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====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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CFP : 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems (ISWCS
2006 )
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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
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
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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'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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====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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******* 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
******* 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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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/
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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
Dear all,
please look at the following message from IFIP secretariat concerning
free online ability of Springer titles.
Best regards
Otto
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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
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International Federation for Information Processing
Hofstrasse3 , A-2361 Laxenburg, Austria
Tel.: +43 (0) 2236 73 616
Fax: +43 (0) 2236 73 616 9
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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
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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