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Contexte et atouts du poste

The work will be part of the PEPR SECUREVAL project funded by France 2030, which aims to improve the tools provided to security evaluators.
The postdoc will be part of the Inria SUSHI team in the IRISA laboratory and hosted at CentraleSupélec Rennes, France.

Mission confiée

For a better knowledge of the proposed research subject :
Bibliography and scientific references are available at the following URL : https://team.inria.fr/sushi/files/2025/07/Postdoc_PEPR_Formal.pdf

Collaboration :
The recruited person will be in connection with Pierre Wilke, Guillaume Hiet, and M2/PhD students working on the topic.

Principales activités

We seek a postdoc candidate to conduct research using formal methods to prove security at various software/hardware interface levels. A non-exhaustive list of topics that could be explored would be:
• proofs mixing compiler (e.g., CompCert) and hardware support to enforce CFI
• proving security of RISC-V enclaves
• proving that our hardware implementation of a RISC-V processor correctly implements the RISC-V ISA (e.g., with SAIL)
• stating and proving software/hardware contracts
• proofs mixing OS and hardware support for isolation

Compétences

Technical skills and level required :

• Fluency with proof assistants
• Knowledge of computer security, compilers, operating systems or hardware design languages would be appreciated.

Languages :

• English

Avantages

• Subsidized meals
• Partial reimbursement of public transport costs
• Leave: 7 weeks of annual leave + 10 extra days off due to RTT (statutory reduction in working hours) + possibility of exceptional leave (sick children, moving home, etc.)
• Possibility of teleworking (after 6 months of employment) and flexible organization of working hours
• Professional equipment available (videoconferencing, loan of computer equipment, etc.)
• Social, cultural and sports events and activities
• Access to vocational training
• Social security coverage

Rémunération

Monthly gross salary amounting to 2788 euros