Stillingstittel: PhD Research Fellowship in Biometric Fusion

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
The University of Oslo is Norway’s largest institution of research and education with 28 000 students and 7000 employees. Its broad range of academic disciplines and internationally esteemed research communities make UiO an important contributor to society.PhD Research Fellowship in Biometric Fusion

A position as PhD Research Fellow in information security and biometric Fusion is available at the Department of Informatics, University of Oslo, and will be for a period of 3 years. The starting date is as soon as possible and no later than 15 August 2016. The position is hosted at the IFI Research Group in Networks and DistributedSystems (ND) and the ConSeRNS security research team at the University of Oslo.

Job Description

The PhD fellowship is part of the SWAN research project managed by the Gjøvik Campus of NTNU, and will focus on information security and biometrics in general, and in particular, on biometric fusion. The proposed research topic is not expected to be final, since the successful candidate will ultimately define their project jointly with their supervisors during the first two months of the fellowship. The fellowship will have at least two supervisors, typically drawn from the scientific staff at the Department of Informatics and a project partner. The PhD position is located at Informatics Department at the campus of Oslo University (IFI home page: http://www.ifi.uio.no).

Requirements

The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences at the University of Oslo has a strategic ambition of being a leading research faculty. The candidate for the fellowship will be selected in accordance with this, and is expected to be in the upper segment of their class with respect to academic credentials.

Applicants must hold a Master's degree or equivalent in Informatics, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Mathematics, with some specialisation in information security and/or data analytics and machine learning.

The fellowship requires admission to the research training program at the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences. An approved plan for the research training, including a project outline (made out in cooperation with the appropriate PhD advisors), must be submitted no later than two months after taking up the position, and the admission is to be approved within three months.

For more information see:

http://www.uio.no/english/research/phd/

http://www.mn.uio.no/english/research/doctoral-degree-and-career/phd-programme/index.html

A good command of English is required.

http://www.mn.uio.no/english/research/doctoral-degree-and-career/regulations/proficiency-requirements.html

Working and living environment

The Department of Informatics is located in a modern building with excellent facilities and working conditions. In the ConSeRNS team there is a good gender balance, and an international environment with people from approx. 10 countries, where the working language is English. UiO offers a good range of language courses, e.g. Norwegian for foreigners or English academic writing.

The University

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Universitetet i Oslo, Department of Info

Arbeidsgiver adresse: 0313 OSLO

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Oslo

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år