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PC Meeting

Written on 22.02.23 by Ali Abbasi

Hi Everybody, thanks for all your valuable input on the reviewing process. Everybody completed their seminar review. Tomorrow we will have a PC meeting at 12:30 (the usual time).

We will discuss all papers in the PC meeting. Generally in the PC meeting, the reviewers might give brief overview of… Read more

Hi Everybody, thanks for all your valuable input on the reviewing process. Everybody completed their seminar review. Tomorrow we will have a PC meeting at 12:30 (the usual time).

We will discuss all papers in the PC meeting. Generally in the PC meeting, the reviewers might give brief overview of the paper and its pros and cons. Other non-author PC members can object the result which was decided by the reviewers of the paper and convince others why reviewers are wrong. If nobody objects, the result stands.

Have a nice evening

Ali

Papers Assigned

Written on 14.02.23 by Ali Abbasi

Hi Everybody.

You should have received an email containing your assigned two papers to review today.

Good luck,

Ali

[CISPA Embedded Systems Security Seminar] Bidding deadline: 13 Feb CET

Written on 11.02.23 by Ali Abbasi

Dear all,

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[tl;dr] Update your conflicts and topic preferences before placing your paper bids. Deadline for bidding: **13 Feb 23:59:59 CET**.

Read over the reviewer guidelines: shorturl.at/psyA1

There are some adjustments to the deadlines

Next immediate deadline: 13th Feb… Read more

Dear all,

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[tl;dr] Update your conflicts and topic preferences before placing your paper bids. Deadline for bidding: **13 Feb 23:59:59 CET**.

Read over the reviewer guidelines: shorturl.at/psyA1

There are some adjustments to the deadlines

Next immediate deadline: 13th Feb for bidding (https://cispa-emsec22.hotcrp.com/reviewprefs)

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Thank you for agreeing to serve on the "CISPA Embedded Systems Security Seminar" Program Committee. I look forward to working with you all to select a set of exciting papers.

Our conference has received a total of 8 submissions which is great!

- For those reviewing for the first time for ISPA Embedded Systems Security Seminar, please make sure that you read the reviewer guidelines (shorturl.at/psyA1).

- For experienced reviewers, pay special attention to the deadlines.

*** Before bidding, please check your profile to ensure that you have indicated the appropriate topic interest. During the bidding process, this will help you identify papers close to your interests. Also, be sure to enter your conflicts of interest if you have not already. You can make updates here: https://cispa-emsec22.hotcrp.com/profile

*** Please enter positive bids on at least 2 papers (the more, the better), which will help ensure that you are assigned submissions that you are qualified to review, and to ensure coverage across all 3 rounds of our reviewing process.

Please enter your bids here, following the instructions at the top of the page:

https://cispa-emsec22.hotcrp.com/reviewprefs

As a reminder, here is the overall schedule:

• Paper bidding deadlne: Feb 13th 2022 (23:59:59,CET)

• Review deadline: 20 Feb (23:59:59 CET)

• Discussion (Online): 22 Feb (23:59:59 CET)

• PC Meeting (Online/Hybrid): 23 Feb (12:30)

• Authors Notification: 2nd March (23:59:59,CET)

Do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Best regards,

Ali

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About Paper Bidding

Paper bidding for journal/conference is a process that is used by some academic journals and conferences to assign the task of reviewing submissions to individual reviewers. In this process, potential reviewers are invited to bid on the papers they would like to review. This can be done through an online system or during a physical meeting, where reviewers express their interest in reviewing a particular paper.

The goal of paper bidding is to ensure that the reviewing process is efficient and fair, and to give reviewers the opportunity to choose the papers they would like to review based on their expertise and research interests. By allowing reviewers to bid on papers, the journal or conference can ensure that the best-suited reviewer is assigned to each paper, which can lead to a more thorough and accurate review.

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Conflict Information

Written on 03.02.23 by Ali Abbasi

Hi Everybody,

I hope you are enjoying writing your survey paper!

I am writing you to kindly ask you to update your conflict list in the survey submission portal here:

https://cispa-emsec22.hotcrp.com/profile/ (Section name: Collaborators and other affiliations)

For example, Aparnaa and… Read more

Hi Everybody,

I hope you are enjoying writing your survey paper!

I am writing you to kindly ask you to update your conflict list in the survey submission portal here:

https://cispa-emsec22.hotcrp.com/profile/ (Section name: Collaborators and other affiliations)

For example, Aparnaa and Rachita might have conflicts of interest and we sure do not want them to review each other's paper. Similarly, Ulysse, Fabian, and Leonard might have a similar conflict of interest.

Therefore, please update your conflict in the hotcrp portal.

Additionally, before the reviewing period starts, please read the reviewing guidelines.

Cheers,

Ali

Survey for the Seminar

Written on 02.02.23 (last change on 02.02.23) by Ali Abbasi

Hi Everybody,

I am writing to you today to request your feedback on this seminar. Your feedback is extremely important to me. By taking the time to complete the survey, you will be providing valuable information that will help me to understand what is working well and what areas may need improvement. The survey should only take a few minutes of your time and your responses will be kept confidential. I would greatly appreciate it if you could complete the survey by end of 2nd February.

Survey Link:

https://qualis.uni-saarland.de/eva/?l=141078&p=FS50EO

Reminder, this week paper is Holistic Control-Flow Protection on Real-Time Embedded Systems with Kag

Written on 25.01.23 by Ali Abbasi

Just a reminder that you should submit your report tonight.

Important: This week paper is about Intrusion Deteciton in embedded systems:

Holistic Control-Flow Protection on Real-Time Embedded Systems with Kage

For the next week we will have the SpecDoctor (not this week)!!!!

Change in the last paper

Written on 19.01.23 by Ali Abbasi

Hi Everybody, this is just to inform you that we changed the topic for the last presentation on 2nd February (last presentation) from Firmware re-hosting to Hardware Fuzzing. The new paper which you should read and prepare questions is:

SpecDoctor: Differential Fuzz Testing to Find Transient… Read more

SpecDoctor: Differential Fuzz Testing to Find Transient Execution Vulnerabilities

You can read it from the following link:

https://lifeasageek.github.io/papers/jaewon-specdoctor.pdf

Also remember that by 9th February you should have your survey paper ready for submission. So in case you did not do, now is good time to prepare before you get close to your exam times.

Cheers,

Ali

Reminder on Embedded Systems Security Seminar

Written on 11.01.23 (last change on 11.01.23) by Ali Abbasi

Update: Apparently there was a problem with the submission page, it should be ok now. In case somebody can not finish it today, I extended the deadline to tomorrow noon.

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Hi Everybody

This is a reminder that you should submit your 5 questions and 1 page… Read more

Update: Apparently there was a problem with the submission page, it should be ok now. In case somebody can not finish it today, I extended the deadline to tomorrow noon.

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Hi Everybody

This is a reminder that you should submit your 5 questions and 1 page summary paper by the end of tonight in the CMS.

Cheers,

Ali

No Seminar

Written on 18.12.22 by Ali Abbasi

Hi,

Since somebody asked about Embedded Security seminar, I am answering it as a news. We do not have seminar until next year. It was already stated in the kick off presentation of the seminar and was also mentioned in our last week seminar.

Have a happy holiday.

Reminder on Embedded Systems Security Seminar

Written on 06.12.22 by Ali Abbasi

Hi Everybody

This is a reminder that you should submit your 5 questions and 1 page summary paper by the end of Wednesday in the CMS.

Cheers,

Ali

Reminder on Embedded Systems Security Seminar

Written on 29.11.22 by Ali Abbasi

Hi Everybody

This is a reminder that you should submit your 5 questions and 1 page summary paper by the end of Wednesday in the CMS.

Cheers,

Ali

Reminder on Embedded Systems Security Seminar

Written on 22.11.22 by Ali Abbasi

Hi Everybody

This is a reminder that you should submit your 5 questions and 1 page summary paper by the end of tomorrow in the CMS.

Of course the person who is presenting, does not need to submit questions or summary paper.

Cheers,

Ali

Reminder

Written on 14.11.22 (last change on 14.11.22) by Ali Abbasi

Hi Everybody,

Next week Thursday we will have our first presentation about Trusted Execution Environment (TEE). Therefore, it is mandatory that you read the selected paper on this topic and submit your 5 questions by end of 23rd November 2022.

Here is the paper information:

Mind the Gap:… Read more

Hi Everybody,

Here is the paper information:

Mind the Gap: Studying the Insecurity of Provably Secure Embedded Trusted Execution Architectures (IEEE S&P 2022)

Paper is available here:

Link:

https://dl.cispa.de/s/wqtikTexFBJEAeN

Password:

3oxbE79MzZpt

Topics Assigned

Written on 14.11.22 by Ali Abbasi

Hi Everybody,

I assigned topics for each one of you based on your preference. Unfortunately not everybody can get what they like.

You can observe your assigned topic here:

https://cms.cispa.saarland/emsecsem/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1

The seminar location

Written on 10.11.22 (last change on 10.11.22) by Ali Abbasi

As mentioned in the seminar page, the seminar starts today at 12:30 at CISPA, room C0.01