From hgi-news-international at lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de  Fri Apr  8 10:07:17 2011
From: hgi-news-international at lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (English Newsletter of the Horst Goertz Institute of IT Security in Bochum)
Date: 8 Apr 2011 10:07:17 +0200
Subject: [HGI-news-int] RFIDsec 2011 - Registration is open
Message-ID: <4D9EC235.7040505@rub.de>


Registration is now open for RFIDsec 2011.  Would you please inform your colleagues working in the RFID space?  Thanks!

	http://rfid-cusp.org/rfidsec/

The early bird rates expire May 13.  The first 50 attendees to register will receive a complimentary RFID-shielded wallet from DIFRwear.com.
If you'd like to help advertise the workshop, please add the following HTML snippet to your web page:

	<a href="http://rfid-cusp.org/rfidsec/"><img src="http://rfid-cusp.org/rfidsec/RFIDSec11_files/RFIDsec-banner1-white.png"></a>

We already have confirmed registrations by some notable people!  Hope to see you all there!

Cheers, 

Kevin Fu, Ari Juels & Christof Paar







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From hgi-news-international at lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de  Fri Apr  8 16:20:25 2011
From: hgi-news-international at lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (English Newsletter of the Horst Goertz Institute of IT Security in Bochum)
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:20:25 +0200
Subject: [HGI-news-int] MysteryTwister: Bringing Crypto to the People
Message-ID: <4D9F19A9.6050803@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>

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Hello,

Just a quick update on the "MysteryTwister", a project which started
with former HGI director Hans Dobbertin.

You find it with new challenges, new layout, new URL at
http://www.mysterytwisterc3.org/index.php/en/

The aim of MysteryTwister is to teach interested (high-school) students
about cryptology through challenges. Hence, if you know somebody who
could be interested in MysteryTwister, feel free to forward this eMail.


In addition, if you have an interesting challenge sitting on your desk,
in your drawer or on our computer - share it! You find more information
on http://www.mysterytwisterc3.org/index.php/en/login.html -> "Submit
your own challenge"

Within the HGI, the chair of Cryptology and IT-Security (CITS, Prof.
May) is in charge of the MysteryTwister.

Best regards,
Christopher Wolf

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Dr Christopher Wolf
Room NA 5/69
WG LTS - Working Group
Long Term Security
Ruhr University Bochum
Tel: +49 234 32 23265
Fax: +49 234 32 14430
www.cits.rub.de
www.christopher-wolf.eu
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From hgi-news-international at lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de  Thu Apr 28 14:04:19 2011
From: hgi-news-international at lists.ruhr-uni-bochum.de (English Newsletter of the Horst Goertz Institute of IT Security in Bochum)
Date: 28 Apr 2011 14:04:19 +0200
Subject: [HGI-news-int] RFIDsec 2011
Message-ID: <4DB957C3.4040001@rub.de>


7th Annual Workshop on RFID Security and Privacy (RFIDsec)
Amherst, Massachusetts, USA
June 26-28, 2011
http://rfid-cusp.org/rfidsec/


Early bird registration ends May 13



RFIDsec brings together researchers from academia and industry for
topics of importance to improving the security and privacy of RFID,
NFC, contactless technologies, and the Internet of Things.  RFIDsec
bridges the gap between cryptographic researchers and RFID developers
through invited talks, tutorials, and contributed presentations and
posters.

Adi Shamir (co-inventor of the RSA algorithm) will provide the opening
keynote talk on "Minimalism in Cryptography."  Our distinguished invited
speakers include experts in RFID, cryptography, and security from industry
and academia: Srdjan Capkun, Ravi Pappu, and Adi Shamir.

Early bird registration expires May 13. The first 50 attendees to
register will receive a complimentary RFID-shielded wallet.

Pre-workshop tutorials cover the physics of RFID, hands-on
differential power analysis of hardware tokens, hands-on programming
of batteryless RFID-scale sensor devices, and an introduction to RFID
security and privacy.

Social highlights include a reception and a New England-style clambake
with scenic views of the rolling foothills and majestic mountains of
the Pioneer Valley.

Discounts and stipends for full-time students are made possible by the
generosity of Microsoft Research, Mocana, the U.S. National Science
Foundation, Cryptography Research, the RFID Journal, DIFRwear, and
UMass Amherst.