● Submission of a new presentation

You can submit a presentation once your registration to the conference is complete. Please refer to the Registration page for details on the registration procedure.

● Instructions for preparing your submissions

Submissions are only accepted via the online submission system.
The submitted material consists of an online abstract and a PDF manuscript.
The online abstract is limited to 1300 characters in English, or 500 characters in Japanese, in text only (LaTeX formatting is unsupported).
The PDF manuscript is limited to 8 pages in A4 format, with a maximum file size of 1.5 MB, in PDF format.

Submitted PDF manuscripts are collected on a USB key distributed to conference participants.
Online abstracts are published on this website, and also included in the USB key.

Detailed instructions are presented in the following document: How to Format and Submit Your Manuscript to SCIS 2016.

● Style files

Template files for your PDF manuscript can be downloaded below.

English ver.    Japanese ver.

⚠ SCIS 2016 is organized as a domestic conference under the statutes of the IEICE. In accordance with IEICE rules, authors of submitted manuscripts are required to transfer the copyright on these works to the IEICE. See the Q&A page for details.

SCIS 2016 will hold a technical demonstration session. In order to run a booth at this session, please fill the application form and send it by email according to the instructions below.

• SCIS 2016 demonstration session exhibitor application form (MS Word format)
• Email address: SCIS 2016 Organization Committee scis2016(at)lab.ntt.co.jp
• (as a basic antispam measure, the @ character is represented as (at); please revert it back when writing to this email address)
• Email subject: [Demo] SCIS 2016 Technical Demonstration Session Application

The deadline for applications is set to Dec. 15, 2015 (Tue). Please apply at your earliest convenience.

As usual, SCIS 2016 will include a night session (similar to rump sessions at many other events). Participants who wish to give a presentation can fill the application form (MS Word format only) and follow the instructions therein to submit their application. Presentation slots will be allotted on a first-come, first-serve basis.

To promote the continued development of the Symposium on Cryptography and Information Security (SCIS), the IEICE Technical Committee on Information Security (ISEC) has established the Innovation Paper Award, starting from SCIS 2012. This award encourages novel research and technological development in the fields of cryptography and security, including not only new theoretical results, but also the formulation of new problems in IT and the opening of new research directions. The manuscripts of all SCIS 2016 presentations are eligible.

To promote the continued development of the Symposium on Cryptography and Information Security (SCIS) as well as the active participation of young researchers and technical experts in the fields of cryptography and security, the IEICE Technical Committee on Information Security (ISEC) has established the SCIS Paper Award, starting from 1993. All participants presenting a paper, who are currently enrolled in a Bachelor's program or have obtained their Bachelor's degree within the last 10 years, and who have not received the SCIS Paper Award before are eligible.