This book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems, CHES 2017, held in Taipei, Taiwan, in September 2017. The 33 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 130 submissions. The annual CHES conference highlights new results in the design and analysis of cryptographic hardware and soft- ware implementations. The workshop builds a valuable bridge between the research and cryptographic engineering communities and attracts participants from industry, academia, and government organizations.

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Smart Card Research and Advanced Applications, CARDIS 2015, held in Bochum, Germany, in November 2015. The 17 revised full papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The focus of the conference was on all aspects of the design, development, deployment, validation, and application of smart cards and secure elements in secure platforms or systems.