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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Dear Colleagues,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">We are looking for English-speaking, skilled, and motivated PhD candidates for 3 funded PhD fellowships Software Engineering for Cloud
Computing and Information Security. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The PhD in Applied Information Technology at the
<a href="https://www.kristiania.no/en/schools/school-of-economics-innovation-and-technology/">
School of Economics, Innovation and Technology</a> (SEIT) is at the forefront of research on the business and organizational implications of digital technology, evolving applied computer science and of the understanding and design of new user interaction paradigms
through information systems research and human-computer interaction studies. </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"> </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Kristiania University College
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">(<a href="http://www.kristiania.no">www.kristiania.no</a>)
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">is offering 3 fully funded PhD fellowships for candidates with a solid background in Applied Information Technology. The successful applicants will be included in a team of researchers with ambitious plans to
further develop research and pedagogical activities related to the information technology field at the university college.
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Kristiania University College undertakes research and teaching in the fields of management, organisation, marketing, communications, computer science, health science, innovation and
the arts. With over 18,000 students and a large educational programme in Oslo, Bergen and online, Kristiania University College is Norway's largest independent broad-based college. Kristiania University College's mission is to contribute to Norway's social
and economic development through problem-driven and applied knowledge development and dissemination in close cooperation with working life. In order to undertake this mission in the most effective way possible, Kristiania University College aims to become
Norway's first independent university. </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">This position will be located in at Kristiania´s Kvadraturen campus. Which is located at the heart of Oslo center.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">We seek candidates with a good academic understanding in computer science, software engineering or other relevant fields.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Be part of a European Research Council (ERC) funded Consolidator Grant project</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The positions are part of the European Research Council (ERC) funded Consolidator Grant named: "Using Evolutionary Algorithms to Understand
and Secure Web/Enterprise Systems" (EAST).</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The primary objective of the EAST project is to provide novel automated solutions to solve the oracle problem in software security. We
will achieve this goal by combining ideas and technologies from the different fields of software testing, evolutionary computation and information security. We will design novel techniques based on Artificial Intelligence to automatically detect several kinds
of security vulnerabilities for which there is no existing automated solution. </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">All software developed in the project will be released as open-source, and developed under modern industry-standard processes.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The results of the project are meant to be used in practice (e.g., among the industrial partners of the project), and not be just throw-away
prototypes or proof-of-concepts.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Check</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> "<a href="https://github.com/EMResearch/EvoMaster"><span style="color:#A11627">https://github.com/EMResearch/EvoMaster</span></a>"
to have an </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">overview
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">of the systems that will be developed and extended in the EAST project.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The position requires candidates with a passion for software development.</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">The application deadline is May 14<sup>th</sup>, 2023.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">For more information and to apply, please visit the following link
<a href="https://www.kristiania.no/en/about-kristiania/vacant-positions/">https://www.kristiania.no/en/about-kristiania/vacant-positions/</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">For questions regarding the vacant positions, please contact Professor Andrea Arcuri
<a href="mailto:andrea.arcuri@kristiania.no">andrea.arcuri@kristiania.no</a>.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">For questions regarding the PhD program, please contact Professor Moutaz Haddara
<a href="mailto:moutaz.haddara@kristiania.no">moutaz.haddara@kristiania.no</a> </span>
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Good luck,</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">Moutaz</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:6.5pt;color:black">Moutaz Haddara<br>
<b>Professor of Information Systems</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:6.5pt;color:black">Founding Director- IDEAS Lab (</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="http://www.ideaslab.no"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:6.5pt;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">www.ideaslab.no</span></b></a></span><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:6.5pt;color:black">)</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:6.5pt;color:black">Head of Program- PhD in Applied Information Technology</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:6.5pt;color:black">School of Economics, Innovation, and Technology<br>
Kristiania, Oslo, Norway<br>
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><a href="mailto:moutaz.haddara@kristiania.no"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:6.5pt;color:#954F72;mso-ligatures:none;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">moutaz.haddara@kristiania.no</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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