13th International View of the State-of-the-Art of Cryptography and Security and its Use in Practice

The goal of the workshop is to conduct an informal discussion forum in order to exchange opinions on issues associated with the design, implementation, and use of commercial cryptography.

Following the workshops in Dagstuhl, Beijing, Athens, Bangalore, Copenhagen, Kaosiang, Sofia, Auckland, Vienna, Hanoi, Paris, and Hong Kong, the event in Tel Aviv will again bring together researchers & practitioners from different countries to discuss developments in theoretical and applied cryptography and surrounding societal and policy issues.

Each focus area will be anchored by an invited talk and/or panel of short talks, and the emphasis will be on discussion and exchange of opinions. Approaches and projects in different countries will be discussed, in order to continue to build a community of research and practice and to generate new ideas.

Date

The workshop will take place on the day before EUROCRYPT 2018, i.e., on Sunday, 29th of April.

Venue

The workshop will take place in the Dan Panorama conference center (the same as EUROCRYPT 2018). The workshop will take place in the Sharon & Dotan halls. Both found on the first floor of the Dan Panorama conference center.

Registration

If you are interested in participation, please contact Claire Vishik (claire.vishik@intel.com) to register.

Preliminary Program (Last update: April 26th)

8:00am-8:45am: Breakfast and registration
8:45am-9:00am: Introductions, Opening (Dr. Claire Vishik, Intel)
9:00am-9:30am: Opening Keynote: Prof. Bart Preneel (KU Leuven)
9:30am-10:00am: Round table: workshop speakers talk about challenges and problems in security and secure computation, moderated by Jacob Mendel (Intel)
10:00am-10:10am: Break
10:10am-11:40am: Session 1. Innovation in cryptography and secure computation:
- "A Virtual HSM With Proven Guarantees Using Secure Multiparty Computation", Prof. Yehuda Lindell (Unbound Tech and Bar-Ilan University)
- "Rational Protocol Design: An Introduction and Some Recent Developments", Prof. Juan Garay, Texas A&M University
- "Progress in Postquantum Cryptography", Prof. Tanja Lange, TU/Eindhoven
- "Some Considerations in Authenticated Encryption", Prof. Shay Gueron, University of Haifa & Amazon Web Services
11:40am-12:00am: Break
12:00pm-1:20pm: Session 2: Encryption law
Moderator: Liron Tzur, Senior Fellow, Israeli Tech Policy Institute
Panel Participants:
- Amit Ashkenazi, Adv., Cybersecurity Directorate, Israel
- Dr. Adi Gillat, Adv., founding partner of H-F & Co. Law Offices
- Dr. Claire Vishik, Intel
Discussion
1:20pm-2:20pm: Lunch
2:20pm-3:40pm: Session 3: Blockchain
- "Blockchain based trust model for IoT," Dr. Erez Waisbard, Nokia Bell Labs
- "Price manipulation in the Bitcoin ecosystem," Prof. Neil Gandal, Tel Aviv University
- "The Future of Blockchain", Jacob Mendel, Intel
Discussion
3:40pm-4:00pm: Coffee Break
4:00pm-5:10pm: Session 4: Startups in security and crypto areas
- "Self-regulated trust in IoT ecosystem", Matan Scharf, CEO and Founder, cycuro LTD.
- "Asynchronous consensus in proof-of-authority networks", Vladimir Komendantskiy, POA Network.
- "Empowering Secure Digital Collaboration Using Advanced Cryptography", Dr. Alon Kaufman, CEO and co-founder of Duality Technologies.
5:10pm-5:30pm: Conclusions, future workshops, adjourn