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Seminar Evaluation

Written on 26.06.26 by Ali Abbasi

Hi Everyone,

It is that magical time of the semester: the course evaluation! This is your opportunity to tell us what you liked, what you hated, and what made you question your enrollment decision :-)

We promise to read every single response, and then store your feedback safely in /dev/null… Read more

Hi Everyone,

It is that magical time of the semester: the course evaluation! This is your opportunity to tell us what you liked, what you hated, and what made you question your enrollment decision :-)

We promise to read every single response, and then store your feedback safely in /dev/null (Kidding, Mostly)

Would appreciate your feedback:

https://cms.cispa.saarland/emsecsem_26/3/Seminar_Pro-Seminar_Evaluation

Thank you!

Ali

PC Meeting Tomorrow

Written on 25.06.26 by Martin Mohl

Hello together,

As you will have the PC meeting tomorrow, we kindly ask you to submit your reviews this evening, as we have to be sure that all the reviews are present before the meeting tomorrow.

Martin

Review Assignment

Written on 21.06.26 by Martin Mohl

Hello together,

I just assigned the reviews to you. You should be able to see the surveys that you should review now.
It should be two reviews per person, so if you are assigned more or less than that, please reach out and let us know.

Martin

Submission Deadline is Approaching...

Written on 17.06.26 by Ali Abbasi

Hi,

Please make sure to submit your survey paper by the end of Friday. We will immediately try to assign you a paper to review.

We also added sample survey papers to the materials page.

Cheers,

Ali

Sign Up for Hotcrp

Written on 14.06.26 by Martin Mohl

Hello all,

please create an account for the hotcrp instance we will be using for the seminar:
https://cispa-emsec26.hotcrp.com/
From what I understood, you should be automatically added. If that is not the case, please send me an email with the email you created the account for. Then I can… Read more

Hello all,

Martin

Presentation files

Written on 12.06.26 by Pouya Narimani

There is a new submission for sending your presentations. Please submit them.

Best,

Pouya

Registration

Written on 21.04.26 by Ali Abbasi

Hi,

The exam registration is now open and possible until May 8th, 2026.

Students must have registered for the "exam" (in order to receive CP's) in LSF by this date.

Cheers,

Ali

Seminar Paper Assignments

Written on 18.04.26 by Julian Rederlechner

Good morning,

the topic and paper you have been assigned can now be viewed on the Personal Status page of the CMS.

We are aware that not everyone received their preferred paper. We did our best to accommodate preferences while ensuring a balanced distribution of topics.

Please also remember… Read more

Good morning,

the topic and paper you have been assigned can now be viewed on the Personal Status page of the CMS.

We are aware that not everyone received their preferred paper. We did our best to accommodate preferences while ensuring a balanced distribution of topics.

Please also remember that you are required to upload weekly reviews of the papers discussed in the seminar.

If you have any questions, feel free to reach out.

Best regards

Seminar Topics

Written on 17.04.26 by Julian Rederlechner

Hi everyone,

you can now select your preferred seminar topics via your Personal Status page in the CMS. Please submit your top three choices, with "Topic Choice 1" indicating your most preferred topic.

Please note that your choices do not guarantee that you will be assigned one of the selected… Read more

Hi everyone,

The deadline for submitting your selections is tonight at 23:59. We will inform you of your assigned topic by tomorrow morning at the latest.

Important:
* Proseminar students may only select topics listed as [Proseminar paper] .
* Seminar students may only select topics listed as [Seminar paper].

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

Review

Each participant will read two survey papers and write a review of each. The reviewer then decides if the paper should be accepted or rejected.

Rules:

The use of AI tools in any capacity (including fixing grammar issues) for the production of any report in this seminar is strictly forbidden. Any suspected violations will result in a mandatory oral examination or a reduction in grade (based on our choice). This policy will be strictly enforced without exception.

Important Dates

Kick off meeting and paper assignments: Friday, 17th of April, 14:00 to 16:00 (Every week), CISPA C0 - 0.07 Meeting Room.
Submission of survey paper: TBA
Submission of reviews: TBA
PC Meeting: TBA

Date	Presenter 1	Presenter 2
17th April	-	-
24th April	Rian Christopher Heil	Ege Sefer Onur
1th May	NO SEMINAR	NO SEMINAR
8th May	Sudhanshu Ranjan	Deeptanshu Das
15th May	Iason Becker	Gagandeep Kamboj
22nd May	Jesmilan Jesu	Loku Yaddehige Senaath Theiji Kulunuguna
29th May	Ajay Krishna Kunnikuru Asokan	Tim Frederic Wawra
5th June	Kshitiz Kumar	-
12th June	Majid Garoosi	Hoang Dang Nguyen Le

Deliverables

Final survey paper (30 % 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 (40 % of your final grade for seminar and 50% for proseminar students)