[HGI-news-int] [Call for Papers] ReConFig 2015 - Special Track on Security and Cryptography - Last Call

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

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CALL FOR PAPERS
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ReConFig 2015: Special Track on Reconfigurable Computing for Security
and Cryptography (SC)

2015 International Conference on ReConFigurable Computing and FPGAs
December 7-9, 2015, Mayan Riviera, Mexico

¡Celebrating ReConFig's 10th Edition!

www.reconfig.org

Deadline for Submissions: July 31, 2015

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Topics of Interest

This special track seeks the latest innovations in reconfigurable
computing for security and cryptography.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* Hardware Implementation of Novel Cryptographic Algorithms and Protocols
* Reconfigurable Cryptographic Primitives
* Special-Purpose Hardware for Cryptanalysis
* Hardware Support for Trustworthy Software Execution
* True and Pseudo Random Generators
* Circuit Identification and Physical Unclonable Functions
* Efficient Methods for Protection of Hardware IPs
* FPGA Design Security
* Fault Attacks and Side-channel Attacks
* Hardware Tamper Resistance and Tamper Evidence
* Hardware Trojan Detection and Resistance
* Design Flows for Hardware-based Secure Systems
* Performance Evaluation of Secure Reconfigurable Hardware

Submission Information

Regular submissions should be no more than 6 pages long including
tables, figures and references.
Up to 2 extra pages can be purchased at a price of 75 USD per page.
All papers should be submitted for evaluation as a PDF file using IEEE
formatting.
The double-blind review process will be used. Please do not include
authorship information
in your submitted PDF file.

Potential for a Journal Publication

Authors of the best papers presented at ReConFig will be invited to
submit an extended version
of their ReConFig paper to be included in a special issue of a selected
international peer-review journal.
Special issues of previous ReConFig conferences have been published in
the following journals:
* International Journal of Reconfigurable Computing (IJRC)
* Microprocessors & Microsystems (MICPRO)
* Computers & Electrical Engineering (CAEE)

ReConFig Highlights

* 3 Keynote Speeches
* Technical Sessions (General Sessions + 8 Special Tracks)
* PhD Forum
* Demo Night
* Social Events

Important Dates

Full Paper Submission:		July 31, 2015
Acceptance Notification:	September 18, 2015
Final paper submission:  	October 16, 2015
Conference:			December 7-9, 2015

Special Track co-Chairs:

Kris Gaj, George Mason University, USA
Tim Güneysu, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Members of the Track Committee:

Octavian Cret, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Milos Drutarovsky, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
Reouven Elbaz, Intel, USA
Viktor Fischer, Université de Saint Etienne, France
Benedikt Gierlichs, KU Leuven, Belgium
Guy Gogniat, Bretagne-Sud University, France
Jorge Guajardo, Bosch Research and Technology Center, USA
Sylvain Guilley, CNRS/LTCI, France
Miaoqing Huang, University of Arkansas, USA
Nele Mentens, KU Leuven, Belgium
Amir Moradi, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany
Berna Ors, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
Erkay Savas, Sabanci University, Turkey
Steve Trimberger, Xilinx, USA
Tolga Yalcin, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany

With best regards,

Kris & Tim

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Kris Gaj
Cryptographic Engineering Research Group
ECE Department
George Mason University
U.S.A.
http://ece.gmu.edu/~kgaj

Tim Güneysu
Hardware Security Group
Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology
Ruhr University Bochum
Germany
https://www.ei.rub.de/fakultaet/professuren/gueneysu
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