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<html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <title> SHARCS 2012: Introduction </title> </head> <body> <table width="100%"> <tr> <td align=middle bgcolor="#c0c0c0"> <font size=6><b>SHARCS 2012</b></font> <br> <font size=4><b>Special-Purpose Hardware for Attacking Cryptographic Systems</b></font> </td> <td align=middle width=130><img src="2012-sharcs.jpg" width="130" height="130"></td> </tr> </table> <table width="100%"><tr> <td width="15%" align=left valign=top><table border width="100%" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%"> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#FFFF80"><font color="#000000">Introduction</font></td></tr> </table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%"> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><font color="#000000"><b>How to participate:</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><a href="schedule.html" style="text-decoration:none"><font color="#000080">Schedule</font></a></td></tr> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><a href="travel.html" style="text-decoration:none"><font color="#000080">Travel</font></a></td></tr> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><a href="reg.html" style="text-decoration:none"><font color="#000080">Registration</font></a></td></tr> </table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%"> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><font color="#000000"><b>How to contribute:</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><a href="call.html" style="text-decoration:none"><font color="#000080">Call for papers</font></a></td></tr> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><a href="submission.html" style="text-decoration:none"><font color="#000080">Submission</font></a></td></tr> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><a href="accepted.html" style="text-decoration:none"><font color="#000080">Accepted papers</font></a></td></tr> </table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%"> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><font color="#000000"><b>How to sponsor/exhibit:</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#c0c0c0"><font color="#000000"><a href="call-for-exhibitors.pdf" style="text-decoration:none">Call for exhibitors</a></font></td></tr> </table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%"> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font color="#000000"><b>Platinum sponsor:</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <a href="http://www.cryptography.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><img src="CRI_sm.png" width="200" height="57"></a> </td></tr> </table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%"> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font color="#000000"><b>Sponsor:</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <a href="http://www.saic.com/" style="text-decoration:none"><img src="SAIC_logo.png" width="212" height="104"></a> </td></tr> </table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%"> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font color="#000000"><b>Sponsor:</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <a href="http://www.tue.nl/" style="text-decoration:none"><img src="TUe_logo.gif" width="200" height="43"></a> </td></tr> </table></td></tr><tr><td width="100%"><table width="100%"> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff"><font color="#000000"><b>Sponsor:</b></font></td></tr> <tr><td width="100%" bgcolor="#ffffff"> <a href="http://www.hgi.rub.de/" style="text-decoration:none"><img src="hgi_cmyk_engl_4c.jpg" width="120" height="106"></a> </td></tr> </table></td></tr></table> </td><td align=left valign=top> <h2>Introduction</h2> <b>UPDATE:</b> The <a href="record.pdf">workshop record</a> is now online. <hr> SHARCS 2012 is the fifth workshop (and the first in the United States) dedicated to the challenging subject of special-purpose cryptanalytical devices. See the <a href="call.html">call for papers</a> for more information regarding the workshop scope, and <a href="http://sharcs.org">http://sharcs.org</a> for more information about the SHARCS workshop series. <p> SHARCS 2012 will take place 17–18 March 2012 in Washington, DC, USA, immediately before <a href="http://fse2012.inria.fr">FSE 2012</a> and the <a href="http://csrc.nist.gov/groups/ST/hash/sha-3/Round3/March2012/">Third SHA-3 Candidate Conference</a>. <p> The <a href="call-for-exhibitors.pdf">call for exhibitors</a> is now online. <h3>Important dates</h3> <ul> <li>Submission deadline: 23 January 2012 <li>Notification to authors: 17 February 2012 <li>Workshop: 17–18 March 2012 </ul> <h3>General chair</h3> <ul> <li>Jens-Peter Kaps, George Mason University, USA </ul> <h3>Program chairs</h3> <ul> <li>Daniel J. Bernstein, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA <li>Kris Gaj, George Mason University, USA </ul> <h3>Program-committee members</h3> <ul> <li>Daniel J. Bernstein, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA (co-chair) <li>Duncan A. Buell, University of South Carolina, USA <li>Kris Gaj, George Mason University, USA (co-chair) <li>Tim G眉neysu, Ruhr-Universit盲t Bochum, Germany <li>Tetsuya Izu, Fujitsu Laboratories, Japan <li>Tanja Lange, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, Netherlands <li>Christof Paar, Ruhr-Universit盲t Bochum, Germany <li>Christian Rechberger, Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, Denmark <li>Rainer Steinwandt, Florida Atlantic University, USA <li>Eran Tromer, Tel Aviv University, Israel <li>Ingrid Verbauwhede, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium <li>Michael Wiener, Irdeto, Canada <li>Bo-Yin Yang, Academia Sinica, Taiwan </ul> <h3>Version</h3> This is version 2012.03.22 of the index.html web page. </td></tr></table> </body> </html>