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SUMMARY:Eight Call for Proposals CYD Fellowships A Talent Program for Cybe
 r-Defence Research
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CATEGORIES:Call for proposal
DESCRIPTION:Cyber-threats have been accelerating due to the exponential gr
 owth of network connectivity. These new capabilities provide myriad opport
 unities for security hackers to wreak significant damage for commercial\, 
 political\, or other gains.\nTo promote research and education in cyber-de
 fence\, EPFL\, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne\, and
  the Cyber-Defence (CYD) Campus have jointly launched the “CYD Fellowshi
 ps – A Talent Program for Cyber-Defence Research.” There are two calls
  per year and the eight call is now open.\n\nCYD Fellowships are designed 
 to promote new solutions to major challenges in the fields of security and
  data science by bringing together basic and applied research. They are op
 en to researchers at master\, doctoral\, or postdoctoral level who are wil
 ling to engage with innovative issues in cyber-defence\, with a particular
  emphasis on:\n\n	Protection of confidentiality\, integrity\, and availabi
 lity of cyber and cyber-physical systems\n	Information sharing\, data fusi
 on and crowdsourcing\n	Data science & AI methods for analysing cyber- and 
 technology-relevant data\n	Security\, privacy and digital trust technologi
 es.\n\nBy encouraging the training of the next generation of leading resea
 rchers in Switzerland\, the CYD Fellowships will accelerate the developmen
 t of cyber security and privacy solutions\, improving defenders’ capabil
 ities vis-à-vis attackers. In fostering synergies between university-base
 d researchers and cyber-defence stakeholders and promoting the testing of 
 new solutions\, they will increase the competitiveness of the Swiss cyber-
 defence community.\nFunding is available for six-month CYD Master Thesis F
 ellowships (living allowance and research funds)\; four-year (with a possi
 ble one-year extension) CYD Doctoral Fellowships (salary and research and 
 conference funds)\; and up to two-year CYD Distinguished Postdoctoral Fell
 owships (salary and research and conference funds). CYD fellows are hosted
  by a higher education institution in Switzerland and conduct their resear
 ch at the CYD Campus located on the premises of EPFL and ETHZ and in its o
 ffice in Thun.\n\nRecently\, the new CYD Proof-of-Concept fellowship progr
 amme has been launched. This CYD POC fellowship programme aims to support 
 applied research leading towards an innovative product or service with the
  intention of making a real impact and evaluating the potential for commer
 cialization of such products or services. \n\nThe CYD Campus is a cyber-c
 ompetence center created by the Swiss Federal Department of Defence\, Civi
 l Protection and Sport. It acts as an anticipation platform for identifyin
 g and assessing technologies\, commercial and social cyber trends\, as wel
 l as the subsequent usage scenarios. It is committed to innovative\, appli
 cation-oriented research and works to translate research findings into sol
 utions alongside start-ups and the established companies in the field of s
 ecurity.\n\nThe CYD Fellowships are supported by armasuisse Science and Te
 chnology.\n\nThe eight call for proposals is now open with a rolling call 
 for Master Thesis Fellowship applications and Proof-of-Concept fellowship 
 applications\, and with a deadline for Doctoral and Distinguished Postdoct
 oral Fellowship applications on 15 August 2023 (17:00 CEST).\nAn online ap
 plicant workshop will be held on 20 July 2023 from 10:00 to 10:45 CEST.\n\
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