New England Hardware Security (NEHWS) Day 2024
https://nehws.org

Call for Contributions

The 4th New England Hardware Security Day (NEHWS) will be held at Worcester
Polytechnic Institute (WPI) on Friday, April 5, 2024. The organizers and program
committee invite submission of proposals for abstract for talks, brief announcements, and posters for NEHWS.

Proposing a Talk

NEHWS accepts long (15 min) and short (5 min) talks, presentations from the podium
with slides, followed by brief Q&A. The program committee will select among pro-
posed talks based on fit for NEHWS, whether the talk is likely to be good, and
whether it will stimulate discussion and interest among the audience of hardware
security practitioners, academics, and students. The talks’ abstracts will also be
published in online and printed proceedings to be distributed on the NEHWS web-
site and among attendees. Since proceedings for NEHWS will not be indexed, we
welcome abstracts of talks on high-impact work that is being submitted to or has
recently appeared in other venues.

Contributing an Announcement

Announcements are brief (1 min or less) single-slide presentations at the start of
the day in which any NEHWS attendee can broadcast information from the podium.
Announcements are suitable for, but not limited to, recognizing awardees, introducing
new community members, publicizing programs, job openings, and sharing other
NEHWS-relevant updates. Submitted announcements will be lightly reviewed to
confirm appropriateness. Announcements requiring more than 1 minute of speaking
time should instead be proposed as short talks.

Presenting a Poster

NEHWS welcomes student poster submissions on all aspects of hardware security.
Students can discuss their posters with attendees throughout the day during breaks
and in the networking and poster session of the program. The program committee
will select posters based on fit, quality, and potential to stimulate discussion. Best
poster prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place as chosen by the attendees.

Submitting a Talk, Announcement, or Poster

Each submission should be non-anonymous and indicate whether it is a short or long
talk, poster, or announcement. A talk abstract must be at most 1 page, including a
title, name of contributors and presenter(s), and a work description that can include
figures and references. The authors are encouraged to refer to their paper published
elsewhere before (if any), serving as the basis for the talk. Poster submissions should
include either an abstract similar to the talks or the final version of the poster for
evaluation, which indicates the poster title and name of the presenting student(s).
Presenters of accepted posters are responsible for printing their own posters. The
submission for an announcement should indicate the presenter’s name and upload a
single self-contained slide in 16×9 aspect ratio. The file uploaded for each submis-
sion must be in PDF format. Submit talks, announcements, and posters using the
link below. Questions should be directed to the program chairs or poster chair as
appropriate.