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Asiacrypt 2019, the 25th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Application of Cryptology and Information Security, took place at Kobe Portopia Hotel in Kobe, Japan on December 8-12, 2019. The Asiacrypt conference is an international conference on all aspects … Continue reading →

Norsk Kryptoseminar took place on Thursday, January 30, 2020, in Kjeller, Norway. Norsk Kryptoseminar (The Norwegian Crypto Seminar) is an event that was started in 1998. The purpose was to bring together the cryptology environments in Norway to promote theory … Continue reading →

The 12th annual Norwegian Information Security Conference, NISK 2019, took place in Narvik 25-27 November 2019, co-located with the NIKT conferences. The aim of the NISK conference series was to be the principal Norwegian research venue for presenting and discussing developments in the field … Continue reading →

The 3rd annual Decentralized Conference, which took place in Athens, Greece, on 30 October – 1 November 2019. Decentralized has established itself as Europe’s premier conference on blockchain and digital currencies. Decentralized 2019 is one of the most popular events … Continue reading →

IEEE Nordic Student and Young Professionals Congress 2019 took place on October 25, 2019  – October 28, 2019, on a ship from Helsinki, Finland to Stockholm, Sweden. The 3rd biannual IEEE Nordic Student and Young Professionals Congress 2019 was co-hosted … Continue reading →

The 8th Training School on Network Models, Architectures and Applications for 5G took place on the 7-11 October 2019 in Moscow, Russia The Training School featured a program of lectures delivered by leading experts in the area of 5G networks, … Continue reading →

GDPR Ready through four days of in-person classes that included the IAPP’s European Data Protection and Privacy Program Management training. IAPP faculty with academic and practice experience taught the essentials of envisioning, designing and executing a comprehensive privacy management program … Continue reading →

ETSI’s Centre for Testing and Interoperability and the OSM community organized the 7th OSM Hackfest on 9-13 September 2019. The event was hosted by University of Patras in Patras, Greece), co-located with the OSM Mid-Release#7 meeting. This OSM Hackfest offered … Continue reading →

CLEF 2019 was hosted by the Università della Svizzera italiana (USI), Switzerland, 09-12 September 2019. CLEF 2019 was the 10th CLEF conference continuing the popular CLEF campaigns which have run since 2000 contributing to the systematic evaluation of information access … Continue reading →

The 1st International Summer School on Security & Privacy for Blockchains and Distributed Ledger Technologies was jointly organized by members of TU Wien (Vienna University of Technology), Princeton University, and SBA Research. In its first edition, it was hosted by … Continue reading →

The Fourth Interdisciplinary Summerschool on Privacy (ISP 2019) took place on September 1-6, 2019 in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. The interdisciplinary summer school on privacy provided an intensive one-week academic post-graduate programme teaching privacy from a technical, legal and social perspective. The … Continue reading →

5th World Congress on New Technologies (NewTech’19) took place on August 18-20 in Lisbon, Portugal. NewTech was aimed to become one of the leading international annual congresses in the fields of new technologies. The congress was composed of 4 conferences. … Continue reading →

The Blockchain Summer School was held at IT University of Copenhagen on 12-16 August 2019. The Summer School was an initiative of the European Blockchain Center and run jointly for the fourth year by faculty members from IT University of … Continue reading →

DeepLearn 2019: 3rd International Summer School on Deep Learning took place on the 22-26 July 2019 in Warsaw, Poland. DeepLearn 2019 was a research training event with a global scope aiming at updating participants about the most recent advances in … Continue reading →

IACR Summer school on post-quantum cryptography: Euclidean lattices: theory and applications took place on the 15-19 July 2019 in Kaliningrad, Russia. The summer school was organized by Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University in Kaliningrad. COINS supported Thor Tunge and Bor … Continue reading →

International Summer School on Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies Security (BCS) took place at the University of Padua, Italy, from June 24th to June 28th, 2019. The school was open to graduate students, researchers, and practitioners from academia and industry. The school … Continue reading →

Summer School on real-world crypto and privacy took place in Šibenik, Croatia, June 17–21, 2019. The summer school was jointly organized by the Digital Security (DiS) group, Radboud University (The Netherlands), ETH Zurich Information Security and Privacy Center (Switzerland) and … Continue reading →

The purpose of SWITS: – To enhance cooperation between Swedish PhD candidates and research labs – To identify PhD courseware usable on national level and make these available to participating departments – To identify existing PhD courses at Swedish Universities/ … Continue reading →

From May 27 to May 29, 2019, Department of Computer Science at Aarhus University hosted the workshop on Theory and Practice of Blockchains 2019 (TPBC19) bringing together researchers working on the theory and implementation of blockchains. The program included recent … Continue reading →

Boolean Functions and their Applications (BFA) 2019 took place in June 16-21st, 2019 in Florence, Italy. Boolean functions and more generally all the discrete structures used in error correcting coding, cryptography or communications, are highly active areas of research. The … Continue reading →

BigDat 2019: 5th International Winter School on Big Data took place in January 7-11th, 2019 in Cambridge, UK. BigDat 2019 was a research training event with a global scope aiming at updating participants on the most recent advances in the … Continue reading →

EUROCRYPT 2019 was the 38th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques. Eurocrypt is one of the three flagship conferences of the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR). Eurocrypt 2019 took place in Darmstadt, Germany on May 19-23 2019. It was organized by … Continue reading →

Zero Knowledge Proof Standardization Workshop took place in April 10-12th, 2019 in Berkeley, USA. Zero Knowledge Proofs are a cutting edge cryptographic tool that is starting to see adoption. This breakthrough technology form the basis of several cryptographic applications, improving … Continue reading →

The IAPP Europe Data Protection Congress 2018 Privacy training took place on 26-27 November, 2018 in Brussels, Belgium. The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is now in force. The course helped to understand what it takes to handle personal information, from … Continue reading →

The School on Applied Cryptography and its Impact on Society, Innovation and Entrepreneurship was the last event organised by the ECRYPT-NET Research Network and took place on 5-8 February, 2019 in Malaga, Spain. The school has focused on novel and … Continue reading →

G20 Think Tank Initiative for Global Governance, the Global Solutions Summit 2019 took place on the 17th – 19th March, 2019 in Berlin, Germany. The annual Global Solutions Summit held by the Global Solutions Initiative brought together international research organizations, … Continue reading →

Oxford Post-Quantum Cryptography Workshop took place in March (18-22th), 2019 at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, UK. The event brought together the top researchers in the field of Post-Quantum Cryptography for a week of fruitful discussions and exchange of … Continue reading →

6th Training School on Machine and Deep Learning Techniques for (Beyond) 5G Wireless Communication Systems took place in Barcelona, Spain, April 8–11, 2019. Over the last decade we have witnessed a series of impressive breakthroughs in data science and AI … Continue reading →

2019 IEEE Jordan International Joint Conference on Electrical Engineering and Information Technology took place in Amman, Jordan, April 9–11, 2019. JEEIT 2019 provided a unique forum to discuss practical approaches and state of the art findings in using the applied … Continue reading →

Winter school on the mathematical foundations of asymmetric cryptography took place in Aussois, France, March 17–22, 2019. This winter school on the mathematical foundations of asymmetric cryptography lasted 5 days. Diverse and particularly active aspects of this research area were … Continue reading →

Summer School on real-world crypto and privacy took place in Šibenik, Croatia, June 11–15, 2018. The summer school was jointly organized by the Digital Security (DiS) group, Radboud University (The Netherlands), ETH Zurich Information Security and Privacy Center (Switzerland) and … Continue reading →

First Nepal Winter School in AI took place during 20-30 December 2018 in Kathmandu, Nepal. The school provided students/professionals with the prerequisite fundamentals of mathematics, statistics, programming and paper reading skills required for starting a career in AI research and … Continue reading →

Summer school: Number theory and coding theory – contemporary applications in security was organized at Åbo Akademi, Turku, Finland on 28th May -1st of June 2018. The school has aimed at students at all levels (BSc/MSc/PhD) and postdocs. The school … Continue reading →

Real World Crypto 2019, took place in San Jose Marriott, San Jose, USA on January 9-11, 2019. Real World Crypto 2019 was organized by the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR). Real World Crypto Symposium aimed to bring together cryptography … Continue reading →

IEEE International Conference on Communications, Control, and Computing Technologies for Smart Grids took place during 29-31 October 2018 in Aalborg, Denmark. Smart grid technology is currently entering the electrical market by the deployment of smart meters. Electric vehicles introduce new challenges on … Continue reading →

This IACR school provided a comprehensive coverage of proof techniques used in symmetric cryptography. It was targeted at Ph.D. students and post-docs who were primarily working in this area. The school took place between 29 July 2018 and 3 August … Continue reading →

NordSec 2018: The 23rd Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems was held in Oslo, Norway, 28. – 30. November 2018. NordSec addressed a broad range of topics within IT security with the aim of bringing together computer security researchers and … Continue reading →

The 28th International Telecommunication Networks and Applications Conference (ITNAC 2018) was an international conference and forum for the presentation of research outcomes covering timely and relevant aspects concerning modelling and simulation of distributed, mobile, cognitive and cloud computing, computer and … Continue reading →

The 3rd International Workshop on Boolean Functions and their Applications (BFA) took place in Loen, Norway during June 17-22, 2018. Boolean functions and more generally all the discrete structures used in error correcting coding, cryptography or communications, are highly active … Continue reading →

Emil Artin International Conference was held in Yerevan, the Republic of Armenia, May 27-June 2, 2018 The Conference was dedicated to the memory of Emil Artin, an Austrian mathematician of Armenian descent. He was one of the leading mathematicians of the … Continue reading →

The 11th annual Norwegian Information Security Conference, NISK 2018, took place at Svalbard 18-20 September 2018, co-located with the NIKT conferences. The aim of the NISK conference series was to be the principal Norwegian research venue for presenting and discussing … Continue reading →

SSIC 2018 : Third International Conference on Security of Smart Cities, Industrial Control System and Communications (SSIC’2018) was held on the 18-19 October in Shanghai, China. SSIC’2018 was the third conference in the area of cyber security focusing on the … Continue reading →

CrossFyre 2018: The 8th international workshop on cryptography, robustness, and provably secure schemes for female young researchers was held on the 13-14 September 2018 in Guildford, UK. CrossFyre aimed to bring together female researchers in cyber security (e.g., in cryptography, … Continue reading →

This inaugural summer school on advanced topics in systems was held on the 30th anniversary of the renowned Arctic 88 Advanced Course on Distributed Systems. It was held on the picturesque and secluded island of Sommarøy located 36 km (22 … Continue reading →

The International Symposium on Symbolic and Algebraic Computation (ISSAC) 2018 was held on July 16-19, 2018, at the CUNY Graduate Center and Courant Institute, New York, USA. ISSAC 2018 was the premier conference for research in symbolic computation and computer … Continue reading →

2018 Summer School on “Fog Computing” was held in Shanghai, China, on ShanghaiTech University campus, from June 26 to 29, 2018. The goal of this summer school was to bring together the world-class researchers in Fog Computing with undergraduate, graduate … Continue reading →

EUROCRYPT 2018 was held in Tel Aviv, Israel during  29 April – 3 May, 2018. EUROCRYPT 2018 is the 37th Annual International Conference on the Theory and Applications of Cryptographic Techniques. Covering all aspects of cryptology, including theoretical foundations, deployment of … Continue reading →

Global Solutions Summit 2018 was held in Berlin, Germany during May 28-29, 2018. Over 1,100 participants, official delegates from T20 Argentina 2018 and T20 Japan 2019, Nobel Laureates and German Chancellor Angela Merkel – this was the Global Solutions Summit … Continue reading →

COST Training School on Symmetric Cryptography and Blockchain was held in Torremolinos, Spain during February 19-23, 2018. The training school was co-organised with the COST action IC1306 “Cryptography for Secure Digital Interaction” and contained lectures on symmetric cryptography as well … Continue reading →

The NISK 2017 conference was held in Oslo, Norway during November 27-29, 2017. The Norwegian Information Security Conference (no. Norsk Informasjonssikkerhetskonferanse – NISK) is a national conference that brings together researchers in IT-security, mainly from national community, but also from the international community. … Continue reading →

Offensive Security Conference 2018 was held in Berlin, Germany during February 16-17, 2018. OffensiveCon Berlin was a highly technical international security conference focused on offensive security only. The aim of OffensiveCon was to bring the community of hackers together for high … Continue reading →

BlockchainUA conference was held in Kyiv, Ukraine on September 22, 2017. 22nd of September Kyiv became an epicentre of blockchain-insights and expertise. Leading world and Ukrainian experts shared relevant information on successful applications of advanced blockchain technology in various industries and told … Continue reading →

Conference on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems 2017 was held in Taipei, Taiwan during September 25-28, 2017. CHES is the leading conference on hardware security and the largest international cryptography conference. The annual CHES conference highlighted new results in the design … Continue reading →

The Data Science for Cyber-Security conference was held in London, the United Kingdom during September 25-27, 2017. The use of data science for cyber-security applications is a relatively new paradigm. This includes deployment of statistical methodology, machine learning, and Big Data analytics for … Continue reading →

The Mathematical Methods for Cryptography workshop was organized by Selmer Center, Department of Informatics at the University of Bergen. It was dedicated to celebrate Prof. Tor Helleseth’s 70th birthday. The MMS workshop was held in Svolvær, in the archipelago Lofoten, Norway during September 4-8, … Continue reading →

ESORICS is the annual European research event in Computer Security. The Symposium started in 1990 and has been held in several European countries, attracting a wide international audience from both the academic and industrial communities. This was the 22nd symposium in the … Continue reading →

Secure Cloud Services and Storage Workshop 2017 has focused on recent research in securing cloud services and storage. International experts in cloud security have gathered to explain their work, promote discussion and foster future collaboration. The Secure Cloud Services and Storage Workshop … Continue reading →

The workshop Boolean Functions and their Applications (BFA) provided a forum for researchers who are working on discrete functions and structures, particularly on Boolean functions, to exchange ideas and interests in open problems, and to further explore their applications in … Continue reading →

The Summer School took place in June (19-22nd), 2017 in Stockholm, Sweden. It reflected and elaborated on how to best go from research and teaching to solving real-world problems. Prominent experts from academia and industry addressed a set of diverse … Continue reading →

The Spring school took place in March (20-24th), 2017 at the Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford. It aimed at covering lattices, their role in modern cryptography, and their potential use in the post-quantum era. Namely, it covered the basics of lattices, “hard” lattice … Continue reading →

Since 1980, the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy has been the premier forum for presenting developments in computer security and electronic privacy, and for bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field. Following this story of success, IEEE initiated … Continue reading →

“Codes, Cryptology and Information Security” Second International Conference in honor of Professor Claude Carlet was hosted by the Mohammed V University in Rabat, Morocco, April 10 -12, 2017. The conference paid tribute to Pr. Claude CARLET for the significant contributions … Continue reading →

The Security Divas 2017 conference took place on the 26th and 27th of January at Strand Hotell in Gjøvik for seven years in a row and collected over 160 women. Women with an interest in information security and ICT were … Continue reading →

BIP001 2017 conference took place on the 12 January 2017 in Kiev, Ukraine, a city that is very well known as beeing the biggest Blockchain community in Eastern Europe. International Conference BIP001 was a focused and compact meeting of blockchain professionals, dedicated to discussing the application of Blockchain technology to existing problems in the society. The aim of the conference … Continue reading →

NISK 2016 was organised by the Department of Computing, Mathematics, and Physics and the ICT engineering research programme at Bergen University College on the 29-30 November 2016. The conference was comprised of the NIK, NOKOBIT, NISK, and UDIT conferences which are … Continue reading →

Hold in Šibenik, Croatia  from June 5th – 10th 2016. The school brought together PhD students, postdoc researchers and security experts from industry of Secure hardware and physical security Cryptography for the Internet Formal methods in cryptography Wireless security Crypto for systems security … Continue reading →

  The northernmost crypto workshop ever organised, Arctic Crypt 2016, took place in the period of July 17-22 in spectacular arctic surroundings under the midnight sun in Longyearbyen, Svalbard at 78° north. The program was constructed around a series of 10-12 … Continue reading →

Hold in Corfu, Greece, at the elegant Corfu Imperial Hotel from May 30th – Jun 2nd 2016. IACR Summer School on Blockchain Technologies “From cryptographic e-cash to modern cryptocurrencies” was the the first summer school on blockchains and cryptocurrencies. The schooling was focused on … Continue reading →

Took place in March 31st- April 2nd 2016 in Dallas, Texas, USA. Half of the US workforce is women and yet only 8-11% is in cybersecurity. So, to address the undeniable critical shortage of cybersecurity professionals in this country, it only … Continue reading →

Took place in February 19th-21st 2016 in Rome, Italy.  The International Conference on Information Systems Security and Privacy aimed at creating a meeting point for researchers and practitioners that address security and privacy challenges that concern information systems, especially in organizations, … Continue reading →

Took place in February 17th-18th 2016 in Oslo, Norway. HackCon is the national Norwegian cyber security conference and was established in 2005 by the network of Norwegian security experts. The goal of the conference is to create practical cyber security courses combined with a … Continue reading →

Took place in February 8th-12th in Trento, Italy. It has provided an innovative training to tackle the scientific and technical security challenges raised by the combination of new technologies (e.g., cloud computing, mobile applications, and the Software-as-a-Service paradigm) and to manage the impact … Continue reading →

Took place in June 15th-16th in Oslo, Norway, where participants got to experience world-class speakers like Raj Samani, Rik Fergusson and Ramsés Gallego, a fantastic three-track program, lots of perks and extras, and a hard-hitting rock-festival-party in the evening! Some … Continue reading →

The 8th Norwegian Information Security Conference, NISK 2015, took place at Ålesund University College in Ålesund in the period 23 – 25 November 2015. NISK 2015 was organised in conjunction with NIK 2015 and NOKOBIT 2015, and was sponsored by the FRISC network … Continue reading →

COINS supported Tetiana Yarygina, Håkon Gunleifsen, Martin Strand and Yi-Ching Liao to attend the ISC conference in Trondheim. Here are their travel reports: ISC2015_report by Tetiana Yarygina ISC2015 report by Håkon Gunleifsen ISC2015 report by Martin Strand ISC2015 report by Yi-Ching Liao

The 6th Norwegian Information Security Conference (NISK) will be sponsored by the FRISC network and will take place from 18/11 to 20/11 in Stavanger. The conference will be co-located with the Norwegian Computer Science Conference (NIK). NISK brings together people … Continue reading →

The 18th Nordic Conference on Secure IT Systems will take place at the Arctic Hotel in Ilulissat, Greenland, from 18th to 21st October 2013. NordSec addresses a broad range of topics within IT security with the aims of bringing together … Continue reading →