PhD Position: Integration of Security Functions for Imagers

This PhD position at Université Grenoble Alpes, conducted at the CEA-Leti laboratory, focuses on the critical challenge of securing images at the point of acquisition. The research aims to develop 'trusted imagers' by integrating security functions such as encryption and watermarking directly into image sensors. The successful candidate will work on balancing high-level security requirements with the constraints of low power consumption and compact hardware architecture. The project involves algorithm development, hardware implementation, and the eventual fabrication of an integrated circuit.

• Develop and evaluate encryption and watermarking algorithms using Python.
• Propose compact algorithmic versions suitable for integration into image sensors.
• Assess the impact of hardware implementation choices on final image quality.
• Design and validate hardware architectures for security functions.
• Develop integrated circuits implementing the designed security functions.
• Utilize professional IC design tools and software development environments for research.