Doctoral Researcher in LLM Privacy and Security

Doctoral Researcher in LLM Privacy and Security

The University of Turku invites applications for a full‑time Doctoral Researcher position focused on the privacy protection, security enhancement and vulnerability research of Large Language Models (LLMs). The fixed‑term contract starts upon mutual agreement and ends on .

The position is integral to a high‑impact European defence research project. As a PhD candidate you will conduct deep‑dive research into the security of LLMs within adversarial environments and collaborate with leading academic and industrial experts across Europe.

Research Pillars

• Privacy Preservation: Research Federated Learning, Differential Privacy or Homomorphic Encryption for LLM training and inference to prevent sensitive data leakage.
• Security Hardening: Develop robust defence mechanisms against prompt injection, backdoor attacks and other adversarial threats.
• Vulnerability At...