Second workshop on dependable and secure nanocomputing

There is still a strong demand for solutions to improve dependability and security. Issues at stake include threats ranging from managing complexity and manufacturing defects to accelerated aging and susceptibility to environment disturbances. These solutions extend beyond hardware, microelectronics or physics; major computing- related issues spanning various aspects are also essential: architecture, networks, communication, synchronization, task parallelization, etc. The workshop is aimed at further characterizing these impairments and threats, as well as distinguishing possible alternative design approaches and operation control paradigms that have to be enforced and/or favored in order to keep achieving dependable and secure computing. Finally, it is worth pointing out that besides design techniques aimed at providing dependable and secure computing, assessment techniques (risk evaluation, validation, testing, etc.) should also play a fundamental role! For all these reasons, we believe that DSN is an ideal forum to address all these issues and foster fruitful exchanges on a long term basis.