09 Postdoctoral Fellowship at NTNU, Norway

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions.

The period of employment of this position is 3 years. The position will be in the Thermodynamics group at the Department of Chemistry at NTNU, and also part of Porelab, which is a research centre of excellence within Porous media.

PoreLab is a Norwegian Center of Excellence created in 2017 and situated at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim, and the University of Oslo (UiO)

The Center, which is supported by the Research Council of Norway, is an interdisciplinary Center with joint efforts in theory, computer simulations and experiments, in fundamental and applied directions. The center works to advance the understanding of flow in porous media. The main goal of the center is to develop theories, principles, tools and methods to reduce the trial and error approach to porous media with relevance in biology, chemistry, geology and geophysics based on fluid mechanics, non-equilibrium thermodynamics and statistical mechanics.

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions.

Safe subsurface CO2 storage requires no leakage from the reservoir to the top surface (seafloor or on land) over an indefinitely long time. The required containment has implications for characterization and operation of the storage site, and not least, for the surrounding rock. This is an area where geomechanical evaluation together with seismic characterization and monitoring is crucial for a successful CCS project.

The postdoctoral project is focused towards geomechanical processes associated with injection operations where pore pressure, stresses and temperature change within the storage reservoir as well as in the surroundings. The work will be based on experiments performed in SINTEF’s Formation Physics laboratory, supported by data available from open literature. The work will be performed in collaboration with the PhD on numerical modelling, supervised by Prof. Alexandre Lavrov. The main objective of the work described here will be to contribute to a toolbox for assessing the influence of injection-induced stress, pore pressure and temperature changes on cap rock integrity and within the storage reservoir. Emphasis will be on identification of crucial parameters for assessment of geomechanical and rock physics contributions to 4D seismic monitoring and forecasting of leakages.

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions.

The position is related to the Cloud-based Platform-agnostic Adversarial AI Defence framework– CPAID project. The cPAID project aims to create a cloud-based, platform-agnostic framework for protecting AI applications from malicious actions and adversarial attacks. It focuses on combating poisoning and evasion attacks using AI defence methods like AI-assisted anomaly detection, ML-based IDS, and adversarial training, combined with security- and privacy-by-design, explainable AI, and threat intelligence. cPAID will also develop a methodology to ensure AI system security, privacy, robustness against attacks, and adherence to EU AI ethics, with real-life scenario validations including an autonomous and remotely monitored autonomous ship. Additionally, it seeks to advance research on certification schemes for AI application robustness, security, privacy, and ethical standards.

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions.

We have a vacancy for a Postdoc candidate at the Dept. of Geoscience and Petroleum (IGP) in Well Plugging and Abandonment (P&A) Technology and within the framework of the ongoing industry sponsored research program SFI – Center for Subsurface Well Integrity, Plugging and Abandonment (SWIPA) https://www.sintef.no/en/latest-news/2020/new-research-and-innovation-center-to-provide-climate-friendly-value-creation-on-the-norwegian-continental-shelf/

Cement is the traditional material used in the well construction phase and in the well plugging and abandonment phase to seal off any leak paths between the reservoir and surroundings. Improved sealing performance using cement includes, among other things, the use of additives to make the cement more flexible and reduce crimping when the cement sets.  In some types of clay formations, the bore hole diameter will shrink  and make a tight seal against the casing in the well bore. Bismuth can be an alternative material for improved sealing of wellbores. The metallic material, which has a typical melting point between 150 – 300 0C depending on material composition, is typically expanding 0,5 – 3% when it sets. For some applications, this material can be applied to avoid or reduce leaks and thus improve the integrity of the well.

There are a number of cyber test ranges available (including in Europe) but the federated approach and advanced cyber physical test range capability are two elements of the FACT project which makes it disruptive and unique. The focus on Operational Technology (OT) is increasing when it comes to military systems, and the cyber physical aspect is thus of greatest importance for the FACT project. Military platforms are not easily transferable to a relevant location for test. However, the federated approach in the FACT project will allow the physical part to be implemented at more than one location, and still make use of the full capability of the partners capabilities during the testing. To ensure that the equipment is used and has a required level of protection, the FACT project will design, prototype and demonstrate a federated cyber physical test capability which can be maintained and become a sustained capability to the European nations after the project. Our approach is fully user-centric, with the end-user’s needs as the starting point for the whole capability and every consideration. Examples of test scenario setups where the federated aspect of FACT is an advantage are numerous: larger partners wanting to cooperate in larger system deliveries, smaller companies cooperating with several partners within their complimentary field of expertise, sharing vulnerabilities and mitigating actions on equipment across partners and nations for shortening time to market.

The position creates an opportunity for more collaboration with other research disciplines such as security management, safety engineering, and policymaking in addition to the focus areas mentioned above.

The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions.

We have two 3-year positions in the ExMilk project (Exercised Breastmilk: A kick-start for childhood obesity prevention?), which is an ERC Starting Grant project. The overall aim of the project is to determine how exercise can modify breastmilk composition.

The postdoctoral fellows will focus on bioinformatics/data analyses of data from multi-omics technologies to discover the acute and long-term effects of exercise on breastmilk composition.  

The postdoctoral fellowship position is related to the project “Predicting Care Needs of Older Adults in the Healthcare System through AI-Enabled Analysis of Patient-Monitoring Data (PAI)”. 

The PAI project, aims to predict and enhance the care of older adults by utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to analyse patient-monitoring data for early detection of health and functional decline. It is designed to address the increasing healthcare demands due to an aging population. By implementing AI-driven predictive models, the project seeks to facilitate early interventions and appropriate care level involvement, thereby reducing acute care costs and improving patient outcomes. 

Hardware components are crucial for ensuring computing systems’ security, integrity, and reliability, especially in industrial control systems (ICS), as they play a pivotal role in our daily lives and critical infrastructures, transmitting vital information for decision-making processes. To enhance security at the hardware level, it’s essential to understand device vulnerabilities and potential attack vectors. Hardware reverse engineering (HRE) is a method used to gain insights into the inner workings of man-made devices. However, there’s a noticeable gap in educational resources related to hardware security and HRE, including courses, labs, and best practices.

The reverse engineering lab at NTNU Gjovik is being established under NORCICS to address future hardware security challenges by developing innovative methods, tools, and techniques in collaboration with industries, government, and international research institutions. The lab has essential testing equipment for testing hardware security vulnerabilities on embedded systems. In partnership with national/international experts, the HRE lab will be a central hub for various activities. It will establish a physical reversing lab for research, testing, and training, develop a Hardware Security Reverse course for academic and industry use, organise workshop/seminar series on specific topics for partners, and host the annual NTNU Reverse Engineering Forum, providing a vital meeting point for the community.