International Conference on Information Systems Security (ICISS 2014) Hyderabad, INDIA - 16-20 December 2014 http://www.idrbt.ac.in/ICISS_2014/ CALL FOR PAPERS *************** 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@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@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@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