Phd position at the European Research Council project DATARoutes

DATAROUTES project aims to carry out a cartography of Internet data routes in order to understand how the routing strategies of state and non-state actors shape cyberspace and to analyse, as a domain of the application, the important security and policy issues it raises for the European Union. The goals of this project are to measure and map Internet routes using open-source data, thanks to DATAROUTES’ Border Gateway Protocol observatory. DATAROUTES will provide a platform for open access to its data and methodologies in order to encourage a new stream of research on the geopolitics of data routing. This is a highly multidisciplinary project between geopolitics and computer science. It develops methods based on very advanced mathematical concepts (graph curvature, non-convex optimizations), big data processing (processing whole internet graphs with 500K nodes, and 1 M links), advanced visualization, along with geopolitical analysis and methodologies. 

Position Details 

Institution: Université Paris 8 – IFG Lab and University of Savoie Mont Blanc at Annecy 
Location: Annecy, LISTIC label  

Expected duration of the assignments: 3 years (36 months) 

Start date: September 1, 2025
Salary: €2370 gross/month 

Main Responsibilities 

Research in multidisciplinary area between computer science/mathematics/geopolitics/social sciences 

Large-scale collection and analysis of open source routing data 

Publication of scientific articles, including in peer-reviewed journals, and for science
popularization 

Participation in scientific events such as conferences, colloquiums, roundtables and
Workshops. 

Organization of conferences to disseminate the results of the research 

Profile Sought 

EXPECTED TRAINING AND EXPERIENCE 

Master’s degree in Computer Science 

Strong understanding of Internet architecture, the Internet interconnection ecosystem, routing
principles and Internet protocols, as well as the structures and functioning of the Internet
Governance. 

Solid basis  of graph analysis/computer Network/Big data analysis/machine Learning

Strong interest in multidisciplinary area (Computer Science/geopolitics/mathematics). 

Interest in cartography. 

EXPECTED SKILLS 

Ability to work as part of a multidisciplinary team 

Aptitude to work in a multi-skill and multi-domain environment to develop cooperation and

mutual understanding 

Very good analytic/mathematical background.

Self-motivation 

Responsiveness 

Excellent command of English, knowledge of another language is an asset 

e Laboratoire d’Informatique, Systèmes, Traitement de l’Information et de la Connaissance (LISTIC) est une Unité de Recherche (UR) de l’Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB), reconnue depuis 2003 par le Ministère en tant qu’équipe d’accueil (EA3703). Son projet scientifique se concentre sur l’apprentissage automatique et la fusion d’information ainsi que sur les réseaux et les systèmes. Ses travaux portent sur la modélisation, la spécification et le développement de théories, d’algorithmes et de systèmes pour extraire et gérer les connaissances, notamment dans les domaines de l’observation de la Terre et du comportement humain.

- MSc in Computer Science or Data Science or Mathematics or physics