Workshop on Obfuscation

• A (short) position paper or extended abstract of your work (this can be work in progress).

• A description of an interesting use case to be discussed (this may be an academic or policy/practice-based case).

• A description of a demo or prototype (of applications, hardware or other artifacts), performance, artwork (in any media) or journalistic piece relevant to the topic of obfuscation.

• A description of a hands-on workshop or other interactive format that engages with obfuscation. We welcome and encourage participants to organize their own session on a topic related to obfuscation. Please provide details on method and logistic needs. Note that we have allocated 1-hour slots for invited sessions; let us know if you need additional time so we can best accommodate your proposal. 

Page limit and formatting: Submissions must be written in English and must not exceed a 2-page limit (references not included in page limit). If the final submission contains materials (e.g. video footage) in another language, we invite you to speak with us about making translations available. Participants are encouraged to submit their proposals in PDF. 

Submission and review: Submissions will be peer-reviewed by the Obfuscation Workshop's Organizing Committee and accepted based on relevance and potential to contribute to workshop discussions and goals. Please submit your proposals here. 

Publication and registration: The workshop will not publish formal (i.e. archival) proceedings. Instead, the workshop aims to foster discussion and feedback to improve work-in-progress for subsequent publication elsewhere. With authors' permission, accepted submissions will be included in the postscript we plan to release after the workshop. This document will be publicly available on our website but will not be considered an archival publication. Please note that those with accepted proposals will be invited to present their work at the workshop and are required to register.

We invite junior researchers, artists, activists and other interested parties to join us in a study group that accompanies the Workshop on Obfuscation. Our goal is to provide an arena for deeper reflection and engagement, a more tight-knit and longer breathed space for collaboration for those interested in obfuscation. The study group will be mentored by leading researchers of obfuscation Finn Brunton and Helen Nissenbaum, as well as artist and designer Femke Snelting. The study group will also contribute, under the direction of Khadijah Abdurahman and Reni Hofmüller, to the production of a podcast. For more details about what you can expect from the study group and a tentative schedule of activities, please visit the study group page.