IWSEC 2011 Preliminary Call for Papers

     The 6th International Workshop on Security (IWSEC 2011)

                   November 8-10, 2011
        IIS Convention Hall, The University of Tokyo, Japan
             IWSEC Web Page: http://www.iwsec.org/

   Planned to be jointly organized by ISEC of IEICE and CSEC of IPSJ

[Important Dates (tentative)]

* Submission deadline: April 26, 2011 (23:59 UTC)
* Notification of decision: July 1, 2011
* Final version due: July 25, 2011
* Workshop: November 8-10, 2011

[Overview]
Original papers on the research and development of various security topics are solicited for submission to IWSEC 2011. Topics of interest for IWSEC 2011 include but are not limited to:

I: Foundations of Security
  Authentication
  Biometrics
  Block/Stream Ciphers
  Cryptographic Protocols
  Cryptanalysis
  Digital Signatures
  Hash Functions
  Information Hiding
  Public Key Cryptosystems
  Quantum Security
 
II: Security in Networks and Ubiquitous Computing Systems 
  Network Security
    Intrusion Detection
    Malware Detection
    Security in Sensor Networks
  Security of Ubiquitous and Cloud Computing
    Security of Multi-party Computing
    Authorization and Access Control
    Mobile Security
  Privacy Enhancing Technology
    Anonymity-related Technology
    Privacy Preserving System
    Privacy on WEB and DB
  Software Security
    Security Architectures
    Data and System Integrity 
    Reliable Secure Interactions of Services 

III: Security in Real Life Applications 
  Secure Living and Working Environments
    Secure Consumer Electronics
    RFID Security
  Security in Commerce and Government
    DRM
    Copyright Protection
    Content Security E-business/e-commerce/e-government Security
  Security Management
    Access Control Policies and ISMS
    Business Processes Security
  Protection of Critical Infrastructures
    Critical Infrastructure Protection
    Risk Analysis and Risk Management
  Testing, Verification and Certification
    Security Verification
    Assurance
  Law, Policy, Ethics and Related Technologies
    Digital Forensics
    Information Law and Ethics


[Instructions for Authors]
Submitted papers must be original, unpublished, and not submitted to other conferences or journals for consideration for publication. Papers must be written in English and be fully anonymous with no author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or obvious references. They should be at most 16 pages long in total (including bibliography and appendices), in the standard LNCS format (except for author names and affiliations). Submissions to IWSEC 2011 should be submitted electronically in PDF format. A detailed description of the electronic submission procedure will available at the workshop website. Submissions not meeting the submission guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register with the workshop and present the paper.


[Proceedings]
Proceedings are intended to be published in Springer-Verlag's Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.


[Best Paper Awards]

  Prizes will be awarded to the authors of the best paper(s) 
and the best student paper(s).


[Committees]

General Chairs:
  Kanta Matsuura (The University of Tokyo, Japan)
  Naoya Torii (Fujitsu Laboratories, Japan)

Program Chairs:
  Tetsu Iwata (Nagoya University, Japan)
  Masakatsu Nishigaki (Shizuoka University, Japan)