Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer/ Reader in Cybersecurity

These posts are full time (35 hours per week) and are offered on an open-ended basis.

The University of Glasgow, established in 1451, is a member of the UK's Russell Group of leading universities. The University is committed to enhancing its position as one of the world's great broad-based research-intensive universities.

The School of Computing Science invites applications for the post of Lecturer / Senior Lecturer / Reader (based on experience and qualifications) in Cybersecurity.

We are particularly interested in applicants with outstanding achievements in areas covering networked systems security and resilience, operating systems security, hardware security, data privacy, and cryptography.

We have a long-standing record in areas spanning topics related to the security and resilience of networked systems, and the security and safety for Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS). We have expanded our portfolio into hardware security, software verification, IoT privacy as well as human-cantered and usable security. We have recently been hosting two out of the nine projects funded nationally by the UKRI digital security by design Industrial Strategy Challenge Fund (ISCF) in 2020 to explore hardware capabilities in designing secure systems, as well as five projects funded by the PETRAS National Centre of Excellence for IoT Systems’ Cybersecurity. We are hosting the Cyber Defence Lab, a unique laboratory facility providing exclusive access to a set of safety-critical network infrastructures, hosting data from digital twins of several UK critical infrastructures.

The postholder will develop, lead and sustain research of international standard in Computing Science; contribute to teaching, assessment, project supervision, and curriculum design at undergraduate and postgraduate levels; and participate in School management and organisation.

For appointment at Reader you will have an outstanding track record of national and international distinction and leadership in research, including publications, income and awards, bringing external recognition and distinction to yourself and the University.

Two positions are available.

These positions are equivalent to US tenure track Assistant or Associate Professor.

Informal enquiries regarding these positions may be made to:

Professor Dimitrios Pezaros Dimitrios.Pezaros@glasgow.ac.uk

For further information on the College of Science & Engineering’s, School of Computing Science, please visit https://www.gla.ac.uk/schools/computing/ .

Closing date: 28 February 2023

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