IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST) – 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


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.


Important Dates

We will have one Paper Submission deadline.

April 27, 2021: Abstract Submission

May 4, 2021: Submission of Paper

May 11-21, 2021: Rebuttal

June 15, 2021: Notification of Acceptance (TPC review Meeting)

July 30, 2021: Camera-ready Version


May 18, 2021: Tutorial Proposal Submission

June 15, 2021: Tutorial Proposal Notification


June 2, 2021: HW Demo Proposal Submission

June 29, 2021: HW Demo Proposal Notification

Call For Paper: IEEE International Symposium on Hardware Oriented Security and Trust (HOST)