Job Information
Organisation/Company: University of Oldenburg
Department: Department of Computer Science
Research Field: Computer science
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions: PhD Positions
Application Deadline: 8 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Berlin)
Country: Germany
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
The University of Oldenburg invites applications for a PhD student position in the Safety-Security-Interaction group, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Andreas Peter and Dr. Federico Mazzone.
- Full-time position
- Start date: flexible, to be discussed with the applicant
- End date: 30 September 2030
- Research area: (applied) cryptography, privacy-enhancing technologies, and trustworthy AI, with a focus on applications to healthcare systems
- Possible research topics: homomorphic encryption, secure multi-party computation, differential privacy, secure collaborative machine learning, robustness, explainability, fairness, and auditability
- Position highlights:
- Goal of publishing at leading international conferences and journals in security, privacy, cryptography, and machine learning
- Full support for conference travel and international networking
- Young and growing research environment with close supervision
- Room to shape the PhD project according to the candidate’s interests
- Opportunities to collaborate with our many academic and non-academic partners
Requirements:
- Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field
- Strong background in cybersecurity and machine learning
- Good programming skills
- Excellent English level
Application deadline: 8 November 2026
Interested? Find more details here: https://uol.de/job1332en
Requirements
Research Field: Computer science
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
Languages: ENGLISH
Level: Excellent
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: University of Oldenburg
Country: Germany
Contact
City: Oldenburg
Website: https://www.uni-oldenburg.de/informatik/ssi
Street: Ammerländer Heerstraße 114-118
Postal Code: 26129
E-Mail: federico.mazzone@uni-oldenburg.de
