W2 Professorship Applied IT-Security

Organisation/Company University of Würzburg Department Institute of Computer Science Research Field Computer science » Computer systems Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Established Researcher (R3) Positions Postdoc Positions Final date to receive applications 22 Feb 2026 - 23:59 (UTC) Country Germany Type of Contract Permanent Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

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The Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science at the Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg has a vacancy in the Institute for Computer Science for a

University Professorship (W2)
for Applied IT-Security

to be filled as soon as possible. The position will be filled as a civil servant for life.

The applicant must represent the field of Applied IT-Security in research and teaching. Outstanding achievements in research and teaching are expected in at least one, preferably several, of the following areas:

• Development of secure software systems and security management
• Data security and privacy-compliant software systems
• Security analysis, verification, and evaluation of security solutions in terms of their reliability, performance, and energy efficiency
• Security in networked, mobile, and distributed systems
• Privacy-preserving methods for cloud computing and data science
• Secure use and training of AI models
• Forensic computing
• System security

Experience in acquiring third-party funding and in interdisciplinary research cooperation is expected.

The teaching duties include courses offered for the bachelor's, master's, and teacher training programs conducted at the Institute of Computer Science at the University of Würzburg.

Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (JMU), founded in 1402, is one of the fifteen major research‑intensive and leading medical universities in Germany, a German U15 university. It offers the full range of degree subjects and, true to its motto ‘Science for Society’, is committed to advancing research in fields that are relevant for the future.

25,000 students
280 degree programmes
10 faculties
4,600 employees
480 professors
€ 160 million of external funds generated anualy (incl. University hospital)
14 Nobel Laureates