PhD and MSc Opportunities in Digital Trust, Identity and Security University of New Brunswick in Canada

The Digital Trust, Identity and Security Lab at the University of New Brunswick is recruiting motivated graduate students for PhD and MSc opportunities starting in Winter 2027 or Fall 2027.

Research areas include disinformation and misinformation detection, trustworthy AI, content verification, and LLM jailbreaking. The lab is especially interested in applicants with backgrounds in AI, machine learning, cybersecurity, NLP, data science, or closely related fields.

Students will work on interdisciplinary research aimed at building a safer and more trustworthy digital ecosystem. The post is academic in nature and is associated with Associate Professor Saqib Hakak at the University of New Brunswick.

Applicants are expected to share their research interests, relevant technical experience, programming languages and tools, and a research idea related to disinformation detection or another lab topic. A CV upload is requested in the application form.

No funding details, stipend, or tuition information are stated in the post. The application is submitted through the Google Form linked in the announcement.