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PC MeetingWritten 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
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Papers AssignedWritten 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
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[CISPA Embedded Systems Security Seminar] Bidding deadline: 13 Feb CETWritten 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 InformationWritten 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
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Survey for the SeminarWritten 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… Read more 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: |
Reminder, this week paper is Holistic Control-Flow Protection on Real-Time Embedded Systems with KagWritten 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 paperWritten 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 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 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
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Reminder on Embedded Systems Security SeminarWritten on 11.01.23 (last change on 11.01.23) by Ali Abbasi Hi 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 Hi 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 SeminarWritten 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 SeminarWritten 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 SeminarWritten 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 SeminarWritten 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
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ReminderWritten 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, 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: 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
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Topics AssignedWritten 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 locationWritten 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 |
Embedded Systems Security Seminar Description
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.
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 embedded systems security individually. Other will prepare questions about the topic.
- You review one survey paper of others and raise questions about them.
- You improve your original survey results based on the feedback from others.
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. 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: 10.11.2022, CISPA 0.01, 12:30 - 14:00 (Every week Thursday from 12:30 to 14:00)
- Submission of survey paper: 9th February 2023
- Submission of reviews: 22th February 2023
- PC Meeting: 23th February 2023
Deliverables
- Final survey paper (40 % of your final grade)
- Reviews (20 % of your final grade)
- Presentation (40 % of your final grade)