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Postdoctoral Fellowship in Cybersecurity

Vilnius University · Research and Innovation Department · Lithuania

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  • Duration of postdoctoral fellowship employment contract is 24 months.
  • Research Topic: t he fellowship is related to the research on methods, technologies, and practices for modern cybersecurity and AI cybersecurity, software supply chain management, risk assessment within state of the art complex computing systems including software, hardware, and IOT.

Planned Fellowship Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Linas Bukauskas.

The candidate will be a part of a multidisciplinary and collaborative team and conduct the postdoctoral fellowship research in the Cybersecurity laboratory (CSL) at the Institute of Computer Science of VU Faculty of Mathematics and Informatics. It is a small yet active research team known nationally and abroad by publications and participation in cyber defence exercises. It has a mission to perform and support state-of-the-art research and education in cybersecurity.

CSL has a strategic goal to develop virtual and technological educational ecosystems and platforms for research and training in cybersecurity. The CSL team uses the faculty's virtual cloud-based infrastructure and specialised tools owned and developed by the laboratory. CSL collaborates with entities from the public and private sectors and international research partners from Estonia, Germany, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Norway, and others.

Dr Linas Bukauskas is a full professor in computer science and a senior researcher in cybersecurity at the Institute of Computer Science. He leads the Cybersecurity Laboratory and is involved in the education of future cybersecurity professionals. Linas Bukauskas holds PhD in Computer Science from Aalborg University, Denmark.

His research interests focus on PostQuantum cryptography aspects, security of critical infrastructures, digital forensics, and gamified cybersecurity education. As a lab leader Linas Bukauskas has been involved in numerous projects funded by EU, national funding agencies and industrial partners.

Profiles: Linas Bukauskas Institute profile

Dr Agnė Brilingaitė is an associate professor in computer science and senior researcher in cybersecurity at the Institute of Computer Science. She leads the Department of Computational and Data Modeling. Agnė Brilingaitė holds PhD in Computer Science from Aalborg University, Denmark.

Her research interests focus on data and knowledge engineering, cybersecurity training, security testing, and education in computer science. In 2021-2023, she led the EEA funded project “Advancing human performance in cybersecurity”, ADVANCES, where multiple disciplines were applied to develop learning paths for cyber workforce. She collaborates with international partners in research and society-oriented activities.

She led the project “Increasing Security-Awareness: the Invisible Power of Digital Traces” funded Baltic-German University Liaison Office and is leading VU team in Erasmus+ project “Innovative Approach to Kid's Cybersecurity Education: Empowering and Inspiring Educators for the Next Generation.”

Profiles: Agnė Brilingaitė Institute profile

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