Associate Professor or DTU Tenure Track Assistant Professor in Cybersecurity DTU Compute

Are you excited to advance your academic career in cybersecurity in one of the best engineering universities in Europe

We are looking for an associate professor or tenure-track assistant professor to extend and/or strengthen current research and teaching at the Cybersecurity Engineering Section at DTU Compute Technical University of Denmark.

You could be our new colleague if you are a talented and ambitious researcher with a strong passion for cybersecurity and a genuine drive to create societal impact through collaboration with partners across both the private and public sectors. You are expected to embrace and actively contribute to our mission which is to strengthen advance and integrate foundational and applied research in cybersecurity and cryptography in order to anticipate and respond to evolving scientific technological and societal challenges.

We are committed to academic excellence within a highly international environment defined by collegial respect intellectual curiosity and academic freedom grounded in responsibility. We value intellectual independence and offer you the autonomy to pursue researchtopics that truly interest recognize and promote diverse forms of talent supporting your individual interests and strengths. At the same time we appreciate the importance of balance: for example we ensure a reasonable teaching load enabling you to dedicate significant time and energy to advancing your research.

The university is located in the greater Copenhagen area which is acknowledged for its excellent standards of living childcare and welfare system.

Responsibilities and qualifications
Your focus will be to strengthen and/or expand our research incybersecurity and cryptography which currentlyspans a broad spectrum of areas includingproactive security (with a strong focus on the emerging field ofdefensive cyber deception)critical infrastructure security distributed system security IoT security malware and intrusion detectionemerging technologies (e.g. AI and blockchain) human aspects of security (including cyber-psychology and sociological factors) cyber-defense privacy and privacy enhancing technologies formal verification of security protocols and systemscryptographic algorithms and protocolsanalysisof the security of cryptographic algorithmspost-quantum security. More details can be found on the CSE Web site.

We are currently involved in a number of externally funded projects and we expect that you will actively seek to attract funding from private and public sources including both national and international research funding agencies.

As a part of your key responsibilities you will:

• Publish impactful work in leading journals and conferences in your field
• Teach cybersecurity courses in the context of our study programs as well as continuing education (industry DTUs MBA )
• Teach guide and supervise BSc and MSc student projects as well as supervise PhD students
• Actively participate in creating a robust and vibrant environment within the Cybersecurity Engineering section
• Secure funding for your research area from both Denmark and the European Union

You will get an active role in shaping the Cybersecurity Engineering sectionprofile within the four pillars that define our university: research education innovation and public sector advice. Denmark is one of the most digitalized countries in the world so there are rich opportunities to collaborate with private and public sector organizations with the aim to build a more cybersecure and digitally robust society.

We are particularly interested in candidates with research interests in any of(but notnecessarily limited to)the following areas:

• Security and AI (i.e. AI for security and/or secure AI)
• Cyber-risk management
• Malware analysisand penetration testing (ethical hacking)
• Formal methods for security
• Human-centered cybersecurity
• Privacy and privacy enhancing technologies
• Security engineering
• Hardware security
• Security in pervasive computing systems (incl. cyber physical systems IoT mobile healthcare systems and wireless computing systems)
• Cybersecurity governance
• Cryptogaphy incuding post-quantum cryptography

You must be responsible for the teaching of courses. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages and in time are expected to master educational programs offer a unique wide range of courses coveringseveraltopicsin cybersecurity at different levels (BSc MSc continuing education). You will contribute toeducate new generations of engineers scientists IT professionals and managers in the foundations principles and state-of-the-art methods and technologies in will be responsible for research-based teaching according to your research interests and Departments needs.

As a formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent). If you are applying for the associate professor position you should also have academic qualifications equivalent to those obtained by holding an assistant professorship and documented didactic/pedagogic training.

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Experience and quality of teaching
• Research experience
• Research vision and potential
• International impact and experience
• Societal impact
• Innovativeness including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership collaboration and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

The following qualifications will be considered a plus for applicants to the associate professor level:

• Strong publication record and impact in top venues such as Usenix CCS ESORICS IEEE S&P NDSS IMC RAID EURO S&P
• Demonstrated ability to attract funding
• Demonstrated ability to teach a variety of courses both undergraduate and graduate
• Documented experience in continuing education

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

The assistant professor position is part of DTUs Tenure Track program. Read more about the program and the recruitment processhere.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from the head of the Cybersecurity Engineering section and Deputy Director at DTU Compute Professor Nicola Dragoni tel.:email: .

You can read more about DTU Compute at about the Cybersecurity Engineering section at If you are applying from abroad you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Please submit your online application no later than 30 April 2026 (23:59 Danish time).Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply please open the link Apply now fill out the online application form and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• Vision for teaching and research
• CV including employment history list of publications (applicants applying for the position as associate professor should indicate scientific highlights) H-index and ORCID (see portfolioincluding documentation of teaching experience
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)
• A list with your 3 selected publications that highlight your research (no PDF needed links or titles are enough)
• Example grant proposals you have written if any (not granted examples are also welcome)
• 2 references (who we can contact for further details if necessary)

You can learn more about the recruitment process here.

In the field Please indicate which position you are applying for please indicatewhether you are applying for the position as Associate or Assistant Professor.

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age gender disability race religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology which is subject to special rules for security and export control open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

DTU Compute-Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is an internationally recognised academic environment with over 400 employees and 10 research sections. We broadly cover digital technologies within mathematics data science computer science and computer engineering including artificial intelligence (AI) machine learning internet of things (IoT) chip design cybersecurity human-computer interaction social networks fairness and data ethics. Our research is rooted in basic research and centres on mathematical models of the physical and virtual world as a basis for the analysis design and implementation of complex systems. We focus on ensuring that our research results contribute to creating a better society by supporting areas such as health green transition energy supply and life science. We collaborate with universities public and private organisations and companies in Denmark and abroad and through DTUs startup ecosystem we encourage innovation and entrepreneurship. We have a strong ethical human and sustainable approach that ensures integrity in our work. Therefore we strive for and take responsibility for driving the democratisation of digital technologies so that everyone has the opportunity to actively participate in the development and we ensure a continued open democratic and inclusive society for the benefit of all. At DTU Compute we value diversity inclusion and a flexible work-life more about us at.

The Section for Cybersecurity Engineeringis one of the 10 research sections of DTU Compute. The section aims at advancing and combining foundational and applied knowledge in cybersecurity and cryptography to address current and future scientific and societal challenges. We do that by means of cutting-edge research and research-based teaching.

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