Three papers from ZISC researchers have been accepted for publication at ACM CCS 2016. ACM CCS is a top-tier conference in information security and having three papers accepted at the same time is a great achievement. The accepted papers are: On the Security and Performance of Proof of Work Blockchains Arthur Gervais, Ghassan O. Karame
Open Systems is a recent ZISC partner company and the research collaboration between ETH and Open Systems is already in full speed. In April, we organized a small event to celebrate the partnership and to plan future work. Below are some impressions from the event. We are very happy to have Open Systems to join
Three papers from ZISC researchers have been accepted for publication at MobiCom 2016. MobiCom is a top-tier conference in mobile computing and networking and having three papers accepted at the same time is a great achievement. The accepted papers are: SALVE: Server Authentication with Location VErification Der-Yeuan Yu, Aanjhan Ranganathan, Ramya Jayaram Masti, Claudio Soriente,
Prof. Capkun will give a keynote at ACNS 2016 (Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security) on Secure Positioning: From GPS to IoT (20.06.2016). In this talk I will review security issues in today’s navigation and close-range positioning systems. I will discuss why GNS systems like GPS are hard to fully secure and will present
Prof. Perrig presents SCION at the Technical Innovation for Digital Policy, in Geneva. The slides of the talk as well as a recording can be accessed online from the organiser’s website Using the example of the SCION platform, developed by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH Zurich), the session will discuss how
Prof. David Basin was invited to give a keynote at ESSOS 2016 on Security Testing beyond Functional Tests
ZISC is sponsoring the Summer School on Real-World Crypto and Privacy. The summer school takes place in Šibenik (Croatia), June 5–10, 2016. The school aims at bringing together PhD students, postdoc researchers and security experts from industry. More information on the summer school can be obtained on its webpage.
ZISC is hiring! We have several open positions.
ETH Zurich is expanding its Zurich Information Security and Privacy Center (ZISC). A donation of five million Swiss francs has been made by Zürcher Kantonalbank to the ETH Zurich Foundation specifically for this purpose. The agreement was signed yesterday by ETH President Lino Guzzella, Jörg Müller-Ganz, Chairman of the Bank Council at Zürcher Kantonalbank, and
Best paper award for ZISC researchers. DFRWS EU 2015 Conference. Presentation will be held by David Gugelmann, ETH Zurich, Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory on 23 June in Berne. Detailed information on the talk is available here.