Location: | London, Hybrid |
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Salary: | £43,124 to £51,610 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Contract Type: | Fixed-Term/Contract |
Placed On: | 23rd September 2024 |
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Closes: | 7th October 2024 |
Job Ref: | B04-05444 |
About us
UCL’s Department of Computer Science (CS) is a top-ranked Computer Science Department in the UK. In the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF) evaluation, UCL Computer Science was ranked second in the UK for research power and first in England. The Software Systems Research Group is one of the UK’s leading software engineering research groups.
About the role
The post holder will work closely with the PI to extend existing work on the use of LLVM to simulate disruption events in code execution and to evaluate its correlation with entropy loss regions in said code. An existing hyper fuzzer for confidentiality will be adapted to detect and measure violations of other hyper properties.
About you
Knowledge of application of information theory to program analysis, both static and dynamic.
Some knowledge of LLVM. Knowledge of fuzzers, especially hyperfuzzers
What we offer
As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:
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Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women. You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Gold award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality. This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Support Staff.”
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