1. KU Leuven - COSIC Info Session ERC Advanced Grants- 1June 2016 ERC – ADG -2015 Cathedral: Post-Snowden Circuits and Design Methods for Security Ingrid Verbauwhede Ingrid.verbauwhede@esat.kuleuven.be KU Leuven, COSIC & I-Minds

2. KU Leuven - COSIC Info Session ERC Advanced Grants- 2June 2016 My project: press release by ERC “Cybersecurity: tending to the root of trust” https://erc.europa.eu/press_release/erc-advanced-grant-2015-project-examples Digital technologies and the Internet are the backbone of our society and economy. The number of connected devices may reach 100 billion in the next decade, but already today electronics accompany us everywhere and all the time. They carry data to make our lives easier. Yet they also make us more vulnerable to attacks that compromise our privacy, health or security. Securing this Internet-of-Everything is a crucial challenge of our times.

3. KU Leuven - COSIC Info Session ERC Advanced Grants- 3June 2016 Press release (cont): Professor Ingrid Verbauwhede, from KU Leuven, aims to tackle it on the level of digital hardware, "the root of trust." Her team will be reviewing each layer of digital hardware design from a security perspective. She will investigate the links between these layers, digital design flows and objectives, cryptographic algorithms and protocols, hardware and software platforms. The team will carry out security evaluations and test resistance to hacking, feeding back to the individual hardware design steps. Professor Verbauwhede compares her work to the construction of a cathedral: "Solid foundations are needed for creating the perfect edifice."

4. KU Leuven - COSIC Info Session ERC Advanced Grants- 4June 2016 What can we learn from this? Convince the reviewers of important challenge: Addresses “crucial challenge of our times” Convince the reviewers of ‘objective’ (= focus/research topic) : Addresses “root of trust”, i.e. digital hardware Convince the reviewers of research program: Set of tasks and work packages One coherent story: Cathedral

5. WP1: Technology: HW entangled security WP2: Circuits: low power & side-channel attack resistant WP3: HW IP blocks to support cryptography WP7: Embedded Trusted HW/SW platform Design abstraction layers (WP0/WP7): Application requirements Time WP5 Cross level: Process variation tolerant secure circuits WP6 Cross level: HW IP with novel circuits and devices Enabling technology at different abstraction levels Cross level combination of novel technologies Holistic combination into design, design methods and security evaluation WP8: Application design WP9: Design methods for security WP10: Security evaluation and feedback First attempt at coherent story

6. WP1: Technology: HW entangled security WP2: Circuits: low power & side-channel attack resistant WP3: HW IP blocks to support cryptography WP6 Embedded Trusted HW/SW platform Time WP4 Cross level: Process variation tolerant secure circuits WP5 Cross level: HW IP with novel circuits and devices Enabling technology at different abstraction levels Cross level combination of novel technologies Holistic integration into design, design methods and security evaluation WP7: Application design WP8: Design methods for security WP9: Security evaluation and feedback Secure Trusted Design Foundations Cathedral: second attempt (in proposal) Cathedral of Antwerp, source wallonie-voyage.eu/images/antv_box/ant1.jpg

7. KU Leuven - COSIC Info Session ERC Advanced Grants- 7June 2016 ERC project proposal Part B1: Focus on challenge and objectives, Write for your colleagues in your department, Check background of reviewers in your panel PE7: photonics, electromagnetics, human computer interface, robotics, control theory, communications, circuits, nano-technology, sensors Part B2: Heavier focus on research methodology, research plan Write for your colleagues in your research domain, i.e. the experts

8. KU Leuven - COSIC Info Session ERC Advanced Grants- 8June 2016 ERC Candidate Have a track record and be an expert in your domain Track record is: –Publication and patent track record –Limit to most important ones –Mentions unusual things Proposal can be futuristic but start from your expertise Start VERY early, have the proposal rest for a while and write again. If you don’t try, you don’t get…