Secura Lab is a research group in the Network and Systems (NS) unit within the Computer and Network Systems (CnS) division at the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) department. We are affiliated to Chalmers University of Technology and University of Gothenburg. We also have an organic connection with other security researchers via the Chalmers Security & Privacy Lab.
Secura Lab is led by Assistant Professor, Dr. Muoi Tran. We aim to enhance the security of computer systems, particularly those that are networked. Our security research has been focusing on Internet routing, blockchain peer-to-peer networks, and network infrastructures.
News
We just published a new blog article on the PhD recruitment process in our lab. If you’ve seen Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), you might agree that the infamous Bridge of Death scene bears an uncanny resemblance to the PhD application journey. Give it a read — and if you’re planning to cross our metaphorical bridge, may the tips inside help you avoid the academic abyss (and know your favorite color with confidence).
Due to some unexpected changes in our previous recruitment, we are pleased to announce new openings for PhD positions in Network Security for AI. Selected candidates must be able to start no later than early 2026. The application deadline is 30 September 2025.
Here is the the link to the application portal.
For more information about our lab, refer to our open letter to prospective PhD students.
We are glad to share that our lab has available position for one PhD student and one Postdoc starting 2026.
The PhD position is expected to work specifically on blockchain security and start by March 2026.
The link to the application portal is here. The application deadline is 30 September, 2025.
The Postdoc position is expected to work on distributed AI/ML. The application portal will be officially available after the summer. Reach out to Muoi Tran directly if you are close to graduate or know a good fit.
Together with our collaborators at NTU (Taiwan) and ETH Zurich (Switzerland), we just published
a paper on finding function and storage collisions in proxy smart contracts at IEEE ICDCS 2025!
We present Proxion, an automated cross-contract analyzer that identifies all proxy smart contracts in Ethereum, including the hidden ones that lack both source code and past transactions. This allows us to identify millions more proxy contracts and thousands of unreported collisions, compared to previous works.
See you soon too, Glasgow!
We are thrilled to share that we just secured a funding from WASP Academic Doctoral Student Projects! Thanks to this, we will have another opening position for PhD student. This position will start in late 2025, and will focus on combining network security and AI training.
