3rd RESCUE Winter Workshop in Munich (November 2019)

Cadence Design Systems organises the 3rd internal RESCUE ETN Winter Workshop November 14-22, 2019. The event will be held in Feldkirchen (vicinity of Munich), Germany. The event will start with a 3-day BarCamp ad-hoc gathering for the ESRs interact and discuss research topics in an open environment. The aim is to identify a set of collaboration clusters where the synergy of the competences is the most promising and to establish sub-projects to be led by ESRs themselves. The technical training on nanoelectronic systems design aspects will be provided by the key industrial players in the domain Intel, Riscure, Bosch, Cadence. Complementary skills training puts emphasis on development of the entrepreneurship skills enhancing knowledge in research funding options at European and regional levels.
The General Chair for the 3nd RESCUE Winter Workshop is Anton Klotz, Cadence.

Agenda

November 14-18 - BarCamp discussions and presentations by ESRs

November 18 - Technical training

“Why is it so hard to make secure chips?” - Marc Witteman, Riscure
Abstract: As our understanding of security threats and mitigations keeps growing one would expect chips to become more robust and have better resistance against attacks. Reality is different: the number of security issues is still going up, and vendors have huge challenges to keep products secure in the field. In this presentation we explore the various attack vectors and how they affect the chip design process. We conclude by sharing some concrete advice on how to reduce security risk.

“Specialization drives Semiconductors: View on Manufacturing Test” - Juergen Alt, Intel
Abstract: In Semiconductor business we are facing a continuous pressure for innovation. Key elements to drive innovation are partitioning and specialization on all levels. This talk gives some general thoughts on partitioning and specialization. An introduction into manufacturing test is used as an example for these general principles.

“Continuous Security Testing” - Christopher Huth, Bosch
Abstract: In times of large scale software projects and ongoing digitalization, automated security analysis methods are an important measure for enhancing software security and robustness. To put this into practice, we develop a prototypical platform to perform continuous security testing during development. This platform supports dynamic and static analysis methods and is flexible to be extended with various other analysis methods or targets. Fuzzing, a dynamic software testing technique coined by Miller et al., proofed tremendously beneficial for finding bugs. As a static analysis method we rely on Code Property Graphs, introduced by Yamaguchi et al., which combine the abstract syntax tree, control flow graph, and program dependence graph of a program into a single graph. Our work aims to reduce manual effort in software analysis. First, our platform automates security tests in a CI/CD style. Second, we automatically analyze existing module tests and generate fuzz test harnesses.

November 19 - Technical Training

“Digital Synthesis Training” - Cadence Design Systems
“Implementation Training” - Cadence Design Systems

Management Committee Meeting
Advisory Board Meeting
Technical Meetings

November 20 - Cadence ClubVerification

Program

November 21 - Cadence ClubFormal

Program (including a talk by RESCUE ESR)

Xinhui Anna Lai, Maksim Jenihhin, Jaan Raik, Kolin Paul "On Verification For Timing Side Channel Using Cadence JasperGold SPV"

November 22 - Transferable skills training

“Lecture on entrepreneurship” - Christian Hopp, RWTH Aachen
Syllabus: What is Entrepreneurship? Different Approaches to Entrepreneurial Behavior. Problem Based Thinking. Business Model Design and Innovation. Speech, Rhetorics, and Business Idea Pitching.

“Government-funded projects” - Antonia Schmalz, VDI/VDE Innovation + Technik GmbH

 

 

9th BELAS Summer School in Frankfurt-Oder (June 2019)

RESCUE consortium organizes 9th BELAS "Biannual European – Latin American Summer School on Design, Test and Reliability"  on June 10-12, 2019 at IHP premises in Frankfurt-Oder, Germany.

We do not want to miss a single summer! BELAS is organized twice a year during the summers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Distinguished speakers from Latin America and Europe will share their knowledge with PhD students, engineers and researchers. Participants are invited to present their research at the PhD Forum.

 

Participation is free of charge for a limited number of attendees.  All expenses of the summer school are covered by the sponsors, however, the participants are still responsible to pay for their travel and accommodation.

Event website: http://frankfurt-oder2019.belas-event.org/

Program at a glance
- Analyzing the Reliability of Neural Networks in Programmable SoC Devices - Fernanda Lima Kastenschmidt, UFRGS, Brazil
- Asynchronous Quasi Delay Insensitive (QDI) Circuits: Infrastructure, Templates and Design Techniques - Ney Laert Vilar Calazans, PUCRS, Brazil
- Security in Modern Computer Systems, HW Trojans and SW Vulnerabilities: Threats and Emerging Solutions - Fabian Vargas, PUCRS, Brazil
- Reconfigurable design - Rene Cumplido, INAOE, Mexico
- RISC-V fault tolerant processor implementation - Alfonso Sanchez-Macian, University Nebrija, Spain
- Reconfigurable Multiprocessor Systems-on-Chip - Diana Göhringer, TU Dresden, Germany
- How to write the patent? - Michael Gössel, University Potsdam, Germany
- Soft skills How to present your work? - Lara Wimmer, IHP
- Hands-on-Tutorial on side channel attacks
- Clean room visit and Lab tours
 
Additionally we offer a great social program!

 

PhD Forum
The PhD Forum is organized to foster discussions and networking between attending PhD students and provide them with an opportunity to get feedback on their research result from the summer school speakers and senior attendees. It is organized in form of poster sessions.
PhD-students interested to present a poster introducing their own PhD research are requested to submit the paper. Contributions must be submitted electronically through Easy Chair.
Abstract submission deadline is 15th of May 2019.

Registration deadline: Apr 30, 2019
   (seats are limited, early registration is advised!)
PhD Forum abstract/paper submission: May 15, 2019


Venue
IHP, Im Technologiepark 25, 15236 Frankfurt (Oder), Germany
 
For more information about the summer school, please contact General Chair Milos Krstic at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

8th BELAS Summer School in Tallinn (June 2018)

RESCUE consortium organizes 8th BELAS "Biannual European – Latin American Summer School on Design, Test and Reliability" on June 20-22, 2018 in Tallinn, Estonia.

We do not want to miss a single summer! BELAS is organized twice a year during the summers in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. Distinguished speakers from Latin America and Europe will share their knowledge with PhD students, engineers and researchers. Participants are invited to present their research at the PhD Forum. This time we will celebrate the 5th anniversary of BELAS.

Participation is free of charge for a limited number of attendees.  All expenses of the summer school are covered by the sponsors, however, the participants are still responsible to pay for their travel and accommodation.

Event website: http://tallinn2018.belas-event.org/

Program at a glance
•    Raoul Velazco, "Effects of Radiation in Integrated Circuits: Origins, Mitigation Techniques, Tests and Real-Life Experiments", TIMA Laboratory, France
•    Paolo Rech, "Guidelines for the Radiation Test of Electronic Devices and Systems", UFRGS, Brazil
•    Fabian Vargas, "Combined Effects of Ionizing Radiation and Electromagnetic Interference", PUCRS, Brazil
•    Zainalabedin Navabi, "System Level Design Space Exploration for Reliability and Efficiency in Design of Abstract Communications", University of Tehran, Iran / Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA
•    Maria K. Michael, "Resilient Multicore Systems using Software-Based Self-Test", University of Cyprus, Cyprus
•    Artur Jutman, "On-Chip Health Monitoring and Fault Management for Self-Health-Aware SoCs", Testonica Lab OÜ, Estonia
•    Maximilien Glorieux, "Transient Faults Analysis Management for High-Reliability Applications", IROC Technologies, France
•    Anton Klotz, "10 years Cadence Academic Network, an example of successful industry-academia partnership", Cadence Design Systems, Germany
•    Victor Champac, "Design & Test Challenges in FinFET Based Circuits", INAOE, Puebla, Mexico
•    Maarja Kruusmaa, "Ethical writing: a crash course for PhDs", TUT, Estonia (soft-skills training)

PhD Forum
The PhD Forum is organized to foster discussions and networking between attending PhD students and provide them with an opportunity to get feedback on their research result from the summer school speakers and senior attendees. It is organized in form of poster sessions. All PhD and MSc studens are welcome to present new results or recently published work. PhD Forum submissions should be 1-2 page abstracts or 4-6 page full papers (IEEE two-column format) and will be published in informal proceedings.The authors of accepted submissions are expected to prepare A0-size (portrait) posters.
Submission deadline is June 4, 2018

Online Exam
Timeline:
  June 20-25: Online-exam is open for answers
  June 26 - July 3: Evaluation by the lecturers
  July 5: Scores released to the participants

The list of questions in PDF


Venue
Tallink Spa & Conference Hotel****, Tallinn harbour, ESTONIA
 
For more information about the summer school, please contact General Chair Maksim Jenihhin at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

2nd RESCUE Winter Workshop in Rotterdam (December 2018)

Delft University of Technology organises the first 5-day internal RESCUE ETN Winter Workshop in December, 2018. The event will be held in Rotterdam, The Netherlands in the WorlWings hotel.

The technical training focus of this edition is on security aspects of electronic systems. This topic is covered by four comprehensive tutorials. Complementary skills training puts emphasis on communication skills including technical writing and presentation.

The intensive agenda of the workshop includes:

  • technical academic tutorials
  • training of transferable skills
  • project Mid-Term Review meeting with REA representative
  • Innovation Radar session
  • Supervisory Board meeting and meetings with the External Expert Advisory Board
  • 3rd ESR Assembly meeting
  • a technical meeting with RESCUE Partner Organization - Robert Bosch
  • as well as social and networking activities

The General Chair for the 2nd RESCUE Winter Workshop is Prof. Said Hamdioui (TUD).

1st RESCUE Winter Workshop in Cottbus and Frankfurt-Oder (December 2017)

Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg and IHP Microelectronics organise the first 5-day internal RESCUE ETN Winter Workshop in December, 2017. The event will be held in Cottbus, Germany in the BTU campus with one training day at the IHP site in Frankfurt-Oder.

The event targets to gather for the first time the complete RESCUE training network including the 15 recruited ESRs, academic and industrial supervisors, external and internal trainers of technical and transferable skills, partner organisation members and advisory board members.

The intensive agenda of the workshop includes:

- orientation to the European Training Network RESCUE organisation and concepts

- technical academic and industrial tutorials

- training of transferable skills

- half-day discussions of intranetwork research collaboration of ESRs and exchanging ideas for ESRs’ individual career development

- Supervisory Board meeting and meetings with the External Expert Advisory Board

- ESR Assembly caucus

- as well as social and networking activities

One full training day will be held in the premises of the IHP Microelectronics institute allowing RESCUE ESRs to visit the European cutting-edge technology labs for nanoelectronics manufacturing and hardware security research environments.

There is an online exam, where students are requested to answer 2-3 technical questions for each tutorial.
The exam will be a basis for receiving credit points at the host universities, and will also allow lecturers to follow the perception of the material by the workshop attendees.
The set of exam questions and instructions are here.

The workshop is organised in cooperation with the H2020-TWINN TUTORIAL project (overlapping partners: TUT, TUD, PDT). This cooperation has enabled participation in the workshop by selected non-RESCUE PhD students from these universities.

The General Chair for the 1st RESCUE Winter Workshop is Prof. H.T. Vierhaus (BTU).

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The RESCUE ETN project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Programme under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie actions for research, technological development and demonstration, under grant n. 722325.
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