Organisation/Company: Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
Research Field: Computer science » Informatics
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions: Bachelor Positions
Country: Portugal
Application Deadline: 25 Nov 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Type of Contract: Other
Job Status: Full-time
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
At the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL), a call is open for the attribution of 1 (one) research grant for Master Student, financed by LISBOA 2030 – Programa Regional de Lisboa, under PORTUGAL 2030, through FEDER funds, under the scope of the Project to internationalise industrial R&D on a European scale, namely the Project "I2DT - Intelligent Interoperable Digital Twins" (COMPETE2030-FEDER-00389100), according to the following conditions:
Work plan:
Review the literature about static analysis techniques, attack injection, fuzzing and system monitoring;
Study of tools for attack injection and fuzzing of web applications, as well as exploit generation for web vulnerabilities and how to prevent such applications from attacks;
Study how to obtain execution traces of an application;
Create a dataset with traces to be used with supervised machine learning algorithms to classify traces as vulnerable and non-vulnerable;
Create a system that uses the studied techniques and ML models to detect attacks and identify vulnerabilities in the code of web applications;
Implementation of the system and its evaluation.
The grant is expected to start in January 2025. The contract is for 9 (nine) months, on an exclusive basis, without the possibility of renewal.
Form of presentation of applications:
Applications may be sent by e-mail, to the address ****** , with the reference " BI-MESTRANDO-I2DT-2 ", under penalty of not being considered for the competition.
Applications must be accompanied, compulsorily and under penalty of exclusion, by the following documents:
Personal Data Form and Declaration of Consent for Communication of Results via e-mail;
Proof of enrolment, in the academic year 2024/2025, in the 2nd year of the Master's Degree in Informatics;
Detailed and updated Curriculum Vitae;
Photocopy of the qualification certificate(s) of the academic degree(s) required – Bachelor degree;
If the academic degree required was obtained abroad, you must submit one of the following documents:
Document proving the granting, by a Portuguese Institution, of the recognition or equivalence or registration of the academic degree;
Document proving that you have already applied for the recognition of the degree.
Notes:
The presentation of the proof of obtaining the recognition or equivalence or registration of the academic degree is a mandatory condition for signing the contract;
For academic degrees obtained in foreign countries, recognition must be obtained under the terms provided for in Decree Law no. 66/2018.
Where to apply
E-mail: ******
Requirements
Research Field: Computer science » Informatics
Education Level: Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Candidates must fulfil the following mandatory requirements:
BSc in Informatics Engineering;
Enrollment in the academic year 2024/2025, in the 2nd year of the Master's Degree in Informatics.
If the academic degree required was obtained abroad, the requirements mentioned in the "Form of presentation of applications" shall be taken into consideration.
Preference will be given to candidates with the following requirements:
Programming languages: Python, PHP, C/C++, Assembly;
Software Security;
Offensive and Defensive Cybersecurity Methodologies;
Security Technology;
Security Risk Analysis and Management.
The fellowship amount corresponds to €990.98, according to FCT Regulation for Research Fellowships.
The candidate may exercise the right to social insurance by joining the voluntary social insurance scheme.
Selection process
Selection criteria:
The applicable selection methods will be curricular evaluation and, eventually, a selection interview.
If the jury chooses to conduct a selection interview, it will be conducted with the three (3) candidates with the best classification in the curricular assessment.
Form of publication/notification of results:
All candidates will be notified of the final result of the evaluation via email and/or by post.
Additional comments
Legislation framework:
Research Fellowship Holder Statute - Law no. 40/2004, amended by various decrees;
FCT Regulation for Research Fellowships.
To see the full offer please check the following link:
The work will be developed in the LASIGE research unit, at the Campus of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon, located in Campo Grande, 1749-016 Lisbon.
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