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36 ACES Newsletter 2019 - University of Peradeniya ACES Newsletter 2019 - University of Peradeniya • COMPUTER AND NETWORK SECURITY ACES Breaking the Trivium Stream Cipher with Correlation Power Analysis Attacks Rangana De Kumarasiri Silva, Iranga Navaratna, CAREER FAIR Malitha Supervisors: Dr. Janaka Alawathugoda, Dr. Chuah Chai Wen (Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia) Power analysis attacks are a relatively new category of attacks against cryptosystems. In this case, the power consumption of a cryptosystem is analyzed to extract its secret values such as secret keys and key streams. This has become a huge threat to modern- day cryptosystems. Therefore, identifying ciphers that are vulnerable to power analysis attacks is very important. Many studies have been carried out on power analysis attacks on block ciphers, but relatively less number of studies have been carried out on power analysis attacks on stream ciphers. This paper presents a power analysis attack on Trivium stream cipher. In order to analyze the power consumption, correlation power analysis (CPA) is done, and the keystream is successfully recovered. • • • • • • • qualified candidates who are seeking jobs. • Facilitate organizations to gather a pool of qualified undergraduates with necessary skills. • SOFTWARE AND SYSTEMS Social Media Network for Farmers Ananda N.W.M.T.D.L, Chandana K.G.D, Jayasundara R.M.S.D. Supervisors: Dr. Kamalanath Samarakoon Traditionally farmers are the lifeline of a country that contributes to the economy immensely. The aim of this research was to provide a solution to farmers enabling them to obtain a competitive price for their produce. Therefore it was decided to develop a social media based web application to facilitate the linking of the optimum set of buyers to farmers maximizing the benefits for both parties while minimizing intermediate buyers and sellers. In the developed system there are three main subsystems namely the bidding system, transport optimizing and question and answering system. By using these three subsystem it is expected to retain the farmers by making farming a profit- making enterprise. • Image Sources: www.flickr.com/photos/goldberg/216630182, www.britannica.com/topic/greenhouse , pixabay.com/illustrations/network-security- data-technology-3472956/, www.e-procurement.com/machine-learning-and-procurement, www.123rf.com/photo_88783005_stock-vector-brain- neural-network-icon-.html, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bicycle-sharing_system 2018 T • Enable students to know how to compete he Association of Computer in the current competitive market. Engineering Students (ACES) of the Department of Computer • Provide a professional experience to the students so that they can move forward Engineering organized its first-ever career towards practical life. fair in Colombo in 2016 in conjunction with the ACES Symposium (ESCaPe 2016). With • Create internship opportunities for the huge success of this event, the requests undergraduates to get an exposure to to make it an annual event were received the real world practical experience in from all the stakeholders. Accordingly, ACES the industry. Career Fair 2018 was concluded successfully on the 19th of December 2018 at the Trace Expert City Auditorium, Maradana with the collaboration of more than 20 leading technological companies in the country. The ACES Career Fair draws a large pool of talented Computer Engineering students from Faculty of Engineering, University of Peradeniya, who not only possess a diverse set of practical and soft skills, but also tremendous passion and zeal to perform beyond expectations. The ACES Career Fair 2018 brought together potential employers, experienced professionals and talented undergraduates, and offered the employers with an excellent opportunity to actively interact with students at the venue. The main objectives of the ACES Career Fair was to, The companies who participated in the ACES Career Fair 2018 got an opportunity to recruit the skilled and creative graduates for their job opportunities and the potential undergraduates for their internship opportunities. Organizations were provided with a platform to interact with the undergraduates and to directly develop a strong brand image within the undergraduates. The companies were also able to access undergraduates opinion through surveys and product development • Create opportunities for the skilled and ideas. 37