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============================================ Call for papers
International Workshop on Information Assurance and Security (WIAS-11)
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
September 2011
https://sites.google.com/site/wias2011/
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SCOPE
Information assurance and security has become an imperative research
issue in the networked and distributed information sharing
environments. The progressive dependence of global economic
infrastructure on information technology result in an increase of
security attacks on networked and distributed information systems. The
most advanced technology and highly trained professionals think it
challenging to find the effective ways to protect information systems,
networks and sensitive data within the critical information
infrastructure. There is a need to discover innovative ideas and
technology for classification of information assets, risk assessment
and risk management plan to provide an information assurance and
security to information systems.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Authentication and access contro
Primitives for cryptographic protocols
Secure system engineering
Secure routing and transport protocols
Secure data aggregation
Secure information processing
Key management
Secure bootstrapping
Secure group communication
Trust Management
Biometrics
Computer Forensics
Digital Signatures
Intrusion Detection System
Public Key Cryptosystems
Wireless Sensor Network Security
Personal Network Security
Mobile and Ad hoc Network Security
Data Mining for Security
Multimedia Security
E-Business Assurance
Internet Security
Reputation Management
Secure real-world applications
Security policy and enforcement issues
Incentive-aware secure protocol design
Mobile platform and systems security
All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed and we will select
papers based on their originality, timeliness, significance, relevance
to the workshop. All accepted papers must be presented and at least on
author
needs to register for the paper to be included in the workshop
proceedings. Submitted papers should not be under consideration for
publication anywhere else.
IMPORTANT DATES
Papers submission deadline: March 31,2011
Acceptance Notification: May 15, 2011
Camera Ready deadline: June 20, 2011
Registration deadline: May 30, 2011
Workshop date : September 19-21, 2011
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
The workshop accepts only novel, previously unpublished papers.
Every submitted paper will be carefully reviewed by at least two
members of the International Program Committee. All accepted papers
will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia
Computer Science series (on-line and CD).
Authors should submit paper with no more than 6 pages length as an
attachment (in PDF or doc format) at
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wias2011
The submitted paper must be formatted according to the guidelines of
Procedia Computer Science, MS Word Template, Latex,
Elsevier.
For additional information see https://sites.google.com/site/wias2011/ or contact firdous.imam@gmail.com
General Co-Chairs
Sherali Zeadally, University of the District of Columbia, USA
Eisa Aleisa, Imam University, Saudi Arabia
Naixue Xiong, Georgia State University, USA
Technical Program Co-Chairs
Sajid Hussain, Fisk University, USA
Firdous Kausar, Imam University, Saudi Arabia
Puteh Saad, Imam University, Saudi Arabia
Technical Program Commitee