Concluded: 2006 IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy May 21-24, 2006 The Claremont Resort Oakland, California, USA The conference has concluded. We had over 250 registered attendees, and the proceedings and the 11-year compendium CD sold out. Next year's conference will be held May 20-23, 2007.
Sponsored by the  IEEE Technical Committee on Security and Privacy In cooperation with the  International Association for Cryptologic Research Symposium Committee:  General Chair: Hilarie Orman (Purple Streak, USA), oakland06-chair @ ieee-security.org Registration Chair: Deborah Shands (Aerospace Corporation, USA), oakland06-registration @ ieee-security.org Treasurer: Terry Benzel (USC Information Sciences Institute, USA), oakland06-treasurer @ ieee-security.org Program Co-Chairs: Vern Paxson (ICSI and LBNL, USA) Birgit Pfitzmann (IBM Zurich Research Lab, Switzerland) Workshop Local Arrangements Chair: Doug Tygar (UC Berkeley, USA)

The 2006 symposium marks the 27th annual meeting of this flagship conference. Since 1980, the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy has been the premier forum for presenting developments in computer security and electronic privacy, and for bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field.
 

Student travel grants were made possible through the generosity of the IBM Corporation.

5-MINUTE TALKS and POSTERS A continuing feature of the symposium is a session of 5-minute talks where attendees can present preliminary research results or summaries of works published elsewhere. Abstracts for 5-minute talks must fit on one 8.5"x11" or A4 page, including the title and all author names and affiliations. Submit abstracts prior to the conference by email to oak6-wip-chairs@icir.org; or by Monday morning at the conference by hardcopy given to the WIP chairs. 5-minute abstracts due: May 22, 2006, 11:00:00 PDT (at the conference) Acceptance notification: May 22, 2006, 14:00:00 PDT Note that these times are earlier than originally posted. In addition, the symposium will include a Poster session after the 5-minute talk session, concurrent with the reception. Attendees can display posters describing for informal discussion some of their research efforts. These can expand on material presented in a 5-minute talk, or be on separate topics. Those interested should send email to oak6-pc-chairs@icir.org.