2nd International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN 2009)
6-10 October 2009
Congress & Cultural Center, Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagusa, TRNC, North
Cyprus

www.sinconf.org

In Technical Cooperation with ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control
(SIGSAC)
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Organized by
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-Dept. of Computer Engineering, Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC, North Cyprus
-Dept. of Security of Information Technologies, South-Russian Regional Scientific-
Educational Center for Information Security Problems, Southern Federal University,
Taganrog, Rostov, Russia
-Dept. of Computing, Macquarie University, Australia
-Cylab Japan, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

Supported by (some pending confirmation)
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Scientific & Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK)
Russian Foundation for Basic Research
National Research Institute of Electronics and Cryptology (UEKAE), Turkey
IEEE Turkey Section
IEEE Computer Society Turkey Branch
Chamber of Computer Engineers, TRNC, North Cyprus
Internet Technologies Association (INETD), Turkey
Linux Users Association (LKD), Turkey
others tba

Sponsored by (some pending confirmation)
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T. Is Bankasi, TRNC, North Cyprus
KKTCell, TRNC, North Cyprus
Unitary State Enterprise "Sistemprom", Moscow, Russia
Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI), Moscow, Russia
Technopark (GMTGB), TRNC, North Cyprus
Microsoft Research and Microsoft Turkey
ARGELA, Turkey & TRNC, North Cyprus
EC-Council, USA
others tba

Hosted by
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Department of Computer Engineering, and Internet Technologies Research Center (ITRC)
Eastern Mediterranean University, Gazimagusa, TRNC, North Cyprus


In succession to the extremely successful SIN 2007, the 2nd International Conference on
Security of Information and Networks (SIN 2009) provides an international forum for
presentation of research and applications of security in information and networks. SIN
2009 conference features contributed as well as invited papers, special sessions,
workshops, and tutorials on theory and practice. Its drive is to convene a high quality,
well-attended, and up-to-date conference on scientific and technical issues of security
in information, networks, and systems.

The main theme of SIN 2009 is Intelligent Systems for Information Assurance, Security,
and Public Policy in the Age of e-Euphoria. Conference main theme will be supported by
the following keynote papers and talks:
- Bart PRENEEL -- Professor and Head of Computer Security and Industrial Cryptography
(COSIC) at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
- Vijay Varadharajan -- Professor and Microsoft Chair in Innovation in Computing, and
Director of Information and Networked System Security Research, Macquarie University,
Australia.
- Elisa Bertino -- Professor of computer science and Research Director of the Center for
Education and Research in Information Assurance and Security at Purdue University, USA.
- others tba.

Future SIN Conferences are scheduled to take place in Russia (2010) and Australia
(2011).

PROPOSALS
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Researchers and practitioners of security are invited to propose papers. Papers
addressing all aspects of security in information and networks are being sought.
Researchers working on the following and related subjects are especially encouraged:
realization of security schemes, new algorithms, experimenting with existing approaches;
secure information systems, especially distributed control and processing applications,
and security in networks; interoperability, service levels and quality issues in such
systems; information assurance, security, and public policy. Doctoral students are
encouraged to propose short papers.

Original papers will be considered; submissions must not substantially duplicate work
that any of the authors has published elsewhere or has submitted in parallel to any
other conference or workshop that has proceedings. All submitted papers will be reviewed
by three members of the program committee judging its originality, significance,
correctness, presentation and relevance. Authors are also encouraged to propose position
papers on practical studies and experiments, critique of existing work, emerging issues,
and novel ideas under development.

Enterprises and research centers developing, implementing, or using security tools and
frameworks are encouraged to propose application / tool demo.

Half-day tutorials on fundamental to advanced subjects covering practical implementation
aspects of security are welcome.

Proposals of special session(s) to be held in the main conference are welcome.

Proposals are invited for workshops to be held in conjunction with SIN 2009 Conference.
The workshop proposal theme should be closely related to the conference topics.

Broad areas of interest in security will include, but are not limited to, the following:

* Access control and intrusion detection
* Cryptographic techniques and key management
* Information assurance
* Network security and protocols
* Security in information systems
* Security tools and development platforms
* Security ontology, models, protocols & policies
* Secure ontology-based systems
* Autonomous and adaptive security
* Standards, guidelines and certification

Following is a non-exhaustive list of subtopics of interest:

* Agent & MAS security
* Authentication & authorization
* Cryptographic hardware design
* Cryptography and cryptanalysis (symmetrical and asymmetrical)
* Digital signature
* Executables security
* Information security development processes
* Intrusion & fraud detection
* Malicious codes
* Mobile code and agent security
* Privacy
* Scripts and languages
* Side-channel attacks
* Signals & security
* Securing storage: SAN/NAS security
* Security ontology, models, protocols & policies
* Semantics of security
* Software security and testing
* Spam counter measures
* Steganography
* Vulnerability analysis
* Web security
* Wireless security

Applications of security in the following areas are especially sought for:

* Ad hoc networks
* Agent-based systems
* Autonomous systems
* Computer modeling / simulation
* Computer security / forensics
* Computer networks
* Control systems
* Data mining
* Digital rights management
* Distributed systems
* E-government, -commerce, -learning,…
* Electronic payments
* Embedded systems
* Emergent intelligence
* Information systems / databases
* Information security management
* Internet and Web-based systems
* Knowledge-based systems
* Mobile computing
* Multimedia applications
* Network processors
* RFID systems
* Autonomous and semantic robotics
* Safety critical systems
* Security issues for ubiquitous systems
* security technologies
* Semantic Web and semantic Web services
* Smart card applications
* SOA applications
* Software engineering for dependable systems
* Security of Web services

SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
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Paper proposals must be submitted electronically via the SIN 2009 Submission Site. The
SIN 2009 Submission Site is at https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/SIN2009/. Title,
author's name(s), affiliation, mailing address, telephone, fax and email of the
principal author should be included. Maximum length for the proceedings is 10 pages for
full paper, 6 pages for short paper, and 4 pages for demo and tutorial proposals. All
papers should be written according to double-column ACM format.

Special session proposals are submitted to the Program Chair by e-mail (SINConf-
Program@sinconf.org).

Workshop proposals are submitted to the Workshops Chair by e-mail (SINConf-
Workshops@sinconf.org).

Tutorial proposals are submitted to the Tutorials Chair by e-mail (SINConf-
Tutorial@sinconf.org).

Accepted papers will be published by ACM Press in a conference proceedings and placed
into ACM Digital Library. Extended versions of select papers will be invited for
possible publication in a special issue of a prominent journal (TBA). At least one of
the authors of each accepted paper must register as a full participant of the conference
for the paper to be included in the proceedings.

Proceedings book of SIN 2007 was published by Trafford Publishing, Canada. Trafford is
an OnDemand printing publisher, thus any number of purchases are served at any time upon
orders by individuals, bookshops, online sellers, through catalogs and distributors. It
is available for online orders from the publisher (www.trafford.com/07-1689), Barnes and
Noble, Amazon.com, Books-A-Million, BookSense.com, and Google Book Search, as well as an
e-book through LSI. The book data is as follows:

Security of Information and Networks
by Elci, A., Ors, B., & Preneel, B. (eds.)
Trafford Publishing, Canada. 2008. ISBN: 978-1-4251-4109-7.

IMPORTANT DATES
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Important Dates (extended):

Workshop Proposals: open
Special Session Proposals: open
Paper Submission by: 20 May 2009
Tutorial Proposals by: 17 June 2009
Tutorial Notification by: 25 June 2009
All Author Notification by: 17 June 2009
All Papers Camera Ready by: 1 July 2009
Author Registration by: 1 July 2009

Tutorial Proposal Submission Due Date: 17 August 2009 (soft date)
Tutorial Notification Due Date: 3 September 2009
Tutorial Dates: 6-7 October 2009
Conference Dates: 8 – 9 October 2009
Workshops Date: 10 October 2009

ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE (some pending confirmation)
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Steering Committee Chair: Virgil Gligor (Carnegie Mellon U, USA)
Steering Committee Members:
Alexander Ivanovich SUKHINOV (Southern Federal U, Russia)
Bülent Örencik (TUBITAK Marmara Research Center, Turkey)
Bart Preneel (Katholieke U Leuven, Belgium)
Hasan Kömürcügil (Eastern Mediterranean U, TRNC, North Cyprus)
Elisa Bertino (Purdue U, USA)
others tba
Conference Chair: Atilla Elci (Eastern Mediterranean U, TRNC, North Cyprus)
Conference Co-Chair: Mehmet Orgun (Macquarie U, Australia)
Conference Co-Chair: Oleg Makarevich (SFU, Russia)
Conference Co-Chair: Justin Zhan (Cylab Japan, Carnegie Mellon U, USA)
Program Chair: Alexander Chefranov (Eastern Mediterranean U, TRNC, North Cyprus)
Program Co-Chair: Josef Pieprzyk (Macquarie U, Australia)
Program Co-Chair: Yuri Anatolievich BRYUKHOMITSKY (SFU, Russia)
Program Co-Chair: Siddika Berna Ors (ITU, Turkey)
Tutorials Chair: Ahmet Unveren (Eastern Mediterranean U, TRNC, North Cyprus)
Tutorials Co-Chair: Christophe Doche (Macquarie U, Australia)
Workshops Chair: Ahmet Hasan Koltuksuz (IIT, Turkey)
Workshops Co-Chair: Alexander Yurievich DOBRODEEV (Sistemprom,Russia)
Workshops Co-Chair: Rajan Shankaran (Macquarie U, Australia)
Workshops Co-Chair: Duygu Çelik (Eastern Mediterranean U, TRNC, North Cyprus)
Treasurer: Muhammad Salamah (Eastern Mediterranean U, TRNC, North Cyprus)
Finance Co-Chair: Michael Hitchens (Macquarie U, Australia)
Registration Chair: Zafer Erenel (Eastern Mediterranean U, TRNC, North Cyprus)
Registration Onsite Team (Eastern Mediterranean U, TRNC, North Cyprus)
Local Arrangements Chair: Yiltan Bitirim (Eastern Mediterranean U, TRNC, North Cyprus)
Volunteers, Internet Presence, and Exhibits Chair: Behnam Rahnama (Cyprus Intl U, TRNC,
North Cyprus)
Volunteers Team: ACM & IEEE CS EMU Student Chapters, Computer Club, Robotics Club
(Eastern Mediterranean U, TRNC, North Cyprus)
Promotion Chair: Zeki Bayram (Eastern Mediterranean U, TRNC, North Cyprus)
Promotion Co-Chair: Yi Mu (U of Wollongong, Australia)
Promotion Co-Chair: Ahmed Y. Mahmoud (Eastern Mediterranean U, TRNC, North Cyprus)

INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE (pending confirmation)
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(to be updated)

Khalil A. ABUOSBA, Philadelphia University, Jordan
Sheikh Iqbal AHAMED, Marquette U., USA
Ersan AKYILDIZ, METU, Turkey
Taner ALTINOK, Defense Sciences Institute, Military Academy, Turkey
Serap ATAY, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
Lyudmila Klimentyevna BABENKO, Federal U. of South Russia, Russia
Yuri Vladimirovich BORODAKIY, Sistemprom, Moscow, Russia
Arkadiy B. BARSKIY, Moscow State U. of Transport Ways, Russia
Suha BAYINDIR, Eastern Mediterranean U., North Cyprus
Zeki BAYRAM, Eastern Mediterranean U., North Cyprus
Ayse BENER, Bogazici U., Turkey
Jun BI, Tsinghua U., China
Müslim BOZYIGIT, Middle East Technical U., North Cyprus
Mehmet Ufuk CAGLAYAN, Bogazici U., Turkey
Jan CAPPAERT, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Alexander CHEFRANOV, Eastern Mediterranean U. & ITRC, North Cyprus
Anton CHUVAKIN, LogLogic, USA
Danny De COCK, Katholieke U. Leuven, Belgium
Mina DENG, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Claudia DIAZ, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Tharam S. DILLON, U. of Technology, Sydney (UTS), Australia
Atilla ELCI, Eastern Mediterranean U., North Cyprus
Saban EREN, Maltepe U., Turkey
Ruyal ERGUL, METU, Turkey
Ana Isabel Gonzlez-Tablas FERRERES, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Dieter GOLLMANN, Techniche U. Hamburg-Harburg, Germany
Johann GROSCHDL, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Song HAN, Curtin U. of Technology, Australia
Selim HENDRICKSON, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
Edward HUMPHREYS, XiSEC and ISO/IEC SC27, UK
David HWANG, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Fuat INCE, Marmara U., Turkey
Hai JIN, Huazhong U. of Science and Technology, China
Tai-hoon KIM, Security Engineering Research Group (SERC), Korea
Il Seok KO, Dongguk U., Korea
Cetin Kaya KOC, Istanbul Commerce U., Turkey, & Oregon State U., USA
Ahmet Hasan KOLTUKSUZ, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
Ozgul KUCUK, Katholieke U. Leuven, Belgium
Sefer KURNAZ, ASTIN- Air Force Academy, Turkey
Klaus KURSAWE, Phillips, The Nederlands
Geuk LEE, Hannam U. & SERC, Korea
Tiberiu S. LETIA, Technical U. of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Albert LEVI, Sabanci U., Turkey
Chuchang LIU, DSTO, Australia
Robert MAIER, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Oleg Borisovich MAKAREVICH, Federal U. of South Russia, Russia
Nele MENTENS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Jorge NAKAHARA, Universidade Catolica de Santos, Brazil
Gregory NEVEN, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Svetla NIKOVA, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Jose Antonio ONIEVA, U. de Málaga, Spain
Bülent ORENCIK, TUBITAK MAM, Turkey
Mehmet A. ORGUN, Macquarie U., Australia
Valeriy O. OSIPYAN, Kuban State U., Russia
Elisabeth OSWALD, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Attila OZGIT, Middle East Tech U., Turkey
Pascal PAILLIER, Gemalto, France
Josef PIEPRZYK, Macquarie U., Australia
Norbert PRAMSTALLER, Graz University of Technology, Austria
Vasant H. RAVAL, Creighton U., USA
Mesut RAZBONYALI, Maltepe U., Turkey
Seref SAGIROGLU, Gazi U., Turkey
Muhammed SALAMAH, Eastern Mediterranean U., North Cyprus
Erkay SAVAS, Sabanci University, Turkey
Ashutosh SAXENA, Infosys Technologies, India
Bruce SCHNEIER, BT Counterpane, USA
Ali Aydin SELCUK, Bilkent U., Turkey
Stefaan SEYS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Siraj SHAIKH, United Nations U., Macau SAR China
Sushil K. SHARMA, Ball State University, USA
Dave SINGELEE, Katholieke U. Leuven, Belgium
Gennadiy Viasilyevich SLYUSAREV, North Caucasus State Technical U., Russia
Boris V. SOBOL, Don State Technical U., Russia
Eugene H. SPAFFORD, Purdue U., USA
Kaile SU, Sun Yat-Sen University, China
Cengiz TAVUKCUOGLU, Defense Sciences Institute, Military Academy, Turkey
Dongvu TONIEN, CIS, TITRI, U. of Wollongong, Australia
Tugkan TUGLULAR, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
Ion TUTANESCU, U. of Pitesti, Romania
Ahmet UNVEREN, Eastern Mediterranean U., North Cyprus
Vladimir I. VASILYEV, Ural State Aviation Technology U., Russia
Huaxiong WANG, Nanyang Technological U., Singapore
Dai WATANABE, Hitachi, Japan
Thomas WOLLINGER, escrypt GmbH - Embedded Security, Germany
Karel WOUTERS, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Brecht WYSEUR, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Siddika Berna Ors YALCIN, Istanbul Technical U., Turkey
Justin ZHAN, Carnegie-Mellon U., USA
Mohammad ZULKERNINE, Queens U., Canada

[The International Program Committee is being formed]

GENERAL INQUIRIES
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For updated information, please refer to www.sinconf.org or
the Conference Chair (SINConf-Chair@sinconf.org).