============================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS Intrusion Detection and Forensics (Track 17) World Congress on Information and Communication Technologies (WICT 2011) 11-14 December, Mumbai, India Track page: http://www.mirlabs.org/wict11/index.php-c=main&a=show&id=34.htm Conference webpage: http://www.mirlabs.org/wict11/ The four day World Congress is expected to provide an opportunity for the researchers from academia and industry to meet and discuss the latest solutions, scientific results and methods in the usage and applications of ICT in the real world. The conference program will include workshops, special sessions and tutorials, along with prominent keynote speakers and regular paper presentations in parallel tracks. Authors are invited to submit original papers containing cutting edge research, novel research vision or work-in-progress in any area of intrusion detection and forensics. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by IEEE. The track will cover a wide range of topics. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: Host and Network based approaches Anomaly and specification-based approaches Lightweight, data mining and soft computing approaches Hybrid Approaches to information discovery and intrusion detection Formal Models, Framework and Architectures Botnets and vulnerabilities Malware, Worm, Virus and Spyware Insider attack detection and investigation High Performance and Real-Time Environments, including large-scale/ high data volume/ high-Speed networks. Highly distributed and heterogeneous environments Embedded system and small scale environments Special environments, including wireless, mobile, sensor networks and smart grid Virtual and Cloud Environments Social network analysis Deception systems and honeypots Incident response and live analysis Traceback and attribution Event reconstruction methods and tools Attacks against IDS, IDS protection and tolerance Anti-forensics and anti-anti-forensics Visualization Techniques Performance evaluation, metrics and benchmarking Commercial products and their directions Test Beds and Datasets Submission Guidelines: Submitted papers should be original and contain contributions of theoretical, experimental or application nature, or be unique experience reports. All submissions should be in the IEEE 8.5 two-column format. Papers should contain up to 5 keywords. Prospective papers should be submitted to the track using the provided automated submission system. Papers will be evaluated for originality, significance, clarity, and soundness, and will be reviewed by at least three independent reviewers. Submission details & author templates refer the site: http://www.mirlabs.net/wict11/index.php-c=main&a=show&id=6.htm Submit your paper at the submission site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wict2011 Important Dates: Paper Submission: August 15, 2011 Notification of acceptance: October 15, 2011 Camera-ready of accepted papers: October 31, 2011 Registration of authors of accepted papers: not later than October 31, 2011 Conference: December 11-14 , 2011 Track Chair: Dr. Anjali Sardana, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, India Dr. Irfan Ahmed, Queensland University of Technology, Australia