Smart cards are playing an increasingly important role in areas such as banking, electronic commerce and telecommunications. The Java Card language has been proposed as a high-level languages for programming multi-application smart cards. The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum where academia and industry can meet to discuss problems and exchange results related to the use of the Java Card language for developing smart cards and smart card applications.

The workshop will focus on the language and programming aspects of smart cards. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to)

Implementation of Java Card platforms
Object-oriented programming techniques for smart card applications.
Java Card development environments.
Integration of Java Card into middleware technology.
Java Card Security Architecture.
Java Card Security Certification.
Novel applications of Java Cards
Critical assessment of Java Cards.
Verification and analysis techniques for Java Card applications.

Submissions should be in the form of a 4-5 page abstract, that describes the practical interest as well as the technical merits of the contribution . The submitted papers will be evaluated by a program committee. Papers selected for presentation will be published in an Inria technical report that will be available at the workshop.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Isabelle Attali, INRIA.
Christian Goire, Bull CP8.
Sebastian Hans, Sun Microsystems.
Pieter Hartel, University of Southampton.
Peter Honeyman, University of Michigan.
Thomas Jensen, IRISA/CNRS.
Pierre Paradinas, Gemplus.
Joachim Posegga, SAP Corporate Research.

Submission procedure: Papers should be submitted electronically, preferably in PDF format. Papers can be submitted to either of the organizers (see below for details). Papers should be submitted at the latest on June 5, 2000.

IMPORTANT DATES

Deadline for submission of papers: June 5
Notification of acceptance: July 10
Final versions due: August 15
Workshop: September 14

LOCATION

The workshop will take place at Hotel Sofitel "Le Méditerranée", Cannes on the French Riviera. Cannes is easily reached from Nice International Airport. Cannes offers a variety of hotels in all price categories.

ORGANIZERS
 

Isabelle Attali INRIA Sophia Antipolis 2004 Route des Lucioles 06902 Sophia Antipolis Cedex, France Email : Isabelle.Attali@inria.fr

Thomas Jensen IRISA/CNRS Campus de Beaulieu F-35042 Rennes, France Email :Thomas.Jensen@irisa.fr