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CHES Test of Time Award

The CHES Test-of-Time Award is given yearly. An award will be given in year X to honor a paper published at (T)CHES in years X-21 to X-19 which has had a lasting impact on the field with respect to academia and/or industry.

More information about the Test-of-Time award can be found in the policy guidelines document.

Award Recipients

• 2023: A Differential Fault Attack Technique against SPN Structures, with Application to the AES and Khazad, Gilles Piret, Jean-Jacques Quisquater, CHES 2003.

• 2022: Template Attacks, Suresh Chari, Josyula R. Rao, and Pankaj Rohatgi, CHES 2002.

• 2021: A Sound Method for Switching between Boolean and Arithmetic Masking, Louis Goubin, CHES 2001.

• 2020: Resistance Against Differential Power Analysis For Elliptic Curve Cryptosystems, Jean-Sébastien Coron, CHES 1999.

Nomination

Nominations for the CHES Test-of-Time Award are welcomed by the selection committee.

In order to nominate please send an email to the chair of selection committee with the following contents:

• email subject line: ches test of time award nomination
• mention: paper title and publication year
• provide short justification why the paper should receive the award by providing number of citations, describing influence in industry, etc. in a max. 2 pages document or text in the email body

The deadline for nomination is typically in May or June. Please check the current annual CHES website for further details.