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Last Call for Submissions || ICISP 2006 and ICDT 2006
by Damien Magoni 03 Apr '06

03 Apr '06

***Apologies if you receive multiple copies*** ====ICISP 2006 ======================================== LAST Call for Submissions International Conference on Internet Surveillance and Protection, ICISP 2006, Côte d'Azur, France, August 27 - August 29, 2006 For submissions, go on the ICISP 2006 page at http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICISP.htm Important deadlines: Full paper submission April 5, 2006 Authors Notification: April 25, 2006 Camera ready, full papers due: May 15, 2006 The conference has the following specialized events: TRASI 2006: Internet traffic surveillance and interception IPERF 2006: Internet performance RTSEC 2006: Security for Internet-based real-time systems SYNEV 2006: Systems and networks vulnerabilities DISAS 2006: Disaster prevention and recovery EMERG 2006: Networks and applications emergency services MONIT 2006: End-to-end sampling, measurement, and monitoring REPORT 2006: Experiences & lessons learnt in securing networks and applications USSAF 2006: User safety, privacy, and protection over Internet ==== ICDT 2006 ========================== LAST Call for Submissions International Conference on Digital Telecommunications, ICDT 2006, Côte d'Azur, France, August 30 - September 2, 2006 For submissions, go on the ICDT 2006 page at http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICDT.htm Important deadlines: Full paper submission April 5, 2006 Authors Notification: April 25, 2006 Camera ready, full papers due: May 15, 2006 The conference has the following specialized events: MULTE 2006: Multimedia Telecommunications SIGNAL 2006: Signal processing in telecommunications DATA 2006: Data processing AUDIO 2006: Audio transmission and reception systems VOICE 2006: Voice over packet networks VIDEO 2006: Video, conferencing, telephony IMAGE 2006: Image producing, sending, and mining SPEECH 2006: Speech producing and processing IPTV 2006: IP/Mobile TV MULTI 2006: Multicast/Broadcast Triple-Quadruple-play CONTENT 2006: Production, distribution HXSIP 2006: H-series towards SIP MEDMAN 2006: Control and management of multimedia telecommunications =====================================================

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Extended Submission Deadline for 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS'06)
by ISWCS 2006 03 Apr '06

03 Apr '06

CFP : 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS 2006 ) Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email Extended abstract submission deadline: 10th April 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 EXTENDED abstract submission deadline: April 10, 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. Institute for Infocomm Research, 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, Institute for Infocomm Research, 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. Last updated: 1st April 2006

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Session chair at WCC, Santiago, Chile
by Guy Pujolle 02 Apr '06

02 Apr '06

Dear IFIP TC6 member, We are looking for session chairmen for the three TC6 conferences to be held in Santiago, Chile during the WCC. Sessions correspond to the three conferences (Ad hoc, MWCN, NetCon). The titles of the sessions are the following: Security models Security in wireless networks QoS for Ad hoc networks Routing in Ad hoc Networks Functionalities in wireless networks Sensor networks Network Management Intelligence Performance and architecture in ad hoc networking Wireless application Services for ad hoc networking Applications in ad hoc networks MPLS/GMPLS Network Control Thank you in advances, 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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[IPSN 2006] Attending IPSN'06 on April 19-21, 2006
by ipsn2006＠cs.virginia.edu 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

[Apologies if you receive multiple copies] IPSN'06 (http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~ipsn06/) will be hosted by Vanderbilt University in Nashville on April 19-21 (less than three weeks from now!). I want to encourage you to look at the excellent program put together by the IPSN'06 organizers and consider attending the conference. This year's program includes papers for the IPSN main track as well as the SPOTS track on platforms and tools. IPSN is unique in that it presents state-of-the-art work in theories, algorithms, as well as systems all under the same roof. Some of the highlights of this year's program: - Keynotes on sensornet security, closing the loop of sensing/control, and distributed detectors in astro and high-energy physics by Adrian Perrig, Shankar Sastry, and Angela Olinto. - A single-track presentation of 37 oral papers and 23 posters, selected from over 221 submissions, plus 15 demos! - And the opportunity to mingle with other leading researchers in the field, in the wonderful environment of the Vanderbilt campus and Parthenon, across the street from the hotel. Hope to see many of you there! Feng Zhao

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Call for Submissions : ICDT 2006 || ICISP 2006 || Cote d'Azur, France
by invitation＠iaria.org 01 Apr '06

01 Apr '06

Apologies if you receive multiple copies ====ICISP 2006 ======================================== LAST Call for Submissions International Conference on Internet Surveillance and Protection, ICISP 2006, Côte d'Azur, France, August 27 - August 29, 2006 For submissions, go on the ICISP 2006 page at http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICISP.htm Important deadlines: Full paper submission April 5, 2006 Authors Notification: April 25, 2006 Camera ready, full papers due: May 15, 2006 The conference has the following specialized events: TRASI 2006: Internet traffic surveillance and interception IPERF 2006: Internet performance RTSEC 2006: Security for Internet-based real-time systems SYNEV 2006: Systems and networks vulnerabilities DISAS 2006: Disaster prevention and recovery EMERG 2006: Networks and applications emergency services MONIT 2006: End-to-end sampling, measurement, and monitoring REPORT 2006: Experiences & lessons learnt in securing networks and applications USSAF 2006: User safety, privacy, and protection over Internet ==== ICDT 2006 ========================== LAST Call for Submissions International Conference on Digital Telecommunications, ICDT 2006, Côte d'Azur, France, August 30 - September 2, 2006 For submissions, go on the ICDT 2006 page at http://www.iaria.org/conferences/ICDT.htm Important deadlines: Full paper submission April 5, 2006 Authors Notification: April 25, 2006 Camera ready, full papers due: May 15, 2006 The conference has the following specialized events: MULTE 2006: Multimedia Telecommunications SIGNAL 2006: Signal processing in telecommunications DATA 2006: Data processing AUDIO 2006: Audio transmission and reception systems VOICE 2006: Voice over packet networks VIDEO 2006: Video, conferencing, telephony IMAGE 2006: Image producing, sending, and mining SPEECH 2006: Speech producing and processing IPTV 2006: IP/Mobile TV MULTI 2006: Multicast/Broadcast Triple-Quadruple-play CONTENT 2006: Production, distribution HXSIP 2006: H-series towards SIP MEDMAN 2006: Control and management of multimedia telecommunications ===================================================== To be removed from this announcement list, please reply to this email with UNSUBSCRIBE in the subject line

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[MobiMedia] CfP - Deadline April 30
by Tatiana Onali 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

******* M o b i M e d i a 2006 **************** Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference (formerly MSAN) September 18-20, 2006 :: Alghero, Sardinia, Italy http://www.mobimedia.org ------------------------------------------------- ******** IMPORTANT DEADLINES ******************** ------------------------------------------------- Submission of extended summaries: April 30, 2006 Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2006 Submission of camera-ready papers: July 10, 2006 ******** IMPORTANT NEWS ************************** -------------------------------------------------- keynote speeches: - Roberto Cencioni (Head of Unit INFSO E2, EC) and Albert Gauthier (DG Information Society, EC) on the 7th Work program and the EU IST vision - Leonardo Chiariglione on future standards on mobile multimedia Publication of accepted papers: - Conference proceedings will be available through IEEExplore (approval pending) - Extended versions of high quality papers on mobile video will be reviewed and considered for a special issue in the Signal Processing: Image Communications Journal. Workshops/symposiums/special sessions: - International Workshop on Broadband Wireless Access for ubiquitous Networking (BWAN 2006) - European Symposium on Mobile Media Delivery (EuMob 2006) - Special Session on 4G FORTHCOMING STANDARS AND MOBILE MULTIMEDIA SERVICES SCOPE -------------------------------------- The successful development of multimedia services and applications in mobile environments requires adopting an interdisciplinary approach where both multimedia and networking issues are addressed jointly. Multimedia data characteristics, coding standards functionalities, as well as network protocols performance and channel behavior are some of the key aspects that need to be carefully examined when proposing new solutions. Many are the applications that are going to be enabled by the new standards for mobile networking, such as packet telephony, video mail, video streaming, audio conferencing, interactive gaming, conversational navigation services, digital television, infomobility, and immersive communications in virtual environments. Some of these novel networking protocols and technologies include IEEE 802.11 (infrastructured, mesh, and sensor networks), 802.15, 802.16, UWB, DVB-H, Bluetooth, Mobile IP and its variants. Within this scope, MobiMedia is intended to provide a unique international forum for researchers working in multimedia and mobile networking fields to study new applications, solutions, and standards. Original unpublished contributions are solicited that can improve the knowledge and practice in the integrated design of efficient technologies and the relevant provision of advanced mobile multimedia applications. TECHNICAL PROGRAMS -------------------------------------- The technical program features two key-note speeches: from Roberto Cencioni (Head of Unit INFSO E2, EC) and Albert Gauthier (DG Information Society, EC) on the 7th Work program and the EU IST vision and from Leonardo Chiariglione on future standards on mobile multimedia. The conference will also include invited panels, to facilitate for exchanging ideas and discussion, and specific sessions and workshops on focused interest areas. Submissions of proposals on workshops and special sessions on emerging topics are invited. Please submit proposals to Technical Program Chairs and Workshop Chairs. PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION -------------------------------------- Prospective authors are invited to submit extended summaries of not more than five pages including figures and references. Papers will be accepted only by electronic submission through the conference web site. Conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE and will be available through IEEExplore (approval pending). Extended versions of high quality papers on mobile video will be reviewed and considered for a special issue in the Signal Processing: Image Communications Journal. STUDENT AWARD AND GRANTS -------------------------------------- A student prize of 1000Euros will be awarded to the best paper authored by a full time student as first author. Travel grants will be provided to students attending the conference. Additional information can be found at the conference website. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ----------------------------------------- General Co-Chairs: Luigi Atzori, University of Cagliari, ITA Ebroul Izquierdo, University of London, UK Steering Committee Chair: Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net, ITA Technical Program Co-Chairs: Ozgur B. Akan, Middle East Technical University, TUR Pascal Frossard, EPFL, SUI Publications Chair: Giovanni Pau, UCLA, USA Workshops Chair: Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA Radha Poovendran, University of WA, USA Panels Chair: Daniele D. Giusto, University of Cagliari, ITA Local Chair: Giaime Ginesu, University of Cagliari, ITA Publicity Co-Chairs: Gozde Bozdagi Akar, Middle East Technical University, TUR Ali Bilgin, The University of Arizona, USA Web masters: Maria Teresa Carta, University of Cagliari, ITA Tatiana Onali, University of Cagliari, ITA Conference Management: Anna Rieger, ICST, Europe PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------------------------------- Ishfaq Ahmad, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Fatih Alagoz, Bogazici University Tricha Anjali, Illinois Tech., USA John Apostolopoulos, HP Labs, USA Mauro Barni, University Siena, ITA Gary Chan, HK University Raouf Boutaba, University Waterloo, CAN Homer Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Trista P. Chen, Intel Corporation, USA Reha Civanlar, Koc University, TUR Ed Delp, Purdue University, USA U.B Desai, IIT Bombay Christos Douligeris, University Piraeus, GRE Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA Minoru Etoh, Docomo Labs Moncef Gabbouj, Tampere University of Technology, FIN Zhihai He, University of Missouri, USA Paola Hobson, Motorola Research Labs, UK Markus Kampmann, Ericsson Research, GER Reginald Lagendijk, Delft University, NED Juan-Carlos de Martin, Politecnico Torino, ITA Giacomo Morabito, University Catania, ITA Jaudelice De Oliveira, Drexel University, USA A. Pakstas, London Metrop. University, GBR Fernando Pereira, IST, POR Beatrice Pesquest-Popescu, ENST, FRA Ramon Puigjaner, University Balears, SPA Guy Pujolle, LIP6, FRA Thomas Sikora, Technical University Berlin, GER Raghupathy Sivakumar, Georgia Tech, USA Eckehard Steinbach, TUM, GER Thomas Stockhammer, Nomor Research, GER M. Tekalp, Koc University, TUR Tuna Tugcu, Bogazici University, TUR Haohong Wang, Qualcomm Inc, USA Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA Yao Wang, Polytechnic University, USA Jiang Xie, University North Carolina, USA Heather Yu, Panasonic Research, USA Avideh Zakhor, UC Berkeley, USA Magda El Zarki, UC Irvine, USA Qian Zhang, HK University, HK

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[MobiMedia] CfP - Deadline April 30
by Tatiana Onali 31 Mar '06

31 Mar '06

******* M o b i M e d i a 2006 **************** Mobile Multimedia Communications Conference (formerly MSAN) September 18-20, 2006 :: Alghero, Sardinia, Italy http://www.mobimedia.org ------------------------------------------------- ******** IMPORTANT DEADLINES ******************** ------------------------------------------------- Submission of extended summaries: April 30, 2006 Notification of acceptance: June 15, 2006 Submission of camera-ready papers: July 10, 2006 ******** IMPORTANT NEWS ************************** -------------------------------------------------- keynote speeches: - Roberto Cencioni (Head of Unit INFSO E2, EC) and Albert Gauthier (DG Information Society, EC) on the 7th Work program and the EU IST vision - Leonardo Chiariglione on future standards on mobile multimedia Publication of accepted papers: - Conference proceedings will be available through IEEExplore (approval pending) - Extended versions of high quality papers on mobile video will be reviewed and considered for a special issue in the Signal Processing: Image Communications Journal. Workshops/symposiums/special sessions: - International Workshop on Broadband Wireless Access for ubiquitous Networking (BWAN 2006) - European Symposium on Mobile Media Delivery (EuMob 2006) - Special Session on 4G FORTHCOMING STANDARS AND MOBILE MULTIMEDIA SERVICES SCOPE -------------------------------------- The successful development of multimedia services and applications in mobile environments requires adopting an interdisciplinary approach where both multimedia and networking issues are addressed jointly. Multimedia data characteristics, coding standards functionalities, as well as network protocols performance and channel behavior are some of the key aspects that need to be carefully examined when proposing new solutions. Many are the applications that are going to be enabled by the new standards for mobile networking, such as packet telephony, video mail, video streaming, audio conferencing, interactive gaming, conversational navigation services, digital television, infomobility, and immersive communications in virtual environments. Some of these novel networking protocols and technologies include IEEE 802.11 (infrastructured, mesh, and sensor networks), 802.15, 802.16, UWB, DVB-H, Bluetooth, Mobile IP and its variants. Within this scope, MobiMedia is intended to provide a unique international forum for researchers working in multimedia and mobile networking fields to study new applications, solutions, and standards. Original unpublished contributions are solicited that can improve the knowledge and practice in the integrated design of efficient technologies and the relevant provision of advanced mobile multimedia applications. TECHNICAL PROGRAMS -------------------------------------- The technical program features two key-note speeches: from Roberto Cencioni (Head of Unit INFSO E2, EC) and Albert Gauthier (DG Information Society, EC) on the 7th Work program and the EU IST vision and from Leonardo Chiariglione on future standards on mobile multimedia. The conference will also include invited panels, to facilitate for exchanging ideas and discussion, and specific sessions and workshops on focused interest areas. Submissions of proposals on workshops and special sessions on emerging topics are invited. Please submit proposals to Technical Program Chairs and Workshop Chairs. PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION -------------------------------------- Prospective authors are invited to submit extended summaries of not more than five pages including figures and references. Papers will be accepted only by electronic submission through the conference web site. Conference proceedings will be published by the IEEE and will be available through IEEExplore (approval pending). Extended versions of high quality papers on mobile video will be reviewed and considered for a special issue in the Signal Processing: Image Communications Journal. STUDENT AWARD AND GRANTS -------------------------------------- A student prize of 1000Euros will be awarded to the best paper authored by a full time student as first author. Travel grants will be provided to students attending the conference. Additional information can be found at the conference website. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ----------------------------------------- General Co-Chairs: Luigi Atzori, University of Cagliari, ITA Ebroul Izquierdo, University of London, UK Steering Committee Chair: Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net, ITA Technical Program Co-Chairs: Ozgur B. Akan, Middle East Technical University, TUR Pascal Frossard, EPFL, SUI Publications Chair: Giovanni Pau, UCLA, USA Workshops Chair: Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA Radha Poovendran, University of WA, USA Panels Chair: Daniele D. Giusto, University of Cagliari, ITA Local Chair: Giaime Ginesu, University of Cagliari, ITA Publicity Co-Chairs: Gozde Bozdagi Akar, Middle East Technical University, TUR Ali Bilgin, The University of Arizona, USA Web masters: Maria Teresa Carta, University of Cagliari, ITA Tatiana Onali, University of Cagliari, ITA Conference Management: Anna Rieger, ICST, Europe PROGRAM COMMITTEE ----------------------------------------- Ishfaq Ahmad, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Fatih Alagoz, Bogazici University Tricha Anjali, Illinois Tech., USA John Apostolopoulos, HP Labs, USA Mauro Barni, University Siena, ITA Gary Chan, HK University Raouf Boutaba, University Waterloo, CAN Homer Chen, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Trista P. Chen, Intel Corporation, USA Reha Civanlar, Koc University, TUR Ed Delp, Purdue University, USA U.B Desai, IIT Bombay Christos Douligeris, University Piraeus, GRE Eylem Ekici, Ohio State University, USA Minoru Etoh, Docomo Labs Moncef Gabbouj, Tampere University of Technology, FIN Zhihai He, University of Missouri, USA Paola Hobson, Motorola Research Labs, UK Markus Kampmann, Ericsson Research, GER Reginald Lagendijk, Delft University, NED Juan-Carlos de Martin, Politecnico Torino, ITA Giacomo Morabito, University Catania, ITA Jaudelice De Oliveira, Drexel University, USA A. Pakstas, London Metrop. University, GBR Fernando Pereira, IST, POR Beatrice Pesquest-Popescu, ENST, FRA Ramon Puigjaner, University Balears, SPA Guy Pujolle, LIP6, FRA Thomas Sikora, Technical University Berlin, GER Raghupathy Sivakumar, Georgia Tech, USA Eckehard Steinbach, TUM, GER Thomas Stockhammer, Nomor Research, GER M. Tekalp, Koc University, TUR Tuna Tugcu, Bogazici University, TUR Haohong Wang, Qualcomm Inc, USA Wenye Wang, North Carolina State University, USA Yao Wang, Polytechnic University, USA Jiang Xie, University North Carolina, USA Heather Yu, Panasonic Research, USA Avideh Zakhor, UC Berkeley, USA Magda El Zarki, UC Irvine, USA Qian Zhang, HK University, HK

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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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