CheckMATE is the continuation and merger of workshops focused on software security, software protection, and reverse engineering. Below is a chronological view of how it evolved.
2011–2014: SSP and PPREW
- SSP (International Workshop on Software Security and Protection)
- SSP 2014, co-located with IEEE ISI
- PPREW (Program Protection and Reverse Engineering Workshop)
- PPREW 2013, co-located with POPL
- PPREW 2014, co-located with ACSAC
2015–2019: SSPREW and SPRO
- SSPREW = SSP + PPREW merger
- SSPREW 2015, co-located with ACSAC
- SSPREW 2016, co-located with ACSAC
- SSPREW 2017, co-located with ACSAC
- SSPREW 2018, co-located with ACSAC
- SSPREW 2019, co-located with ACSAC
- SPRO (International Workshop on Software Protection)
2020: SAD (Workshop on Software Attacks and Defenses)
- SAD combined SSPREW and SPRO
- SAD 2020, co-located with IEEE EuroS&P
2021–Present: CheckMATE (Research on offensive and defensive techniques in the context of Man At The End (MATE) attacks)
- CheckMATE 2021, co-located with ACM CCS
- CheckMATE 2022, co-located with ACM CCS
- CheckMATE 2024, co-located with ACM CCS