Edition 2026
CREACH LABS launches its joint call for applications with the DGA, the AID and the Brittany Region to fund thesis projects.
Previous editions
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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
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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
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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
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List of PhD projects selected in cybersecurity.
« Assets and threats in the secure architecture of a system of systems » – PhD student: Jesus Antonio SANCHEZ RAMOS – supervisor: Jérémy BUISSON – IRISA/Université Bretagne Sud
« Secure on-chip communication architecture against physical and logical attacks » – PhD student: Hongwey ZHAO – supervisor: Guy GOGNIAT – Lab-STICC/Université Bretagne Sud
« Cryptography implemented in modern safe languages » – PhD student: Pierrick PHILIPPE – supervisor: Pierre-Alain FOUQUE – IRISA/Université de Rennes
« Detecting adversarial attacks for robust AI systems » – PhD student: Hanene BRACHEM – supervisor: Olivier DÉFORGES – IETR/Insa Rennes
« Domain-specific language specialisation » – PhD student: Chiara RELEVAT – supervisor: Benoît COMBEMALE – IRISA/Université de Rennes
« Integrating protection mechanisms into an RTL synthesis flow » – PhD student: Quentin TUAL – supervisor: Philippe COUSSY – Lab-STICC/Université Bretagne Sud
« Designing for the development of preventive cybersecurity practices » – PhD student: Ayoub BOURHIM – supervisor: Christine PETR – LEGO-Lab-STICC/Université Bretagne Sud
« Hardness and use of the Module Learning With Errors problem in lattice-based cryptography » – PhD student: Léo ACKERMANN – supervisor: Adeline ROUX-LANGLOIS – IRISA/CNRS