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Edition 2027

The 2027 call for PhD proposals is open. View details of the call for proposals

Previous editions

  • Projects selected in cybersecurity.

    « Disk encryption with data integrity » (CHIFFID) – supervisor: Gildas AVOINE – IRISA/INSA Rennes

    « Analysis and exploitation of unintentional emissions from embedded systems » (ExpRay) – supervisors: Christophe MOY and Jordane LORANDEL – IETR/Université de Rennes

    « Guarding unauthorized access and runtime deviations via optimized runtime hardware monitors » (GUARDONE) – supervisor: Pascal COTRET – Lab-STICC/ENSTA

    « Implementation and formal verification of enclaves and capabilities in a RISC-V processor » (HardRocq) – supervisor: Sandrine BLAZY – IRISA/Université de Rennes

    « Model-based threat modeling for compartmentalized systems » (MBTM4CS) – supervisor: Arnaud BLOUIN – IRISA/INSA Rennes

    « Interfaces hardening in mixed-code operating system kernels » (MkLISafe) – supervisor: Olivier ZENDRA – IRISA/Inria

    « Cryptographic approaches based on fast elliptic algorithmics » (PAPILLON) – supervisor: Reynald LERCIER – IRMAR/DGA–Université de Rennes

    « Assessing the robustness of an IDS against screaming-channel attacks on multi-band radio gateways » (SCARE) – supervisor: Amor NAFKHA – IETR/CentraleSupélec

    « Proactive and distributed cybersecurity for drone swarms through hybrid and explainable AI » (SHIELD) – supervisor: Samiha AYED – Lab-STICC/IMT Atlantique

    « Detection and recognition of acoustic signals using a distributed fibre-optic sensor and coherent reception » (TRACE) – supervisor: Stéphane AZOU – Lab-STICC/ENIB – Bretagne INP

  • List of PhD projects selected in cybersecurity and, since the 2025 edition, in telecommunications and networks and in artificial intelligence.

    « Compromising the availability and integrity of electronic devices through optimised electromagnetic attacks » (EMDoS) – PhD student: Ouissaïd BOUAMAMA – supervisor: Philippe BESNIER – IETR/CNRS

    « Numerical and electronic simulation of bitflips in electronic circuits under laser fault injection » (SIMBAL) – PhD student: Pierre-Yves TANCHON – supervisor: Laurent PICHON – IETR/Université de Rennes

    « Hardware integrity for instructions » (HIFI) – PhD student: Fatimaezzahraa BOUTAGOUAOUIN – supervisor: Hélène LE BOUDER – IRISA/IMT Atlantique

    « Implementation and optimisation of isogeny-based post-quantum signature schemes on a RISC-V processor » (QUASAR) – PhD student: Stan HEIJINK – supervisor: Guy GOGNIAT – Lab-STICC/Université Bretagne Sud

    « Detecting deviant behaviour in autonomous drones » (SecDrone) – PhD student: Tsion Fekadu DERESSU – supervisor: Vianney LAPÔTRE – Lab-STICC/Université Bretagne Sud

    « Web browser debloating with large language models for resilience to adversarial AI » (DEBLOAZR) – PhD student: Jacob KOHAV – supervisor: Walter RUDAMETKIN – IRISA/Université de Rennes

    « Artificial-intelligence generation of two kinds of legitimate data » (GENIAL2) – PhD student: Antoine CELLIER – supervisor: Pierre-François GIMENEZ – IRISA/Inria

    « Unsupervised design of RF-fingerprint meta-classes for the identification of sensitive devices » (CRUSH) – PhD student: Mahmoud KHALIL KHOUJA – supervisor: Matthieu GAUTIER – IRISA/Université de Rennes

    « AI-based modelling, classification and detection of vulnerabilities and their variants in software code bases » (VulDet) – PhD student: Malvin CHEVALLIER – supervisor: Olivier BARAIS – IRISA/Université de Rennes

    « Detecting hardware trojans through transient-signal analysis » (DETROIE) – PhD student: Salma AIT BEN MBARK – supervisor: Philippe COUSSY – Lab-STICC/Université Bretagne Sud

    « From threat and attack modelling to log analysis: a process for improving the detection of malicious activity » (LogAnaTh) – PhD student: Liam RICE – supervisor: Chouki TIBERMACINE – IRISA/Université Bretagne Sud

    « Jamming-signal suppression through sparse reconstruction and machine learning » (SUPRIM, telecommunications and networks) – PhD student: Sadok GAIED – supervisor: Matthieu CRUSSIÈRE – IETR/Université de Rennes

    « Temporal graph representation and model architecture for anomaly detection » (artificial intelligence, funded outside the call by AMIAD) – supervisor: Elisa FROMONT – IRISA/Université de Rennes

  • List of PhD projects selected in cybersecurity.

    « Hardware telemetry for embedded-systems security » (HTSSOC) – supervisor: Vianney LAPÔTRE – Lab-STICC/Université Bretagne Sud

    « Privacy-preserving distributed graph analytics based on fully homomorphic encryption » (PDGFHE) – supervisor: Tristan ALLARD – IRISA/Université de Rennes

    « Smart grids cyberphysical security » (SyGiCySy) – supervisor: Romain BOURDAIS – IETR-IRISA/CentraleSupélec

    « A high-level cycle-accurate power estimator for secure embedded processors » (TrustMe) – supervisor: Guy GOGNIAT – Lab-STICC/Université Bretagne Sud

    « Security of latency-sensitive networks » (TSN-SEC) – supervisor: Mohamed-Aymen CHALOUF – IRISA/Université de Rennes

    « Evaluating attack simulators for information systems » (ESASI) – supervisor: Jean-François LALANDE – IRISA/CentraleSupélec

    « Hardening an embedded AI distributed across a fleet of vehicles against attacks disrupting federated learning » (RIA4FL) – supervisor: Olivier BARAIS – IRISA/Université de Rennes

  • List of PhD projects selected in cybersecurity.

    « System-level intrusion detection: anomaly detection through AI processing of dynamic heterogeneous graphs representing system activity » – PhD student: Fanny DIJOUD – supervisor: Michel HURFIN – IRISA/Inria

    « Real-time AI-assisted malware predictor » – PhD student: Mohammed MEZAOULI – supervisor: Samir SAOUDI – Lab-STICC/IMT Atlantique

    « Study and development of an embedded RISC-V processor tolerant to faults induced by physical attacks » – PhD student: Kévin QUENEHERVE – supervisor: Guy GOGNIAT – Lab-STICC/Université Bretagne Sud

    « Proactive and moving-target defence for improving the security of virtualised networks » – PhD student: Pierre CHARREAUX – supervisor: Françoise SAILHAN – Lab-STICC/IMT Atlantique

    « Detection and quantification of privacy bugs in frontend web applications » – PhD student: Sterenn ROUX – supervisor: Johann BOURCIER – IRISA/Université de Rennes

    « Security evaluation of drones using digital twins » – PhD student: Mouhamadou Falilou BALL – supervisor: Loïc LAGADEC – Lab-STICC/Ensta Bretagne