CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS

                           7th Workshop on
                Formal and Computational Cryptography
                              (FCC 2011)

                     June 30, 2011, Paris, France
                       affiliated with CSF 2011

                  http://math.ut.ee/~unruh/fcc2011/

--- Background, aim and scope ----------

Since the 1980s, two approaches have been developed for analyzing
security protocols. One of the approaches is based on a computational
model that considers issues of complexity and probability. Messages
are modelled as bitstrings and security properties are defined in a
strong form, in essence guaranteeing security with high probability
against all polynomial time attacks.  However, it is difficult to
prove security of large, complex protocols in this model.  
The other approach relies on a symbolic model of protocol execution 
in which messages are modelled using a term algebra and cryptographic
primitives are treated as perfect black-boxes, e.g. the only way to
decrypt a ciphertext is to use the corresponding decryption key. This
abstraction enables simpler and often automated analyses of complex
protocols. Since this model places strong constraints on the attacker,
a fundamental question is whether such an analysis implies the strong
security properties defined in the computational model.

This workshop focuses on approaches that combine and relate symbolic
and computational protocol analysis. Over the last few years, there
has been a spate of research results in this area. One set of results
establish correspondence theorems between the two models, in effect
showing that for a certain class of protocols and properties, security
in the symbolic model implies security in the computational model. 
In other work, researchers use language-based techniques such as
process calculi, types, and logics to reason directly about the
computational model. Several projects also investigate ways of
mechanizing computationally sound proofs of protocols.
The workshop seeks results in this area of computationally sound
protocol analysis: foundations and tools.

FCC 2011 will be held in Paris on June 30, on the day after CSF'11.
We invite presentations of original results on the topics of the
workshop. We also encourage submissions that describe work in progress
or that further publicize interesting results published elsewhere. 
The main goal of the workshop is to stimulate discussions and new
collaborations.

--- Important dates --------------------

    * Deadline for abstract submission: April 17, 2011 (extended)
    * Author notification: May 6, 2011
    * Final abstract due: May 27, 2011
    * Workshop: June 30, 2011

--- Program committee ------------------


    * Martin Abadi (MSR, UCSC, and College de France)
    * Michael Backes (MPI and Saarland University, Germany)
    * Gilles Barthe (IMDEA Software Institute, Madrid)
    * Bruno Blanchet (CNRS, ENS, INRIA, France)
    * Hubert Comon-Lundh (CNRS - ENS Cachan, France)
    * Veronique Cortier (LORIA - CNRS)
    * Cedric Fournet (Microsoft Research, UK)
    * Dennis Hofheinz (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology)
    * Dominique Unruh (University of Tartu, Estonia; chair)
    * Bogdan Warinschi (University of Bristol)

--- Submission Instructions ------------

The authors should submit a title and a short abstract of their talk
(about 100 to 200 words, maximum 1 page) that will be peer-reviewed by
our program committee. The workshop does not have formal proceedings,
but copies of the abstracts will be handed out to the participants of
the workshop. Workshop registration is open.

For information on how to submit your abstract, see
http://math.ut.ee/~unruh/fcc2010

For further information please contact the program chair 
Dominique Unruh, unruh@ut.ee