Friday, December 15, 2017

[DMANET] PhD position (fully funded, 100%) in cryptography, bioinformatics

The Computational Biology and Simulation group invites applications for
a research assistant/Ph.D. student position. The PhD degree can be
awarded either in computer science or biology.

The research effort is part of the BMBF-funded HiGHmed consortium and
will focus on the cryptographically assurance of
bioinformatics/biostatistical procedures to maintain privacy of patients
in medical research and care.

Ideally, you have a background (M.Sc. degree) in computer science,
bioinformatics, mathematics, or statistics. Willingness to acquire
additional know-how, e.g., human genetics, is mandatory, as well as the
ability to work in an interdisciplinary setting together with, e.g.,
biomedical researchers and clinicians.

The position is suppossed to be filled as soon as possible, as the
projects runs from Jan.2018 to 2021. The successful applicant will be
hired for a first phase until June 2019, subject to extension upon
satisfactory performance.

Details can be found on our homepage http://www.kay-hamacher.de and on
http://highmed.org

The Technische Universität Darmstadt intends to increase the number of
female researchers and encourages female candidates to apply. In
case of equal qualifications applicants with a degree of disability of
at least 50 or equal will be given preference. Wages and salaries are
according to the collective agreements on salary scales, which apply to
the Technische Universität Darmstadt (TV-TU Darmstadt).

Please address your applications to Prof. Dr. Kay Hamacher, TU
Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstr. 10, 64287 Darmstadt, or via email (only one
pdf-file!) to hamacher@bio.tu-darmstadt.de

For those who want to send their application confidentially,
gpg-encrypted emails are recommend. Kay Hamacher's GPG-Key is available
under
http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get search=0x506EACA65092F411

Code. No. 541

application deadline: 15-Jan-2018
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