APTISS (Asia-Pacific Trusted Infrastructure Summer School) is a joint educational, academic and professional forum aimed at a wide variety of state-of-the-art research and development in Trusted Infrastructure. The lectures are presented by international experts that represent a variety of companies, research institutes and universities. The event will be held in Shah Alam (Selangor), Malaysia on the 11 to 15 August 2008.

The purpose of this event is to provide a platform for the researchers in this region to acquire information and knowledge on Trusted Infrastructures from renowned experts from all over the world. Also, this event aims to enhance the awareness of the industries in this region on the significance of Trusted Computing.

The event is jointly organised by Faculty of Electrical Engineering, University Teknologi MARA, MIMOS Berhad, Ruhr-University Bochum, University of Oxford, HP Labs Bristol, IEEE Malaysia Section and several others.

The main focus for the summer school is the Trusted Infrastructure, which means building trust into communications infrastructure by embedding Trusted Computing functionalities into its components.

Target audience for this APTISS would be researchers and student from the Asia Pacific region. We also hope to get participants from other regions so that we can share our knowledge and experience in this area. Industry players will also be invited to attend the event since they would be the target users of the Trusted Computing Technologies.

Our target is to make the summer school affordable to students and industries. We welcome any corporations that are willing to provide sponsorship for the students as well as the event itself.

Topics include:

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Trusted Infrastructure Fundamentals

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O/S & Virtualization

3.

Trusted Network Connect

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Mobile Trusted Module

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Trusted Applications

Keynote Speech: “Recent Development in Trusted Grid” – by renowned speaker.