Announcement of selection for the Doctoral Programme in Information and Communication Technology 32nd cycle - Project European Training Network for Cyber-security - NeCS ETN H2020- MSCA-ITN-2015 – Marie Sklodowska-Curie - Innovative Training Network (ITN) at the University of Trento - Security Research Group

More informations about NeCS Consortium can be found on the NeCS Project Web Site. The winners are considered Early Stage Researchers under the provisions of the rules of the Marie Sklodowska-Curie actions and therefore positions are reserved for those who fulfill the conditions for admission. Positions are reserved for the following research topics:

1. Risk metrics for vulnerabilities (1 position).

This topic is devoted to the research and training in the design, development and validation of cyber-security risk assessment methodology and practical security risk metrics for critical infrastructures. It will also include the design, implementation of empirical validation procedures and experiments to validate risk and security methodology based on a sufficiently representative dataset of vulnerabilities and exploits.

For information on the research activities only, please contact: fabio.massacci@unitn.it

• The applicants should, at the time of selection, be in the first four years of their research careers (measured from the date when they obtained the degree which would entitle them to embark on a doctorate).
• The applicants should not be in possession of a doctoral degree, but should have the necessary qualifications to embark on a PhD program. All the ESRs will be required to be enrolled in the PhD programs.
• The applicants must not have resided or carried out their main activities (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting organization for more than 12 months in the last 3 years.

• Research fellowship (Gross): €33.051/year
• Mobility allowance (Gross): €5.9756/year
• Possible Family Allowance in addition to coverage of study and research relates expenses
• National Health Insurance: Italy has a free National Health Service. Registration costs up to € 149,77 is provided by the University
• Duration of the contract: 2 years (an extention for 3rd year will be negotiated with the advisor)

Employment will start preferably from 1st August 2017 (or earlier) and at most from 6th of October. The academic year starts 1st November 2017.

Candidates who have not been resident in Italy may benefit of a special tax reduction package.

Applications should be sent by email to the Coordinator of the NeCS consortium (necs-jobs@iit.cnr.it and in copy to p.sterlini@unitn.it)with Subject: NeCS-UNITN. Attachments must include a single pdf file containing the following:

• CV (with list of publications, if any, and at least two contacts for reference)
• Copy of Master's Degree (including transcript, grades, title and abstract of Master's thesis).
  • If the degree certificate is in a language different than English, an English translation should be provided. At time of selection such translation doesn't need to be an official translation. The candidates selected for the positions will have to provide an official translation (in either English or Italian).
• Research proposal
• Statement of purpose

Please, notify your application sending a copy of the application by email to p.sterlini@unitn.it (NeCS in the subject)