COST Action IC1403: CRYPTACUS

CRYPTAnalysis of Ubiquitous Computing Systems

Improve the security and privacy of ubiquitous

computing systems, from theory to practice.

Dec. 2014-2018

MC Chair: Gildas Avoine, INSA Rennes, France

MC Vice-Chair: Julio Hernandez-Castro, Univ. of Kent, UK
Grant Holder Manager: Isabelle Mesguen, INSA Rennes, France
COST Science Officer: Luule Mizera
COST Administrative Officer: Leo Guilfoyle

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 Adoption of the Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda Agenda was sent with the official invitation.
Minutes
Update from Chair 1. Welcome to participants and adoption of agenda
Update from GH 2. Approval of minutes and decisions since last meeting
Update from COST 3. Update from the Action Chair
Gender Balance 4. Update from the Grant Holder
MoU Objectives 5. Update from the COST Association
Scientific Planning
6. Promotion of gender balance and of Early Career Investigators (ECI)
Promotion
7. Follow-up of MoU objectives
AoB
8. Scientific planning
NextAoB
Meeting
9. Promotion of the Action
Next
Decisions
Meeting
10. AoB
Decisions
Closing
11. Location and date of next meeting
12. Summary of MC decisions
13. Closing

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 Welcome to Participants
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
 New MC Members (since last meeting)
Update from Chair
 New country : Montenegro.
Update from GH
Update from COST  Milena DJUKANOVIC, Montenegro
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives  Marios Omar CHOUDARY, Roumania
Scientific Planning
Promotion  Number of represented countries in the Action: 30
AoB
NextAoB
Meeting  Number of represented countries in the meeting ?
Next
Decisions
Meeting
Decisions
Closing  Quorum to vote if greater than or equal to 20
 Signature of the attendance list (to be reimbursed)

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 COST Actions
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
 COST aim: develop scientific networks
Update from Chair
 Budget can only fund networking activities
Update from GH
Update from COST  COST Actions: 4 years (Dec. 2018)
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives  Budget negotiated every year
Scientific Planning
Promotion  Working groups, short-term scientific missions (visit a
AoB
lab during a few weeks or months), organization of a
NextAoB
Meeting
conference or training school
Next
Decisions
Meeting
Decisions
Closing  COST does not fund: attendance to a conference,
financial support for a conference.

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 Organization
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
Update from Chair
Update from GH
Update from COST
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives
Scientific Planning
Promotion
AoB
NextAoB
Meeting
Next
Decisions
Meeting
Decisions
Closing

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 Documents and Tools
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes  Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
Update from Chair
Update from GH  COST Vademecum.
Update from COST
Gender Balance
 E-COST online application.
MoU Objectives
Scientific Planning
 Cryptacus website (www.cryptacus.eu).
Promotion  Work and Budget Plan of considered Grant Period
AoB
NextAoB
Meeting
Next
Decisions
Meeting
Decisions
Closing

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 Organigram
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
Update from Chair
Update from GH
Update from COST
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives
Scientific Planning
Promotion
AoB
NextAoB
Meeting
Next
Decisions
Meeting
Decisions
Closing

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 Approval of Minutes and Decisions
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
 Approval of the minutes of Haifa meeting (29/03/16)
Minutes
Update from Chair  Decision that will be included in the minutes of this meeting:
Update from GH Montenegro becomes a member of Cryptacus (Approved:
Update from COST Unanimity)
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives
Scientific Planning
Promotion
AoB
NextAoB
Meeting
Next
Decisions
Meeting
Decisions
Closing

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 Update from the Action Chair
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
Update from Chair

MC Chair sends a W&B plan proposal for discussion.
Update from GH 
MC Chair sends the (unapproved) minutes of Haifa's
Update from COST meeting.
Gender Balance 
MC Chair puts on the website the official acknowledgment
MoU Objectives to be included in published articles.
Scientific Planning 
Put the slide of the MC Meeting on the website.
Promotion
AoB

Create a newsletter
NextAoB
Meeting • cryptacus@irisa.fr
Next
Decisions
Meeting • cryptacus.newsletter@irisa.fr
Decisions
Closing 
Create flyers.

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 Update from the Action Chair
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
Update from Chair "This article is based upon work from COST Action CRYPTACUS,
Update from GH supported by COST (European Cooperation in Science and
Update from COST Technology)".
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives Note also that "COST must also orally be acknowledged during all
Scientific Planning news media interviews, conferences and events where COST
Promotion Action representatives give a public presentation or participate to
AoB a session or panel."
NextAoB
Meeting
Next
Decisions
Meeting
Decisions
Closing

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 Update from the Grant Holder
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
 Grant Holder: INSA Rennes, France
Update from Chair  GH Administrative Manager: Isabelle Mesguen
Update from GH
Update from COST  GH Scientific Representative: Gildas Avoine
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives  Difficulties to launch the new GP because:
Scientific Planning
Promotion
 Too long to decide about next location.
AoB
NextAoB
Meeting
 Several STSM canceled.
Next
Decisions
Meeting  Invitations sent earlier than last time.
Decisions
Closing
 Several people invited to attend the WG meetings
with the remainig budget.

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 Budget Plans
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
Update from Chair
Update from GH
Update from COST
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives
Scientific Planning
Promotion
AoB
NextAoB
Meeting
Next
Decisions
Meeting
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Closing

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 Update from the COST Association
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
 No message received
Update from Chair
Update from GH
Update from COST
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives
Scientific Planning
Promotion
AoB
NextAoB
Meeting
Next
Decisions
Meeting
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Closing

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 Promotion of Gender Balance,…
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
 Three important criteria for the COST Association:
Update from Chair
 Promotion of gender balance
Update from GH
Update from COST
 4 STSMs (female)
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives
 Promotion of Early Career Investigator (ECI)
Scientific Planning  7 STSMs paid or accepted
Promotion
AoB  Promotion of Inclusiveness Countries
NextAoB
Meeting
Next
Decisions
Meeting  MC/WG/TS Meeting in Croatia
Decisions
Closing
 3 WG vice-leaders (among 4) are from IC.

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 Promotion of Gender Balance,…
Welcome
Agenda
Contact Dura
Welcome
Agenda person in tion
Applicant Home Host STSM Topic Grant
Host (day
Minutes university s)
Bringing together techniques from
Update from Chair Clémentine MAURICE
Sophia-
Graz Mangardphysical side-channel attacks to 13 1,050.00 €
Antipolis
cache-based side-channel attacks
Update from GH Security and privacy analysis
Eduard MARIN Leuven Birmingham Garcia 14 1,525.00 €
of a pacemaker
Update from COST Collaboration on Authenticated
Atul LUYKX Leuven Lyngby Bogdanov 7 850.00 €
Gender Balance Encryption
Application of side channel
MoU Objectives analysis
Veelasha MOONSAMY Nijmegen Leuven Preneel to smartphone's power 10 1,050.00 €
Scientific Planning consumption
Android malware classification
Promotion Qinju WANG Leuven Graz Mendel
Cryptanalytic techniques of
11 1,100.00 €
symmetric-key primitives
AoB Side Channel Analysis
Sohail UL HASSAN Tampere Bristol Page 5 950.00 €
of Complex Embedded Systems
NextAoB
Meeting Bei LANG Gothenburg Zurich Perrig Verificable delegation of computations21 2,500.00 €
Next
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Meeting
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Closing

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 Follow-up of the MoU Objectives
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
 Third scientific meeting
Update from Chair
 Use Cryptacus to find partners to set up H2020
Update from GH
Update from COST
consortia.
Gender Balance
 Andrey suggested to work on guidelines about
MoU Objectives
Scientific Planning
lightweight cryptography. This would be a traversal
Promotion axis.
AoB
NextAoB
Meeting
 Publish STSMs proposals in the newsletter.
Next
Decisions
Meeting
Decisions
Closing

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 Scientific Planning
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
Workshop during Grant Period 3. Proposal to be
Update
Update from
from Chair
Chair discussed, now:
Update from GH – 2- or 3- day workshop
Update from COST
– Submitted talk: abstract (1 page), informal
Gender Balance
booklet of the abstracts.
MoU Objectives
Scientific Planning – Up to 4 invited speakers (outside COST
Promotion countries).
AoB – Accepted speakers from COST countries:
NextAoB
Meeting
expenses will be reimbursed. Up to 10 or
Next
Decisions
Meeting
15 speakers should be ok (to be checked).
Decisions
Closing
– LOS: 20 € / day / participant (e.g., 2400 €)

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 Promotion of the Action
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
 Website
Update from Chair
 Website Manager is Pascal Junod (CH)
Update from GH
Update from COST  Website is up. Comments are welcome
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives  Flyers
Scientific Planning
Promotion  MC Chair should create flyers (spread in
AoB
conferences)
NextAoB
Meeting
Next
Decisions
Meeting  Mailing list for the Action (not only MC Members).
Decisions
Closing
• cryptacus@irisa.fr
• cryptacus.newsletter@irisa.fr

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 Any other Business
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
 Floor is open for discussion
Update from Chair
Update from GH
Update from COST
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives
Scientific Planning
Promotion
AoB
NextAoB
Meeting
Next
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Closing

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 Location of Next Meeting
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
 Next location should be announced before Xmas.
Update from Chair
 Approval will be requested early in December.
Update from GH
Update from COST
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives
Scientific Planning
Promotion
AoB
NextAoB
Meeting
Next
Decisions
Meeting
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Closing

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 Summary of MC Decisions
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
 Decisions:
Minutes
Update from Chair  Quorum not obtained
Update from GH
 Tasks:
Update from COST
Gender Balance  MC Chair sends the (unapproved) minutes of Sophia-
MoU Objectives Antipolis’ meeting.
Scientific Planning  MC Chair creates flyers.
Promotion
AoB  MC Chair and Scientific Committee Chair wait for pre-
NextAoB
Meeting
proposals for the workshop organization until Nov 15.
Next
Decisions
Meeting
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Closing

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 Closing
Welcome
Agenda
Welcome
Agenda
Minutes
 Thanks for coming.
Update from Chair
 Big thanks to Aurélien Francillon and the local staff for
Update from GH
Update from COST
the organization of the MC+WG Meeting in Haifa.
Gender Balance
MoU Objectives
Scientific Planning
Promotion
AoB
NextAoB
Meeting
Next
Decisions
Meeting
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Closing

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