BRIDGITISE PhD candidates will benefit from:
• An interdisciplinary and collaborative environment where innovation thrives.
• Coordinated research supervision involving academic and industrial partners.
• Development of data analytical skills to manage complex topics.
• Training in effective communication and writing to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
List of open PhD positions:
| DC9 | CYBER. Advanced and secure identity provisioning and network monitoring for augmented bridge infrastructures |
Overall eligibility criteria
Applicants must comply with MSCA eligibility criteria:
• At the date of the recruitment they must not possess a doctoral degree.
• They must comply with the mobility rule that is: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date.
• They must comply with the profile described for the position.
Please find the additional information regarding the rights and obligations of MSCA fellows, regarding employment conditions, integrity, and excellence here.
Monthly salary
The Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) programme offers a highly competitive and attractive salary and working conditions. The successful candidates will receive a gross salary in accordance with the MSCA regulations for doctoral candidates.
Exact gross salary will be confirmed upon appointment (employer costs and other deductions depend on recruiting host): living allowance = €3.400/month (correction factor to be applied per country) + monthly mobility allowance = €600. An additional monthly allowance of €660 is applicable depending on the family situation. The gross salary indicated above is paid for a maximum of 36 months.
For longer duration of the DC project, specific agreement with the host institution can be made.
Due to difference in the correction factor between the different countries the salary may change when the DCs change beneficiary (1 academic and 1 industrial).
In addition to their individual scientific projects, all fellows will benefit from further continuing education, which includes secondments (internships), a variety of training modules as well as transferable skills courses and active participation in workshops and conferences.
Within BRIDGITISE each recruited researcher will for most projects spend one secondment period at one of the other complementary Beneficiaries or Associated Partners.
How to apply:
Send your application to bridgitise@gmail.it
CYBER-Advanced and secure identity provisioning and network monitoring for augmented bridge infrastructures
Hosting institutions: Exprivia (EXP), Politecnico di Bari (POB)
Secondment: Egnatia Odos A.E (EOD)
Country: Italy, Greece
PhD enrollment: Politecnico di Bari
Supervisors: N. Cordeschi (POB), V. Mirabello (EXP)
Duration: 36 months
Objectives Design and evaluate a platform for the secure storage and sharing of monitoring data among stakeholders.
Expected results:
- Design, implementation, and performance analysis of a security platform to authenticate and validate bridge maintenance analysis and operations done by automated systems, such as mobile devices
- Adaptation and validation of the platform for the case study of an existing bridge.
- Accepted peer-reviewed papers
- Successfully defended PhD thesis
Description: High-throughput, real-time, and blockchain technologies enable massive secure communications and data sharing across organizations. Indeed, cybersecurity represents the key enabler for digital chains of trust, ensuring secure communications between all the involved actors in the infrastructure. This allows the application of augmented sensors and communication systems that ensure open SHM systems to operate and collaborate securely. The current state of the art reports several open issues; that limit the broad usage of such security mechanisms, especially in IoT applications. This project will investigate their implementation and integration within an open SHM system, while encompassing authentication and fine-grained access control among peers and information, especially between all the actors involved in bridge monitoring and maintenance. Furthermore, efforts in lightweight cryptography and secure protocols will be researched to securely deliver/receive information to/from constrained devices. To this end, the PhD candidate will (1) study the state of the art in the cybersecurity domain, (2) investigate and validate cybersecurity technology in open SHM systems, (3) design cybersecurity architectures applied to infrastructure monitoring that integrates with an open SHM system, (4) compare conceived solutions with other methodologies through simulations, (5) evaluate the proposed solutions through multiple proofs of concepts, and (6) analyse the performance of conceived solutions and their impact in a real-world SHM scenario using the Greek bridge also used by the DCs CROWD and DRONES.
Required profile/research interest:
- The candidate must hold a 2nd level Master of Science (120 ECTS + 180 ECTS in a bachelor degree) or equivalent degree in Engineering or in fields closely related to the project’s subject matter
- Candidates who do not have the required qualification at the call closing date may apply, but the academic qualifications must be awarded before enrollment.
- The final score obtained for the Master degree must not be lower than C+ in ECTS grading system
- Certified knowledge of English is required if not native speakers.