CALL FOR PAPERS 5th International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS 2011) Milan, Italy -- September 6-8, 2011 NSS is an annual international conference covering research in network and system security. The 5th International Conference on Network and System Security (NSS 2011) will be held in Milan, Italy. The conference seeks submissions from academia, industry, and government presenting novel research on all theoretical and practical aspects of network security, privacy, applications security, and system security. Papers describing case studies, implementation experiences, and lessons learned are also encouraged. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Active Defense Systems - Adaptive Defense Systems - Analysis, Benchmark of Security Systems - Authentication - Biometric Security - Complex Systems Security - Database and System Security - Data Protection - Data/System Integrity - Distributed Access Control - Distributed Attack Systems - Denial-of-Service - Electronic Communication Privacy - High Performance Network Virtualization - High Performance Security Systems - Hardware Security - Identity Management - Intelligent Defense Systems - Insider Threats - Intellectual Property Rights Protection - Internet and Network Forensics - Intrusion Detection and Prevention - Key Distribution and Management - Large-Scale Attacks and Defense - Malware - Network Resiliency - Network Security - RFID Security and Privacy - Security Architectures - Security for Critical Infrastructures - Security in P2P Systems - Security in Cloud and Grid Systems - Security in E-Commerce - Security in Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing - Security and Privacy in Smart Grid - Security and Privacy in Wireless Networks - Secure Mobile Agents and Mobile Code - Security Policy - Security Protocols - Security Simulation and Tools - Security Theory and Tools - Standards and Assurance Methods - Trusted Computing - Trust Management - World Wide Web Security PAPER SUBMISSIONS Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Submissions should be at most 8 pages including the bibliography and well-marked appendices, and should follow the IEEE 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Format. Submissions are to be made to the submission web site at https://www.easychair.org/account/signin.cgi?conf=3Dnss2011. Only pdf files will be accepted. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits. Papers must be received by the deadline of May 11, 2011 (11:59 p.m. Samoa time). Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be presented at the conference. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and in the IEEE digital library (pending). Selected best papers will be published in high quality international journals. Special issues of journals in previous years can be found at the NSS website. IMPORTANT DATES Paper submission due: May 11, 2011 (11:59 p.m. Samoa time) Notification to authors: July 11, 2011 Camera ready due: July 21, 2011 GENERAL CHAIR Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy PROGRAM CHAIR Pierangela Samarati Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS Jiankun Hu RMIT University, Australia Sara Foresti Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy WORKSHOP CHAIR Yang Xiang Deakin University, Australia PROGRAM COMMITTEE Rafael Accorsi, University of Freiburg, Germany Claudio Agostino Ardagna, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Marina Blanton, University of Notre Dame, USA Carlo Blundo, Universita' degli Studi di Salerno, Italy Marco Casassa Mont, Hewlett-Packard Labs, UK David Chadwick, University of Kent, UK Jorge Cuellar, Siemens Corporate Technology, Germany Frederic Cuppens, TELECOM Bretagne, France Anupam Datta, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Univ. degli Studi di Milano, Italy Roberto Di Pietro, Universita' di Roma Tre, Italy Wenliang Du, Syracuse University, USA Wu-Chang Feng, Portland State University, USA Simone Fisher-Huebner, Karlstad University, Sweden Philip Fong, University of Calgary, Canada Keith Frikken, Miami University, USA Steven Furnell, University of Plymouth, UK Alban Gabillon, University of Polynesie Fran=E2=88=9A=C3=9Faise, French = Polynesia Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro, TELECOM Bretagne, France Dieter Gollmann, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany =09 Yong Guan, Iowa State University, USA Qiong Huang, City University of Hong Kong, China Michael Huth, Imperial College London, UK=09 Sushil Jajodia, George Mason University, USA=09 Audun Josang, University of Oslo, Norway =09 Sokratis Katsikas, University of Piraeus, Greece Stefan Katzenbeisser, TU Darmstadt, Germany=09 Muhammad Khurram Khan, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia Shinsaku Kiyomoto, KDDI R\&D Lab., Japan Michiharu Kudo, IBM Tokyo Research Lab, Japan Costas Lambrinoudakis, University of Piraeus, Greece Bo Lang, Beihang University, China Adam J. Lee, University of Pittsburgh, USA Laurent Lefevre, INRIA, France Yingjiu Li, Singapore Management University, Singapore=09 Jay Ligatti, University of South Florida, USA =09 Peng Liu, The Pennsylvania State University, USA =09 Javier Lopez, University of Malaga, Spain Wenjing Lou, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, USA Fabio Martinelli, IIT-CNR, Italy =09 Carlos Maziero, Pontifical Catholic University, Brasil=09 Chris Mitchell, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK=09 Stefano Paraboschi, Universita' degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy Gerardo Pelosi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Indrakshi Ray, Colorado State University, USA =09 Kui Ren, Illinois Institute of Technology, USA =09 Rodrigo Roman, University of Malaga, Spain Dharmendra Sharma, University of Canberra, Australia Miguel Soriano, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia =09 Juan E. Tapiador, University of York, UK Traian Marius Truta, Northern Kentucky University, USA Michael Waidner, TU Darmstadt, Germany Lingyu Wang, Concordia University, Canada Matthew Warren, Deakin University, Australia Yang Xiang, Deakin University, Australia Justin Zhan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Sencun Zhu, The Pennsylvania State University, USA (to be completed) This call for papers and additional information about the conference can be found at http://anss.org.au/nss2011