Dear Friends,
Welcome to nullcon se7en!
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nullcon
is an annual security conference held in Goa, India. The focus of the
conference is to showcase the next generation of offensive and defensive
security technology. We happily open doors to researchers and hackers
around the world working on the next big thing in security and request
everyone to answer our CFP and submit their new research. Time to tickle
your gray cells and submit your research.
Training: 2nd-3rd Mar 2016
Conference: 4th-5th Mar 2016
CFP se7en
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Tips
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1.
Submit early - Submitting early increases the chance of acceptance in
the first round itself. The more you delay the more competition you have
with other papers that are submitted later.
2. Technical description
- The more concrete technical details you provide the better chance you
have of getting accepted. Reviewers usually give low score to
submissions that have very small or vague abstract and may not request
for more details. The best way is to provide a supporting full technical
paper that explains all the vulnerabilities, exploits etc in detail.
3.
Declining a paper - Please take rejection as a suggestion for
improvement somewhere in the paper and not as an offense. Declining a
paper does not mean your submission is not good. There are many
parameters we look at when reviewing a paper, technical depth is only
one of them. Many times we have to let go of really good talks because
there is already an accepted paper on similar subject or too many good
submissions. We want you to succeed and are only trying to help you in
preparing you for future submissions. So, cheer up and get ready for the
next submission.
4. Review comments - We do not ask our review board
for comments. If they have any comments, they write it down which we
usually pass to the submitters. So, if we have comments we will pass it
on. You don't have to specifically ask for review comments. Also, for
small and vague abstracts, or talks delivered previously we do not share
any review comments.
Submission Type
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Submit under any of the below Type
- Talk (40 mins - 1 hr)
- Event (Sub-events, Competitions, CTFs, BOFs)
- Recreation (Fun events, Games, Parties, Tech Rock bands, Djs etc)
- Tutorial (2-3hrs Workshops, hacking villages)
Submission Topics
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Anything that aligns with our motto - "The neXt security thing!" is welcome.
And as a special consideration for nullcon se7en any digital sin is also welcome ;)
Categories
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The talk time duration includes time for questions and answers (5-10 minutes)
New Research Category (40 mins - 1 hr)
- It is a deep knowledge technical track that includes new research, vulnerabilities, zero days or exploits.
Desi Jugaad (30 mins - 1 hr)
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It is our signature new research category talk and includes any local
hacks. This category is dedicated to hackers who find innovative
tech/non-tech solutions for real-life challenges.
Current Research Category (30 mins - 1 hr)
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It comprises of known security issues, case studies, twist to an
existing research, tool, vulnerability, exploit or research-in-progress.
Although this track is very technical, it covers known techniques,
analysis and research already published or presented even though there
might be some additions to it. Please note if you have already
published, presented your research, it will fall in this category even
though you have added new stuff to your research.
Tool Category (30 mins - 1 hr)
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It comprises of open source security tools, exploits, frameworks etc.
This is an excellent opportunity for the original authors to showcase
their software to the world.
Event/Recreation Category (No specific time limit)
- This is for proposing any exciting sub-events as mentioned above in "Submission Type"
Review
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We have an external review panel that scores the papers and based on the scoring we take a call on acceptance of papers.
Submission Format
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Email the paper to: cfp _[at]_
nullcon.netThe subject should be: CFP Goa 2016 < Paper Title >
Email Body:
Name
Twitter Handle
Submission Type (Mentioned above i.e. Talk/event/recreation/tutorial)
Category (Mentioned above i.e. new research/current research/tool/desi jugaad etc)
Time required (including 5-10 mins of QA)
Submission Title
Country (and City) of residence
Organization and Designation
Contact Number
Have you presented or submitted this paper at any other conference(s) or magazine(s)?
Yes,
No. If yes, where? and how this submission is different from the
previous ones. Note that new research talks already given elsewhere or
are due to be given elsewhere prior to nullcon will be considered as
current research category talks unless they consist of cutting edge and
ground breaking technology, which is at the judgment of the review
committee.
Are you releasing an open source tool?
Yes/No. (If yes, please include the source code for review)
Are you releasing an exploit?
Yes/No. (If yes, please include the source and vulnerability details for review)
Are you releasing a new vulnerability/Zero-day?
Yes/No. (If yes, please send us the details, including reproduction procedure, for review)
Why
do you think your paper is different/innovative (for all tracks) and
how does it qualify as new work/research(for Research track only)?
Are there any live demonstrations (These earn you good points during review)?
Yes/No. (If Yes, how many? Also please explain each demo)
If it is a talk, can it be converted to a workshop/village?
Yes/No.
(Sometimes there are good talks that may not be accepted due to large
no. of submissions but can be accepted as a workshop)
Brief Profile ( less than or equal to 500 Words)
Paper Abstract
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Please provide detailed working or your research/work. The more details
you provide the better it is for the reviewers. Please keep the
abstract to the point. Please do not try to hide the technical details
or say "I can't disclose it till bla bla" as it does not help the
reviewers in any way and may give your paper a low score because of
insufficient information available in the abstract.
Supporting technical details (Please attach full technical paper for review)
- This is not a must if your abstract is technical and large enough for
reviewers to understand your research fully. However, providing a full
technical paper increases the chances of acceptance as reviewers get a
better understanding of the technical capability.
Your high resolution photo (attached)
Note
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Only
the original authors should submit their research and any submission
from a third party will be rejected. The Abstract should clearly mention
the techniques and hacks in detail and merely mentioning that it works
will not help in understanding the research to its full extent. nullcon
is an open knowledge/research sharing platform and hence product/company
marketing and pitches will be rejected. We request you not to submit
any product specific talk.
Important Dates
CFP opens: 24th Aug 2015
1st round of speaker list Online: 15th Oct 2015
CFP closing date: 30th Nov 2015
Final speakers list online: 10th Dec 2015
Detailed paper submission by selected speakers: 6th Jan 2016
Training dates: 2nd-3rd Mar 2016
Conference dates: 4th-5th Mar 2016
Speaker Benefits
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For the New Research and Desi Jugaad Category
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- Travel Reimbursement (Either actuals or the below mentioned amounts, whichever is less)
- International Speaker (USD $1000)
- National Speaker (INR Rs.6000)
- Complimentary Accommodation for 3 nights.
- Complimentary VIP conference pass.
- One extra complementary Student pass to be given to any student who cannot afford to register.
The student needs to show a valid and original College/University ID at the registration desk.
Only university and colleges are applicable i.e. short term courses/certifications are not valid.
- Invitation to speaker party.
- Invitation to Mehfil-E-Mausiqi (nullcon networking cocktail).
For the Current Research, Event and Tool Category
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- Complimentary shared accommodation near the venue for 2 nights.
- Complimentary VIP conference pass.
- One extra complementary Student pass to be given to any student who cannot afford to register.
The student needs to show a valid and original College/University ID at the registration desk.
Only university and colleges are applicable i.e. short term courses/certifications are not valid.
- Invitation to speaker party.
- Invitation to Mehfil-E-Mausiqi (nullcon networking cocktail)
* Only one speaker will be eligible for the benefits in case there are two or more speakers for a talk.
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By submitting a paper and agreeing to talk at nullcon you give Payatu
Technologies Pvt. Ltd. the right to post, publish, re-distribute online
and offline, soft and/or hard copies of your presentation material
including slides, source code, detailed paper and the recorded video of
the presentation and you.
Regards,
Aseem | Murtuja | Antriksh
Unorganizers of nullcon