Research Fellow - School of Computer Science - 107476 - Grade 7

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Position Details School of Computer Science: Location: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham UK Full time starting salary is normally in the range £36,636 to £46,049 with potential progression once in post to £48,822 Grade: 7: Full Time, Fixed Term contract up to August 2029 Closing date: 11th June 2026: Background: To create and contribute to the creation of knowledge by undertaking a specified range of activities within the PRESEC research project. Side-channel leakage of physical characteristics (instantaneous power consumption, EM emanation, timing) arising during the execution of a cryptographic algorithm enables powerful key recovery attacks. The assessment and mitigation of such leakage require considering both hardware and software. Connecting analyses based on the hardware description ("pre-silicon") with analyses where some software executes on hardware ("post-silicon") is challenging and highly rewarding for various reasons. The PRESEC project aims to do just that, by researching pre-silicon leakage modelling and analysis, and utilising pre-silicon methods to guide more robust designs for general purpose embedded CPUs and dedicated cryptographic hardware. The p...