BCMT 2023-2024: Best Cybersecurity Master Thesis (BCMT) Award in the Netherlands 2023-2024 |
| Website | https://accss.nl/bcmt-awards/ |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bcmt20232024 |
| Abstract registration deadline | July 26, 2025 |
| Submission deadline | July 26, 2025 |
Call for Nominations: Best Cybersecurity Master’s Thesis (BCMT) Award in the Netherlands 2023-2024
Organized by CSng, supported by ACCSS
The Cyber Security next generation (CSng) is an interest group established by cybersecurity researchers to create a cybersecurity community in the Netherlands. The CSng was supported by 4TU.NIRICT and as of January 2003 is associated with the ACademic Cyber Security Society (ACCSS). One of the main goals of CSng is to form the next generation of researchers and engineers in cybersecurity. To this end, CSng has established an award for the best master’s thesis in this field. This call is for the fifth edition of the award where we solicit nominations of excellent master’s students who graduated with an outstanding thesis in cybersecurity.
The BCMT award recognizes and rewards master's theses that make significant academic and/or practical contributions to the field of cybersecurity.
We will host two tracks. The standard security tracks has topics of interest including, but not limited to, the following:
– Privacy-enhancing technologies
– Network security
– Security and privacy by design
– Cryptographic schemes
– Trust management
– Risk management
– Socio-technical issues of cybersecurity
– Cybersecurity situation awareness
We are also running another inter-disciplinary track, where concepts of security are mixed with significant contributions from topics from other domains (e.g., psychology, social sciences, etc.).
You can specify the preferred track at submission time, with the limit that no more than 2 theses can be submitted (all tracks, together).
For the 2023–2024 award, any master’s student who defended their thesis during the academic year 2023–2024 (and graduated before September 1, 2024) can be nominated.
A committee appointed by CSng will evaluate the theses. The theses will be judged on the basis of scientific quality, originality, clarity of presentation, as well as potential impact of their results.
Nomination Procedure
Nominations for the award MUST consist of the following.
– A nomination letter from the thesis supervisor. Please ensure that the letter (a) is not longer than 2 pages, (b) includes the thesis title and names of the student, supervisor(s), and the institution(s) granting the degree.
– Master’s thesis (in PDF format)
– A short summary of the thesis in English
– Curriculum vitae (in PDF format) of the nominee
Nominations MUST be sent in by July 26, 2025 to the contact person at the nominee’s university (see below). Each institution can only nominate a maximum of two theses for the award.
BCMT Award Ceremony
The winner of the award will be announced during the CSng workshop supported by ACCSS in Spring (details to be announced). The authors of the best two master’s theses per each track will be required to present their work at the conference.
For more information about the award, please contact Savio Sciancalepore (s.sciancalepore@tue.nl ) and Jan-Willem Bullee (J.H.Bullee@utwente.nl).
Contact persons at different institutions (to be confirmed)
Luca Allodi, Eindhoven University of Technology
Zekeriya Erkin, Delft University of Technology
Cristiano Giuffrida, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Christine Utz, Radboud University Nijmegen
Florian Hahn, University of Twente
Fatih Turkmen, University of Groningen
Harald Vranken, Open Universiteit
Olga Gadyatskaya, Leiden University
*If you do not have a local representative at your institution, please get in touch with the organizers.
Evaluation Committee (to be confirmed)
Antonia Affinito, University of Twente
Luca Allodi, Eindhoven University of Technology
IIeana Buhan, Radboud University Nijmegen
Jan-Willem Bullee, University of Twente (co-chair)
Balakrishnan Chandrasekaran, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Andrea Continella, University of Twente
Thijs van Ede, University of Twente
Zekeriya Erkin, Delft University of Technology
Klaus von Gleissenthall, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Olga Gadyatskaya, Leiden University
Seda Gürses, Delft University of Technology
Florian Hahn, University of Twente
Kathrin Hovelmanns, Eindhoven University of Technology
Andreas Hülsing, Eindhoven University of Technology
Hugo Jonker, Open Universiteit
Mattijs Jonker, University of Twente
Christina Kolb, University of Twente
Erik van der Kouwe, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Kate Labunets, Utrecht University
Kaitai Liang, Delft University of Technology
Bart Mennink, Radboud University Nijmegen
Fadi Mohsen, University of Groningen
Stjepan Picek, Delft University of Technology
Simona Samardijska, Radboud University Nijmegen
Sven Schage, Eindhoven University of Technology
Savio Sciancalepore, Eindhoven University of Technology (co-chair)
Georgios Smaragdakis, Delft University of Technology
Raffaele Sommese, University of Twente
Monika Trimoska, Radboud University Nijmegen
Katia Tuma (Open Universiteit)
Fatih Turkmen, University of Groningen
Christine Utz, Radboud University Nijmegen
Harald Vranken, Open Universiteit
Rolf van Wegberg, Delft University of Technology
Savvas Zannettou, Delft University of Technology
Nicola Zannone, Eindhoven University of Technology
Mengyuan Zhang, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Yuri Zhauniarovich, Delft University of Technology