Call for Papers The Forth International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (AReS 2009) http://www.ares-conference.eu March, 16th March, 19th 2009, Fukuoka, Japan Conference 2009 will highlight the various aspects of dependability - with special focus on the crucial linkage between availability, reliability and security. This year's keynote speakers will be Elisa Bertino, Purdue University http://www.cs.purdue.edu/people/faculty/bertino/ Sushil Jajodia, (George Mason University Fairfax) http://csis.gmu.edu/faculty/jajodia.html" and Eiji Okamoto, (Seikei University) http://www.cipher.risk.tsukuba.ac.jp/okamoto This year's invited talk is held by Solange Ghernaouti-Helie (Université de Lausanne) http://www.hec.unil.ch/sgh/#_Anglais The Fourth International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES The International Security and Dependability Conference) will bring together researchers and practitioners in the area of IT-Security and Dependability. ARES will highlight the various aspects of security with special focus on secure internet solutions, trusted computing, digital forensics, privacy and organizational security issues. ARES aims at a full and detailed discussion of the research issues of security as an integrative concept that covers amongst others availability, safety, confidentiality, integrity, maintainability and security in the different fields of applications. Important Dates **************** Workshop Proposal: June, 20th 2008 Notification (Workshop Proposal): June, 30th 2008 Submission Deadline: September, 30th 2008 Author Notification: November, 20th 2008 Author Registration: November, 30th 2008 Proceedings Version: December, 15th, 2008 Conference: March, 16th - March, 19th 2009 Workshop Proposals In conjunction with the ARES conference, a number of workshops will be organized. Workshop proposals should include the call for papers, the number of papers to be accepted, the contact person, etc. They are to be sent to the Workshop Organizing Committee (ares-workshop@securityresearch.at). Proceedings of the ARES workshops will be published by IEEE Computer Society Press. For Topics of interest http://www.ares-conference.eu/conf/index.php/call-for-papers Authors are invited to submit research and application papers following the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style: two columns, single-spaced, including figures and references, using 10 fonts, and number each page. Submission papers are classified into 4 categorizes (1) full paper (8 pages), (2) short paper (6 pages), (3) workshops (6 pages) and (4) poster (1 page) representing original, previously unpublished work. Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. Contact author must provide the following information at the ARES web site: paper title, authors' names, affiliations, postal address, phone, fax, and e-mail address of the author(s), about 200-250 word abstract, and about five keywords. Submission of a paper implies that should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and present the paper in the conference. Accepted papers will be given guidelines in preparing and submitting the final manuscript(s) together with the notification of acceptance. Best Regards Amin Anjomshoaa