SecureComm

8th International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy in Communication Networks - SECURECOMM 2012 September 3-6, 2012 Padua, Italy http://securecomm.org/2012/ --- CALL FOR PAPERS

Securecomm seeks high-quality research contributions in the form of well-developed papers. Topics of interest encompass research advances in ALL areas of secure communications and networking. Topics in other areas (e.g., formal methods, database security, secure software, theoretical cryptography) will be considered only if a clear connection to private or secure communication/networking is demonstrated.

Technical papers describing original unpublished research are solicited. Submissions must not be concurrently under review by a conference, journal or any other venue that has proceedings.

TOPICS

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

- Security & Privacy in Wired, Wireless, Mobile, Hybrid, Sensor, Ad Hoc networks

- Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Firewalls, Packet Filters

- Malware and botnets

- Communication Privacy and Anonymity

- Distributed denial of service

- Public Key Infrastructures, key management, credentials

- Web security

- Secure Routing, Naming/Addressing, Network Management

- Security & Privacy in Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, e.g., RFIDs

- Security & Privacy for emerging technologies: VoIP, peer-to-peer and overlay network systems, Web 2.0

PUBLICATIONS

Accepted papers will be published in Springer's LNICST series and will appear in the SpringerLink, one of the largest digital libraries online that covers a variety of scientific disciplines, as well as in the ICST's own EU Digital Library (EUDL). LNICST volumes are submitted for inclusion to leading indexing services, including DBLP, Google Scholar, ACM Digital Library, ISI Proceedings, EI Engineering Index, CrossRef, Scopus. See http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-1068921-0 for more information about indexing.

Selected authors will be invited to submit an extended version of their SecureComm papers to a special issue of the ICST Transactions on Security and Safety.

IMPORTANT DATES Submission: May 10, 2012 Notification of Acceptance: June 25, 2012 Camera Ready: July 16, 2012 Conference Date: September 3-6, 2012

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Papers formatted according to the instructions should be submitted through the conference paper management system at: http://securecomm.org/2012/show/authors-kit.

ORGANISING COMMITTEE

General Co-Chairs

Mauro Conti, University of Padua, Italy Bruno Crispo, Univeristy of Trento, Italy

TPC Co-Chairs

Roberto Di Pietro,University of Roma Tre, Italy Angelos Keromytis, Columbia University, US

Publication Chair

Jianying Zhou, I2R, Singapore

Publicity Co-Chairs

Mohamed Eltoweissy, Virginia Tech, US Giovanni Russello, CreateNet, Italy Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Technische Universitaet Darmstadt, Germany

Sponsorship and Exhibits Chair

Silvio Ranise, FBK, Italy

Industry Track Co-Chairs

Frank Fransen, TNO, The Netherlands Aljosa Pasic, Atos, Spain

Local Co-Chairs

Gilberto File', University of Padua, Italy Claudio Palazzi, University of Padua, Italy

Web Chair

Gabriele Oligeri, Univeristy of Trento, Italy

Conference Manager

Matteo Fuoli, European Alliance for Innovation

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