Doctoral student in machine learning for cybersecurity

Publiceringsdatum: 2025-09-16

Letar du efter en chans att arbeta som doktorand på Högskolan i Halmstad? Nu är det möjligt. Sök nu om du är intresserad av att arbeta heltid hos Högskolan i Halmstad under 6 månader eller längre. De letar just nu efter nya medarbetare. Denna position är tillgänglig i Halmstad.

Högskolan i Halmstad söker efter fler duktiga individer som vill arbeta som doktorand. De har just nu ett ledigt jobb som doktorand som kan vara av intresse för dig. Högskolan i Halmstad letar efter erfaren doktorand som kan ansluta till deras team. Sista ansökningsdag är måndag den tjugonionde september 2025.

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Halmstad University

Work at a University where different perspectives meet!

Halmstad University adds value, drives innovation and prepares people and society for the future.

Since the beginning in 1983, innovation and collaboration with society have characterised the University's education and research. The research is internationally reputable and is largely conducted in a multidisciplinary manner within the University's two focus areas: Health Innovation and Smart Cities and Communities. The University has a wide range of education with many popular study programmes. The campus is modern and well-equipped, and is situated close to both public transportation and the city center.

https://hh.se/english/about-the-university/vacant-positions.html

The School of Information Technology

Halmstad University consists of four interdisciplinary Schools and the current position is located at the School of Information Technology (ITE). ITE is a multicultural school with around 130 employees from 20 different countries. It is a strong research and education environment, with focus on smart technology and its applications. Students and researchers are working with everything from AI and information driven care to autonomous vehicles, social robotics and digital design. ITE offers education on all levels, from undergraduate to PhD education, plus education for professional. Research is conducted within aware intelligent systems, smart electronic systems, cyber physical systems and digital service innovation. These four areas constitute the four technology areas of ITE . An innovation centre for information driven care called Leap for Life is connected to ITE, as well as a collaboration arena for electronic development, Electronics Centre in Halmstad (ECH).

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Description

The PhD student will conduct cutting-edge research to develop a novel Multimodal Large Language Model (MLLM) framework capable of proactively identifying sophisticated image-borne threats, such as zero-day and zero-click exploits embedded within image data. Key research activities will include:

• Designing and training MLLM architectures to fuse diverse data modalities (visual, structural, byte-level).
• Developing and applying unsupervised learning techniques to detect novel threats without prior signatures.
• Investigating methods for the MLLM to infer attacker intent from detected anomalies.
• Creating novel Explainable AI (XAI) techniques to generate trustworthy and actionable explanations for security analysts.

The work will be conducted in close collaboration with the supervisory team at Halmstad University, co-supervisor at Stockholm University, and our industrial partners to ensure the research is grounded in real-world cybersecurity challenges.   

This is a full-time position available from October 1st, 2025, for a period of four years to a PhD degree (extended with one year after one year, subject to satisfactory progress of the PhD study). Since the employment also includes teaching responsibilities corresponding to a maximum of 20% of full-time, the position is extended with the same amount of time as the teaching activities.  

Qualifications

• The ideal candidate has a master's degree in machine learning or related discipline. 
• A strong background in machine learning, artificial intelligence, data mining, or signal processing is desirable.  
• Experience in cybersecurity and vulnerability analysis of ML models is a merit
• Excellent programming skills, analytical problem solving, and organizational abilities are required. 
• Excellent oral and written communication in English. 

Students expecting to finalize their degree the coming month are also welcome to apply. Only those who are or have been admitted to third-cycle courses and study programs at a higher education may be appointed to doctoral studentships. (The Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5 Section 3). The student’s ability to benefit from doctoral studies will be taken into account when we make the appointment. (The Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 5 Section 5). 

Salary

Doctoral students are employees of the University and paid a salary according to a uniform salary scale, adjusted in relation to the progress in education.

Application

Applications should be sent via Halmstad University's recruitment system Varbi (see link on this page). 

https://www.hh.se/english/about-the-university/vacant-positions/how-to-apply.html

General Information

We value the qualities that gender balance and diversity bring to our organization. We therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds, gender, functionality and, not least, life experience.

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Information for International Applicants

Choosing a career in a foreign country is a big step. Thus, to give you a general idea what we have to offer in terms of benefits and life in general for you and your family/spouse/partner please visit:

https://www.hh.se/english/about-the-university/vacant-positions/international-staff-support.html