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The 2nd International Workshop on QUALITY of PROTECTION
by qop-submission 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

===================================================================== Preliminary Call for Paper for the 2nd International Workshop on QUALITY of PROTECTION - QoP 2006 Security Measurements and Metrics http://dit.unitn.it/~qop/ Mon. Oct. 30 - Alexandria VA, USA Affiliated with 13th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security. http://www.acm.org/sigs/sigsac/ccs/CCS2006/ ** Apologies for Multiple Copies *** ======================================================================= WORKSHOP OVERVIEW Information Security in Industry has matured in the last few decades. Standards such as ISO17799, the Common Criteria, a number of industrial certification and risk analysis methodologies have raised the bar on what is considered a good security solution from a business perspective. Yet, if we compare Information Security with Networking or Empirical Software Engineering we find a major difference. Networking research has introduced concepts such as Quality of Service and Service Level Agreements. Conferences and Journals are frequently devoted to performance evaluation, QoS and SLAs. Empirical Software Engineering has made similar advances. Notions such as software metrics and measurements are well established. Processes to measure the quality and reliability of software exist and are appreciated in industry. Security looks different. Even a fairly sophisticated standard such as ISO17799 has an intrinsically qualitative nature. Notions such as Security Metrics, Quality of Protection (QoP) or Protection Level Agreement (PLA) have surfaced in the literature but still have a qualitative flavour. The "QoP field" in WS-Security is just a data field to specify a cryptographic algorithm. Indeed, neither ISO17799 nor ISO15408 (the Common Criteria) addresses QoP sufficiently. ISO17799 is a management standard, not directly concerned with the actual quality of protection achieved; ISO15408 is instead a product assessment standard and yet does not answer the question of how a user of a product assessed by it can achieve a high QoP within his/her operational environment. Both standards cover just one aspect of an effective QoP and even the combination of both would not address the aspect sufficiently. "Best practice" standards, such as the baseline protection standard published by many government agencies, also belong to the category of standards that are useful, but not sufficient, for achieving a good QoP. Security is different also in another respect. A very large proportion of recorded security incidents has a non-IT cause. Hence, while the networking and software communities may concentrate on technical features (networks and software), security requires a much wider notion of "system", including users, work processes, organisational structures in addition to the IT infrastructure. The QoP Workshop intends to discuss how security research can progress towards a notion of Quality of Protection in Security comparable to the notion of Quality of Service in Networking, Software Reliability, or Software Measurements and Metrics in Empirical Software Engineering. The 1st QoP workshop was held in Milano in September 2005 and was affiliated with the 10th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS 2005) and the 11th IEEE International Software Metrics Symposium (METRICS 2005). The revised proceedings of the workshop are going to appear in the Kluwer (now Springer) Applied Security Series. SUBMISSION TOPICS: Original submissions are solicited from industry and academic experts to presents their work, plans and views related to Quality of Protection. The topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Industrial Experience * Security Risk Analysis * Security Quality Assurance * Measurement-based decision making and risk management * Empirical assessment of security architectures and solutions * Mining data from attacks and vulnerabilities repositories * Security metrics * Measurement theory and formal theories of security metrics * Security measurement and monitoring, * Experimental verification and validation of models, * Simulation and statistical analysis, stochastic modeling * Reliability analysis IMPORTANT DATES: - Mon 12 June - Paper submissions - Fri 14 July - Authors' notification - Mon 19 August - Camera ready paper due - Oct. 30 - Nov 3 - ACM CCS and QoP Workshop PAPER SUBMISSION: Original RESEARCH PAPERS are solicited in any of the above mentioned topics describing significant research results based on sound theory or experimental assessment. Preliminary research results can be submitted in the form of SHORT PAPERS. We also solicit INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE REPORTS about the use of security measurements and metrics in industrial environments. Industry papers should have at least one author from industry or government, and will be considered for their industrial relevance. Industry and Research papers should be limited to 6 pages in the standard ACM conference format. Short Papers should be limited to 3 pages. PUBLICATION: Authors of accepted papers will be expected to give full presentations at the workshop. The proceedings of the workshop will be published by ACM. PROGRAM CHAIRS Guenter Karjoth - IBM Research - Zurich Fabio Massacci - University of Trento

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IFIP link to Springer
by Otto Spaniol 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Dear all, please look at the following message from IFIP secretariat concerning free online ability of Springer titles. Best regards Otto ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dear IFIP members, We were informed by Springer that now eighteen 2005 IFIP titles are online and available to the public. The online content would continue to build as future volumes are published. At the moment, the titles in the IFIP series were being offered for free through Springer's Computer Science Reading Room. Please find the link to the Reading Room on our home page (www.ifip.org) . Best regards Eduard =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Eduard Dundler Head of IFIP Secretariat International Federation for Information Processing Hofstrasse3 , A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria Tel.: +43 (0) 2236 73 616 Fax: +43 (0) 2236 73 616 9 e-mail: eduard.dundler(a)ifip.org URL: http://www.ifip.org =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=

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Concerns about future of ONDM
by Otto Spaniol 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

Dear all, here is a message from Roberto Sabella (RM/ERI) <roberto.sabella(a)ericsson.com> who feels concerned about the future of ONDM conference series. Many things are not fully clear to me here: for example, I didn't know that apparently a selection procedure for a new chairman of WG 6.10 has been initiatied (without a mandate from TC6 !) and that somebody is known (not to me!) who would directly become the new chairman of WG 6.10. Formally at least, this person will have to be approved by the TC6 delegates. ONDM was held the last time in 2005 by Achille Pattavina: Working Conference; 9th Optical Network Design and Modelling Conference (ONDM'2005 or - new proposed name - Optical Networks 2005); WG 6.10; 9-11 February 2005; Milano; Prof. Dr. Achille Pattavina Phone:+39-02-2399.3580 Fax: +39-02-2399.3413 Email contact: pattavina(a)elet.polimi.it URL: http://www.elet.polimi.it/conferences/ondm2005/ This was number 9 already in this series. Since then it has disappeaed form the scenery. I believe that something was planned in Copenhagen (Lars Dittmann?) but I'm not fully sure. There are no information from WG 6.10 about upcoming events, most other WG's have given their input for the adaptation of the TC6 calendar. The problem with ONDM will have to be treated in Coimbra. Best regards Otto -------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Otto, the reason why I am writing you is that I am worried and concerned about the way ONDM is doing in the last years. Unfortunately, my engagement prevented me to be more active in the activities of WG 10 on optical networks and in the organization of the conference itself. However, I care that conference that I contribute to launch in the first years, organizing the second edition in Roma (1998) and organizing workshops inside that conference on hot topics inviting highly reputed experts worldwide. An easy evalution of the ONDM evolution during the years can be done using measurable parameters, such as the number of participants to the conference, the number of published papers, and possibly the number of books that have been purschased. If the ONDM conference was successful those numbers had to increase significantly. In addition, there is another parameter that is not easily measured that is the quality of papers. I tried to rise this question with the chairman of WG 10, in occasion of the election of the co-chairman that, according to what he said, would directly become the new chairman of WG 10. I think in fact that if the ONDM was re-launched, IFIP could benefit having a good brand to manage. I also think that the co-support of IEEE could be useful to further enlarge the community of perspective authors. In my opinion, if the scientific community of ONDM become large, IFIP can leverage on it, and organize other relevant initiatives such as edited books, lecturers and so forth, pushing the brand of IFIP. In all, I wish to ask you to rise that problem in order to find good solutions within our community. Best regards Roberto

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TC6 calendar - missing contributions
by Otto Spaniol 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Dear all, please find the new TC6 calendar in the attachment. It is probably (and hopefully) still incomplete. After my corresponding request I received answers from: WG 6.1 (by John Derrick) WG 6.6 (Raouf Boutaba) WG 6.9 (Ana Pont Sanjuan) WG 6.7 (indirectly from Olli Martickainen) WG 6.8 (indirectly from Jan Slavik) WG 6.11 (indirectly by Reima Suomi) WG 6.2 (indirectly by Guy Pujolle) The latter ones by CfP's but please believe me that this is tedious work for me. Thus the list of missing WG's can be derived. Could I get, please, the corresponding information also from WG 6.3., 6.4,...? Note: It would be even better if the events would be sorted by time; this makles the adaptation of the calendar much easier if the WG has several events.

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MASS 2006 deadline extended to April 7
by Pedro M. Ruiz 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

We apologize for any duplicate reception of this notification. ======================================================= Submission deadline has been extended to April 7, 2006. ======================================================= Call for Papers The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Mobile Ad hoc and Sensor Systems (MASS-2006) October 9 - 12, 2006 Vancouver, Canada http://www.ieee-mass.org Sponsored by IEEE Communications Society, IEEE TC on Distributed Processing and TC on Simulation OVERVIEW Earlier research in wireless networks and mobile computing has concentrated on single-hop networks, where network nodes communicate directly with a fixed infrastructure, such as cellular or satellite systems. More recently, interest in multi-hop networks, such as mobile ad hoc networks and sensor networks, has stimulated a significant amount of scientific research. In particular, wireless mesh networking (a new community network architecture) has been proposed as an alternative for providing Internet access to business and residential customers. This conference focuses on multi-hop ad hoc and sensor networks systems, covering topics ranging from physical issues to applications. TOPICS Manuscripts that focus on analytical modeling, protocol/algorithm design, and/or experimental studies of the following topics of interest are sought: - Channel behavior modeling and its impact on design of higher-layer protocols - Directional and smart antennas for ad hoc networks - MAC protocols for ad hoc and sensor networks (802.11, 802.15.4, UWB) - Provisioning of wireless QoS; e.g., bandwidth and delay assurance - Routing protocols (unicast, multicast, broadcast, geocast) and routing metrics - Data transport in wireless ad hoc and sensor networks - Power-aware and energy-efficient design - Topology construction and maintenance of coverage - Cross-layer design and optimization - Incentives and game theoretic approaches in wireless ad hoc networks - Localization and synchronization in wireless sensor networks - Data gathering, fusion, and dissemination in wireless sensor - Reliability, security, and trustworthiness in ad hoc and sensor networks - Operating system and middleware support - Applications of multi-hop technology SUBMISSION Technical papers: All submissions must be full papers in .pdf or .ps (PostScript) format. Papers must be uploaded to EDAS by March 31, 2006, and must not exceed 10 single-spaced, two-column pages using at least 11 point size fonts on 8.5 x 11 inch pages. Detailed submission instructions will be published in due time on the conference website http://www.ieee-mass.org together with format files. Workshops: Proposals for full day workshops are solicited. Selections will be made considering the expertise and experience of the workshop organizers and the relevance of the topic to the central theme of the conference. Proposals of at most 4 pages, including a 1-page biographical sketch, should be submitted to the Workshops Chair, Elizabeth M. Belding-Royer (ebelding(a)cs.ucsb.edu ) by March 31, 2006. IMPORTANT DATES Manuscript Submission Due: March 31, 2006 (extended to April 7) Acceptance Notification: June 30 2006 Final Manuscript Due: August 10, 2006 Conference: October 9-12, 2006 COMMITTEE GENERAL CO-CHAIRS Charles E. Perkins Nokia Research Center Jie Wu Florida Atlantic University PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Zygmunt J. Haas Cornell University Jennifer Hou University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign PROGRAM VICE CO-CHAIRS Ben Liang University of Toronto Mingyan Liu University of Michigan WORKSHOPS CHAIR Elizabeth M. Belding-Royer University of California, Santa Barbara PROGRAM COMMITTEE check http://www.ieee-mass.org -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Pedro M. Ruiz, Ph.D. E-mail: pedrom(a)dif.um.es Fac. Informatica, Univ. of Murcia Phone: +34968364335 Campus de Espinardo s/n Fax: +34968364151 E-30100, Espinardo, Murcia www: ants.dif.um.es/~pedrom/ SPAIN ---------------------------------------------------------------------

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Problems with conference dates
by Otto Spaniol 30 Mar '06

30 Mar '06

Dear all, in our conference calendar we have: Open Conference; 11th Conference on Personal Wireless Communications (PWC2006); WG 6.8 20 - 22 September, 2006; Albacete, Spain; Email contact: Pedro Cuenca, pedro.cuenca(a)uclm.es URL: Recently we got the following information: 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems 2006 6 - 8 September 2006, Valencia (Spain) www.iswcs.org/iswcs2006 Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE and the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society. This is far from being perfect. It would not even be meaningful to attend both conferences back to back (if you don't intend to have 12 days of vacation in Spain - which would be very nice, however, in September). But anyway these two events are so (!) near to each other that they will steal the participants vice versa. I think that we should have a better control about competing events in the same area. I agree that the information about those events may be difficult to obtain but we have to try to do our very best. By the way: Apparently the information about the IEEE conference came from our delegate from Singapore (whom we have not yet seen at a meting), namely Boon Sain Yeo <boonsain.yeo(a)wavex-tech.com>. I have had a different email address from him and I would like to ask whether I should replace his address in our email exploder - in order not to be forced to treat his messages manually. Best regards Otto

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CFP ISWCS 2006, 6 - 8 Sep 2006, Valencia, Spain
by Boon Sain Yeo 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email CALL FOR PAPERS 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems 2006 6 - 8 September 2006, Valencia (Spain) www.iswcs.org/iswcs2006 Technically co-sponsored by the IEEE and the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society Wireless Communications are at the centre of a new and passionate era for telecommunications characterised by the convergence of systems and technologies, a transition towards all-IP networks, and the development of technologies with a user-centred focus. In this context, the International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS) is positioning itself as a recognised and dynamic forum for researchers and technologists to present and discuss original ideas and contributions in all fields related to mobile wireless communication systems. The 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems intends to bring together leading wireless communication researchers and technologists willing to identify and discuss the most recent advances, the future technical challenges and business opportunities arising in the path towards the realisation of ambient wireless communication networks. Together with the technical sessions, the symposium will feature panel discussions and keynote presentations from leading wireless communication experts from industry, academia regulatory and standardisation bodies. To realise its objectives, the organising and technical committees of the symposium are seeking original contributions in the areas of, but not limited to: - IMT-2000 systems - Beyond 3G and 4G systems - Innovative concepts for future mobile and wireless communication systems - Fixed and nomadic wireless access - Relaying and user cooperation - Spectrum sharing and coexistence - Radio resource management and allocation - Wireless access techniques - Cross-layer design and optimisation - experimental systems and field trials - Heterogeneous wireless networking - Convergence of networks - End-to-End QoS provision - Wireless network architectures and deployments - Ultra-wideband communications - Wireless LAN and PAN - Wireless and Mobile IP - Wireless ad-hoc and sensor networks - Digital audio and video broadcasting - Novel wireless switching and routing techniques - Mobility management - Traffic control and engineering - Modelling, analysis and simulation of mobile and wireless systems - Innovative services and applications - Service and middleware platforms - Location based services and positioning - Security and privacy - Software radio and re-configurability - Satellite communications and High Altitude Platforms - Coding, modulation and equalization - Wireless propagation and channel modelling - MIMO techniques and smart adaptive antennas - Space-time coding and diversity - Signal processing for wireless systems SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts (full papers will not be accepted) of about 1500 words (two pages in the standard IEEE conference format) together with a short summary (approx. 150 words). Authors are requested to indicate their paper's technical area when submitting their contribution. Proposals for Tutorial are also being solicited and should be sent, together with a one page summary and the presenter's biography, to the Tutorial Chair. Detailed submission guidelines and manuscript templates will be published on the conference's website. IMPORTANT DATES Abstract submission deadline: March 31, 2006 Notification of acceptance: June 2, 2006 Tutorials proposals deadline: June 9, 2006 Final paper due: July 1, 2006 CONFERENCE COMMITTEE General Chair: Narcís Cardona Technical University of Valencia, Spain Technical Program Chair: Luis Correia IST/IT - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal General Co-Chairs: Boon Sain Yeo (1) and Javier Gozalvez (2) 1. Wavex Technologies, Singapore 2. University Miguel Hernández, Spain Technical Program co-Chair: Alberto González Technical University of Valencia, Spain Panel/Speaker Chair: Jorge Pereira European Commission, Belgium Tutorial Chair: Oriol Sallent Technical University of Catalonia, Spain Special Sessions and Invited Papers Chair: Roberto Verdone University of Bologna, Italia Publication Chair: James Irvine University of Strathclyde, UK Publicity Chair: Óscar Lázaro Innovalia Association, Spain Local Organizing Chair: David Argilés Technical University of Valencia, Spain STEERING COMMITTEE Narcís Cardona, Technical University of Valencia, Spain Boon Sain Yeo, Wavex Technologies, Singapore Luis Correia, IST/IT - Technical University of Lisbon, Portugal Giovanni Giambene, University of Siena, Italy Javier Gozálvez, University Miguel Hernández, Spain Alberto González,Technical University of Valencia, Spain James Irvine,University of Strathclyde, UK Oscar Lazaro,Innovalia Association, Spain The 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems will take place in Valencia (Spain) from the 6th to the 8th of September 2006. Valencia is a beautiful and warm Mediterranean city worldwide recognised for its history and quality of life, and the acclaimed Calatrava's City of Arts and Sciences. Valencia is also hosting the 32nd America's Cup, the most prestigious international sailing competition and the oldest sports trophy in the world. For more information and a detailed conference's social program, please visit the symposium's web site: www.iswcs.org/iswcs2006 Interested researchers are also encouraged to register in the conference's mailing list to receive updates on the Symposium.

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Fwd: World's biggest Open Access English Language Journals Portal - OPEN J-Gate LAUNCHED
by Guy Leduc 29 Mar '06

29 Mar '06

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DCOSS 2006 Call for Posters (DEADLINE EXTENDED TO APRIL 7)
by Wendi Heinzelman 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

**************************************************** IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS) June 18 - June 20, 2006 San Francisco, California, USA www.dcoss.org CALL FOR POSTERS **************************************************** *************************************************** **** EXTENDED ABSTRACTS DUE APRIL 7, 2006 **** *************************************************** The 2006 International Conference on Distributed Computing in Sensor Systems (DCOSS '06) will take place in San Francisco during June 18 - June 20, 2006. DCOSS '06 is intended to cover high-level aspects of distributed computing in sensor systems such as high-level abstractions, computational models, systematic design methodologies, algorithms, analysis and applications. DCOSS '06 solicits posters that report on recent original results or ongoing research in the area of wireless sensor networks. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Computation and programming models - Energy models, minimization, awareness - Distributed algorithms for collaborative information processing - Theoretical performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability, fault-tolerance - Abstractions for modular design - Languages, operating systems - Task allocation, reprogramming and reconfiguration - Dynamic resource management - Scalable, heterogeneous architectures (node and system-level) - Middleware interfaces, communication and processing primitives - Design, simulation and optimization tools for deployment and operation - Design automation and application synthesis techniques - Case studies: lessons from real world deployments Poster presentations will provide authors with early feedback on their research work and enable them to exchange ideas during the Conference. All posters will be reviewed and judged based on their originality, technical contribution and, particularly, their potential to generate interesting exchanges of ideas. A "Poster Proceedings" volume of hardcopy printouts of extended abstracts for accepted posters will be distributed during the conference. Displayed posters should consist of (more or less) 8 A4 pages or 4 A3 pages. Submission Instructions: ----------------------- * Poster proposals must be submitted as a single pdf file of 2-6 single-spaced, single-column pages with a 12-point font. * Please submit your poster paper pdf file as an email attachment to the Poster Chair Jim Reich at the address: jreich(a)parc.com The subject line of your email should be "DCOSS 2006 POSTER PROPOSAL" Posters should be submitted under the assumption that, if accepted, at least one of the authors will register for the meeting and present the poster. Important Dates: ---------------- Poster extended abstract submission: April 7, 2006 Notification of acceptance/rejection: April 24, 2006 Camera-ready extended abstract due: May 1, 2006

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Autonomic-Networking conference
by Guy Pujolle 28 Mar '06

28 Mar '06

Dear all, Please, could you advertize the Autonomic-Networking conference in your country. Paris - France - Sept. 25-29, 2006 www.autonomic-net.org Dealine for submitting a paper: April 7, 2006 Thank you Guy _____________________________________ Guy Pujolle Guy.Pujolle(a)lip6.fr Université Pierre et Marie Curie 8 rue du Capitaine Scott, 75015 Paris, France Assistante: Laetitia Jacquey, Laetitia.jacquey(a)lip6.fr tel: +33 1 44 27 87 74 fax +33 1 44 27 87 83

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