HICSS Mini-Track:
Secure Software Architecture, Design, Implementation and Assurance (SSADIA)
Fortieth Annual Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences
January 3 - 6, 2007 (Wednesday-Saturday)
Hilton Waikoloa Village Resort and Spa on the Big Island
425 Waikoloa Beach Drive
Waikoloa, Hawaii 96738
Tel: 1-808-886-1234 Fax: 1-808-886-2900
HICSS conferences are devoted to advances in the information,
computer, and system sciences, and encompass developments in both
theory and practice. Papers may be theoretical, conceptual, tutorial
or descriptive in nature. Submissions undergo a double-blind peer
referee process and those selected for presentation will be published
in the Conference Proceedings.
Additional detail may be found on HICSS primary Web site:
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu
Mirror site http://www.is.cityu.edu.hk/hicss/
Call for Papers
Scope
The Secure Software Architecture, Design, Implementation and
Assurance minitrack focuses on the research and automation required to
develop secure software systems that do not compromise other system
properties such as performance or reliability. Current security
engineering methods are demonstrably inadequate, as software
vulnerabilities are currently being discovered at the rate of over
4,000 per year. These vulnerabilities are caused by software designs
and implementations that do not adequately protect systems and by
development practices that do not focus sufficiently on eliminating
implementation defects that result in security flaws. An opportunity
exists for systematic improvement that can lead to secure software
architectures, designs, and implementations.
Topics
The following topics are appropriate topics for research papers:
* Static analysis tools and techniques for detecting security
flaws and software vulnerabilities in source or binary code
* Dynamic analysis tools for detecting security flaws and
software vulnerabilities in source or binary code
* Model checking tools for detecting security flaws and
software vulnerabilities in software systems
* Software architectures and designs for securing against
denial-of-service attacks and other software exploits
* Coding practices for improved security and secure library implementations
* Computational security engineering
* Other tools and techniques for reducing or eliminating
vulnerabilities during development and maintenance
Conference Committee
Co-Chairs: Sven Dietrich, CERT, ssadia@cert.org
Daniel Plakosh, CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC), ssadia@cert.org
Robert C. Seacord, CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC), ssadia@cert.org
Program Committee
Julia Allen, Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University
Hal Burch, CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC)
Brian Chess, Fortify Software
Bob Fleck, Secure Software
Michael Howard, Microsoft
Derek M. Jones, Knowledge Software, Ltd.
Alan Krassowski, Symantec
Fred Long&, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
Tom Longstaff, CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC),
Robert Martin, MITRE
Leon Moonen, Delft University of Technology
James W. Moore, MITRE
Samuel Redwine, James Madison University
David Riley, University of Wisconsin - La Crosse
John Steven, Cigital
Kenneth R. van Wyk, KRvW Associates, LLC
Carol Woody, CERT Coordination Center (CERT/CC)
Important Deadlines
Abstracts: Authors are encouraged to contact Minitrack Chairs for
guidance and indication of appropriate content. Manuscripts are not
accepted based on abstracts. Full manuscripts must be submitted by
June 15.
June 15, 2006: Authors submit full manuscripts to the Peer Review
System, following Author Instructions found on the HICSS Web site
(www.hicss.hawaii.edu). All manuscripts will be submitted in double
column publication format and limited to 10 pages including diagrams
and references. Since manuscripts will undergo a double-blind review,
author names and affiliations must not be included on the original
manuscript. This information will be collected later through the
system.
August 15, 2006: Acceptance notices are sent to Authors via the
Peer Review System.
September 15, 2006: Authors submit Final Version of accepted
papers following submission instructions on the Peer Review System Web
site. At least one author of each paper must register by this date
with specific plans to attend the conference to present the
paper. Early Registration fee applies. General Registration fee
applies September 16-December 15, 2006.
December 1, 2006: Deadline to guarantee your hotel room
reservation at conference rate.
December 15, 2007: Deadline to receive conference registration
refund. Late registration fee applies.
Submission Instructions
HICSS manuscripts must contain original material not previously
published, nor currently submitted elsewhere. HICSS will conduct
double-blind reviews of each submitted manuscript. Consult the
conference Web site www.hicss.hawaii.edu for the listing and
description of Minitracks for HICSS-40. Contact the Minitrack Chair(s)
by email for guidance and verification of appropriate
content. (Optional but strongly encouraged)
Manuscripts may not be submitted to more than one Minitrack
Chair. (One will be summarily rejected.) If unsure which Minitrack is
appropriate, submit abstract to the Track Chair for guidance. Submit
full manuscript according to detailed instructions found on the Peer
Review System Web site.
Conferenced Tracks
Collaboration Systems
Co-chairs: Robert O. Briggs bbriggs@GroupSystems.com
and Jay Nunamaker jnunamaker@cmi.arizona.edu
Decision Technologies and Service Sciences
Chair: Dan Dolk drdolk@nps.edu
Digital Media: Content and Communication
Chair: Michael Shepherd shepherd@cs.cal.ca
E-Government
Chair: H. Jochen Scholl jscholl@u.washington.edu
Electric Power Systems
Chair: Robert Thomas rjt1@cornell.edu
Information Technology in Health Care
Chair: William Chismar chismar@hawaii.edu
Internet & the Digital Economy
Co-chairs: David King david.king@jda.com
and Alan Dennis ardennis@indiana.edu
Knowledge Management Systems
Co-chairs: Murray Jennex murphjen@aol.com and Dave Croasdell davec@unr.edu
Organizational Systems & Technology
Chair: Hugh Watson hwatson@terry.uga.edu
Software Technology
Co-chairs: Chair: Gul Agha agha@cs.uiuc.edu
and Rick Kazman kazman@hawaii.edu
Conference Administration
Ralph Sprague, Conference Chair sprague@hawaii.edu
Sandra Laney, Conference Administrator hicss@hawaii.edu
Eileen Robichaud, Track Administrator eidennis@indiana.edu