Cambridge Internship Program Azure Research, Security and Privacy
Microsoft, Newtown, Cambridge
Cambridge Internship Program Azure Research, Security and Privacy
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Microsoft, Newtown, Cambridge
- Full time
- U
- Onsite working
- Graduate programme
Posted 2 days ago, 1 Nov | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
Job ref: 22560c95910a45ca9207ffa0bb7a5078
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Full Job Description
- Verification of cryptographic protocols and security-critical code, including AI-assisted verification,
- Using AI agents to assist with verification of distributed protocols and formalise systems research,
- Designing and building confidential computing platforms and low-level systems,
- Designing and building confidential computing and distributed systems, including secure multi-user AI inference and fault-tolerant protocols,
- Techniques that apply deterministic tools to improve efficiency and reliability of LLM-based vulnerability scanners,
- Testing for microarchitectural side-channel attacks and developing techniques for CPU fuzzing. We place strong emphasis on systems that can be deployed at scale in the real world. We work in close collaboration with external and internal research organisations, as well as with Microsoft product teams. Our current focus areas include confidential computing systems, secure distributed computing, secure agentic AI, software security, microarchitectural security, and formal verification. Please find more information about our group and its work through the publications (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/azure-research/publications/) and projects (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/group/azure-research/projects/) pages. Responsibilities
- Propose, explore, and analyse new ideas in security, safety, and privacy domains, contributing to one or more of the group's research areas.
- Build prototypes for new ideas or contribute to existing projects through theoretical, practical, and application-level work.
- Communicate research findings through technical discussions, presentations, papers, or other research outputs.
Students enrolled in a PhD program or outstanding undergraduate/master's students with research experience. - One or two papers at top security conferences (e.g., USENIX, CCS, S&P, NDSS) or papers focusing on security, safety, or privacy and appearing at top venues on machine learning (e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR), systems (e.g., SOSP, OSDI, NSDI, ATC, EuroSys), computer architecture (e.g., ISCA, ASPLOS, MICRO), or programming languages (e.g., PLDI, POPL, OOPSLA) is strongly desired. .
The base pay for this internship is £ 4,853.00 per month. Certain roles may be eligible for benefits and other compensation.
Direct job link
https://www.jobs24.co.uk/job/cambridge-internship-program-azure-research-security-privacy-127674568