Motivation & Goal

Secure computation allows mutually distrusting parties to jointly compute a function on their input data without revealing anything but the result. It can be deployed on a variety of hardware platforms, ranging from mobile phones to high-end servers, and has a large number of applications, including contact discovery, genomic sequencing, and the secure processing of data in the cloud. Correspondingly, possible challenges for an applicant are wide-spread and include but are not limited to:

• Implementing new protocol designs in Rust, as well as evaluating them and comparing them to prior art
• Running experiments for determining protocol parameters and failure probabilities
• Maintaining and extending our currently developing Rust framework for efficient mixed-protocol secure multi-party computation

The results emerging from this work are essential contributions to research papers that will be published at international top conferences.

Requirements

• Good programming skills in Rust or at least a high interest in learning Rust.
• At least basic understanding of cryptography.
• High motivation and creativity + ability to work independently.
• Flexible working hours.
• Experience with reading research papers.
• Knowledge of the English language goes without saying.

Contact

If you are interested, please get in touch and send your application (including a CV and transcript of records) to:

• Nora Khayata M.Sc. (khayata@encrypto.cs.tu-…)
• Thomas Schneider (schneider@encrypto.cs.tu-…)