The premier event aims to facilitate the rapid growth of hardware-based security research and development and highlight new results in the area of hardware security – has opened the call for contributions. The 14th annual HOST will be held 5-8 December 2021 in Washington DC, USA. HOST 2021 invites original contributions in all areas of overlap between hardware and security. This includes but is not limited to the following:

HARDWARE:
Security primitives
Computer-aided design (CAD) tools
Emerging and nanoscale devices
Trojans and backdoors
Side-channel attacks and mitigation
Fault injection and mitigation
(Anti-)Reverse engineering and physical attacks
Anti-tamper
Anti-counterfeit
Hardware Obfuscation

ARCHITECTURE:
Trusted execution environments
Cache-side channel attacks and mitigation
Privacy-preserving computation
System-on-chip (SoC)/platform security
FPGA and reconfigurable fabric security
Cloud computing
Smart phones and smart devices

SYSTEM:
Internet-of-things (IoT) security
Sensors and sensor network security
Smart grid security
Automotive/autonomous vehicle security
Cyber-physical system security
(Adversarial) Machine learning and cyber deception
Security and trust for future pandemics
Blockchain and cryptocurrencies

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Paper Submission:

Submit your paper at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=host2021. The page limit is 10 pages, double column, IEEE format, with a minimum font size of 11 pt. Only work that has not been previously published at the time of the conference will be considered. Duplicate submissions to concurrent conferences/journals are not permissible, and if encountered will be rejected and reported to IEEE. The paper selection will involve a double blind review and rebuttal process – the identity of authors must not be revealed, directly or indirectly, over the course of the entire process.

Authors are expected to submit articles that are original and have not been submitted to any other conference or Journal. Multiple submissions will be disqualified.

Additional guidance for HOST reviewers on preprint, double-blind, multiple-submissions and related IEEE policy can be found on the HOST Publication Policies page.


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Paper Deadline
Abstract Submission: April 27, 2021
Full Paper Submission: May 4, 2021
Rebuttal: June 1, 2021
Notification of Acceptance: June 15, 2021
Camera-ready: July 30, 2021


Tutorial Deadline
Tutorial Proposal Submission: May 18, 2021
Tutorial Notification of Acceptance: June 15, 2021

Hardware Demo
Hardware Demo Proposal Submission: June 2, 2021
Hardware Demo Notification of Acceptance: June 29, 2021

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