=========================================================================== ** Application Deadline: May 31, 2005 ** %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% % % % FIFTH INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON % % FOUNDATIONS OF SECURITY ANALYSIS AND DESIGN % % ============================================== % % % % FOSAD 2005 % % http://www.sti.uniurb.it/events/fosad % % % % 19-24 September 2005, Bertinoro, Italy % % % % *** Preliminary Announcement *** % % % %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% General Information ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Security in computer systems and networks is emerging as one of the most challenging research areas for the future. The main aim of the school is to offer a good spectrum of current research in foundations of security, ranging from programming languages to analysis of protocols, that can be of help for graduate students, young researchers from academia or industry that intend to approach the field. The FOSAD series started in 2000 and last edition was in 2004. This year the school covers one week (from Monday 19 to Saturday 24, September 2005) and alternates monographic courses of 4/6 hours and short courses of 2/3 hours. We also encourage presentations given by those participants that intend to take advantage of the audience for discussing their current research in the area. Location ^^^^^^^^ The school is organized at the University Residential Center of Bertinoro, situated in Bertinoro, a small village on a scenic hill with a wonderful panorama, in between Forli' and Cesena (about 50 miles south-east of Bologna, 15 miles to the Adriatic sea). The cheapest way to travel is by plane to Forli' airport (the secondary airport of Bologna), which is daily connected to London and Frankfurt AM through the low fares airline Ryanair. Lecturers and Courses ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ The preliminary programme of the school (to be completed) includes courses given by the following lecturers: * David Basin (ETH Zurich, Switzerland) Model-driven Security * Elisa Bertino (Purdue University, USA) Privacy Preserving Database Systems * Herve Debar (France Telecom R&D, France) Intrusion Detection * Theo Dimitrakos (BT Security Research, UK) GRID/Virtual Organizations Security * Fabio Massacci (Trento University, Italy) Security and Trust Requirements Engineering * Mogens Nielsen (BRICS, Aarhus, Denmark) Formal Model of Trust * Gene Tsudik (University of California, Irvine, USA) Wireless Network Security Organisation ^^^^^^^^^^^^ The scientific school directors are - Alessandro Aldini (University "Carlo Bo", Urbino) - Roberto Gorrieri (University of Bologna) - Fabio Martinelli (CNR-IIT, Pisa) The administrative director is Andrea Bandini (University Residential Centre of Bertinoro) The local organizer is Elena Della Godenza (University Residential Centre of Bertinoro) Notice and Dates ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Prospective participants should apply through the web site by May 31, 2005. Notification of accepted applicants will be posted by June 15, 2005. Registration to the school is due by July 15, 2005. Accommodation and Registration fees ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Accommodation fee is 350 Euro and covers costs for 6 nights (starting from Sunday 18 September, 2005) in double room, half board (breakfast and lunch, dinner of 18 September 2005 included, lunch of 24 September 2005 excluded). Registration fee is 350 Euro and includes didactical material from the lectures and a LNCS volume of the tutorial series, published by Springer, collecting material presented in FOSAD 2004 and FOSAD 2005. Grants ^^^^^^ A limited amount of grants will be provided to cover part of the expenses. Please, include your request with the application. Further Information ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ More detailed information available at URL http://www.sti.uniurb.it/events/fosad/ http://www.sti.uniurb.it/events/fosad05 Sponsors ^^^^^^^^ * IFIP WG 1.7 * CNR-IIT, Pisa * Create-Net * University of Bologna -- ------------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Roberto Gorrieri Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Informazione Mura Anteo Zamboni 7, I-40127 Bologna, Italy tel: +39-051-2094509 fax: +39-051-2094510 gorrieri@cs.unibo.it http://www.cs.unibo.it/~gorrieri -------------------------------------------------