[Om-announce] 2014 International Summer School on Smart & Mobile Device Security and Privacy - Call For Participants

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CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS
2014 International Summer School on Smart & Mobile Device Security and Privacy

August 31st - September 5th, 2014
University of Padua, Italy
http://spritz.math.unipd.it/events/2014/SMDSP/

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 - University of Padua
- Lucas Davi - TU Darmstadt
- Alexandra Dmitrienko - Fraunhofer Institute for Secure  Information  
Technology
- Earlence Fernandes - University of Michigan
- Prof. Ivan Martinovic - University of Oxford
- 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
- Other lecturers to be confirmed

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, founded 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:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ti5EsXlud0I
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrCWg-8IZsI

APPLICATION, ADMISSION, ACCOMMODATION AND GRANTS
To apply for the school, please fill the txt form available at the  
school website and send it via email (to both conti at math.unipd.it and  
hossein at 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.
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 sponsors, 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" available at  
http://www.esteri.it/visti/home_eng.asp. If you are required to apply  
for a visiting student visa, you will need 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 at math.unipd.it and  
hossein at 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.

SPONSORS
- University of Padua
- Department of Mathematics of the University of Padua
- Aalto University
- CASED - TU Darmstadt
- Intel Corporation

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

FURTHER INFORMATION

Please check out the school website  
(http://spritz.math.unipd.it/events/2014/SMDSP/). If you need further  
information, please send an email to both conti at math.unipd.it and  
hossein at math.unipd.it with subject "SMDSP information".

-- 
  Hossein Fereidooni
  PhD student in Computer Science,
  University of Padua, Department of Mathematics


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