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31.05.2023	Reminder on Zoom link This is a reminder that the Zoom link for the seminar is the following: https://cispa-de.zoom.us/j/61989571257?pwd=eGVHMlVvczNZalE5aXdPMDJlcDdXZz09 Cheers, Ali
23.05.2023	Reminder This is just a reminder that, except for the speaker tomorrow, you should submit your one-page report of the paper and five questions by the end of tonight.

Hardware Security Seminar Description

Secure software needs a reliable and truthworthy hardware. As a result, a secure hardware is crucial to build secure system.

This seminar covers research papers addressing various topics in hardware security. This includes topics such as hardware trojans, hardware side-channel, security hardware extensions, external memory security, security of hardware-based secure envlaves, hardware testing and hardware watermarking and counterfeit detection.

Organisation

The seminar is structured into three parts:

You will write a short survey paper on the main topic of your assigned papers category.
You present a paper or group of papers of a specific topic on hardware security individually. Others will prepare questions about the topic.
The presentations will be organized in a block format. Participation is mandatory.
You review two survey paper of others and raise questions about them.
You improve your original survey results based on the feedback from the reviewers.

Survey

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.

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: TBA
Submission of survey paper: TBA
Submission of reviews: TBA
PC Meeting: TBA
Final Submission (in case your survey paper get a shepherd)

Deliverables

Final survey paper (40 % of your final grade)
Reviews (20 % of your final grade)
Presentation (40 % of your final grade)

Hardware Security Ali Abbasi