The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners to share experiences, concerns, and ideas about known and new authentication techniques. We are interested in discussing methods of evaluating the impact and usability of various authentication techniques, and ideas about novel authentication techniques that are secure, robust and usable. This year, WAY will also feature a panel of industry experts who will present a discussion of authentication as it applies to industry practices.
Authentication, or the act of proving that someone is who they claim to be, is a cornerstone of security. The importance of authentication continues to grow as users must prove their identity to maintain a continuous presence with a wide variety of computing devices and services.
The goal of this workshop is to explore these and related topics across the broad range of contexts, including enterprise systems, personal systems, and especially mobile and embedded systems (such as healthcare, smart home, IoT, and wearable systems). This workshop provides an informal and interdisciplinary setting at the intersection of security, psychological, and behavioral science.
Workshop papers will be made available on the conference web page but are considered non-archival. WAY fosters a supportive and constructive environment for sharing ideas and giving feedback. We welcome submissions about new and ongoing work, as well as completed projects.
We are soliciting 4-5 page submissions (including references) on topics relating to authentication.
Submissions should be formatted using the SOUPS submission template (available for MS Word or LaTeX) and submitted as a PDF. Submissions should not be anonymous. Accepted submissions will be posted to the WAY workshop website (wayworkshop.org). We encourage participants to also make their workshop presentations available on the website. These submissions will not be considered "published" work, and as such, should not preclude publication elsewhere.
Submissions should be made via the WAY 2019 HotCRP instance: https://way2019.usenix.hotcrp.com