Dear talented student,

I heard that you have an open position for a supervisor for the next step of your career (PhD or PostDoc in security), and I am very excited to apply for this position.

Interests

Cas Cremers

My main interests are in information security, automated verification, and applied cryptography. I enjoy working with people with strong backgrounds in logic, formal methods, cryptography, verification, and security. I also love working in teams and have been accused of having a sense of humor. Some examples of things I have worked on before:

  • Models and proof methodologies for security
  • Security protocol analysis tools: Scyther, Tamarin
  • Secure messaging (eg Signal, post-compromise security) and key exchange
  • Security protocol design
  • Security standards: ISO, TLS 1.3, 5G, and IETF standard under development for secure messaging MLS, worked on DP3T, ...

A more complete list of my publications is here.

I bring with me a team of talented & nice people that I already work for, and they also really look forward to meeting you.

References

My references are provided in the acknowledgements sections of the PhD dissertations of my previous employers and collaborators. For example, have a look at the acknowledgements sections here:

Selected work history

2018 -- now tenured faculty at the CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security,
Honorary Professor, University of Saarland, Saarbruecken, Germany
2015 -- 2018 Professor of Information Security, University of Oxford, UK
2013 -- 2015 Associate Professor, University of Oxford, UK
2006 -- 2013 Postdoctoral researcher, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
2006 PhD from Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands

Selected Awards

In 2018 I was shortlisted for the "Outstanding Graduate Supervisor" award at the University of Oxford, but unfortunately didn't win it. [event page]

Hobbies

Reading, walking, foosball, science, ... Actually too many to list. A long time ago, I also used to make computer games, and studied philosophy. Unfortunately, life is too short to explore all interests.

I'm looking forward to get an opportunity to showcase some of my work and approach, and to hearing more about your work. If you think I'd be a good fit for your open position or would like to hear more, please reach out to me at my contact info below or take next steps here.

Best wishes,

Cas

Contact information

  • Prof. Dr. Cas Cremers
  • E-mail: cremers@cispa.de
  • How to apply.