WICS'21

8th International Workshop on Information and Communication Security

To be held in conjunction with CANDAR'21

The main goal of this workshop is to provide a timely forum for the exchange and dissemination of new ideas, techniques and research in the field of information and communication security.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to

  • Authentication
  • Block and Stream Ciphers
  • Biometrics
  • Cryptanalysis
  • Cryptographic Protocols
  • Digital Signatures
  • Efficient Implementations
  • Hash Functions
  • Network Security
  • Privacy Enhancement
  • Public Key Cryptosystems
  • System Security
  • Usable Security

Paper format

  • Regular paper: 5-7 pages
  • Poster paper: 3-4 pages

Organizing Committee

Workshop co-chairs

  • Toru Nakanishi, Hiroshima University
  • Yasuyuki Nogami, Okayama University

Program Committee

  • Hiroaki Anada, University of Nagasaki
  • Thomas Austin, San Jose State University
  • Chen-Mou Cheng, Kanazawa University
  • Franco Chiaraluce, Università Politecnica delle Marche
  • Sylvain Duquesne, University Rennes 1
  • Masayuki Fukumitsu, Hokkaido Information University
  • Shoichi Hirose, University of Fukui
  • Masaki Inamura, Graduate School of Information Sciences, Hiroshima City University
  • Kengo Iokibe, Okayama University
  • Yuichi Komano, Toshiba Corporation
  • Kenichi Kourai, Kyushu Institute of Technology
  • Minoru Kuribayashi, Okayama University
  • Yoshifumi Manabe, Kogakuin University
  • Mamoru Mimura, National Defense Academy
  • Takaaki Mizuki, Tohoku University
  • Sumio Morioka, Interstellar Technologies Inc.
  • Tetsushi Ohki, Shizuoka University
  • Katsuyuki Okeya, Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
  • Kazumasa Omote, University of Tsukuba
  • Ryuichi Sakai, Osaka Electro-Communication University
  • Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University
  • Hwajeong Seo, Pusan National University
  • Yoshiaki Shiraishi, Kobe University
  • Masaaki Shirase, Future University Hakodate
  • Yuji Suga Internet, Initiative Japan Inc.
  • Vorapong Suppakitpaisarn, The University of Tokyo
  • Kenichi Takahashi, Tottori University
  • Satoshi Uehara, The University of Kitakyushu
  • Lihua Wang, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT)
  • Naoto Yanai, Osaka University