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Call for Papers

The 2011 IEEE International Workshop on Anonymous Communication Systems
(IEEE ACS 2011)
http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/ACS2011/

In conjunction with

The 10th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy
in Computing and Communications (IEEE TrustCom-11)
November 16-18, 2011, Changsha, China
http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/TrustCom2011/


With the extensive applications of computer network technologies, various network
environments, including cloud computing, Internet of Things, P2P networks, and
social networks, are emerging in our daily lives. The emerging applications require
stronger security and privacy mechanisms to protect network communications among
users. Anonymous communication is used to hide communication participants or
communication relations so as to achieve effective protection for network nodes
and user identities. Anonymous communication can address potential network security
issues, and becomes one of the hot topics in the field of network and information
security. For the better protection of secure communication and user privacy,
including location, identity and behavior habits, it is necessary to develop anonymous
communication theories, methods and key technologies of anonymous communication
systems in all varieties of application environments. ACS 2011 aims at providing a forum
for discussing the latest academic and industrial research results in all aspects
of anonymous communication systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

(1) Architecture for anonymous communication system
(2) Formalizing anonymous communication system
(3) Anonymity measures and evaluation
(4) Controllable management and revocability in anonymous communication
(5) Anonymous communication in cloud computing
(6) Anonymous communication in Internet of Things
(7) Anonymous communication in P2P networks
(8) Anonymous communication in social networks
(9) Anonymous signature and authentication
(10) Anonymous communication & privacy protection
(11) Anonymous communication & network security
(12) Anonymous email system
(13) Anonymous storage and publishing system
(14) Anonymous browsing system


Publication

All accepted papers from this workshop will be published by IEEE Computer Society in
TrustCom-11 conference/workshop proceedings (indexed by EI Compendex and ISTP).
Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be invited for possible publication
in special issues of prestige international journals indexed by SCI and EI (pending).


Important Dates

Paper submissions due: June 30, 2011
Notification of decision: August 30, 2011
Camera-ready papers due: September 30, 2011


Submission Instructions

All submissions should be written in English with a maximum length of 6 pages (or 10 pages
with the over length charge) in the IEEE Conference Proceedings Format (8.5" x 11", Two-Column).
Papers should be submitted through the paper submission system at the workshop website.
http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/ACS2011/submission/


Program Co-Chairs

Prof. Bart Preneel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Prof. Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan
Prof. Guihua Duan, Central South University, China


Publicity Co-Chairs

Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland
Mianxiong Dong, The University of Aizu, Japan


Contact

Please email inquiries concerning ACS 2011 to:
Prof. Guihua Duan (duangh@mail.csu.edu.cn) and the workshop organizers
(ACS2011changsha@gmail.com).
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