Early Registration:

Student Member (IEEE or ACM)  $100

Chip design and fabrication is becoming increasingly vulnerable to malicious activities and alternations with globalization. This has raised serious concerns regarding possible threats to military systems, financial infrastruc-tures and even household appliances. An adversary can introduce a Trojan designed to disable and/or destroy a system at some future time (Time Bomb) or the Trojan may serve to leak confidential information covertly to the adversary. Trojans can be implemented as hardware modifications to ASICs, COTS, microprocessors, or DSPs, or as firmware modifications, e.g., to FPGA bitstreams. Trojans are cleverly concealed to prevent accidental discovery during validation and manufacturing test. Therefore, existing test schemes are not likely to be effective for detecting Trojans and new approaches are needed.

The IEEE International Workshop on Hardware-Oriented Security and Trust (HOST 2008) is an open forum for discussions and innovations on these issues and others related to this year’s theme “Trojan Detection and Isolation”. Paper presentations on topics related to the workshop’s theme and to those given below will highlight the challenges faced with authenticating hardware for security and trust.

To present at the workshop, submit an Acrobat (PDF) version of a paper (no more than 8 pages, single column, single space) or extended abstract of at least 1000 words via E-mail to the Program Chair. Each submission should include full name and address of each author, affiliation, telephone number, FAX and E-mail address. The accepted papers will appear in ieeexplore. The presenter should also be identified. Camera-ready papers for inclusion in the digest of papers will be due following the review cycle. Proposal for Embedded Tutorials, Debates, Panel Discussions or Spot-Light presentations describing industrial experiences are also invited.

Submission of Paper/Extended Abstract:             April 18, 2008

Notification of Acceptance:                                   May 9, 2008

Camera Ready Paper:                                           May 23, 2008