Job Detail

Introduction

The University of Lausanne is a higher teaching and research institution composed of seven faculties where approximately 15,000 students and nearly 5,000 collaborators, professors, and researchers work and study. Ideally situated along the lake of Geneva, near Lausanne's city center, its campus brings together over 120 nationalities.

Presentation

The Information Security and Privacy (ISP) Lab of the Department of Information Systems HEC, is opening a full-time PhD position in information systems / computer science with a focus on human and social aspects of privacy for wearable and life-style tracking devices and applications.

The position is funded by a grant from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for a joint research project between Prof. Kévin Huguenin (UNIL) and Prof. Jean-Pierre Hubaux (EPFL).

Job information

Expected start date in position : Fall of 2019 / to be agreed upon

Contract length : for the duration of the SNSF project (2.5 years), renewable 1 or 2 years for the completion of the thesis.

Activity rate : 100 %

Workplace : University of Lausanne, Campus of Dorigny, Building Internef

Your responsibilities

Human and social factors play a key role in privacy. For instance, individuals’ privacy is affected by the actions of their friends. Also, individuals are influenced by their own past experience and their friends when making privacy-related decisions. The benefit individuals obtain also contains a strong human and social component. This is particularly true and important for emerging technologies and services (e.g., quantified self).

The goal of this research project is to study the human and social aspects of utility and privacy with a special focus on emerging technologies and services, typically wearable and life-style trackers. To do so, the successful candidate may have to interact/collaborate with researchers from human-computer interaction and medicine, while focusing on the core computer science/information system aspects of utility and privacy.

The successful candidate is expected to enroll in the doctoral school in information systems at HEC Lausanne and will be supervised by Prof. Kévin Huguenin.

Your qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.  Preferably with a specialization in security or human computer interaction,


• Experience and strong abilities in programming. Experience in statistics and machine learning is a plus,


• Willingness to do research in the field of privacy and interest in related domains (ubiquitous computing, social networking, etc.),


• Taste for multidisciplinary projects involving medicine, law, or economics: open-mindedness is key to the success of such projects.


• Fluency in English.  Knowledge of French and German is a plus. Good analytical and communication skills are essential.

What the position offers you

We offer a nice working place in a multicultural, diversified and dynamic academic environment, opportunities for professional training.

Possibilities of continuous training, a lot of activities and other benefits to discover.

Contact for further information

Prof. Kévin Huguenin

kevin.huguenin@unil.ch

https://www.unil.ch/isplab

Your application

Deadline : 15.06.2019

Please, send your full application in Word or PDF with the following documents:

• Curriculum vitae (2 pages max.),


• the name of up to three references willing to write recommendation letters,


• your university transcripts (bachelor and master level),


• and an electronic version of a recent research project write-up (e.g. master thesis, scientific publication).

Only applications through this website will be taken into account.

We thank you for your understanding.

Additional information

UNIL is committed to promoting gender equality and strongly encourages applications from female candidates.