PhD Candidate in Gamification in Cybersecurity

About the SnT

The is an international research university with a distinctly multilingual and interdisciplinary character.

The Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) at the University of Luxembourg is a leading international research and innovation centre in secure, reliable and trustworthy ICT systems and services.

We play an instrumental role in Europe by fueling innovation through research partnerships with industry, boosting R&D investments leading to economic growth, and attracting highly qualified talent. We look for researchers from diverse academic backgrounds to contribute to our projects in areas such as : Network Security, Information Assurance, Model-driven Security, Cloud Computing, Cryptography, Satellite Systems, Vehicular Networks, and ICT Services & Applications.

Your role

The successful candidate will join the Serval research group by working on VulDGame project. The subject of the thesis will be "Software Security through Gamification" with supervisor Dr. Mike Papadakis and involves the study of gamification approaches and their application in the context of software security such as secure code principles and software vulnerabilities. Successful PhD candidates will extensively explore and develop software security and software engineering techniques that include the feasibility, practicality and success evaluation of prototype implementations. The team you will be working with : Prof. Mike Papadakis.

The position holder will be required to perform the following tasks / will do research on the following topics :

• Studying gamification approaches to software engineering
• Creating a teaching and learning environment for secure code principles and software vulnerabilities
• Engaging students with secure code principles through gamification

PhD Student Role : Under the direction of a professor, the candidate will carry out research activities and write a thesis with the main goal of obtain a PhD in the area of Software Engineering. This includes conducting literature surveys and establishing state-of-the-art; developing necessary experimental and simulation facilities where required; planning, executing, and analyzing experiments and simulations; conducting joint and independent research activities; contributing to project deliverables, milestones, demonstrations, and meetings; disseminating results at international scientific conferences / workshops and peer reviewed scientific publications.