[FM-India] Call for Papers - International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS 2014)

[Madhavan Mukund]

 Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2014 15:26:12 +0200
 From: Giovanni Livraga <giovanni.livraga at unimi.it>
 To: fmindia at cmi.ac.in
 Subject: Call for Papers - International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS 2014)
 
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 International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS 2014)
 Hyderabad, INDIA - 16-20 December 2014
 http://www.idrbt.ac.in/ICISS_2014/
 
 
 CALL FOR PAPERS
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 The conference series ICISS (International Conference on Information
 Systems Security), held annually, provides a forum for disseminating
 the latest research results in information and systems security.
 
 ICISS 2014, the 10th edition of this annual conference, will be held at
 IDRBT, Hyderabad, India during 16-20 December 2014.
 
 ICISS 2014 encourages submissions from the academia, industry and
 government addressing theoretical and practical problems in information
 and systems security and related areas. Topics of interest include, but
 not limited to:
 
 Access Control
 Application Security
 Attacks and Defenses
 Auditing and Accountability
 Authentication
 Banking/Finance and Security
 Biometric Security
 Cyber-Physical Systems Security
 Digital Forensics
 Distributed Systems Security
 Embedded Systems Security
 Hardware Security
 Intrusion Detection and Recovery
 Language-based security
 Malware
 Mobile Devices and Security
 Network Security
 Operating Systems Security
 Privacy and Anonymity
 Secure Information Flow
 Security Modeling and Analysis
 Security Testing
 Usability and Security
 Web Security
 
 ICISS is interested in all aspects of information systems security. Papers
 without a clear application to security of information systems, however, will
 be considered out of scope and may be rejected without a full review. All
 the previous proceedings of this conference series are indexed by DBLP.
 The acceptance ratio of the last nine conferences has averaged less than 30%,
 and the proceedings have been published as part of the Springer Verlag series
 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
 
 Manuscript Submission (Full Paper): 14 Jul 2014
 Notification of Acceptance: 25 Aug 2014
 Camera-ready Manuscript Due: 14 Sep 2014
 
 Submitted full papers must not exceed 20 LNCS pages. The page limit includes
 title, abstract, figures and references. Additional details may be included in
 a clearly-marked appendix that will be read at the discretion of the program
 committee. All papers must use at least 10-point Times Roman font and be formatted
 as per the "LNCS style". Submissions deviating from these guidelines will not be
 reviewed. Accepted submissions will be published by Springer in the LNCS series.
 More details about LNCS formatting styles are available at: LNCS-Web
 (http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0). At least one author
 of each accepted paper must register for the conference and present the paper.
 Papers should be submitted via the EasyChair submission management System at:
 https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iciss20140
 
 Call for Short Talks
 
 A new feature of the conference is a session of 10-minute talks where students and
 attendees can present a short overview of preliminary research ideas or preliminary
 research results. Short talk abstracts (one-page PDF or plain-text file) can be
 submitted to iciss2014_shorttalks at idrbt.ac.in on or before 31st August 2014. The
 abstracts are not published in the final proceedings. The main purpose of the short
 talks is to get a chance to share your preliminary ideas with the research community
 and to solicit input. Short-talks will generally be accepted as long as they are
 relevant and slots are available in the order they are received.
 
 Call for Tutorials
 
 The organizing committee of ICISS 2014, solicits half-day (3 Hours) or full-day
 tutorial (6 hours) proposals to be held during 16-17 December 2014, before the
 main conference begins on 18th December. Tutorial proposals should address either
 emerging or established research topics that will be of broad interest to the ICISS
 community and as listed in the Call for Papers so that participants can acquire
 technical knowledge in emerging and/or established research areas. Proposals should
 not exceed 3 pages containing Title, Abstract, Target audience, Prerequisites,
 Expected enrolment along with the basis of such enrolment, List of topics to be
 presented with their estimated duration and pointers to the associated literature,
 Short biography of the tutor with relevant experience on the tutorial topic. Tutorial
 proposal should be emailed to iciss2014_tutorials at idrbt.ac.in by 31 August 2014.
 Tutorial proposals will be prioritized and evaluated based on their originality,
 relevance to the conference, quality and level of details, qualifications of the
 tutors on the proposed topic, and their potential to attract participants to the
 conference.
 
 Call for Doctoral Symposium
 
 The objective of ICISS Doctoral Symposium is to provide a forum for Ph.D. students
 to present their research ideas, current progress and future plans. Its an
 opportunity to receive constructive criticism and insights related to their future
 work and career perspectives. A mentor (a senior researcher who is active in the field)
 will be assigned to each student to provide individual feedback. Selected students
 will have the opportunity to present an overview of their research plan at the ICISS
 conference during December 16-20, 2014. Papers for the Doctoral Symposium should be
 emailed to iciss2014_phd at idrbt.ac.in on or before 31st August 2014.
 
 For further details, please Visit http://www.idrbt.ac.in/ICISS_2014/
 
 Looking forward to meeting you at ICISS 2014 in Hyderabad, India.
 
 
 General Chairs
 Atul Prakash, Univ. of Michigan, USA
 R. K. Shyamasundar, TIFR, India
 
 Program Chairs
 Venu Govindaraju, SUNY Buffalo, USA
 B. M. Mehtre, IDRBT, Hyderabad, India