6th ACNS Workshop on Secure Cryptographic Implementation (SCI)
Date: June 23-26, 2025
Venue: Munich, Germany

https://acns-sci.github.io/

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The aim of the SCI workshop is to provide an international forum of
scientific research and development to explore the security issues in
the implementation and deployment of cryptographic solutions. We are
interested in these main aspects:

(1) vulnerabilities and defenses in the implementation of
    cryptographic algorithms;
(2) vulnerabilities and defenses in the implementation of
    cryptographic protocols;
(3) defective cryptographic algorithms and protocols deployed in the wild;
(4) weak cryptographic keys and random numbers in the cryptographic
    implementation;
(5) runtime cryptographic key attacks and protections;
(6) certificates and key management; 
(7) misuse or abuse of cryptographic services; 
(8) other topics on secure cryptographic implementations.

We try to promote secure cryptographic solutions in the Internet, by
exploring and discussing the (in)security issues. We solicit
submissions of original research papers on a wide range of topics,
including but not limited to:

- Secure implementations of crypto algorithms & protocols
- Fuzzing and vulnerabilities of crypto algorithms & protocols
- Measurement of cryptographic solutions in the wild, defective or updated
- Designs of random bit generators
- Weak cryptographic keys and defective random bit generators
- Side channel attacks and defenses
- Cryptographic key protections and memory attacks
- PKI certificate services and key management
- HTTPS/TLS vulnerabilities and attacks
- Measurement and bugs of certificate-based solutions
- Audit and monitoring of cryptographic services
- Physical attacks and defenses of cryptographic implementation
- Verification and evaluation of cryptographic implementation
- High-performance cryptographic engines
- Cryptographic hardware
- Cryptography for Blockchain
- Cryptography for IoT/CPS
- Cryptography for the Cloud
- Cryptography for Mobile systems
- Cryptography for VANET
- Cryptography for Deep Learning and Artificial Intelligence

We are especially interested in papers with novel ideas, position
papers, pilot studies, and initial findings. An ACNS workshop best
paper award will be selected from the accepted papers of all
workshops. Meanwhile, the workshop will include an interesting keynote
talk, which will be announced on the workshop web site as arrangements
are finalized.

Prospective authors are invited to submit manuscripts describing
original work. The manuscript has to be written in English and in PDF
format. All submissions must follow the original LNCS format
(accessible on the Springer LCNS author guidelines webpage) with a
page limit of 20 pages including all references and appendices.

The post-proceedings of the SCI workshop will be published by Springer
in the LNCS series.

Submit your papers: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acnssci2025

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Important Dates
Paper submission: March 15, 2025
Acceptance Notification: April 20, 2025
Camera Ready: May 12, 2025
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