Doctoral Researcher in Human-Computer Interaction in Cybersecurity

About the role

The University of Luxembourg's Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT) offers a fully funded PhD position in the TruX Research Group, led by Prof. Dr. Tegawendé F. Bissyandé. The project develops tools to improve end-user education and detection of social engineering attempts generated by AI systems (emails, voice messages, websites, images) and methods for using AI to generate such attempts. It combines human subject research on learning and decision making, human-computer interaction and AI methods for cybersecurity.

Key responsibilities

• Conduct research in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity
• Design, implement and run human subjects studies on how people interact with AI systems in detecting social engineering attempts
• Contribute to national and international research collaborations
• Prepare project deliverables and publish results in scientific papers
• Present findings at international conferences and workshops
• Supervise and mentor MSc and BSc students
• Support demonstrations, shared tasks and workshops

Required profile

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Artificial Intelligence, Computational Cognitive Science, Data Science or a closely related field
• Solid background in machine learning and cybersecurity
• Interest or experience in phishing identification, anti-phishing training, automated phishing generation or automated software engineering
• Experience with human subjects research, statistics, data collection, annotation or resource creation is a plus
• B2-level proficiency in the language of the thesis
• Only applicants from EU EEA/EFTA, NATO nations, NATO Indo-Pacific partners (Australia, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand) and Ukraine can be considered

Required skills

• Proficiency in at least one major programming language such as Python is expected
• Familiarity with deep learning frameworks and modern NLP toolkits is an advantage

What we offer

• Fixed-term contract of 36 months, full-time (40 hours per week)
• Yearly gross salary of EUR 44,531 for a full-time doctoral researcher
• A modern, multilingual university campus with strong links to the Luxembourg labour market

Applications must include a CV, a research statement and transcripts of all modules; they are submitted online through the HR system and processed on receipt, so early application is encouraged.