requirements:
- Master in computer science or equivalent diploma.
- good analytical, technical, and problem solving skills.
- good teamwork and organizational skills.
- A solid knowledge in database management systems and in database security.
- A complementary knowledge in cryptography will be highly appreciated.

How to apply:
send a pdf file including
- Resume
- transcripts of certificates and grades
- List of publications
- Motivation letter
- Recommendation letter(s)

Contact persons (depending on the PhD offer):
Nicolas Anciaux, Benjamin Nguyen, Philippe Pucheral (Firstname.Lastname@inria.fr)

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