4th International Conference on

Public Key Infrastructure and its Applications (PKIA 2023)

A Joint Conference by IEEE CS & IAS Bangalore Chapter

September 8-9th, 2023

Bangalore, Karnataka, India

About PKIA 2023

The 4th International Conference on Public Key Infrastructure and its Applications (PKIA 2023) is a joint conference by IEEE CS (Computer Society) and IAS (Industry Application Society) Bangalore Chapter. It will be a premium venue for bringing together all stakeholders of a Public Key Infrastructure Ecosystem. The objective is to provide a platform for presenting novel ideas from academia and industry on traditional and emerging topics and new paradigms in the areas of PKI, with a clear connection to real-world problems, systems or applications.

Call for Papers

Applications of PKI as a technology has grown by leaps and bounds in the recent years and is on the verge of becoming synonymous with trust in electronic transactions all over the world. The world of PKI has evolved as a robust and reliable system owing to the strong ecosystem - backed by the development in Cryptography, Protocols, Standards, Policy, Laws, Software libraries and hardware components. The objective is to provide a platform for exchanging of research concepts, brainstorming of emerging trends and best practices, showcasing of new and innovative PKI applications and presenting novel ideas from academia and industry with a clear connection to real-world problems, systems or applications. The conference therefore seeks submissions presenting innovative research and current developments in the areas of Public Key Infrastructures, Digital Certificates, Digital Signatures, Key Management, One-Time Signatures, Certificate-less secure communication, Time Stamping, PKI based Authentication etc. Submissions may focus on Modelling, Design, Analysis (incl. security proofs and attacks), Development (e.g. implementations), Deployment (e.g. system integration), and Maintenance (e.g. performance measurements, usability studies) of algorithms/ protocols/ standards/ implementations/ technologies / devices/ systems standing in relation with public key cryptography. Some topics of interest include but not limited to:

  • Advanced Cryptographic Methods for Digital Signing
  • Light Weight Cryptography and PKI
  • Security issues and Challenges in Crypto Tokens
  • PKI and FIDO
  • Policy and Legal support systems for PKI
  • Key Management Implementation and Issues
  • Critical Infrastructure Protection using PKI
  • Public Key Infrastructure Protection
  • Certificate Validation
  • Implementation of PKI Applications
  • Standard Libraries for PKI Applications
  • Standard Plug-ins for PKI enablement
  • PKI of IoT Security
  • Usability in PKI for ease of issuance of tokens
  • Human factors in PKI security
  • Dynamic Digital / Electronic Signatures
  • PKI for Securing Mobile APPs
  • Biometric and PKI enabled applications
  • PKI for Identity Management
  • PKI in e-Governance, e-Banking
  • Advances in Public Key Cryptography
  • Trust Models, Trust List etc

Visit the International Conference CFP page here.

Papers should be a maximum of 8 pages in the IEEE conference proceedings format available here.

Please submit your technical papers via Microsoft CMT for PKIA 2023 here.

Important Dates

Last Date for Submission: 15th April 2023 21st May 2023

Notification of Acceptance: 30th June 2023 21st July 2023

Camera-Ready Submission: 30th July 2023

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Program

Day 1: Friday, September 08, 2023

Inauguration (10:00 - 11:30)

  • Welcome Address: Shri Aashish Banati, Deputy Controller (Technology) O/o CCA, MeitY
  • Introduction to PKIA 2023: Prof. R. K Shymasundar, General Chair, PKIA 2023
  • Address by Chair, IEEE CS, Bangalore Chapter: Dr. Prasant Misra, General Co-Chair, PKIA 2023
  • Address by Chair, IEEE IAS, Bangalore Chapter : Dr. S D Sudarsan General Co-Chair, PKIA 2023
  • Address by CCA : Shri Arvind Kumar Patron, PKIA 2023
  • Address by Special Guest : Prof. C E Venimadhavan, Distinguished Professor IISc Bangalore
  • Address by Special Guest : Mr. Benoit Prefontaine, Consul General of Canada in Bengaluru
  • Inaugural Address by Chief Guest: Shri Bhuvnesh Kumar, IAS, Additional Secretary, MeitY
  • Vote of Thanks: Dr. Balaji R. TPC Co-Chair, PKIA 2023
  • Group Photos:

Keynote Talk 1 (12:00 - 12:30)

  • Title: Use of Public Key Infrastructure in Digital Public Infrastructure
  • Speaker: Shri Tanmoy Chakrabarty, Director, CCS

Invited Talk 1 (12:30 - 13:00)

  • Title: Indian Web Browser Development Challenge
  • Speaker: Shri Dilip Barman, Asst. Controller, O/o, CCA | Dr. Balaji R, Associate Director, CDAC Bangalore

Invited Talk 2 (14:00 - 14:30)

  • Title: National Blockchain Framework
  • Speaker: G Jyostna, Joint Director, CDAC Hyderabad
  • Bio: Ms. G Jyostna has received her M. Tech in Embedded Systems from Bharath University. She has 17+ years of experience in the field Cyber Security. She is currently executing R&D projects in the area of blockchain . She has several national and international publications. Currently she is involved in the Design and Development of National Blockchain Framework to provide Blockchain-as-a-Service.

Paper Presentation Session 1 (14:30 - 15:30)
Theme: Digital Signature and IoT

    • 14:30 - 14:45
      Title: Lightweight Certificate-less Digital Signature Scheme for WSNs
      Author: Rhithick Murali et al.

    • 14:45 - 15:00
      Title: An ECC based Anonymous Authentication Protocol for Internet of Things
      Author: Appala Naidu Tentu et al.

    • 15:00 - 15:15
      Title: Hash-based Digital Signatures: A tutorial review
      Author: Dr. Ananda Mohan Pemmaraju

    • 15:15 - 15:30
      Title: Cryptographic Validation of Lightweight Block Ciphers and Hash Functions
      Author: Miss Uma Devi et al.

Invited Talk 3 (15:45 - 16:15)

  • Title: Cybersecurity and AI ethics - emerging trends and opportunities
  • Speaker: Gilles F., Advisor, IEEE Standards Association, Director, Initiatives, AI Commons, Montreal, Canada
  • Bio: Gilles has spent 20+ years in new products development and ecosystems management worldwide. His deep fascination for the impact of technology on society lead him to contribute his industry experience in emerging technologies product development and ecosystem growth to various organizations including Bell-Northern Research, Texas, Instruments, and Qualcomm. His technical experience has been around multimedia, VoIP, cybersecurity, IoT, augmented reality, and artificial intelligence. He currently advises the IEEE CertifAIEd AI Ethics Program.

Panel Discussion (16:15 - 17:45)

  • Panel Discussion: Challenges in Adoption and Implementation of Post-Quantum Cryptography
  • Moderator: Prof. C E Venimadhavan, IISc
      Members:
    • Dr. Anandamohan P V
    • Prof. Santanu Sarkar
    • Dr. Subramanian N
    • Dr. S D Sudarsan
    • Mr. Aashish Banati

Visit to Exhibition Stall (17:45 - 18:30)







Day 2: Saturday, September 09, 2023

Invited Talk 4 (09:45 - 10:15)

  • Title: Capability Review of X.509 V3 in PKI
  • Speaker: Dr. Kunal Abhishek, C-DAC Patna

Invited Talk 5 (10:15 - 10:45)

  • Title: CBDC and Digital Signatures
  • Speaker: Mr. Shaju Nair, Business Consultant, Banking & Payments, Temenos

Panel Discussion 2 (11:00 - 12:30)

  • Panel Discussion: Mutual Recognition of PKI & Digital Signatures - Indian proposed framework
  • Chairs: Mr. Arvind Kumar, Controller of Certifying Authorities, Government of India | Mr. Srinivasan, Chairman, Asia PKI Consortium
      Members:
    • Mr. Aashish Banati, Deputy Controller, Government of India
    • Mr. Apostolos (Tolis) APLADAS, European Commission, Luxembourg
    • Mr. Mohamed Zaidi, Head of Postal, Courier and eCommerce Services, MCMC, Malaysia
    • Mr. Vincent Ngundi, Head of National Cybersecurity Centre, Communications Authority of Kenya, Kenya
    • Mr. Jin Hwan Shin, Director, Deloitte, South Korea (Korea Internet & Security Agency KISA)
    • Mr. Vijayakumar Manjunatha, TSWG, Asia PKI Consortium

Paper Presentation Session 2 (12:30 - 13:15)
Theme: PKI Algorithmic Implementations

    • 12:30 - 12:45
      Title: FPGA implementation of AES algorithm with optimized S-box using LFSR approach
      Author: Samruddhi U et al.

    • 12:45 - 13:00
      Title: Decentralized Applications on Blockchains and Cloud Platforms - Execution and Instance Tracking
      Author: Felix Härer et al.

    • 13:00 - 13:15
      Title: An Architecture for Risk-Based Authentication System in a Multi-Server Environment
      Author: Pramila R Madhava et al.

Invited Talk 6 (14:00 - 14:30)

  • Title: Blockchain Technology: Current Challenges
  • Speaker: Mr. Ramesh Ramadoss, Member, IEEE SA Board of Governors Australia

Invited Talk 7 (14:30 - 15:00)

  • Title: ZK-Actus: Verifiable Financial Contracts
  • Speaker: Mr. Mark Greenslade, Casper Network Switzerland

Paper Presentation Session 3 (15:15 - 15:45)

    • 15:15 - 15:30
      Title: Enhancing PKI Security in Hyperledger Fabric with an Indigenous Certificate Authority
      Author: Gayathri M Santhosh et al.

    • 15:30 - 15:45
      Title: Cryptographic Challenges and Security in Post Quantum Cryptography Migration: A Prospective Approach
      Author: K K Soundra Pandian et al.


Invited Talk 8 (16:00 - 16:30)

  • Title: PKI for Privacy
  • Speaker: Chris Gorog, Chair, IEEE Digital Privacy Initiative, CEO BlockFrame, Colorado Springs, US

Invited Talk 9 (16:30 - 16:45)

  • Title: PKI as a Service: An Overview
  • Speaker: Mr. Jenith Lal Seta, Genesys, Canada

Valedictory Session (15:45 - 16:30)

  • Address by Chief Guest: Ms. Tulika Pandey, Scientist 'G' Senior Director, MeitY
  • Announcement - Best Papers: Dr. Mohammed Misbahuddin, Organizing Chair - PKIA 2023
  • Felicitations: Prof. R K Shyamasundar, IIT Bombay
  • Closing Remarks : Dr. P V Ananda Mohan, TPC Chair - PKIA 2023

The Committee

Patrons

  • Shri Arvind Kumar, Controller of Certifying Authorities
  • Shri Magesh Ethirajan, Director General, C-DAC

General Chair

  • Prof. R K Shyamasundar, IIT Bombay

General Co-Chair

  • Dr. Prasant Misra, Scientist, TCS Research
  • Dr. S D Sudarsan, Executive Director, C-DAC Bangalore

Technical Program Committee

  • Dr. P V Anandamohan, Fellow IEEE (Chair)
  • Dr. Balaji R, Associate Director, C-DAC Bangalore (Co-Chair)
  • Prof. Ashutosh Saxena, Dean (R&D), CMRTC
  • Dr. Appala Naidu Tentu, Associate Professor, CR Rao Advanced Institute of Mathematics
  • Dr Rashmi Rachh, Associate Professor, VTU
  • Dr. Srinivas Vivek, IIT Bangalore
  • Dr. R C Saritha, C-DAC Bangalore
  • Dr. Muraleedharan N, C-DAC Bangalore
  • Dr. Kunal Abhishek, C-DAC Patna
  • Dr. Vishal Rathod, C-DAC Bangalore
  • Shri. David Selvakumar, C-DAC Bangalore
  • Dr. Abey Jacob, C-DAC Bangalore
  • Shri Raghavendra Patil, C-DAC Bangalore
  • Shri Jitendra Kumar, C-DAC Bangalore
  • Shri Ramesh Laveti, C-DAC Bangalore
  • Shri Gopinath P, C-DAC Bangalore

Organizing Committee

  • Dr. Mohammed Misbahuddin, Associate Director, C-DAC Bangalore (Chair)
  • Mr. Jitendra Kumar, Joint Director
  • Mr. Gopinath P, Joint Director
  • Ms. Lavanya Palani, Principal Technical Officer
  • Mr. Shubham Goyal, Senior Project Engineer
  • Ms. Snehal Balwant Parbat, Project Engineer
  • Mr. Vishal Kumar Vaisya, Project Engineer
  • Mr. Bhupendra Kumar, Project Associate
  • Mr. Abhishek Raju Chavan, Project Engineer
  • Ms. Vaijayanti Pande, Project Engineer
  • Mr. Ashok Kumar H G, Project Associate
  • Mr. Sabin P V, Project Associate
  • Mr. Akshay K, Project Associate

Publication Committee

  • Shri Anoop Kumar Pandey, Joint Director, C-DAC Bangalore (Chair)
  • Dr. Vishwas Patil, IIT Bombay (Co-Chair)
  • Ms. Swati Singh, Project Engineer
  • Mr. Ayush Gupta, Project Engineer
  • Mr. Aakhil Ahammed K P, Project Associate

Venue

Date: 8-9th September 2023

Location: The Chancery Pavilion, 135, Residency Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560025, India

Partners

The Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) has been appointed by the Central Government under section 17 of the Act for the purpose of IT Act. The office of the CCA aims at promoting the growth of e-Commerce and e-Governance through the wide use of digital signatures. The CAs issues Digital Signature Certificates to the subscribers. The CCA certifies the public keys of CAs using its own private key, which enables user in the cyberspace to verify that a given certificate is issued by a licenced CA. For this purpose it operates, the Root Certifying Authority of India (RCAI). More information can be found at: http://cca.gov.in

Center for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) is the premier R&D organization of the Department of Electronics and Information Technology (DietY), Ministry of Communication and Information Technology (MCIT) for carrying out R&D in IT, Electronics and associated areas. C-DAC has today emerged as premier R&D organization in IT&E (Information Technlogies and Electronics) in the country working on strengthening national technological capabilities in the context of global developments. More information can be found at: http://www.cdac.in

Contact us

Contact Info

  • Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, #68, Electronic City, Bangalore - 560100 Karnataka(India)
  • pki@cdac.in
  • +91-8028523300

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