Ph.D. Network

The CYREN^ZH Ph.D. Network in Cybersecurity aims to connect excellent students with a master’s degree, supervisors, and funding opportunities and facilitate interdisciplinary research. The network is a “proof of principle” and a precursor to a potential “Cybersecurity Ph.D. Program”. Therefore, the network currently relies on bringing together interested students and supervisors on a case-by-case basis.

Supervisors have expressed an interest in principle in supervising excellent candidates in cybersecurity (technical and non-technical topics). Ph.D. candidates can submit their project proposal (incl. CV, diplomas, project description, and funding) or contact potential supervisors directly. In the first case, the CYREN^ZH office distributes the research proposals among potential supervisors.

Coordinator: Benjamin Ambühl ()

University of Zurich

Supervisor	Topics
Markus Christen	Ethics and Cybersecurity
Karsten Donnay	Security Policy
Lucas Leemann	Security Policy
Joachim Rosenthal	Coding Theory, Cryptography
Christian Schwarzenegger	Computer Crime and Cybercrime
Burkhard Stiller	Security in Communication and Distributed Systems as well as for Applications and Systems

Zurich University of Applied Sciences

For these supervisors, an additional university supervisor with right to award doctorates is required.

Supervisor	Topic
Dirk Baier	Cybercrime
Nico Ebert	Human Factors in Security and Privacy
Gürkan Gür	Cybersecurity in Next-Generation Networks
Markus Hackenfort	Psychology, Sociology, and Security
Sigrid Hauenberger	Volunteers in Cybersecurity
Peter Heinrich	Infrastructure Security & Recovery
Simon Künzli	Embedded Security / IoT Security
Stephan Neuhaus	Software Security
Martin Ochoa	Information Security
Ester Reijnen	Cognitive Psychology and Security
Marc Rennhard	Software Security
Andreas Rüst	Embedded Security / IoT Security
Ariane Trammell	Information Security

ETH Zurich, D-​GESS

Supervisor	Topic
Verena Zimmermann	Human Factors in Security and Privacy

Existing PostDocs in Cybersecurity

PostDoc	Topic	Supervision
Benjamin Ambühl	Human Factors in Cybersecurity	Nico Ebert (ZHAW, SML) Melanie Knieps (UZH, DSI)
Alberto Huertas	An Intelligent and Privacy-preserving Framework for Providing Secure and Trusted Resource-constrained Sensors	Burkhard Stiller (UZH, IfI)
Julia Lieb	Coding Theory and Postquantum Cryptography	Joachim Rosenthal (UZH, IfM)
Bruno Rodrigues	DDoS Mitigation Systems and Strategies	Burkhard Stiller (UZH, IfI)

Existing Ph.D. students in Cybersecurity

During their Ph.D.s, the students benefit from regular knowledge exchange and networking sessions organized by the Ph.D.s of the CYREN^ZH team (Contact: Thierry Schaltegger, ).

Are you interested in funding a Ph.D. position (Contact: Nico Ebert, )?

PhD Student	Topic	Supervision
Jan von der Assen	Threat-based Cyber Risk Management	Burkhard Stiller (UZH, IfI)
Niklas Gassner	Code Based Cryptography	Joachim Rosenthal (UZH, IfM)
Christian Killer	Privacy and Verifiability in Decentralized Electronic Voting Systems	Burkhard Stiller (UZH, IfI) Salil Kanhere (UNSW, Australia)
Fabian Reinhard	Agent-Based Cybersecurity Simulation Modeling	Karsten Donnay (UZH, IPZ) Lucas Leemann (UZH, IPZ)
Neele Roch	Usable Security	Verena Zimmermann (ETH, D-​GESS)
Thierry Schaltegger	Human Factors in Cybersecurity	Nico Ebert (ZHAW, SML) Karsten Donnay (UZH, IPZ) Kurt Ackermann (ZHAW, SML)
Lorin Schöni	Human Factors in Cybersecurity	Verena Zimmermann (ETH, D-​GESS)
Silvia Sconza	Mathematical Primitives for Public Key Cryptography	Joachim Rosenthal (UZH, IfM)
Wissem Soussi	Machine Learning Driven Cognitive Techniques for Trustworthy and Secure 5G/B5G	Burkhard Stiller (UZH, IfI) Gürkan Gür (ZHAW, SoE)
Thomas Sutter	Mobile & Operating System Security	Marc Rennhard (ZHAW, SoE) Timo Kehrer (Uni Bern)
Abigail Sutton	Cryptography	Joachim Rosenthal (UZH, IfM)
Simran Tinani	Group Based Cryptography	Joachim Rosenthal (UZH, IfM)
Adrienn Toth	Learning Science	Verena Zimmermann (ETH, D-​GESS)