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Written on 15.10.24 by Ali Abbasi

Hi,

As you know, we give prizes to the best students in the course. It was a close call, and many of you could end up being the winner, you are all champions! and maybe in the next course, you will get it.

Winners are the following matriculation number (one seminar and one pro-seminar… Read more

Hi,

Winners are the following matriculation number (one seminar and one pro-seminar student):

Seminar:

xxx8733

Pro-Seminar

xxx2601

The Prize:

1. An ARM development board from the sponsor of our course: Renesas Electronics.

2. A Black Hat EU 2024 registration voucher (around 2200 Euro value).

You can just drop by my office next week to receive your prize.

Cheers,

Ali

Clarification on the template

Written on 07.08.24 by Ali Abbasi

Hi,

It seems like somebody found a bug. We had two templates named as official. This is a mistake. You should only use the template used in the kickoff presentation.

Thank you,

Ali

Please submit your reviews

Written on 05.08.24 by Ali Abbasi

Hi,

The deadline for review submission is approaching for everyone (both seminar and proseminar students).

You must submit your review on time. You went through all the steps of the seminar and the heavy workload we had, and now this is the final step. So please do not ruin it for… Read more

Hi,

The deadline for review submission is approaching for everyone (both seminar and proseminar students).

You must submit your review on time. You went through all the steps of the seminar and the heavy workload we had, and now this is the final step. So please do not ruin it for yourself.

Finish your reviews by tomorrow.

Also, note that because we had some drops from the initial registration of the seminar, there was no necessity to assign everybody two papers. Instead, everybody just got one paper to review.

It is also important that everybody attends the PC meeting on Wednesday this week as we discuss all the papers.

See you on Wednesday.

Cheers,

Ali

All papers assigned

Written on 02.08.24 by Ali Abbasi

Hi,

After receiving the updated papers, the remaining reviewers are assigned a paper. Please check your review task here:

https://cispa-emsec24.hotcrp.com/search?q=re%3Ame

The deadline for your review is the 6 August.

See you next week,

Ali

Samples of Survey Papers and Reviews

Written on 24.07.24 by Ali Abbasi

Hi,

To help Seminar students understand better how you should write a survey paper, I added two example survey papers together with reviewers' comments here:

https://cms.cispa.saarland/emsecsem_24/materials/index

Hopefully, this will help.

I would also like to add that you should not… Read more

Hi,

To help Seminar students understand better how you should write a survey paper, I added two example survey papers together with reviewers' comments here:

https://cms.cispa.saarland/emsecsem_24/materials/index

Hopefully, this will help.

I would also like to add that you should not add your name to the survey paper when you submit it.

Cheers,

Ali

Conflict of Interest Information

Written on 19.07.24 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-emsec24.hotcrp.com/profile (Section name: Collaborators and other affiliations)

For example, Nils, Eduard,… 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-emsec24.hotcrp.com/profile (Section name: Collaborators and other affiliations)

For example, Nils, Eduard, and Robert might have conflicts of interest (as they always sit beside each other). If you have a friend in the class, then you do not want to review their paper.

Therefore, please update your conflict information in the hotcrp portal.

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

Cheers,

Ali

Clarification about the proseminar tomorrow

Written on 09.07.24 by Ali Abbasi

Hi,

As you know, only six topics were assigned to proseminar students. As a result, it is not necessary to submit your summary and questions for tomorrow. However, I strongly recommend that you read the fuzzing pro seminar paper and familiarize yourself with the topic of fuzzing embedded… Read more

Hi,

Additionally, tomorrow, we will take a different approach in the class. We want to discuss a proseminar paper that has less academic quality. You are not obliged to read the paper, but I still think it is not a bad idea to read it.

Paper name: Precise Instruction-Level Side Channel Profiling of Embedded Processors

https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cluster=1124894769683641869&hl=de&as_sdt=0,5

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-06320-1_11

Also, we will not have a seminar presentation tomorrow. However, the seminar students should still read the paper and submit their questions for tomorrow. If there is any question, ask it in the forum and I'll answer it.

Cheers,

Ali

Paywalled Papers

Written on 06.06.24 by Ali Abbasi

Hi,

Inaccessible papers for the next few weeks are available here:

https://cms.cispa.saarland/emsecsem_24/materials/

Cheers,

Ali

Reminder: Online zoom meeting tomorrow

Written on 04.06.24 by Ali Abbasi

Hi,

Just a reminder that we will have our class tomorrow at around 12:15 via Zoom:

https://cms.cispa.saarland/emsecsem_24/2/Seminar_Zoom_Link

Cheers,

Ali

Reminder: submit your summary and questions

Written on 14.05.24 by Ali Abbasi

Hi,

This is just a friendly reminder that if you are not presenting tomorrow, you have time until the end of today to upload your one-page summary of the paper and 3 questions in the CMS portal.

Cheers,

Ali

Topic Assignment

Written on 09.05.24 by Ali Abbasi

Hi Everybody,

I assigned topics for each one of you based on your preference. Unfortunately, not everyone got one of the three options they asked for.

You can observe your assigned topic here:

https://cms.cispa.saarland/emsecsem_24/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1

Students who got… Read more

Hi Everybody,

I assigned topics for each one of you based on your preference. Unfortunately, not everyone got one of the three options they asked for.

You can observe your assigned topic here:

https://cms.cispa.saarland/emsecsem_24/forum/viewtopic.php?t=1

Students who got topic #1 should prepare their presentation (after reading the paper completely) for next week's meeting. Others, in seminar/proseminar groups should read the corresponding paper (proseminar or seminar paper) and submit their three questions together with a one-page summary of the paper to the CMS. If you are using MS Word for one page summary, please do not use font 12 or above—you're not stranded on an island trying to signal rescue planes with your writing, and I promise, my eyesight is just fine! (with the help of my glasses obviously)

PS: If you were not assigned a topic, just write in the forum.

Cheers,

Ali

Welcome to the Seminar

Written on 25.04.24 by Ali Abbasi

Hi Guys,

I see that most of you already registered at the CMS. Some information about the course:

Kick-off date: 8th May 2024. at 12:15

Location: CISPA C0 building, room 0.02 (Ground floor, room 02)

Cheers,

Ali

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Embedded Systems Security (Seminar and Proseminar)

From critical infrastructure to consumer electronics, embedded systems are all around us and underpin the technological fabric of everyday life. As a result, the security of embedded systems is crucial to us.

This seminar covers research papers addressing various topics in embedded systems security. This includes topics such as instruction profiling (template attack), fault injection and side-channel attacks, firmware static and dynamic analysis, intrusion detection in embedded systems, automotive/space systems security, and fuzzing embedded systems.

Organization

The course portal is for both seminar and proseminar students. The proseminar students do not write the final survey (see Deliverables for more details). The seminar/proseminar is structured into 5 parts:

You will write a short survey paper on the main topic of your assigned papers category (Seminar students only)
You present a paper or group of papers on a specific topic on embedded systems security individually. Others will prepare questions about the topic.
You review one survey paper of others and raise questions about them.
You write a one-page summary of others' presentations.
You improve your original survey results based on the feedback from others (Seminar students only)

Survey (Seminar students only)

You will be assigned a topic (related to your assigned paper) for which you will read and summarize the current research in a survey paper. (6 pages). The resulting survey papers will undergo a peer review process similar to academic conferences. This includes review by other teams, rebuttal, and revision phases in which everyone must participate.

Presentation

Each participant will read up a paper and give an overview presentation about it. Other individuals should also read the paper and prepare research questions about the paper and a one page description of the paper. Students then will discuss limitations and open issues given the previously conducted work.

Review

Each participant will read two survey paper and write a review about it. The reviewer then decides if the paper should get accepted or rejected.

Important Dates

Kick off meeting and paper assignments: 8th May 2024. at 12:15 (Every week)
Submission of survey paper: TBA
Submission of reviews: TBA
PC Meeting: TBA

Deliverables

Final survey paper (40 % of your final grade for seminar students, 0% for proseminar students)
Reviews, Summary and questions (30 % of your final grade for seminar students, 50% of final grade for proseminar students)
Presentation (30 % of your final grade for seminar and 50% for proseminar students)