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23rd Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Working Conference on Data and
Applications Security
July 12-15, 2009, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada
http://www.ciise.concordia.ca/dbsec09/
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Scope
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The 23rd Annual IFIP WG 11.3 Working Conference on Data and Applications
Security provides a forum for presenting original unpublished research
results, practical experiences, and innovative ideas in data and
applications security. Papers and panel proposals are also solicited.
Proceedings will be published by Springer (pending approval) as the
next volume in the Research Advances in Database and Information
Systems Security series.

Papers may present theory, techniques, applications, or practical
experience on topics of relevance to IFIP WG 11.3:
- Access Control
- Applied cryptography in data security
- Identity theft and countermeasures
- Integrity maintenance
- Intrusion detection
- Knowledge discovery and privacy
- Organizational security
- Privacy and privacy-preserving data management
- Secure transaction processing
- Secure information integration
- Secure Semantic Web
- Secure sensor monitoring
- Secure Web Services
- Threats, vulnerabilities, and risk management
- Trust management

Additional topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Critical Infrastructure Protection, Cyber Terrorism, Information
Warfare, Database Forensics, Electronic Commerce Security, and Security
in Digital Health Care.

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Paper Submissions
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Authors are invited to submit their contributions electronically
through the conference web site. Submission must be in the form of a
PDF file. Manuscripts must be in English, typed in double spaced format
in 11-point font (minimum), and must not be more than 16 pages long.
Manuscripts must have a cover page with title, name and addresses
(including e-mail address) of authors, an abstract, and a set of
keywords. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to
register with the conference and present the paper. Accepted papers
will be published in the conference proceedings. The final copy of a
paper for the proceedings must use LaTeX, and must be laid out
according to the Camera Ready Copy format required by Springer.

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Panel Proposals
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Proposals for panels should be e-mailed to the PC chairs
(ehud@cs.bgu.ac.il and jsvaidya@business.rutgers.edu). Proposals
should include a one-page description of the subject matter, the
name and address (including e-mail address) of the organizer, and a
list of proposed panelists.

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Duplicate Submission Policy
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A submitted paper must not be under review for inclusion in any
other conference or journal, and must be substantially different
from previously published work. Duplicate submissions will be
automatically rejected and without review.

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Important dates
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Paper Submission due: February 20, 2009
Acceptance notification: April 10, 2009
Final papers due: May 1, 2009

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Conference Organization
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GENERAL CHAIR
Mourad Debbabi
Concordia University, Canada
email: debbabi@ciise.concordia.ca

PROGRAM CHAIRS
Ehud Gudes
Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
email: ehud@cs.bgu.ac.il

Jaideep Vaidya
Rutgers University, U.S.A.
email: jsvaidya@business.rutgers.edu

PUBLICITY CHAIR
Claudio A. Ardagna
Universit? di Milano, Italy
email: ardagna@dti.unimi.it

LOCAL ARRANGEMENTS CHAIR
Lingyu Wang
Concordia University, Canada
email: wang@ciise.concordia.ca

IFIP WG 11.3 CHAIR
Vijay Atluri
Rutgers University, U.S.A.
email: atluri@rutgers.edu

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Program Committee
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- Gail-Joon Ahn, Arizona State University, U.S.A.
- Claudio A. Ardagna, Universit? di Milano, Italy
- Vijay Atluri, Rutgers University, U.S.A.
- Ken Barker, University of Calgary, Canada
- Steve Barker, King?s College London University, U.K.
- Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Universit? di Milano, Italy
- Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York, U.S.A.
- Chris Clifton, Purdue University, U.S.A.
- Jason Crampton, Royal Holloway, London University, U.K.
- Mourad Debbabi, Concordia University, Canada
- Steve Demurjian, University of Connecticut, U.S.A.
- Wenliang Du, Syracuse University, U.S.A.
- Yuval Elovici, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
- Csilla Farkas, University of South Carolina, U.S.A.
- Eduardo B. Fernandez, Florida Atlantic University, U.S.A.
- Elena Ferrari, University of Insubria, Italy
- Qijun Gu, Texas State University, U.S.A.
- Ehud Gudes, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
- Murat Kantarcioglu, University of Texas at Dallas, U.S.A.
- Peng Liu, Pennsylvania State University, U.S.A.
- Sharad Mehrotra, University of California, Irvine, U.S.A.
- Ravi Mukkamala, Old Dominion University, U.S.A.
- Martin Olivier, University of Pretoria, South Africa
- Sylvia Osborn, University of Western Ontario, Canada
- Brajendra Panda, University of Arkansas, U.S.A.
- Indrakshi Ray, Colorado State University, U.S.A.
- Indrajit Ray, Colorado State University, U.S.A.
- Pierangela Samarati, Universit? di Milano, Italy.
- Andreas Schaad, SAP Research, Germany
- Dongwan Shin, New Mexico Tech, U.S.A.
- Basit Shafiq, Rutgers University, U.S.A.
- Anoop Singhal, NIST, U.S.A.
- Jaideep Vaidya, Rutgers University, U.S.A.
- Lingyu Wang, Concordia University, Canada
- Janice Warner, Georgian Court University, U.S.A.
- Duminda Wijesekera, George Mason University, U.S.A.
- Ting Yu, North Carolina State University, U.S.A.

Sponsored by the Concordia University, Canada.

This call for papers and additional information about the conference can
be found at http://www.ciise.concordia.ca/dbsec09/.