CALL FOR PAPERS ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4th International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS 2008) 16-20 December 2008, Hyderabad, India http://www.seclab.cs.sunysb.edu/iciss08/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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. The acceptance ratio of the first three 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. The ICISS 2008 encourages submissions from academia, industry and government addressing theoretical and practical problems in information and systems security and related areas. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Application Security Authentication and Access Control Biometric Security Data Security Digital Forensics and Diagnostics Digital Rights Management Distributed System Security Formal Methods in Security Intrusion Detection, Prevention and Response Intrusion Tolerance and Recovery Key Management and Cryptographic Protocols Language-based Security Malware Analysis and Mitigation Network Security Operating System Security Privacy and Anonymity Security in P2P, Sensor and Ad Hoc Networks Software Security Vulnerability Detection and Mitigation Web Security PROGRAM COMMITTEE: Vijay Atluri, Rutgers University Arun K. Majumdar, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Aditya Bagchi, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata Kevin Butler, Penn State University Chakravarthy Bhagvati, University of Hyderabad Lorenzo Cavallaro, University of Milan/UCSB Hao Chen, University of California, Davis Shuo Chen, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai Marc Dacier, Symantec Research Labs Saumya Debray, University of Arizona Subrat Kumar Dash, University of Hyderabad Vinod Ganapathy, Rutgers University Jonathon Giffin, Georgia Institute of Technology S K Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi Sushil Jajodia, George Mason University Somesh Jha, University of Wisconsin, Madison Shrikant Ojha, DRDO, Government of India Engin Kirda, Technical University of Vienna P. Radha Krishna, Infosys Technologies Ltd. G. Vijaya Kumari, JNTU, Hyderabad Zhenkai Liang, Carnegie Mellon University Anish Mathuria, DA-IICT, Gandhinagar Chandan Mazumdar, Jadhavpur University, Kolkata Nasir Memon, Polytechnic University Peng Ning, North Carolina State University R. Ramanujam, Microsoft Research, Redmond Atul Prakash, University of Michigan Sanjay Rawat, Infosys Technologies Ltd. Pierangela Samarati, University of Milan Amitabh Saxena, University of Trento Radu Sion, Stony Brook University Anil Somayaji, Carleton University Robin Sommer, ICSI/LBNL Gaurav Tandon, Florida Institute of Technology Vijay Varadharajan, Macquarie University V.N. Venkatakrishnan, University of Illinois, Chicago Poorvi Vora, George Washington University Xiaofeng Wang, Indiana University Wei Xu, VMware Inc. ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Advisory Committee Chair: Sushil Jajodia, George Mason University Program Co-chairs: Arun K Pujari, LNM IIT R. Sekar, Stony Brook University Submissions/Website Chair: Subrat Kumar Dash, University of Hyderabad Publicity Chair: Alok Tongoankar, Stony Brook University Tutorial Co-chairs: Vineet P Nair, University of Hyderabad V.N. Venkatakrishnan, University of Illinois at Chicago Organizing Chair: G. Vijaya Kumari, JNTU, Hyderabad Finance Chair: P. Radha Krishnan, Infosys, Hyderabad --------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT DATES Manuscript Submission 19 July 2008 Tutorial Proposal Submission 26 July 2008 Notification of Acceptance 08 Sep 2008 Camera-Ready Manuscript 22 Sep 2008 --------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS: PAPERS: Papers should be formatted as they would appear in the final LNCS proceedings. Papers should be at most 15 pages in length, including the bibliography. Detailed submission instructions can be found at the conference web site. One of the authors of an accepted paper must attend the conference to present the paper. ICISS accepts only electronic submissions in PDF format. Camera-ready manuscripts must be submitted in LaTex. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers published or currently submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. ONGOING RESEARCH REPORTS: There will be two sessions to present reports on the current research projects. One session will be for academic institutions and the other for industrial establishments. The research reports should be submitted in the same way as the technical papers. A report should be maximum of 4 pages. TUTORIAL PROPOSALS: There will be tutorial program for two days (16-17 December 2008). At most four three-hour tutorials will be offered. Proposals are invited for tutorials of duration three hours on relevant topics of current interest. A tutorial proposal should include the extended abstract of the tutorial and a brief biography of the speaker(s). Please mail your proposal to the Tutorial Chair. The speaker(s) of the accepted proposals need to submit their final presentation one month before the conference to the Tutorial Chair.