PerAda Workshop in Security, Trust and Privacy, 22-23 November 2010, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy

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This workshop has been convened for the benefit of researchers in the PerAda projects as a cross-project event to determine key challenges in security, trust and privacy as they relate to pervasive adaptation and as guided by particular factors arising from project work. The expected output is to determine important themes in pervasive adaptation still requiring further research and it is hoped that this will help project participants identify ongoing challenges to help shape their final project reports.

This event is aimed at all PerAda project partners, and at all participant levels, and it is hoped that individuals who have not had a chance to participate in previous PerAda events will use this opportunity to contribute to the discussion which has taken place at the PerAda networking sessions as ICT2008 and FET2009.

The workshop is organised by PerAda members Giuseppe Persiano, and Alberto Marchetti Spaccamela who are pleased to announce three invited speakers whose presentations will provide the discussion framework :

Jonathan Katz
TITLE: Security and Pervasive Computing: Challenges and Opportunities
ABSTRACT: Security and privacy are already hard to achieve today, and they seem only more difficult to realize in a pervasive computing environment. Is there any hope? In this talk I will detail the challenges inherent in this setting, while also highlighting some potential opportunities.
BIO: Jonathan Katz is an associate professor of computer science at the University of Maryland whose research focuses on cryptography, network security, and theoretical computer science. He received undergraduate degrees from MIT in 1996, and a PhD from Columbia University in 2002.He has published over 80 papers and two books, including a widely used undergraduate textbook on cryptography. In addition to his academic experience, he spent two years working in industry and has consulted and interacted with various government agencies.

M. Angela Sasse
TITLE: Biometrics in a pervasive environment - ultimate convenience, or ultimate control?
ABSTRACT: Individuals can be identified through biometrics - physical or behavioural characteristics that can be captured and analysed through technology. Whilst with traditional biomtrics - such as fingerprints - the individual would have been aware of the biometric being captured, many of the emerging new systems can capture biometrics at a distance, and identify individuals without them being aware of it. The key question is - what do those who identify individuals do with that information? The talk will outline a range of possible applications, which range from the benign (offering individuals increased convenience) to the worrying (social sorting), and discuss the implications for individuals and society.
BIO: M. Angela Sasse is the Professor of Human-Centred Technology and Head of Information Security Research in the Department of Computer Science at University College London. A usability researcher by training, she has been carrying out research since 1996 to develop a human-centred perspective on security, privacy, identity and trust. She has investigated usability and effectiveness of a number of security mechanisms, including passwords and biometrics. In 2004, she was appointed a Specialist Advisor to the Home Affairs Committe for its enquiry into the proposed introduction of ID cards in 2004, and served for 3 years on the Biometrics Advisory Group.

Katina Michael
TITLE: RFID Implantable Devices for Humans and the Risk versus Reward Debate: "What are we waiting for?"
ABSTRACT: RFID implantable devices for humans are increasingly being considered an intrinsic part of the Web of Things and People (WOTAP) architecture. One of the key pieces of the WOTAP puzzle, despite it being in its infancy, is the ability for lifeless things (i.e. objects) to be related to living things (i.e. subjects) through such technologies as beneath-the-skin radio-frequency identification tags within a smart sensor/smart dust wireless network environment. The motivation behind this vision is: that if you can tag cardboard boxes in a supply chain and vehicles that distribute these cardboard boxes, then you might as well tag the people that create them. In essence we have trialed the tagging of domestic cats and dogs, livestock and thoroughbred horses, so why not tag their owners, the farmers, and the trainers! There seem to be three groups of people emerging in the RFID implant debate: the so-called "vocal minority" who warn against the dangers of non-medical implantables for humans, the entrepreneurial elite who are also a type of minority but who tout a future where everything living is implanted for convenience and reward, and a third group of people who are completely indifferent and to some extent unaware of the possibilities. This presentation will consider the risk versus reward debate using primary interview source data and ponder on the potential uptake of non-medical implantables and their social implications.
BIO: Katina Michael holds a Doctor of Philosophy in Information and Communication Technology (ICT) from the Faculty of Informatics at the University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia (’03). She is presently an Associate Professor at the University of Wollongong in the School of Information Systems and Technology (’02-‘10) in Australia. Michael researches predominantly in the area of emerging technologies, and has secondary interests in technologies used for national security and their corresponding social implications. Broadly, Michael is studying the fusion between unique identification (human implantables), location-based tracking (from fuzzy to pinpoint positioning), and condition monitoring technologies (smart sensors/dust) towards the realization of uberveillance.

In addition, the workshop provides for an informal but lively exchange and PerAda project participants are invited to give short five-minute, single-slide presentations on security, trust or privacy issues they have encountered when undertaking project work, together with their own perspective of future research challenges. All material collated from this workshop will be available to PerAda projects to incorporate into final project reports if desired.

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Monday 22 November

1230-1400 Welcome Lunch

1400-1410 1400-1410 Welcome and introduction by hosts Luigia Carlucci Aiello and Giuseppe Persiano

1410-1420 Presentation of SYMBRION in relation to privacy, trust and security issues (Serge Kernbach)

1420-1430 Presentation of ALLOW in relation to privacy, trust and security issues (Naranker Dulay)

1430-1440 Presentation of REFLECT in relation to privacy, trust and security issues (Nikola Tomasvic)

1440-1450 Presentation of ATRACO in relation to privacy, trust and security issues (Bastian Koenings)

1450-1500 Presentation of FRONTS in relation to privacy, trust and security issues (Giuseppe Persiano)

1500-1530 General discussion on challenges faced by PerAda projects (coordinated by Alberto Marchetti Spaccamela)

1530-1630 INVITED SPEAKER Jonathan Katz : Security and Pervasive Computing: Challenges and Opportunities

1630-1645 Coffee break

1645-1700 Alois Ferscha: pervasive technology at your service everywhere, but would you trust?

1700-1720 Serge Kernbach: bio-hybrid tenchologies: security and trust in future

1720-1740 Andrea Vitaletti: A Lightweight Privacy Preserving SMS‐based System for Mobile Users

1740-1800 General discussion on trust, privacy and security issues relative to PerAda projects (coordinated by Alois Ferscha)

1800-1900 INVITED SPEAKER Angela Sasse: Biometrics in a pervasive environment - ultimate convenience, or ultimate control?

2000-2230 Workshop Dinner

Tuesday 23 November

0930-1000 Wide Hogenhout: funding opportunities in the FP7 Work Programme

1000-1030 INVITED SPEAKER Katina Michael: RFID and Implants

1030-1045 Coffee break

1045-1105 Nicole Roelfzema: Risk analysis in healthcare

1105-1125 Achilles Kameas: ontology-based privacy policies

1125-1150 General discussion on trust, privacy and security issues (coordinated by Christoph Thuemmler)

1150-1210 Shomi Dolev: Information security for sensors

1210-1230 Mira Kutylowski: new methods for prevention of cloning of trusted artefacts

1230-1300 Final discussion and summary by Giuseppe Persiano & Alberto Marchetti Spaccamela

1300-1400 Lunch

Funding travel costs

PerAda will reimburse travel costs for a number of researchers working on ALLOW, ATRACO, FRONTS, REFLECT, SOCIALNETS, SYMBRION. This is done on a first-come-first-served basis and a number of places per project have been reserved until 10 November. Travel costs to a maximum of 400 EUR will be reimbursed retrospectively with submission of receipts. In addition, hotel costs (for 1 or 2 nights) will be paid for the first 20 persons who confirm their registration. The objective is to maximize participation by PerAda projects but other interested PerAda members may also apply for travel funding by contacting Jennifer Willies, PerAda Project Manager (j.willies AT napier.ac.uk)

Registration

If you are interested in principle in attending this workshop and you wish to register and/or apply for travel reimbursement, please click here.

Directions

Venue Address: Dipartimento di Informatica e Sistemistica, Via Ariosto 25, 00185 Rome (How to get here (PDF))

Hotel Address: Hotel Bled, Via S. Croce in Gerusalemme, 40 (San Giovanni) 00185 Rome (Website)

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