CISPA PhD General Call: Summer 2026 CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security in Germany

Prof. Vaibhav Bajpai at the Hasso Plattner Institute and the University of Potsdam is looking for a PhD student to join the Data-Intensive Internet Computing group in Potsdam/Berlin. The research focus includes next-generation network protocols , large-scale network measurements , secure networked systems , digital infrastructure resilience, network security and privacy, and data-intensive methods for Internet computing and operations. The group also works on Internet architectures, cyber-physic...

PhD position at the University of Koblenz in the Faculty of Computer Science , focused on SoftLang , a research area at the intersection of symbolic AI and ontologies . This is a doctoral research opening in Germany for candidates interested in knowledge representation, AI reasoning, semantic technologies, and related computer science topics. The post is shared as a PhD opportunity and includes a stated deadline of 2026-09-21 . No detailed funding, stipend, or eligibility requirements are includ...

Doctoral Student / Research Associate in Agentic Modernization of Legacy Enterprise Systems at the Technical University of Munich (TUM), with work linked to the Heilbronn Campus and located in Ingolstadt. This PhD opening focuses on computer science , software engineering , program analysis , software testing , reverse engineering , and agentic AI for modernizing large legacy enterprise systems. The project asks how specifications can be recovered from code, tests, configuration, runtime traces,...

At the University of Wuppertal , the Professorship for Software in Data-intensive Applications in the School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences is advertising a postdoc-level research assistant position. The post is relevant for candidates with interests in software , data-intensive applications , and applied computer science . The announcement does not list detailed project topics, but the academic setting suggests work connected to software systems, data processing, and research-oriented deve...

GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences is hiring a Postdoctoral Research Infrastructure Specialist for Trusted Research Environments (TREs) in Cologne, Germany. The role sits at the intersection of research infrastructure , secure data access , and IT operations . The successful candidate will work directly with Olivier Y. Rouquette and the team to further develop the GESIS Trusted Research Environment, acting as the interface between TRE operations, research requirements, and an exte...