CALL FOR PAPERS - FC 2016 (http://fc16.ifca.ai/) UPDATE: Please note the deadline extension to October 11, 2015 (11:59pm, UTC-11), based on numerous requests. ________________________________________________________________________________ The 20th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC) Accra Beach Hotel & Spa, Barbados - February 22-26, 2016 ________________________________________________________________________________ FC 2016 is the 20th FC conference. A special anniversary program with invited speakers is planned in addition to the technical paper program. Financial Cryptography and Data Security is a major international forum for research, advanced development, education, exploration, and debate regarding information assurance, with a specific focus on financial, economic and commercial transaction security. Original works focusing on securing commercial transactions and systems are solicited; fundamental as well as applied real-world deployments on all aspects surrounding commerce security are of interest. Submissions need not be exclusively concerned with cryptography. Systems security, economic or behavioral perspectives, and interdisciplinary efforts are particularly encouraged. TOPICS Access Control Anonymity and Privacy Applied Cryptography Auctions and Mechanisms Authentication and Identification Behavioral Aspects of Security and Privacy Biometrics Certification and Audits Cloud Computing and Data Outsourcing Security Commercial Cryptographic Applications Contactless Payment and Ticketing Systems Cryptographic Currencies Digital Cash and Payment Systems Digital Rights Management Economics of Security and Privacy Electronic Commerce Security Electronic Crime and Underground Markets Fraud Detection and Forensics Game Theory for Security and Privacy Identity Theft Insider Threats Legal and Regulatory Issues Microfinance and Micropayments Mobile Systems Security and Privacy Phishing and Social Engineering Reputation Systems Risk Assessment and Management Secure Banking and Financial Services Smart Contracts and Financial Instruments Smartcards, Secure Tokens and Secure Hardware Social Networks Security and Privacy Trust Management Usability and Security Virtual Goods and Virtual Economies Voting Systems Web Security Other related topics Submissions are sought in the categories of full regular papers, short papers, panel proposals, and posters. Formatting and submission instructions are available on the conference website. FC 2016 will also host the following workshops: BITCOIN'16: 3rd Workshop on Bitcoin and Blockchain Research VOTING'16: 1st Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting Schemes WAHC'16: 4th Workshop on Encrypted Computing and Applied Homomorphic Cryptography IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission - October 11, 2015 (Extended) Workshop Paper Deadlines - TBD Poster and panel submission - December 4, 2015 Submissions are accepted until 11:59pm, UTC-11. BEST PAPER AWARDS AND STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS Awards will be presented for the best overall paper, and outstanding paper(s) that address challenges in financial cryptography, and financial systems. Further, we are pleased to announce the availability of enhanced financial support for students. ________________________________________________________________________________ ORGANIZATION - FC 2016 GENERAL CHAIR Rafael Hirschfeld ANNIVERSARY CHAIRS Sven Dietrich Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi PROGRAM CHAIRS Jens Grossklags - The Pennsylvania State University Bart Preneel - KU Leuven PROGRAM COMMITTEE Masayuki Abe - NTT Laboratories Alessandro Acquisti - Carnegie Mellon University Ross Anderson - Cambridge University Elli Androulaki- IBM Research Zurich N. Asokan - Aalto University Paulo Barreto - University of Sao Paulo Steven Bellovin - Columbia University Daniel Bernstein - University of Illinois at Chicago Rainer Boehme - University of Innsbruck Alvaro Cardenas - University of Texas at Dallas George Danezis - University College London Serge Egelman - UC Berkeley Seda Gürses - New York University Thorsten Holz - Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum Trent Jaeger - The Pennsylvania State University Markus Jakobsson - Qualcomm Benjamin Johnson - Carnegie Mellon University Florian Kerschbaum - SAP Aggelos Kiayias - National and Kapodistrian U. Athens Bart Knijnenburg - Clemson University Aron Laszka - UC Berkeley Anja Lehmann - IBM Research Zurich Arjen Lenstra - EPFL Patrick Loiseau - EURECOM Catherine Meadows - Naval Research Laboratory Tyler Moore - University of Tulsa Steven Murdoch - University College London Tatsuaki Okamoto - NTT Laboratories Kenneth Paterson - Royal Holloway, University of London Roberto Perdisci - University of Georgia Avi Rubin - Johns Hopkins University Ahmad Sadeghi - TU Darmstadt Rei Safavi-Naini - University of Calgary Nigel Smart - University of Bristol Jessica Staddon- Google Carmela Troncoso - Gradiant Nicholas Weaver - International Computer Science Institute Xinyu Xing - The Pennsylvania State University Moti Yung - Google & Columbia University