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KU Leuven is an autonomous university. It was founded in 1425. It was born of and has grown within the Catholic tradition.
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Visit the employer pageDistriNet is an international research group with extensive expertise in secure & distributed software. Embedded in the Department of Computer Science of KU Leuven, Group Science, Engineering and Technology, DistriNet brings together a substantial critical mass of over 100 researchers, including 16 full-time professors, 10 permanent research staff members, 14 postdoctoral researchers, and about 80 PhD researchers. The conducted research is systems-centric, always application-driven and often performed in close collaboration with industry. The know-how of DistriNet formed the basis of multiple spin-off companies (https://distrinet.cs.kuleuven.be/spinoffs/). The dominant expertise of DistriNet focuses on Secure Software, covering applications, services, middleware and systems, infrastructures, methods and tools.
Within DistriNet, a team of researchers is dedicated to privacy-by-design (and regulatory compliance). They actively work on challenges related to privacy impact and risk assessment, privacy-by-design and its role in the software development life cycle, active approaches to anonymize or de-identify data, the creation and enforcement of privacy policies, etc. The research findings are applied in case studies in innovative and challenging application domains, including e-health, industry 4.0, e-finance, e-media and e-government.
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We offer a permanent position as Research Expert at KU Leuven in a very dynamic and internationally oriented research group at one of the best universities in Europe.
For more information please contact Prof. dr. ir. Wouter Joosen, tel.: +32 16 32 76 53, mail: wouter.joosen@kuleuven.be or Prof. dr. ir. Frank Piessens, tel.: +32 16 32 76 03, mail: frank.piessens@kuleuven.be.
KU Leuven seeks to foster an environment where all talents can flourish, regardless of gender, age, cultural background, nationality or impairments. If you have any questions relating to accessibility or support, please contact us at diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.be.
KU Leuven is an autonomous university. It was founded in 1425. It was born of and has grown within the Catholic tradition.
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