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CALL FOR PAPERS
9th International ICST Conference on Security and Privacy 
   in Communication Networks (SECURECOMM 2013)
September 25-27, 2013, Sydney, Australia
http://securecomm.org/2013/
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SCOPE OF CONFERENCE

Securecomm seeks high-quality research contributions in the form of
well-developed papers. Topics of interest encompass research advances
in ALL areas of secure communications and networking. Topics in other
areas (e.g., formal methods, database security, secure software,
theoretical cryptography) will be considered only if a clear
connection to private or secure communication/networking is
demonstrated.

TOPICS
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Security & Privacy in Wired, Wireless, Mobile, Hybrid, Sensor, Ad Hoc networks
- Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Firewalls, Packet Filters
- Malware, botnets and Distributed Denial of Service
- Communication Privacy and Anonymity
- Network and Internet Forensics Techniques
- Public Key Infrastructures, Key Management, Credential Management
- Secure Routing, Naming/Addressing, Network Management
- Security & Privacy in Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing, e.g., RFIDs
- Security & Privacy for emerging technologies: VoIP, peer-to-peer and
  overlay network systems

PUBLICATIONS

Accepted papers will be published in Springer's LNICST series and will
appear in the SpringerLink, one of the largest digital libraries
online that covers a variety of scientific disciplines, as well as in
the ICST's own EU Digital Library (EUDL). LNICST volumes are submitted
for inclusion to leading indexing services, including DBLP, Google
Scholar, ACM Digital Library, ISI Proceedings, EI Engineering Index,
CrossRef, Scopus. See
http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-1068921-0<http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-1068921-0%20>
for more information about indexing.

IMPORTANT DATES
Submission: May 10, 2013
Notification of Acceptance: June 30, 2013
Camera Ready: July 15, 2013
Conference Date: September 25-27, 2013

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Papers formatted according to the instructions should be submitted through the conference paper management system at: http://securecomm.org/2013/show/initial-submission

ORGANISING COMMITTEE
General Chairs:
Tanveer A Zia, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Albert Y Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia

TPC Chairs:
Vijay Varadharajan, Macquarie University, Australia
Morley Mao, University of Michigan, USA

Local Chairs:
Junbin Gao, Charles Sturt University, Australia
Adel Al-Jumaily, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
Maumita Bhattacharya, Charles Sturt University, Australia

Publicity Chairs:
Salil Kanhere, University of New South Wales, Australia
Jianming Yong, University of Southern Queensland, Australia
Weili Han, Fudan University, China

Publications Chairs:
Aldar Chan Chun Fai, Institute for Infocomm Research (I2R), Singapore
Quazi Mamun, Charles Sturt University, Australia

Sponsorship and Exhibits Chair:
Sabih-ur Rehman, Charles Sturt University, Australia

Workshops Chairs:
Javed Taheri, University of Sydney, Australia
Md Rafiqul Islam, Charles Sturt University, Australia

Web Chair:
Saman Shafigh, Charles Sturt University, Australia

Conference Manager:
Erica Polini, European Alliance for Innovation

STEERING COMMITTEE

Peng Liu (Chair), Pennsylvania State University, USA

Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net, Italy


CONTACTS

For further information please contact the Conference Manager at erica.polini@eai.euerica.polini@eai.eu>

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