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
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