[HGI-news-int] CFP escar – Intl. Conference on Embedded Security in Cars

[English Newsletter of the Horst Goertz Institute of IT Security in Bochum]

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message]

Announcement and Call for Papers

11th escar – Intl. Conference on Embedded Security in Cars
November 14 – 15, 2013 Frankfurt/Main, Germany

www.escar.info


-- OVERVIEW AND TOPICS --
Information technology is the driving force behind most innovations in
the automotive industry. Today even compact vehicles have a few tens of
interconnected microprocessors with up to several hundred megabytes of
software and integrated communication capabilities to the outside world.
The situation is similar for commercial vehicles such as trucks.

One crucial aspect of many IT applications in vehicles is IT security.
Whereas IT safety is a relatively well established (if not necessarily
well understood) field, the protection of automotive IT systems against
manipulations has more recently started to emerge. At the same time,
security will be an enabling technology for many – perhaps for most –
future automotive IT applications. IT security will increase both,
reliability and safety, while enabling and protecting various new
business models.

The escar conference has established itself as the premier forum for
information, discussion and exchange of ideas in this innovative field.
As in previous years, the program will include invited talks and
submitted papers in the following areas.

- Security engineering, formal methods, development & validation tools,
security standardization and security economics for automotive domain
- Security of vehicle-driven business, maintenance and service models
- Identity theft, privacy and data protection issues in vehicular settings
- Vehicular hardware security and hardware security modules
- Security of vehicular on-board, passenger, and V2X communications
- Security of software downloads and open vehicle application platforms
- Security of vehicular component protection solutions
- Security of legal car applications (e.g., event data recorder, tachograph)
- Security of road pricing, restricted areas access and vehicle monitoring
- Security of vehicle theft prevention and theft response solutions
- Security of vehicular rights control and audit (e.g., feature activation)
- Security of future vehicle applications (e.g., electric cars, ITS)
- Security for other transport systems (e.g., railways, aerospace)


-- IMPORTANT DATES --
Submission deadline:
  July 15, 2013
Acceptance notification:
  September 9, 2013
Final paper due:
  October 10, 2013

-- INSTRUCTIONS FOR PAPER SUBMISSION --
Theoretical/scientific articles, case studies and real-world experiences
are welcome. All submissions will be peer-reviewed. Prospective authors
should contact one of the program chairs in case they have a doubt about
the appropriateness of their submission for the conference. Two types of
submissions are possible.
Full papers of up to 10 pages: This can be, for example, new research
results, case studies, or state-of-the-art reports. The value for the
escar community should be clearly demonstrated.
Extended abstracts of 2-3 pages: This category is particularly geared
towards contributions from industry, e.g., describing new developments
in industrial research or applications.
For both types, the text must be in English, the font size should be at
least 10pt, and the type of submission (i.e., full paper vs. extended
abstract) must be indicated on the title page. Submissions do not need
to be anonymous.

Submissions will be accepted at escar’s submission site in PDF format only.
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=escar2013


-- PROGRAM AND REGISTRATION INFORMATION --
Complete program and registration information will be available soon on
www.escar.info.
There you can also join our mailing list to receive the latest escar
conference information.

-- PROGRAM CHAIRS --
Markus Kasper, ESCRYPT GmbH, Germany
  markus.kasper at escrypt.com

Christof Paar, University of Bochum, Germany
  christof.paar at rub.de

-- PROGRAM COMMITTEE --
José M. de Fuentes, Univ. Carlos III Mad., Spain
Claudia Eckert, TU Munich/Fraunhofer AISEC, Germany
Martin Emele, ETAS GmbH, Germany
Achim Fahrner, ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Germany
Tom Forest, General Motors Research & Development, USA
Stefan Götz, Continental Automotive GmbH, Germany
Kevin Harnett, US Department of Transportation, USA
Daniel Jiang, Mercedes-Benz Inc., USA
Di Jin, Chrysler Group, USA
Tim Leinmüller, Denso Automotive GmbH, Germany
Brigitte Lonc, Renault, France
Hisashi Oguma, Toyota ITC Ltd., Japan
Carsten Schmal, Audi AG, Germany
Markus Ullmann, BSI & University of Applied Sciences Bonn Rhine-Sieg,
Germany

(to be extended)


-- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE --
Kirsten Werner, isits AG, Germany
  werner at is-its.org
Birgitte Baardseth, isits AG, Germany
  baardseth at is-its.org

-- SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES --
Are you interested to sponsor escar 2013? Please contact the Organizing
Committee!

-- 

========================================================================
Prof. Christof Paar  
Chair for Embedded Security 
Dept. Electrical Engineering & Information Technology
Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

www.crypto-textbook.com

URL:    www.emsec.rub.de
Mobile: +49 (0)170 790 3393
========================================================================