<div dir="ltr"><span id="gmail-docs-internal-guid-62daf004-137b-9e22-55c1-10bef5375c4b"><p style="text-align:left;line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this email</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><br></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Call for Papers: International Workshop on Cryptography, Robustness, and Provably Secure Schemes for Female Young Researchers (CrossFyre) 2017.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Co-located with the IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy 2017 and EuroCrypt 2017 in Paris, France. CrossFyre 2017 will be held on April 29-30, 2017 at UPMC Campus Jussieu.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The CrossFyre Workshop aims to bring female researchers in the fields of cryptography and information security together to promote their research as women in computer science and engineering. We hope to encourage a tighter cooperation across women in different security-related disciplines, and motivate joint papers. In this spirit, female researchers are invited to attend and give a short presentation about their research at the CrossFyre workshop.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">We also welcome undergraduate students to this workshop, and strongly encourage supervisors to support their students’ active (submitting abstracts and giving talks during the workshop) or passive (mainly listening) participation.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Disclaimer: Though this workshop primarily aims to bring women together to discuss their career opportunities, network, and exchange experiences, the workshop does *not* discriminate against men. Male researchers are also encouraged to attend.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Format:</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Two keynote talks.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Participants introducing themselves; selected fields in cryptography and information security will be briefly outlined.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">A plenary discussion on positions and perspectives of women in information security research.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Social events (reception and dinner).</span></p></li></ol><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Important Information:</span></p><ol style="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Some grants will be awarded to students who will present their work and are least able to attend. Visit the </span><a href="https://www.crossfyre2016.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/de/the-workshop/registration/" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">registration page</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> for further information: </span><a href="http://crossfyre17.gforge.inria.fr/index.html" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">http://crossfyre17.gforge.inria.fr/index.html</span></a><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CrossFyre 2017 will be co-located with Euro S&P 2017 and Eurocrypt 2017. Thus, a small registration fee will apply. Please ensure to inform us whether you would like this fee to be waived when you apply for the workshop grants.</span></p></li></ol><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Important Dates:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (AoE: UTC - 12h).</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Abstract submission deadline: Friday, Feb. 24, 2017.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Grant application deadline: Friday, Feb. 24, 2017.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Notification: Friday, Mar. 3, 2017.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Registration deadline: Friday, Mar. 31, 2017.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Announcement of program: Friday, Apr. 7, 2017.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">CrossFyre 2017 Workshop: Apr. 29-30, 2017.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Please send your abstracts to </span><a href="mailto:r.abu-salma@cs.ucl.ac.uk" style="text-decoration:none"><span style="font-family:consolas;background-color:transparent;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">r.abu-salma@cs.ucl.ac.uk</span></a><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">.</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;text-decoration:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Organizing Committee:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ruba Abu-Salma, University College London (UCL), UK.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Katerina Mitrokotsa, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden & ETHZ, Switzerland.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Veelasha Moonsamy, Radboud University, The Netherlands.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.8;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:8pt"><span style="font-family:consolas;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Cristina On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