Doctoral Position in Quantum Cryptography

The Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology is the first school in a Swiss university of applied sciences to be devoted to IT. The new Zug-Rotkreuz campus offers bachelor degree programmes in Digital Ideation, Computer Science, Information and Cyber Security, International IT Management and Business Information Technology and master’s degree programmes in Engineering and Business Information Technology. Rounding out the School’s offer are attractive continuing education courses and applied research and services. It is one of six Schools making up the Lucerne University of Applied Sciences and Arts with its 1800-plus staff and more than 11,500 degree and continuing education students.

Application Security & Cryptography, including Quantum Cryptography, is a growing research topic at the Lucerne School of Computer Science and Information Technology. As part of the SNSF Practice-to-Science grant "Quantum Cryptography in practice", we are seeking someone to join our research team:

Doctoral Position in Quantum Cryptography

• You conduct state-of-the-art research in Quantum Cryptography at the interface of Computer Science, Physics and Engineering.
• You study practical Quantum Key Distribution and Quantum Random Number Generation protocols, analyze their security and develop secure and efficient alternative protocols. You develop methods to assess and quantify the quality and "quantumness" of Quantum Random Number Generators
• You actively collaborate with our research partners from academia and industry. In particular, you will be enrolled in the doctoral programme of ETH Zurich and closely exchange with the group of Prof. Renato Renner
• You support our research team in additional projects in IT security together with our industrial partners
• You support teaching activities and supervise student projects at Bachelor and Master level

• Curiosity and a passion for research
• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Physics or Mathematics
• Strong background in Quantum Information, Quantum Cryptography, Cryptographic Protocols and/or Information Security
• Good analytical and conceptual skills and motivation to work on both theoretical and practical questions in Quantum Cryptography and IT Security
• Fluency in written and spoken English; German advantageous (or willingness to learn)
• Ability to explain complex facts and ideally experience with writing scientific texts