Call for Participants

We are pleased to invite you to participate in the “2014 International Summer School on Smart & Mobile Device Security and Privacy” that will take place at the University of Padua, Italy from August 31st to September 5th, 2014.

• THE FOCUS

The school is open to graduate students, researchers and practitioners from academia and industry. The school aims at bringing together members from the international security research community to debate contemporary issues in smartphone security and privacy. The main part of the school consists of lectures given by world-leading researchers in the field of security and privacy in smartphone. The school will also host practical hands-on sessions and a PhD forum, where PhD students can present their ongoing work, interact with world-leading researchers in their field and receive feedback on their research projects. It is also our intention to build strong research relations and exchange opportunities between the involved institutions and participants.

• LECTURERS

  - Prof. Mauro Conti - Universiy of Padua
  - Lucas Davi - TU Darmstadt
  - Alexandra Dmitrienko - Fraunhofer Institute for Secure
  Information Technology
  - Prof. Ivan Martinovic - University of Oxford
  - Prof. N. Asokan - Aalto University and University of Helsinki
  - Prof. Atul Prakash - University of Michigan
  - Prof. Radha Poovendran - University of Washington
  - Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi - TU Darmstadt
  - Dr. Matthias Schunter, MBA - Intel
  

• SCHOOL VENUE

  The school will take place at the University of Padua - Department of Mathematics (via Trieste 63, 35151 Padua, Italy). The University of Padua is a long tradition University (among the earliest Universities of the world, funded in 1222; hosted people like Galileo Galilei and Nicolaus Copernicus). A recent national assessment set the University of Padua as the highest ranking among leading Italian Universities for the quality of its research results. Padua is a vibrant city, full of art and history, including the Scrovegni Chapel (with the most complete series of frescoes executed by Giotto), and the main building of the University (with the first anatomical theatre and the podium used by of Galileo). Also, Venice can be reached by train in 15 minutes.
  A taste of Padua: click here and here .

• APPLICATION, ADMISSION, ACCOMMODATION AND GRANTS

  To apply for the school, please fill the txt form and send it via email (to both conti@math.unipd.it and hossein@math.unipd.it with subject "SMDSP registration”) together with the following documents:
  - a one-page CV;
  - an application letter explaining your interest in the school and your experience in the area;
  - a copy of your bachelor (or equivalent, or higher) certificate.
  Application deadline: July 20th, 2014.
  Attendance is limited to 40 participants. Participants will be selected based on the quality of their curriculum, giving equal opportunities for women and men coming from different countries. Thanks to our co-organizers, the school fee (including coffee breaks, lunches and the social dinner) will be only 200 euros. The organization of the school will support students in finding accommodation, possibly at the University residences. In addition, a limited number of waived registrations and student travel grants might be available.
  

• INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS

  The school welcomes international participants from around the world. Some international students might need to obtain an entry visa to come to Italy. In order to find out which documents are required to apply for visiting student visa, you can query the database of the "Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs". If you are required to apply for a visiting student visa, you will require a school visa letter. In this case, to provide a visa support letter, please send your detailed information along with a photocopy of the identification page of your passport (name and photo) via e-mail (to both conti@math.unipd.it and hossein@math.unipd.it).

• DIPLOMA AND CREDITS

  At the end of the school, the Scientific Committee can provide participation certificates, and award the course diploma to students who have passed the final exam. For those students, the school can be considered as 2 ECTS (European Credit Transfer System) credits. You can easily transfer credits to other European universities using the ECTS system. However, we recommend that you check with your home institution before applying to the school to be sure that the credits are actually recognized.

• Co-organizers

  - University of Padua
  - Department of Mathematics of the University of Padua
  - Aalto University
  - Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt
  - Intel Collaborative Research Institute for Secure Computing
  - EC SPRIDE
  - Network Security Lab of University of Washington
  

• SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE

  - Prof. Mauro Conti - Universiy of Padua (Director)
  - Prof. Gilberto Filè - University of Padua
  - Prof. Francesco Ranzato - University of Padua
  - Prof. N. Asokan - Aalto University and University of Helsinki
  - Prof. Atul Prakash - University of Michigan
  - Prof. Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi - TU Darmstadt
  - Dr. Matthias Schunter, MBA - Intel

• FURTHER INFORMATION

  Please check out the school website. If you need further information, please send an email to both conti@math.unipd.it and hossein@math.unipd.it with subject "SMDSP information".