I am currently looking for several motivated PhD students interested in applied cryptography research at
VT.
Why Virginia Tech?
Tentative Research Topics
I work in a broad aspect of applied cryptography, especially privacy-enchaning technologgies. Some research topics include, but are not limited to:
Secure and Trustworthy Critical Cyberinfrastructure
- Searchable Encryption and Oblivious RAM
- Secure Distributed File System and Cloud Storage
- Secure Data Sharing Protocols
Applied Multi-Party Computation
- Distributed Cloud Computation and Analytics
Distributed Cryptography
Trustworthy Computation
- Verifiable Computation
- Privacy-Preserving Machine Learning
- Differentially Private Machine Learning
- Privacy-Preserving Federated Learning
- TEE-Supported Secure Computation
Requirements
Prerequisite
- Solid background in CS and Math (data structures, algorithm, number theory)
- Good programming skills, especially in C, C++ and python
- BS degree in ECE/CS with a high GPA
- TOEFL (min. 90)
Desirable
- MS degree in ECE/CS/Math
- High GPA on cybersecurity courses (cryptography, network security, system security)
- Publication in known security & privacy conferences and journals
Apply
Please email the following documents to
thanghoang(at)vt(dot)edu.
- Motivation letter
- Research statement
- Transcripts
- CV
- Three reference letters
- Publications (if any)