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<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Call for
Participation<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b
style=""><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-GB">SHARCS '07 – Special-purpose
Hardware for Attacking Cryptographic Systems</span></b><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><br>
(in conjunction with CHES ‘07)<o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><st1:date
month="9" day="9" year="2007"><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">September
9-10, 2007</span></st1:date><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span><br>
<st1:place><st1:City><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Vienna</span></st1:City><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">, </span><st1:country-region><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Austria</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span
style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.sharcs.org">www.sharcs.org</a><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">SHARCS'07 is the third
workshop dedicated to the challenging subject of special-purpose
cryptanalytical devices. This field is still a very young one (at
least outside
government agencies). In addition to key search machines a la Deep
Crack and
COPACOBANA, we are in particular interested in exploring the
interaction <span style=""> </span>between cryptanalytical
algorithms and
computer hardware. Much work in this area remains to be done
including, for
instance, special purpose hardware crackers for:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">In addition to algorithmic
issues, it is also the workshop's goal to make advances in computer
hardware
issues such as:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><span
style=""> </span>* analog and optical computing
for cryptanalysis<br>
<span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"
lang="FR">* novel VLSI technologies for
cryptanalysis<br>
<span style=""> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-GB">* reconfigurable computing
for cryptanalysis<br>
<span style=""> </span>* clusters of standard computers
for cryptanalysis<br>
<span style=""> </span>* routing protocols and other
low-level tools<br>
<span style=""> </span>* models and evaluation
techniques for special-purpose computing<br>
<span style=""> </span>* lower bounds for physical
implementations of cryptanalytic<br>
<span style=""> </span>* algorithms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">There
are three main objectives for SHARCS:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="margin-left: 36pt; text-indent: -18pt;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><span style="">(1)<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">to determine whether
special purpose hardware poses a
real threat for today's cryptographic algorithms,<br>
<span style="">(2)<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">to determine reliable
security estimations for today's
algorithms (i.e., how long are RSA1024 or ECC160 "secure"), and<br>
<span style="">(3)<span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-GB">to advance the knowledge in cryptanalysis in general.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Since this is an
intrinsically interdisciplinary subject, it is hoped that the
workshop can
bring together researchers with different backgrounds for discussing
and
advancing this exciting field. At SHARCS, submitted contributions are
presented
together with invited talks from world leading experts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText"><b style=""><span style="font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-GB">Program Committee</span></b><br>
<span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"><span style=""> </span>*
Daniel J. Bernstein (</span><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">University</span></st1:PlaceType><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> of </span><st1:PlaceName><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Illinois</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> at </span><st1:place><st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Chicago</span></st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">, </span><st1:country-region><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">USA</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">)<br>
<span style=""> </span>* James Hughes (Sun
Microsystems, </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">USA</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">)<br>
<span style=""> </span>* Tanja Lange (Technical </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceType><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">University</span></st1:PlaceType><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> of </span><st1:PlaceName><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Eindhoven</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">, The </span><st1:country-region><st1:place><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Netherlands</span></st1:place></st1:country-region><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">)<br>
<span style=""> </span>* Arjen Lenstra (EPFL </span><st1:place><st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Lausanne</span></st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">, </span><st1:country-region><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Switzerland</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">)<br>
<span style=""> </span>* Christof Paar (</span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Ruhr</span></st1:PlaceName><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">University</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB"> </span><st1:place><st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Bochum</span></st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">, </span><st1:country-region><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Germany</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">)<br>
<span style=""> </span>* Rainer Steinwandt (</span><st1:place><st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Florida Atlantic University</span></st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">, </span><st1:country-region><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">USA</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">)<br>
<span style=""> </span>* Eran Tromer (Massachusetts
Institute of </span><st1:place><st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Technology</span></st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">, </span><st1:country-region><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">USA</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Organization</span></b><br>
<span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">The workshop is
organized by
the European Network of Excellence (ECRYPT). SHARCS<span style=""> </span>is
an activity of ECRYPT's VAMPIRE – Virtual Application
and Implementation Research Lab.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Past SHARCS Workshops</span></b><br>
<span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">The first workshop
took place
2005 in </span><st1:City><st1:place><span style="font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-GB">Paris</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">, and SHARCS ‘06 took place
in </span><st1:place><st1:City><span style="font-family: Arial;"
lang="EN-GB">Cologne</span></st1:City><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">, </span><st1:country-region><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Germany</span></st1:country-region></st1:place><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">. Both workshops
attracted participants from industry, academia and government
organizations.</span><span style="" lang="EN-GB"> </span><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Slides and papers from the
previous workshops can be found online at </span><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.sharcs.org">www.sharcs.org</a></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoPlainText" style="text-align: justify;"><b style=""><span
style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">Contact</span></b><br>
<span style="font-family: Arial;" lang="EN-GB">For more information,
please
contact Tanja Lange and Christof Paar at </span><span style=""
lang="EN-GB"><a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:info@sharcs.org">info@sharcs.org</a></span><span
style="font-family: "Times New Roman";" lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Prof. Christof Paar Mobile Phone: +49 (0)170 790 3393
Chair for Communication Security URL: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.crypto.rub.de">www.crypto.rub.de</a>
Dept. Electr.Eng. & Inform.Science PGP key: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.crypto.rub.de/team.html">www.crypto.rub.de/team.html</a>
Ruhr University Bochum
44780 Bochum, Germany
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