[aims-announce] Open position: Full Professor in Cybersecurity at IMT Atlantique

[Guillaume Doyen]

Full Professor in Cybersecurity

1. Job description

* Thematic and research challenges

The raise of fully connected infrastructures has recently emphasized the crucial needs for cybersecurity in critical contexts, such as complex industrial processes and plants or large infrastructures such as harbors, should they be military or civil. These contexts mean heterogenous software components and subsystems, high use of various kinds of networks, and often rely on innovative approaches in designing secure systems of systems.

The expected focus activity should globally address these emerging challenges and therefore cover research fields and application domains such as:
	• detection of intrusions, attacks and failures,
	• data protection (quality, digital trust, etc.),
	• systems and software protection mechanisms,
	• design of complex systems (systems of systems) dealing with the constraints and expectations in cybersecurity,
	• security by design,
	• machine learning and cybersecurity
	• protection of the maritime and port infrastructures,
	• industry 4.0 including factory of the future and digital twin,
	• transport of the future. 

The position will be closely connected to 3 research Chairs in progress:
	• Cyber Defense of Naval Systems
	• Cyber CNI
	• and Industry of the Future

The candidate is expected to be a leader in the cybersecurity domain at national and international level.

* Eco-system and context

IMT Atlantique, internationally recognized for the quality of its research, is a leading technological university under the authority of the Ministry of Industry and Digital Technologies, ranked/stacked in the three main international rankings (THE, SHANGHAI by subjects, QS). 
The position is open on the campus of Brest within the Computer Sciences Department (INFO), as well as attached to the CNRS joint Research Unit Lab-STICC and one of its 3 research teams :
	• IRIS https://labsticc.fr/en/teams/iris
	• Math & Net https://labsticc.fr/en/teams/math-net
	• P4S https://labsticc.fr/en/teams/p4s

Brest is currently a hotspot for Cybersecurity as it hosts the major French actors involved in Cybersecurity of Naval Systems, leaders of France Cyber Marine initiative (https://www.france-cyber-maritime.eu/en/), federating and bringing together the all actors in the maritime and port sectors as well as the academic partners of the CYMAR Master (ENSTA Bretagne, École Navale, ENSM).

IMT Atlantique has privileged relationships with major industrial national and international partners, as well as a dense network of SMEs, start-ups and innovation networks. With 250 permanent faculty members, 1800 students among which 300 PhD students, IMT Atlantique produces every year 650 publications and raises 18M€ of research funding.

* Education

The education program of IMT Atlantique has been recognized as amongst the most innovative in French High Education and Research, and offers large possibilities of developing innovative engineering curriculum and educational approach.

The candidate will contribute to the teaching of computer science and cybersecurity at an introductory and specialization levels. S/he will be invited to propose related new educational projects, programs and methodologies, especially inspired by and supported by industrial requirements and partnerships.

2. Job requirements

* Expected competences 

Please read carefully the mandatory and expected qualities profiles for Full Professor positions at IMT Atlantique at the following url:
https://www.imt-atlantique.fr/en/about/job-offers?arg=7767_2_8159
In the case of this open position, a special and complementary emphasis will be put on the candidates’ abilities in leadership to take the lead of our Cybersecurity activities on the Brest campus.

* Contacts and schedule

To apply, please download this application form and send it with all needed documents by this website: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/professeur-fh-en-informatique-specialite-cybersecurite-brest

Deadline for applications: April 10th, 2022
Date of Recruitment interview: May, 2022
Starting date: 2nd half of 2022

* For any further information, please contact:

Pr Guillaume DOYEN - Faculty Search Committee
guillaume.doyen at imt-atlantique.fr

Pr Thierry DUVAL:
thierry.duval at imt-atlantique.fr , +33 2 29 00 14 67