QCCS 2024

2nd Annual Quantum Computer Cybersecurity Symposium

Oct. 25, 2024

Thank You to all presenters and participants! See you at QCCS '25 in Chicago next year!

Program

QCCS 2024 will be held from 9:45 ET to 16:00 ET

The event is scheduled to start at 9:45 ET to allow participants for same day arrival. YQI will be availale for participants from 9:00 ET with coffee and snacks for those arriving early. The event will conclude at 16:00 ET. Coffee and lunch is provided for in-person participants.

  • 09:00 — YQI Opens for Attendees, Morning Coffee and Snack

  • 9:45 — Welcome Remarks — Prof. Jakub Szefer

  • 10:00 — "Understanding Side-Channel Vulnerabilities in Superconducting Qubit Readout Architectures", Prof. Swamit Tannu (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA)
  • 10:15 — "Beating Quantum Computing through Classical Attacks", Siyi Wang (Nanyang Technological University, Singapore)
  • 10:30 — "Security Attacks Abusing Pulse-level Quantum Circuit, Chuanqi Xu (Yale University, USA)
  • 10:45 — "Learning Classical Readout Quantum PUFs based on Single-Qubit Gates", Niklas Pirnay (TU Berlin, Germany)
  • 11:00 — "Power Analysis Attacks on Quantum Computers", Yerzhan Mustafa (University of Rochester, USA)
  • 11:15 — "Exploiting non-markovianity in quantum circuits", Brennan Bell (TU Graz, Austria)
  • 11:30 — "Moving Target Defense for Quantum Computers", Pranet Sharma (Yale University, USA)
  • 11:45 — "Towards Secure Classical-Quantum Systems", Prof. Prabhat Mishra (University of Florida, USA)

  • 12:00 — Lunch / Networking

  • 13:00 — "Security of Quantum Machine Learning", Satwik Kundu (Pennsylvania State University, USA)
  • 13:15 — "Trusted Execution Environments for Quantum Computing Systems", Theodoros Trochatos (Yale University, USA)
  • 13:30 — Keynote: "Research and Education Opportunities in NSF SaTC Program", Prof. Qiaoyan Yu (National Science Foundation, USA)
  • 14:00 — "Efficient Fingerprinting for Quantum Computers", Vincent Mutolo (Columbia University, USA)
  • 14:15 — "Attacks on the HHL Quantum Algorithm", Hrvoje Kukina (TU Wien, Austria)
  • 14:30 — "Enigma: Privacy-Preserving Execution of QAOA on Untrusted Quantum Computers", Prof. Ramin Ayanzadeh (University of Colorado, USA)
  • 14:45 — "Crosstalk-induced Side Channel Threats in Multi-Tenant NISQ Computers", Prof. Kanad Basu (UT Dallas, USA)
  • 15:00 — "Security Attacks on QRAM", Yizhuo Tan (Yale University, USA)
  • 15:15 — "Quantum Information-Flow Security", Prof. Mingsheng Ying (University of Technology Sydney, Australia)
  • 15:30 — "Time-Aware Re-Synthesis for Secure Quantum Systems", Prof. Samah Saeed (City College of New York, USA)

  • 15:45 — Best Student Presentation Award presentation — Prof. Jakub Szefer
  • 15:55 — Conclusion — Prof. Jakub Szefer

  • 16:00 — YQI Closes for Attendees

The event will conclude at 16:00 ET.

Sponsors

We are grateful for the sponsorship provided by the below companies, listed in the alphabetical order.

In addition, we would like to acknowledge help of Amy Badner and Florian Carle from YQI for their assistance in organizing this event. And we thank YQI for making physical space avaiable for the in-person gathering.

Organizer

QCCS 2024 is organized by Prof. Jakub Szefer

Prof. Jakub Szefer leads the Computer Architecture and Security Laboratory (CASLAB) at Yale University. His research focuses on security of computer systems, architectures, hardware, and cloud cyber-infrastructures. He is pioneering the field of Quantum Computer Security, with extensive prior research on processor securtiy, DRAM security, FPGA security, and Post-Quantum Cryptographic hardware.

Venue

QCCS 2024 will be hosted at the Yale Quantum Institute

The Yale Quantum Institute (YQI) is an umbrella organization spanning 5 Yale departments and 25 research groups to facilitate the research and teaching of quantum science on campus. YQI performs outreach in the form of seminars, workshops, and hosting leading scientists from around the world.

Physical Location: The YQI is located on 4th floor of 17 Hillhouse Ave., you can check directions here.

Remote Participation: Participants will be provided Zoom link by e-mail if they are not able to join in-person.

Directions

QCCS 2024 will be at 17 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT 06511

The symposium will be taking place at YQI on 4th floor of 17 Hillhouse Ave., New Haven, CT 06511.

By Car: there is limited street parking, it is recommended to park at the Grove Street Garage at 65 Grove St. in New Haven. The garage is about 5 min. walking distance from YQI.

By Train: Amtrak and Metro North trains can be taken to New Haven Union Station, it is then recommended to take Lyft or Uber from train station to YQI, which is about 10 min. riding distance from YQI. There are taxis, but they may not be reliable.

By Plane: Planes can be taken to Tweed New Haven Airport (HVN), Bradley International Airpot in Hartford (BDL), or New York Airports (NYC), it is recommended to take Lyft or Uber from HVN or BDL, for NYC, additional option is to take Metro North train between New York city and New Haven.

Resources

List of Resources Relevant to the Symposium

BibTeX with Relevant Publications: A (naturally incomplete) bibliography file containing references to Quantum Computer Hardware Cybersecurity research papers is available at https://github.com/caslab-code/qc-hardware-cybersecurity-bibtex, the bibliography will be continously updated.