The Security group of the Institute for Informatics and Telematics of
the National Research Council of Italy (IIT-CNR) has 5 new positions for
research assistants(PhD student level)/associates(Postdoc level).

Currently, the Security Group of IIT-CNR consists of about 15 people
(including researchers, post docs, Ph.D. Students and software
engineers) plus several master students of the University of Pisa.
Pisa is a small historical town that with its biggest airport in Tuscany
could be considered as the main entrance in this fascinating region of
the world. With its three universities and the CNR biggest research Area
in Italy, Pisa is one of the best places in Italy to study and perform
research in computer science.

All the positions are initially available for one year and can be
possibly extended till 3 years. The gross salary will depend on
experience and qualification, roughly ranging from 17kE(Research
assistant) to 40kE (Research associate).

The positions are available starting from February 2008.

The successful candidates are expected to perform research activities in
the ambit of one or more of the research projects currently available.
(For the research associates, the supervision of Ph.D. students is also
foreseen.)

The Security group is currently involved in the following EU/national
projects:

EU-ICT-STREP Context-aware Information Sharing (Consequence).
EU-IST-STREP Security and Trust for GRID systems (GRIDTrust).
EU-IST-STREP Secure Software and Services for Mobile Systems (S3MS).
EU-FET-IP BIOlogically-inspired autonomic NETworks and services(BioNets).
EU-FET-IP on Software Engineering for Service-Oriented Overlay Computers
(SENSORIA).
CNR Secure and Resilient Networks and Services (SiReNS).

Qualification:
 - university diploma (or Master's degree) in computer science or
related discipline for research assistant.
 - Ph.D. for research associate.

Required:
 - experience in at least one of the following research topics: formal
methods (including logic, process calculi, etc...); applied computer
security; network and pervasive security.
 - fluent English language skills

Applications should at least consist of a CV, letters of recommendation
and the most significant published papers, if any.

Please send your application to Fabio Martinelli
(Fabio.Martinelli@iit.cnr.it).