Information Trust Institute: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

 

External Opportunities

This page provides links to current information on a variety of employment opportunities, scholarships and other educational opportunities, and other items that may be useful to people working in the area of information trust. See our separate page on external conferences for information on conferences and journal special issues where trust-related papers may be presented.

Funding Opportunities

• The Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P) maintains a comprehensive list of funding opportunities, updated at least weekly, for researchers in the field of information security. Additionally, they have announced a call for proposals for research fellowships for postdocs, junior faculty, and researchers, with submission deadlines in February 2008. See the call for details.
• See the website for the Department of Defense's Information Assurance Scholarship Program for information on their information assurance grants for schools.

External Employment Opportunities

• Bell Labs announced (9/21/05) the availability of jobs in its security technology research and Internet research departments.
• The National Research Council of the National Academies announces Postdoctoral Research Awards for research at the Department of Homeland Security. Awards are for one year with potential for renewal for an additional year. Application deadlines for these awards are February 1, May 1, August 1 and November 1. Instructions on how to apply are available on the NRC Web site at www.national-academies.org/rap. Questions may be directed to the NRC at 202-334-2768 or rap AT nas.edu.
• See the website for the Department of Defense's Information Assurance Scholarship Program for information on their scholarships and DoD jobs for eligible students.
• Deutsche Telekom, in collaboration with the Technical University of Berlin, has set up a new corporate research and development center called Deutsche Telekom Laboratories. Several postdoc opportunities are now available for graduating Ph.D. students. See their web site for details.

Scholarships and Other Contests

• See the website for the Department of Defense's Information Assurance Scholarship Program for information on their scholarships and DoD jobs for eligible students and scholarships for DoD civilian and military personnel.

Publication Opportunities

• See the ITI page on external conferences for information on ITI-related conferences and special issues.
• IEEE has announced a new journal, IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security. The Editor-in-Chief is ITI participant Pierre Moulin.
• IEEE has announced a new journal, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing. The Editor-in-Chief is ITI participant Ravi Iyer.