PhD student positions | Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland | Università della Svizzera italiana

Position:	PhD student positions
Institution:	Università della Svizzera italiana
Location:	Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Duties:	The European Horizon project Sec4AI4Sec aims at using AI to support security testing of vulnerable software and at developing novel robustness testing techniques that address the security of AI based systems. Within such project, the TAU (Testing Automated) research group at the Software Institute of Università della Svizzera italiana (USI) will contribute novel research on: (1) the use of reinforcement learning to expose software vulnerabilities with white-box and/or black-box reward functions; (2) search-based test case generation for vulnerability exposure in deep learning based systems and creation of a robustness assessment benchma
Requirements:	A Master (or equivalent title) in computer science by Fall 2023; Good skills in oral and written English (official language of the Ph.D. program)

Text:	pagina 2 / 2 Contract terms Admission to the Ph.D. program is highly competitive. Admission decisions are based on the candidate?s background, interests, attitude and potential for academic achievement. Successful enrolment in the Ph.D. program and the position as doctoral researcher are not compatible with a further professional activity. The successful candidates will work as research assistants at the Software Institute, and will have the possibility to interact with an