we have submitted a research paper entitled "Hardware-based Capture-the-Flag Challenges" to the 18th IEEE EAST-WEST DESIGN & TEST SYMPOSIUM (EWDTS-2020) that will be held online from September 4th to 7th. The paper has been written in four hands together with Prof. Paolo Prinetto (in cc).

In the paper, we focus on hardware-based CTF challenges, providing a formal definition and an original comprehensive taxonomy. We also tell our experiences gathered in preparing and delivering several hardware-based challenges in significant events and training courses.

Please find the pre-final version of our paper attached to this email.

If the dissemination committee raises no objections, we would like to acknowledge the SPARTA project.

Best Regards,