2nd Microarchitecture Security Conference (uASC '26)
Spring 2026 in Leuven, Belgium, hosted by KU Leuven
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Access to the proceedings in the library of Ruhr University Bochum.
The annual µASC conference serves as a premier forum for advancing our understanding of the security of microarchitectures. Each year, µASC brings together international experts from academia and industry, to present and discuss novel research in this area. The conference proceedings of µASC are published by Ruhr University Bochum in an issue of the Proceedings of the Microarchitecture Security Conference. With a Gold Open Access status, all papers published in the proceedings are immediately and freely available at the start of the conference.
uASC stands for top quality papers
uASC solicits submissions of high-quality, original scientific papers presenting novel research on microarchitecture security (attacks and defenses). Despite its young age, uASC is the top-tier conference in the subfield of microarchitectural security research. Consequently, our ambition and standard is comparable to that of other rank A conferences that are top-tier in their respective subfield. uASC explicitly looks for high-quality papers that provide cutting-edge insights with security implications under limited threat models (e.g., a high-impact high-profile attack on a trusted-execution environment on platforms that do not have a trusted-execution environment, outdated patch levels, unlikely system configurations). Like some other top conferences, we also welcome and ask for reproducibility studies that provide an independent understanding of prior attacks and defenses.
Based on this self-understanding, uASC invites PC members that have an understanding of what excellent paper quality (on the level of A and A* conferences) means and can attest this for other papers. uASC has two paper tracks: the Rank A track, where the PC members attest that papers in this track are of excellent quality (comparable to rank A or A* conferences), and the regular track for further high-quality papers. As uASC tries to bring together different communities, uASC has further tracks where we accept talks without papers and posters.
All papers are judged on scientific rigor, insights, novelty, correctness, and clarity as well as the clear documentation of limitations. We expect all papers to provide enough details to enable reproducibility of the experimental results. uASC has a double-blind reviewing process for papers. All accepted papers are part of the proceedings.
Venue: KU Leuven, Belgium
uASC 2026 will be held at KU Leuven. Arrival information and exact location will be shared closer to the event.