Since1994, CARDIShasbeentheforemostinternationalconferencededicatedto smart card research and applications. Every two years, the scienti?c community congregates to present new ideas and discuss recent developments with both an academicandindustrialfocus.Followingtheincreasedcapabilitiesofsmartcards anddevices, CARDIS has becomea majoreventfor the discussionofthe various issuesrelatedtotheuseofsmallelectronictokensintheprocessofhuman-machine interactions.Thescopeoftheconferenceincludesnumeroussub?eldssuchasn- working, e?cientimplementations, physicalsecurity, biometrics, andso on. This year's...