for updates check: https://jovanbulck.github.io/fosdem21-cfp Following the success of [last year's edition](https://archive.fosdem.org/2020/schedule/track/hardware_aided_trusted_comput...), we are for the 2nd time organizing a devroom devoted to the emerging open-source ecosystem around *hardware-based Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs)*. Under TEEs, we understand architectures that allow to isolate and attest trusted "enclave" software components running on top of a potentially compromised operating system. Over the last years, all major processor vendors have developed some form of TEE support, e.g., Intel's [Software Guard Extensions (SGX)](https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/topics/software-guard-e...) and upcoming [Trust Domain Extensions (TDX)](https://software.intel.com/content/www/us/en/develop/articles/intel-trust-do...), ARM's [TrustZone](https://developer.arm.com/ip-products/security-ip/trustzone) and upcoming [Morello](https://developer.arm.com/architectures/cpu-architecture/a-profile/morello), AMD's [Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)](https://developer.amd.com/sev/) and upcoming SEV-ES/SEV-SNP extensions, and IBM's [Protected Execution Facility (PEF)](https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/powerpc/ultravisor.html). Hence, with today's mainstream consumer hardware being increasingly shipped with these advanced trusted computing technologies, this devroom wants to foster discussion on the much-needed open-source TEE ecosystem amongst industry players, academics, enthusiasts, hobbyists, and project maintainers. ## Desirable topics The devroom's topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Programming frameworks for TEEs: how to develop free and open-source software that can run inside enclaves (e.g., library OSs, SDKs, Linux kernel support, etc.). * Compiler and language support for emerging trusted hardware extensions. * Open-source enclave processor designs (e.g., RISC-V TEEs). * Use cases and applications on top of TEEs. * TEE-specific attacks and defenses: reverse engineering, side-channels, vulnerabilities, exploits. * Vision: future TEEs (what is missed, proposals, wishes, discussions). ## New rules: What changes since last year For obvious reasons, this year the event will not take place in a physical location but online. * The reference time will be [Brussels local lime (CET)](https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/belgium/brussels). * Talks will be pre-recorded in advance, and streamed during the event. * Q/A session will be take live. * A facility will be provided for people watching to chat between themselves. * A facility will be provided for people watching to submit questions. * Once your talk was accepted, we will assign you a deputy to help you to produce the pre-recorded content. * During the stream of your talk, you must be available online for the Q/A session ## Key dates * <mark>Submission deadline: 23 December 2020</mark> * Announcement of selected talks: 31 December 2020 * Conference dates 6 & 7 February 2021 **(online)** * Hardware-Aided Trusted Computing devroom date: Saturday 6 February 2021 **(online)** ## Submit a talk proposal Submissions are required to proceed through the [FOSDEM 2021 Pentabarf website](https://penta.fosdem.org/submission/FOSDEM21). Create an "event" and click on "Show all" in the top right corner to display the full form. Your submission must include the following information: * Your contact email. * The title (and possible subtitle) of your talk: please be descriptive, as the audience will have to choose to attend your talk out of a listing with ~500 talks from other projects at FOSDEM. * Select "Hardware-Aided Trusted Computing devroom" as the track. * A short abstract of one paragraph. * A longer description if you wish to do so. * Links to related websites / blogs etc. ## Contact and organizers * Main organizer: Jo Van Bulck (jo.vanbulck@cs.kuleuven.be) * The devroom is supported by the [Confidential Computing Consortium](https://confidentialcomputing.io/).