Each year, the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) seeks services, products, and business innovations that use satellite navigation in everyday life. In the 2016 edition, prizes are awarded by some of the most relevant institutional GNSS stakeholders, such as the European GNSS Agency (GSA), the European Space Agency (ESA), the German Aerospace Center (DLR), and
Prof. Capkun gave a talk on Secure Proximity Detection at the TTI/Vanguard Cybersecurity 2016 conference in September. Here’s a video of the presentation. A related video shows a technical demonstration of the secure proximity detection technology in action. For more information on new secure proximity detection technologies, see also the 3DB Technologies website.
Center of Computer Science Education (ABZ) of ETH Zurich was founded with the goal to introduce computer science as a subject into school education. The main activities of ABZ are the following: Developing textbooks and online platforms for teaching CS on all levels of schools and testing them in school Teacher training Teaching CS as
ZISC researchers receive the Theory of Cryptography Conference Test-of-Time Award 2016 for the paper: U. Maurer, R. Renner and C. Holenstein, Indifferentiability, impossibility results on reductions, and applications to the random oracle, published at TCC 2004 We congratulate the authors for research results that have proven to have long-term impact in the security and cryptography
The RSA Conference Award for Mathematics recognizes innovation and ongoing contribution to the field of cryptography. The judging committee seeks to acknowledge those nominees who are pioneers in their field, and whose work has applied lasting value. Nominees are affiliated with universities or research labs. We are very proud to announce that this year the
ETH Zurich and its Computer Science department are constantly ranked among the top universities worldwide. In this setting, ZISC has become a leading research center for security and privacy topics. At ZISC, we believe that a fundamental pillar to research is not only attracting the best locally, but also engaging in active collaborations with other
Ph.D. Research Project at ETH Zurich on Formal Methods for Federated Identity Management Prof. David Basin, ETH Zurich The Information Security Group carries out research on methods and tools for the analysis and construction of safe and secure systems. This includes methods for specifying systems, developing systems in correctness-preserving ways, and verifying or testing existing
System Security Group Department of Computer Science, ETH Zurich We are looking for PhD students in the area of Wireless and Mobile Network Security with a focus on positioning technologies. Students applying should have an MSc (or equivalent) degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Science, and should have a background or strong interest in wireless
The IEEE Cybersecurity Initiative (CYBSI) was launched in 2014 by the IEEE Computer Society and the IEEE Future Directions Committee. Its aims are to (1) provide the go-to online presence for security and privacy (S&P) professionals; (2) improve the understanding of cybersecurity by students and educators; and (3) improve S&P designs and implementations by professionals.
Our annual ZISC Workshop is approaching! This year we have a very exciting topic and excellent set of speakers. ZISC Workshop 2016: Big Data Security and Privacy September 23 ETH Zürich, Alumni Pavillon, Rämistrasse 101, 8092 Zürich Summary: “Big Data” has emerged as an exciting topic in academia and industry. It deals with the collection