WORKSHOP AND PUBLIC LECTURE
Workshop
Deep Learning-based Side-channel Analysis: From Concepts to Practice
Speaker
Dr. Stjepan Picek
Professor, University of Zagreb, Croatia
Associate Professor of Digital Security, Radboud University, Netherlands
Abstract
This tutorial provides a practical introduction to deep learning-based physical side-channel analysis. Starting from the fundamentals of side-channel leakage and profiling attacks, we will explain how neural networks can be used to recover secret information from cryptographic implementations, including protected ones.
The tutorial combines conceptual explanations with hands-on exercises. Participants will work through the main steps of a deep learning-based attack pipeline: understanding trace data, preparing datasets, selecting and training neural network architectures, evaluating attack performance, and interpreting results. Along the way, we will highlight state-of-the-art achievements, common pitfalls, and open research challenges.
By the end of the tutorial, participants will have a clear understanding of how deep learning-based side-channel attacks are designed and evaluated, as well as where the field is heading next.
Agenda
| Time Slot | Agenda |
|---|---|
| 08:15–09:00 | Registration |
| 09:00–10:30 | Session 1: Basics of (profiling) side-channel analysis |
| 10:30–11:00 | Coffee Break |
| 11:00–12:30 | Session 2: Advanced deep learning-based SCA |
| 12:30–14:30 | Lunch Break |
| 14:30–15:30 | Session 3: Practical session on DLSCA |
Participants are kindly encouraged to bring their own laptops and personal extension cords for a smoother workshop experience.
Public Lecture
Preparing for the Quantum Era: IBM's Vision for Global Post-Quantum Cryptography Migration
Speaker
Michael Osborne
CTO of IBM Quantum Safe, IBM Research Europe, Zurich, Switzerland
1st September 2026
Time: 9:00 am - 10:30 am
Vanue: Multivision Room Level 3, Kinabalu Tower
Abstract
Becoming quantum-safe will not happen all at once. The core algorithms are standardized, but the protocols, libraries, and products that depend on them are still being finished and will arrive only over years. Drawing on IBM's experience in migrating its own systems and the challenges that we have seen at clients, and cross-industry work spanning telecommunications and financial services, the talk argues that quantum-safety is an inherited property: we are only as secure as our suppliers, and our clients only as secure as us. This talk lays out IBM's vision for migrating the complex dependency chains and ecosystems that define our world today.