Usable Security (USEC) Workshop
Call for Papers
Paper Submission Deadline: 1 December 2016
One cannot have security and privacy without considering both the
technical and human aspects thereof. If the user is not given due
consideration in the development process, the system is likely to
enable users to protect their privacy and security in the Internet.
Usable security and security is more complicated than traditional
usability. This is because traditional usability principles cannot
always be applied. For example, one of the cornerstones of usability
is that people are given feedback on their actions, and are helped to
recover from errors. In authentication, we obfuscate password entry (a
usability fail) and we give people no assistance to recover from
errors. Moreover, security is often not related to the actual
functionality of the system, so people often see it as a bolt-on, and
an annoying hurdle. These and other usability challenges of security
are the focus of this workshop.
We invite submissions on all aspects of human factors including mental
models, adoption, and usability in the context of security and
privacy. USEC 2017 aims to bring together researchers already engaged
in this interdisciplinary effort with other computer science
researchers in areas such as visualization, artificial intelligence,
machine learning and theoretical computer science as well as
researchers from other domains such as economics, legal scientists,
social scientists, and psychology. We particularly encourage
collaborative research from authors in multiple disciplines.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
* Human factors related to the deployment of the Internet of Things
(New topic for 2017)
* Usable security / privacy evaluation of existing and/or proposed
solutions.
* Mental models that contribute to, or complicate, security or privacy
* Lessons learned from designing, deploying, managing or evaluating
security and privacy technologies
* Foundations of usable security and privacy incl. usable security
and privacy patterns
* Ethical, psychological, sociological, economic, and legal aspects
of security and privacy technologies
We further encourage submissions that contribute to the research
community's knowledge base:
* Reports of replicating previously published studies and experiments
* Reports of failed usable security studies or experiments, with the
focus on the lessons learned from such experience.
It is the aim of USEC to contribute to an increase of the scientific
quality of research in human factors in security and privacy. To this
end, we encourage the use of replication studies to validate research
findings. This important and often very insightful branch of research
is sorely underrepresented in human factors in security and privacy
research to date. Papers in these categories should be clearly marked
as such and will not be judged against regular submissions on
novelty. Rather, they will be judged based on scientific quality and
value to the community. We also encourage reports of failed
experiments, since their publication will serve to prevent others
falling into the same traps.
Location and Important Dates
Paper submission: 1 December 2016 (11:59pm PST) - see note below on
CHI submissions
Notification: 21 January 2017
Camera ready copy due: 31 January 2017
Workshop: 26 February 2017 (co-located with NDSS 2017)
Location: Catamaran Resort Hotel & Spa in San Diego, California.
Submission Instructions
Papers should be written in English. Full papers must be no more than
10 pages total (excluding references and appendices). Papers must be
formatted for US letter size (not A4) paper in a two-column layout,
with columns no more than 9.25 inch high and 3.5 inch wide. The text
must be in Times font, 10-point or larger, with 11-point or larger
line spacing. Authors are encouraged to use the NDSS provided
templates
(https://www.internetsociety.org/events/ndss-symposium/ndss-templates).
We also invite short papers of up to 6 pages covering work in
progress, short communications, as well as novel or provocative
ideas. Short papers will be selected based on their potential to spark
interesting discussions during the workshop.
Papers that contribute to the research community's knowledge base
such as studies replicating previous results can be submitted as full
or short papers.
Submissions do not have to be anonymized for review. Please clearly
refer to your own related work.
Note: USEC would like to accommodate those who are waiting to hear
back about their CHI 2017 submissions but who would like to also
submit their work for consideration for USEC. The CHI decision
notification is expected to be December 12, 2016. Owing to the
overlapping dates for both conferences, we have made allowances *in
this instance only* for duplicate submissions. Please read the
following information carefully. You may submit work already submitted
to the CHI "Papers & Notes" track to USEC 2017 before you receive your
acceptance notification from CHI, provided that: 1. you clearly
indicate on the manuscript that the work has been submitted to CHI
2017; 2. you email the PC chair (usec2017@easychair.org) at the time
of submission to USEC; 3. you inform the PC chair immediately when you
are notified about the status of your CHI submission. Any work
accepted for publication at CHI will be withdrawn from consideration
for USEC 2017.
The proceedings will be published by the Internet Society.
Conference Website
http://www.karenrenaud.com/usec
Program Committee Chairs
Melanie Volkamer, Karlstad and Darmstadt
Karen Renaud, Glasgow