Topics suitable for CHES 2016 include, but are not limited to:

• Cryptographic implementations

• Hardware architectures

• Cryptographic processors and co-processors

• True and pseudorandom number generators

• Physical unclonable functions (PUFs)

• Efficient software implementations

• Attacks against implementations and countermeasures

• Side channel attacks and countermeasures

• Fault attacks and countermeasures

• Hardware tampering and tamper-resistance

• White-box cryptography and code obfuscation

• Hardware and software reverse engineering

• Tools and methodologies

• Computer aided cryptographic engineering

• Verification methods and tools for secure design

• Metrics for the security of embedded systems

• Secure programming techniques

• FPGA design security

• Formal methods for secure hardware

• Interactions between cryptographic theory and implementation issues

• New and emerging cryptographic algorithms and protocols targeting embedded devices

• Special-purpose hardware for cryptanalysis

• Leakage resilient cryptography

• Applications

• Cryptography and security for the Internet of Things (RFID, sensor networks, smart devices, smart meters, etc.)

• Hardware IP protection and anti-counterfeiting

• Reconfigurable hardware for cryptography

• Smart card processors, systems and applications

• Security for cyberphysical systems (home automation, medical implants, industrial control, etc.)

• Automotive security

• Secure storage devices (memories, disks, etc.)

• Technologies and hardware for content protection

• Trusted computing platforms