GameSec 2012 --- The Third Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security
Budapest, Hungary, November 5-6, 2012 -- http://www.gamesec-conf.org 

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GameSec 2012, the Third Conference on Decision and Game Theory for
Security, will take place in Budapest, Hungary, which is commonly
regarded as one of the most beautiful and vibrant cities in Europe.

The conference will explore security as a multifaceted economic
problem by considering the complexities of the underlying technical
infrastructure, and human and social factors. Securing resources
involves decision making on multiple levels and multiple time scales,
given the limited resources available to both malicious attackers and
administrators defending networked systems.

The GameSec conference aims to bring together researchers who are
working on the theoretical foundations and behavioral aspects of
enhancing security capabilities in a principled manner. Previous
GameSec contributions included analytic models based on game,
information, communication, optimization, decision, and control
theories that were applied to diverse security topics. In addition, we
welcome research that highlights the connection between economic
incentives and real world security, reputation, trust and privacy
problems.

The conference is soliciting full and short papers on all economic
aspects of security and privacy. Submitted papers will be evaluated
based on their significance, originality, technical quality, and
exposition. They should clearly establish the research contribution,
their relevance to security and privacy, and their relation to prior
research. General theoretic contributions are welcome if they discuss
potential scenarios of application in the areas of security and
privacy.

Methodologies and topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

* Game-theory and mechanism design

* Algorithmic mechanism design and approximation techniques

* Algorithms, protocols and allocation mechanisms

* Pricing and economic incentives

* Dynamic control, learning and optimization

* Empirical economic analyses and simulation studies

* Surveys and user studies with economic components

* Experimental economics

* Decision-making and decision-theoretic approaches 

* Risk management approaches and case studies

* Measurement studies with economic relevance

 

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SUBMISSION DETAILS

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a PDF version of their
papers considering the maximum length requirements for full and short
papers, respectively, and in a font no smaller than 10
points. Submissions should adhere to the Springer Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (LNCS) format. The conference language is
English. Each submission should be previously unpublished work that is
not currently under submission to another conference.

Full papers: Initial submissions are not to exceed 20 pages including
references and well-formatted appendices. Full papers should make a
strong technical contribution and adequately highlight the novel
aspects of the work in relation to related research.

Short papers: Submissions may present work in progress, novel
applications and practice/industry experiences. Potential short papers
will be evaluated based on their novelty and potential for sparking
discussions and future collaborations. Short paper submissions are
limited to 10 pages.


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IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: June 22, 2012
Acceptance date: August 19, 2012
Camera-ready due: September 16, 2012
Conference dates: November 5-6, 2012


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STEERING BOARD

Tansu Alpcan (University of Melbourne)
Nick Bambos (Stanford University)
John Baras (University of Maryland)
Tamer Basar (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Anthony Ephremides (University of Maryland)
Jean-Pierre Hubaux (&Eactue;cole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

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General Chair:

- Levente Buttyan (CrySyS Lab, BME)
- Mark Felegyhazi (CrySyS Lab, BME)

 

TPC Co-Chairs:

- Jens Grossklags (Pennsylvania State University)
- Jean Walrand (University of California, Berkeley)

 

Publicity Chair:

- Fan Wu (Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
- Tansu Alpcan (University of Melbourne)

Finance and Registration Chair:

- Boldizsar Bencsath (CrySyS Lab. BME)

Local Chair:

- Tamas Holczer (CrySyS Lab. BME)

Web Co-Masters:

- Ta Vinh Thong (CrySyS Lab. BME)
- Gergo Kotyuk (CrySyS Lab. BME)