Researcher registrations can be made until August 29
Intel Brasil and FAPESP have launched a second round of their public notice for security research projects for new Internet of Things (IoT) devices. The Call for Proposals integrates actions of a cooperation agreement, already announced in February 2013, which offers resources to support scientific and technological research projects developed in the State of São Paulo. Proposals can be submitted until August 29, 2014, following the requirements of the public notice available on the page www.fapesp.br.
The Call will select research projects on security in SoC (systems on a chip) devices, which avoid the exploitation of information by side-channel attacks (side-channel attack), which explore physical aspects of a system - such as the runtime , chip power consumption or wireless network usage – to crack passwords and gain unauthorized access to devices. Proposals must offer solutions with development of encryption techniques, data communication protocols and software execution methods. Solutions should increase the requirements for a side channel attack by up to 100 times, that is, make this type of attack virtually impossible.
“Intel has a special interest in technologies that make devices more secure, making them less vulnerable to attacks through side channels, and protecting them from potential attacks that may develop in the future,” says Fabio Tagnin, Research Manager at Intel. Intel Brazil. "We expect connected devices to multiply in the coming years and we have to anticipate the security challenges this trend will present."
The solutions that interest Intel and Fapesp need to be comprehensive, serving existing devices and others that are yet to be developed, in addition to having little impact on the use of energy, memory or system processing.
“Fapesp has important initiatives related to Computer Science and Engineering, and the partnership with Intel is particularly strategic. Information and communication technology has been changing continuously, greatly expanding its scope and diversity”, commented Professor Roberto Marcondes, assistant coordinator of Exact Sciences and Engineering at FAPESP. “The FAPESP/Intel Call deals with a very relevant topic for the future, when chips could be present in all places and objects, such as shoes or medicine packaging. This possibility brings theoretical and applied security challenges that constitute the central theme of this call”.
To participate in the Call, the proposal must be submitted by researchers linked to public or private higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo. Details of eligibility conditions and restrictions are available at www.fapesp.br.
The Call will select research projects on security in SoC (systems on a chip) devices, which avoid the exploitation of information by side-channel attacks (side-channel attack), which explore physical aspects of a system - such as the runtime , chip power consumption or wireless network usage – to crack passwords and gain unauthorized access to devices. Proposals must offer solutions with development of encryption techniques, data communication protocols and software execution methods. Solutions should increase the requirements for a side channel attack by up to 100 times, that is, make this type of attack virtually impossible.
“Intel has a special interest in technologies that make devices more secure, making them less vulnerable to attacks through side channels, and protecting them from potential attacks that may develop in the future,” says Fabio Tagnin, Research Manager at Intel. Intel Brazil. "We expect connected devices to multiply in the coming years and we have to anticipate the security challenges this trend will present."
The solutions that interest Intel and Fapesp need to be comprehensive, serving existing devices and others that are yet to be developed, in addition to having little impact on the use of energy, memory or system processing.
“Fapesp has important initiatives related to Computer Science and Engineering, and the partnership with Intel is particularly strategic. Information and communication technology has been changing continuously, greatly expanding its scope and diversity”, commented Professor Roberto Marcondes, assistant coordinator of Exact Sciences and Engineering at FAPESP. “The FAPESP/Intel Call deals with a very relevant topic for the future, when chips could be present in all places and objects, such as shoes or medicine packaging. This possibility brings theoretical and applied security challenges that constitute the central theme of this call”.
To participate in the Call, the proposal must be submitted by researchers linked to public or private higher education and research institutions in the State of São Paulo. Details of eligibility conditions and restrictions are available at www.fapesp.br.
EN 
PT 
