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title: HACS Workshop
date: 2024-11-27
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Recent years have seen major advances in the application of formal methods and other high assurance verification techniques to software.
At the same time, there’s been a rapid increase in the use of cryptography to protect civil society and critical information systems.
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We see these trends continuing to converge.
The importance and complexity of cryptographic software makes it an ideal application
for formal and high-assurance verification.
The Workshop on High Assurance Crypto Software (HACS) was launched in 2016
by Gilles Barthe, Ben Laurie, and Trevor Perrin to drive this convergence forward.
As a yearly event, we’ve been bringing the world’s best cryptographic developers
(from open source and industry) together with top experts in formal verification and high assurance methodologies.
The goal is to foster collaborations towards making cryptographic software flawless.
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<h3>HACS organizers</h3>
The current members of the HACS organizing committee are:
<ul>
  <li><a href="https://gbarthe.github.io/">Gilles Barthe</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="https://prosecco.gforge.inria.fr/personal/karthik/">Karthikeyan Bhargavan</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="https://sofiaceli.com/">Sofía Celi</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="https://dconnolly.github.io/">Deirdre Connolly</a>,</li>
  <li><a href="https://aspirationtech.org/about/people/gunner">Allen Gunn</a>,</li>
  <li>Diane Hosfelt,</li>
  <li><a href="https://twitter.com/BenLaurie">Ben Laurie</a>,</li>
  <li>Trevor Perrin,</li>
  <li><a href="https://cryptojedi.org">Peter Schwabe</a>, and</li>
  <li><a href="https://cathieyun.github.io/">Cathie Yun</a>
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<h3>HACS 2025</h3>
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HACS 2025 will be in Sofia, Bulgaria, on March 23&ndash;24 plus an optional &quot;hack day&quot; on the 25th.
HACS is an invite-only event, but for 2025 we accept self-nominations via applications over <a href="https://forms.gle/g2XCxJECFd2XibNN8">here</a>.
You can read more about the workshop plans <a href="data/HACS_2025_Overview.pdf">here</a>.
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<h3>Event Expectations / Code of Conduct</h3>
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HACS is observing
<a href="https://aspirationtech.org/events/expectations">Aspiration’s Event Expectations</a>
as well as
<a href="https://facilitation.aspirationtech.org/index.php?title=Participants:Guidelines">Aspiration’s Participation guidelines</a>.
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<h3>Sponsors of HACS 2023</h3>
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HACS would not be possible without the generous support of our sponsors.
The following companies and organizations are supporting HACS 2024:
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	  <p>Lead sponsors:</p>
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      <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/"><p>Amazon</p></a></li>
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      <li><a href="https://www.nccgroup.com/"><p>NCC Group</p></a></li>
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