Call for Papers: Workshop on Binary Analysis Research (BAR) 2025
The call for papers is now open.
The Binary Analysis Research Workshop (BAR) aims to create a space for the binary analysis research community to interact, foster collaboration, and present their cutting-edge works — with half of the workshop dedicated to traditional paper sessions and the other half to a roundtable discussion among binary analysis researchers, developers, and practitioners. To this end, we welcome submissions on all aspects of binary analysis, including: security, reverse engineering, visualization, AI and ML, theory, human factors, gamification, tool development, and transition-to-practice.
BAR will be an on-site event co-located with NDSS Symposium 2025 in San Diego, California.
Submission Guidelines for Papers
We invite both full papers and short papers. Full papers should have no more than 10 pages in total (excluding references and appendices). Short papers must have no more than 6 pages (again, excluding references and appendices), and can discuss work-in-progress and novel ideas. Short papers will be selected based on their potential to spark interesting discussions during the workshop.
All papers must be written in English. Papers must be formatted for US letter size (not A4) paper in a two-column layout, with columns no more than 9.25 in. high and 3.5 in. wide. The text must be in Times font, 10-point or larger, with 11-point or larger line spacing. Authors are strongly encouraged to use the templates provided by NDSS.
Submissions must be properly anonymized for double-blind review (please follow NDSS guidelines on paper anonymization).
The submission portal for papers is: https://bar2025.hotcrp.com/
One author of each accepted paper is expected to present the paper at the workshop. The format will be traditional conference-style research presentations with questions from the audience. Interactive and engaging presentations are welcomed. Following notification to authors, more information will be provided regarding speaking times and other details.
The accepted papers will be made available on the workshop website and the workshop will have official proceedings. Publication in the proceedings is not mandatory and authors can choose to have their papers excluded from the official proceedings by selecting “No proceedings” during submission in HotCRP.
Areas of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Building blocks of binary analysis (program slicing, taint tracking, summarization, binary rewriting, formal methods)
- Automated binary hardening (against vulnerabilities and against analysis)
- Binary analysis to assist humans (visualization, UI/UX design)
- Human assistance to binary analysis (i.e., human-assisted cyber reasoning systems)
- Modeling and discovering non-memory-corruption vulnerabilities (information leaks, side-channels)
- Automated exploitation
- Data exchange and sharing between binary analysis platforms
- Fundamental capabilities (root-cause analysis)
- Non-trivial targets (real-world binaries, embedded devices, beyond binary code)
- Binary analysis for CTF competitions
- Artificial intelligence, machine learning and binary analysis
- Environment modeling for binary analysis
- Transition from research prototype to industry-grade tool (and practical problems thereof)
- Improving the scalability of automated binary analysis techniques
- Interaction and integration of tools
- Bytecode analysis (including Java/DEX bytecode)
- Reports of and lessons-learned from applying previous approaches or replicating published papers
Important Dates
- Paper Submission Deadline: 15 January 2025 by 11:59pm Anywhere-on-earth (AoE)
- Acceptance Notification: 6 February 2025
- Camera Ready Deadline: 4 March 2025 (post workshop)
- Workshop Date: 28 February 2025, co-located with NDSS Symposium 2025