PhD Student for Testing for AI M/F
Detail de l'annonce :
WHAT WE OFFER
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embraces differences, values flexibility, and is aligned to our
purpose-driven and future-focused work. We offer a highly
collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning
and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a
variety of benefit options for you to choose from. Apply now!
ABOUT US (TEAM)
Maintaining security is a constantly shifting task, and we need to
respond with continuous learning and research. The portfolio of SAP
Security Research contains those topics that we believe are most
important for SAP’s security future.
SAP’s vision to secure business is built on 3 ideals:
Zero-Vulnerability, to harden the software by eliminating
vulnerabilities, Defensible Application, to enable the software to
identify and prevent attacks, and Zero-Knowledge, to make any theft of
data useless through encryption.
Considering these aspects, SAP Security Research covers the following
focal areas: Anonymization for Big Data, Secure Internet of Things,
Software security analysis, Open-source analysis, Deceptive
application, Applied cryptography, Quantum technology, and Machine
Learning as enabler for the next generation of security.
PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
Despite their success in many applications, AI/ML algorithms have also
introduced potential security and privacy issues, including test-time
evasion via adversarial examples, training data poisoning, and
privacy-related violations like membership-inference and
model-extraction attacks.
Even though these vulnerabilities have been widely demonstrated,
systematic security and privacy testing methodologies for AI/ML models
are still in the dawn, leaving AI/ML developers unaware of the
corresponding risks when deploying such systems in practical
applications.
In this PhD, we aim to:
* study the impact of testing software applications when AI/ML
components are used,
* identify what makes difficult to test for security and privacy
issues in AI/ML components, and
* develop novel testing methodologies for security and privacy issues
that can be integrated with existing frameworks to facilitate their
widespread adoption.
All together these research results will be used to impact the SAP
development environment with a toolkit that can be used by developers
at SAP to identify vulnerabilities introduced by AI/ML algorithms in
the application pipeline, quantify their impact and associated risks,
and recommend suitable countermeasures. Experimental evidence of the
research results against real case studies will be key to demonstrate
the overall effectiveness.
EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS
The successful candidate will be integrated within our research team
and will be a first-class actor of our research activity. Besides
actively participating to the Mission and Goals of SAP Security
Research, writing publications and filling patents will be strongly
encouraged.
PROFILE/EDUCATION/SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
* University Level: MSc (top 10% performer in university will be
favored) or engineer degree
* Fluency in English (working language), French, German or other
language is a plus but not a prerequisite
* Excellent oral and written communication skills
* Creative and analytical mind
* Willing to work with cutting edge technologies
* Knowledge of computer security, privacy and/or machine learning
* Good skills in modelling, analysis and programming (Python, Java,
JavaScript)
* Good skills in using modern devops tools (Git, Docker, Debuggers,
Jenkins, …)
* Willingness to work around Security, Privacy and Machine Learning
related technologies
* Possibility to travel (mainly in Europe).
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
* None required
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EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without
regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age,
gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation,
gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or
disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background
verification with an external vendor.
Requisition ID:313196 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development |
Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Student | Employment Type:
Intern |