Duration: 2 years (possibility of extension)
Country/Territory: France
Organization: CentraleSupelec, IETR, IRISA, Inria
Group: ASIC (IETR), SUSHI (IRISA, Inria)
Project: ATTILA: Addressing securiTy Threats to artIficiaL intelligence in Approximate computing systems
More information: Link
Contact: Ruben Salvador <ruben.salvador@inria.fr>
We open 1 PhD/Postdoc position at CentraleSupélec/IETR in Rennes on Side-Channel Resistant DNN Hardware Accelerators:
https://www.ietr.fr/sites/www.ietr.fr/files/medias/files/ATTILA_PhD_PD_call_2024.pdf
The positions are framed in the ANR JCJC project ATTILA (young investigators grant from the French national research agency). You will integrate the IETR laboratory in Rennes and work with members from the ASIC team and the SUSHI of IRISA/Inria. We are part of a larger collaborative environment with researchers in Rennes and Nantes working on Deep Learning (DL) hardware and hardware/software security.
**Objectives**
The main goal is to investigate remote/local side-channel vulnerabilities of DL systems in heterogeneous reconfigurable platforms (MPSoC-FPGAs) and to design secure accelerators against SCA attacks.
We welcome candidates with different backgrounds and interests, e.g., on hardware and architecture (FPGAs, hardware security, secure accelerators and microarchitecture, microcontrollers) or on computer science/mathematics (side-channel analysis, cryptanalysis, artificial intelligence). Depending on the background, the research directions to explore include, but are not limited to:
DNN implementation, side-channel evaluation, and discovery of vulnerabilities.
Implementation of countermeasures.
Advanced side-channel analysis techniques and evaluation methodologies.
**Duration:**
Full 3-year Ph.D thesis
** Start date:**
Flexible during 2024, ideally Oct./Nov.
**To apply**
Please send an email to the contacts indicated below with the following
- Your CV
- Reference letter/s from previous supervisors
- Copies/links to reports/papers/repositories showing your experience
- Motivation letter
- Bachelor/Master transcripts
Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details and information.
- Rubén Salvador: ruben.salvador@inria.fr
- Maria Méndez Real: maria.mendez@univ-nantes.fr
- Jean-Christophe Prévotet: Jean-Christophe.Prevotet@insa-rennes.fr
**Deadline**
Interviews will start as applications arrive and run until filling the positions.