Director of the
Institute of Computer Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences
will hire
full professor
in the Cryptography Group
Persons eligible for the competition are those who meet the terms specified in the Act of 30 April 2010 on the Polish Academy of Sciences (Dz. U. (Polish Journal of Laws), 2019, Item. 1183).
Document submission deadline: by November 16, 2026.
Candidates to the above position should meet the following conditions:
- having the academic title of Professor (or equivalent degree) in computer science, mathematics, cybersecurity, information security, or a closely related discipline;
- having academic and research experience in the field of cryptography and information security, as evidenced by publications in journals and at international conferences:
- design and analysis of cryptographic protocols,
- public-key and symmetric-key cryptography,
- cryptanalysis and security analysis of cryptographic systems,
- post-quantum cryptography,
- secure multiparty computation,
- privacy-enhancing technologies;
- documented experience in leading research projects—at a minimum, projects of the OPUS (NCN) type or analogous projects funded by institutions from other OECD countries;
- possess experience in providing academic supervision to early-career researchers;
- possess teaching experience in fields related to cryptography, information security, cybersecurity, computer science, or mathematics;
- have a very good command of the English language, sufficient for conducting research, teaching, publishing, and engaging in international collaboration.
Applications should include:
- application for the job (motivation letter)1,
- professional CV,
- list of publications and copies of at most 5 scientific publications,
- certified copy of a document confirming the possession of the academic title, referred to in Art. 89 sec. 3 of the Act of 30 April 2010 on the Polish Academy of Sciences (Journal of Laws No. 96, item 619),
- declaration of the candidate's acceptance of the competition conditions in force in ICS PAS,
- a statement containing an undertaking that, that in case of success, he will submit a statement on conducting scientific activity in the ICS PAS discipline in the field of information and communication technology (the so-called "field and discipline declaration") and submits a statement authorizing ICS PAS to include him in the number of employees conducting scientific research in the field of information and communication technology (the so-called "N-declaration"), or the purpose of evaluating the quality of scientific activity (pursuant to Article 265 (4) and Article 265 (5) of the Act of 30 August 2018 Law on Higher Education and Science, Journal of Laws of 2022, item 574, as amended) including a confirmation that there are no contraindications to submitting such declarations.
The documents should be submitted to the secretary of the ICS PAS in Warsaw, ul. Jana Kazimierza 5, room 105 or by e-mail in the pdf files to the address: a.olszewska@ipipan.waw.pl with the title „Competition for Full Professor in the CG of IPI PAN”.
Applications will be considered by the Competition Committee appointed by the Director of the Institute of Computer Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences. The Commission may invite the candidate for an interview.
Prof. dr hab. inż. Wojciech Penczek
Director of
Institute of Computer Science PAS
1Please include the following clause: „I hereby give consent for my personal data included in my application to be processed for the purposes of the recruitment in the Institute of Computer Science of the Polish Academy of Sciences”
