SPACE 2017 INAUGURAL PRESS REPORT

The Seventh International Conference on Security, Privacy & Applied Cryptography Engineering – SPACE 2017 was inaugurated in the presence of Chief Guest Shri Jose M. Noronha, Chairman, Goa Public Service Commission, Mr. Sanjay Burman, Ex- Scientist –DRDO & Member of Steering Committee – SPACE 2017, Prof. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay, Professor, IIT Kharagpur & Member of Steering Committee – SPACE 2017, Fr. Kinley D’Cruz, Director, DBCE, & Honorary General Chair, SPACE 2017, Dr. Neena Panandikar, Principal, DBCE, & General Chair, SPACE 2017 and Prof. Roseline Fernandes, Organising Chair – SPACE 2017 on 15^th December 2017 at Don Bosco College of Engineering.  This annual event is devoted to various aspects of security, privacy, applied cryptography, and cryptographic engineering. This is the seventh annual conference and its previous editions have been held in the past years in various prestigious institutes across the country. SPACE has catered to the needs of our country to foster research in the area of cyber-security and applied cryptography and has been providing members of national research establishments, academic institutions and industry with an exposure to cutting-edge research, hands-on training, vital inputs, and the opportunity to interact with well-known international experts in the field.

Mr. Noronha in his address explained how the Chief Minister who was the then Defence Minister of the country was instrumental in bringing SPACE to Goa and opening an avenue for Don Bosco College of Engineering to collaborate with DRDO. Mr. Noronha also emphasized on the need of taking technology at the grass root level. He wished the very best for the success of the conference and hoped that it would make a positive contribution to the society.

Dr. Panandikar in her welcome address stated that the purpose of this Seventh International Conference was to be inclusive, to exchange, and to shape our future. Fr. D’Cruz urged the delegates to be prepared to be challenged and inspired.

Prof Dr. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay, Member, Steering Committee SPACE 2017, gave a brief journey of SPACE. He explained how the conference SPACE has been held in various parts of the country since 2011 and it has grown in domain and knowledge. He also shared his goal of taking SPACE internationally.  He also informed the gathering about the best papers of the conference being published in the journal Hardware and Systems Security.  The inaugural function came to a close with the vote of thanks being proposed by Assistant Professor Roseline Fernandes, Organizing Chair.

SPACE 2017 will continue with illustrious talks from eminent scientists and researchers in the field of cryptography for the next three days. The program includes seven invited talks and four tutorials on several aspects of applied cryptology, delivered by world-renowned researchers: Asaf Ashkenazi, Shivam Bhasin, Jean-Luc Danger, Thomas Eisenbarth, Harry Halpin, Mike Hamburg, Gary Kenworthy, Victor Lomne, Axel Poschmann, Karim Tobich, Ingrid Verbauwhede, and Yuval Yaron.