WORKSHOP ON CRYPTOGRAPHY AND SECURITY IN CLOUDS March 15-16, 2011 in Zurich, Switzerland http://www.zurich.ibm.com/~cca/csc2011/ DESCRIPTION The cloud computing model offers cheap access to a variety of standardized services, but comes with concerns about the correctness, privacy, and integrity of remote data and computations. Cryptographic mechanisms can reduce such trust by allowing the user to protect its data and computations, as well as to verify aspects of remote computation. The aim of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners working in cryptography and security, from academia and industry, who are interested in the security of current and future cloud computing technology. The workshop considers the viewpoint of cloud-service providers as well as the concerns of cloud users. The goal is to create a dialogue about common goals and to discuss solutions for security problems in cloud computing, with emphasis on cryptographic methods. ORGANIZATION The workshop is organized and sponsored by ECRYPT II (European Network of Excellence in Cryptology) http://www.ecrypt.eu.org/ TClouds (Trustworthy Clouds) http://www.tclouds-project.eu/ in collaboration with IBM Research - Zurich (http://www.zurich.ibm.com). TOPICS * Data privacy and integrity * Proofs of storage * Remote attestation and verification * Secure outsourcing of computation * Verification of outsourced computation * Storage integrity * Private remote storage * Obfuscation of programs and data * Identity management in cloud computing * Robust generation of cryptographic random bits * Cryptosystems with conditional decryption (such as searchable encryption or functional encryption) * Trusted computing * Virtualization security FORMAT The workshop will consist of invited keynote presentations and contributed presentations. There will be no proceedings, but a handout with abstracts will be provided to all participants. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Giuseppe Ateniese, Johns Hopkins University, USA Giuseppe Persiano, Universita di Salerno, Italy Benny Pinkas, Bar Ilan University, Israel Thomas Ristenpart, UCSD and University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA Ahmad Sadeghi, TU Darmstadt, Germany Radu Sion, Stony Brook University, USA We are still in the process of extending the list of keynote speakers. CONTRIBUTIONS To contribute a submission, please submit an extended abstract summarizing a technical contribution or a position paper summarizing your research. Contributions will be selected by the expected interest in the topic and the potential for stimulating exchange of ideas among the participants. There will be no proceedings, but a handout with abstracts will be provided to all participants. A submission must be a PDF file that uses only the standard character sets. There recommended length of a submission is four pages in letter- or A4-format, using at least 10pt fonts, but there is no sharp bound on the length. All submissions must be sent as an attachment by email to csc2011(at)zurich.ibm.com. Every received submission will be acknowledged by email, generally within one working day (except during the holiday break from 20 December 2010 until 4 January 2011). Submissions must be received before or on 17 January 2011, and notification of acceptance will be sent by 2 February 2011. PROGRAM COMMITTEE Christian Cachin, IBM Research - Zurich, Switzerland; Chair Giuseppe Persiano, Universit di Salerno, Italy Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, TU Darmstadt, Germany Matthias Schunter, IBM Research - Zurich, Switzerland Paulo Verissimo, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal STIPENDS A limited number of stipends is available for interested and qualified students. If you are interested, please contact the organizers before 17 January 2011. CONTACT Sören Bleikertz Christian Cachin csc2011(at)zurich.ibm.com http://www.zurich.ibm.com/~cca/csc2011/