Ph.D. position opening at Dr. Jiafeng Harvest Xie's Security and Cryptography (SAC) Lab (https://www.ece.villanova.edu/~jxie02/lab/) in Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Villanova University, Villanova, PA USA
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Requirements:
Preferred to be in majors of EE/CE/CS, Applied Mathematics/Cryptography related majors are also warmly welcome!
Proficiency in English both speaking and writing abilities Efficiency in programming Languages such as VHDL/Verilog, CC++, Python, and so on. Great enthusiasm for doing research-oriented tasks. Excellent teamwork member.
Degree: both BS and MS graduates or similar are warmly welcomed to apply.
Deadline: better to start in Summer/Fall 2022. It is always better to apply as early as possible. The position is open until it is filled.
实验室文化团结和谐，师兄们文武兼修。既有围棋、象棋等棋类发烧友，也有国家二级运动员级别的足球爱好者，更有各类电子器件品味大师（极客）。欢迎广大文武兼修者加入实验室切磋讨论。
老师和师兄会带你入门，一同进行学术攻坚。你将不会是一个人在战斗。
(重要的事说三遍！！！）
Email: jiafeng.xie@villanova.edu
研究重点放在后量子密码学和AI安全的结合（全同态加密，Fully Homomorphic Encryption）和神经网络加速器的硬件加速实现。该方向很新而且着眼于未来5-n年。目前各大公司都在竞相开发相关加速器以求被最早标准化。所以该类研究正在蓬勃发展。同时机会也比较多，探索后量子密码学与AI结合发展更容易找到科研重点。目前实验室已经有师兄在进入这一个方向，所以入门和带上路都不是问题。
想象一下如果你开发的加速算法和架构未来5-10年后会被各类应用大量采用！！！
如果感兴趣，欢迎邮件联系谢老师。
最后如果感兴趣计算机安全的其他方面也请email: jiafeng.xie@villanova.edu谈谈你的想法。