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The College of IST Cyber Security Lab has a wage payroll position open. We are looking for a research assistant who has expertise in the intersection of embedded systems security, program analysis, and system emulation. In particular, the researcher will work on recovering the boundary between application logic and hardware-dependent code in embedded firmware, and on assessing whether that boundary still holds once the firmware executes. Accordingly, the researcher should have adequate experience in both program analysis and real-time embedded systems. This position involves part-time wage payroll employment.
Job duties to include:
The starting rate for this job is $20.
Employment with the University will require successful completion of background check(s) in accordance with University policies.
Pursuant to the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act and the Pennsylvania Act of 1988, Penn State publishes a combined Annual Security and Annual Fire Safety Report (ASR). The ASR includes crime statistics and institutional policies concerning campus security, such as those concerning alcohol and drug use, crime prevention, the reporting of crimes, sexual assault, and other matters. The ASR is available for review here.
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