12th International Workshop on Security and High Performance Computing Systems
(SHPCS 2017)


CALL FOR PAPERS


As part of
The International Conference on High Performance Computing & Simulation (HPCS 2017)
http://hpcs17.cisedu.info/ or http://cisedu.us/rp/hpcs17

July 17 - July 21, 2017
Genoa, Italy


Submission Deadline: March 01, 2017


Submissions could be for full papers, short papers, poster papers, or posters


SCOPE AND OBJECTIVES
Providing high performance computing and security is a challenging task. Internet, operating systems and distributed environments currently suffer from poor security support and cannot resist common attacks. Adding security measures typically degrade performance. This workshop addresses relationships between security, high performance and distributed computing systems in four directions. First, it considers how to add security properties (authentication, confidentiality, integrity, non-repudiation, access control) to high performance computing systems and how they can be formally verified both at design-time (formal verification) and at run-time (run-time verification). In this case, safety properties can also be addressed, such as availability and fault tolerance for high performance computing systems. Second, it addresses vulnerabilities and security threats (and remediation) targeting HPC, grid, cloud and mobile environments. Third, it covers how to use HPC systems to solve security problems. For instance, a grid computation can break an encryption code, a cluster can support high performance intrusion detection or a distributed formal verification system. More generally, this topic addresses every efficient use of a high performance computing systems to improve security. Fourth, it investigates the tradeoffs between maintaining high performance and achieving security in computing systems and solutions to balance the two objectives. In all these directions, various formal analyses, as well as performance analyses or monitoring techniques can be conducted to show the efficiency of a security infrastructure.

The workshop seeks submissions from academia and industry presenting novel research on all theoretical and practical aspects of security related to HPC, distributed, network and mobile environments, as well as case studies and implementation experiences. Papers should have practical relevance to the construction, evaluation, application, or operation of secure systems.


The SHPCS Workshop topics of interest include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Access Control
- Accounting and Audit
- Anonymity
- Applied Cryptography
- Authentication
- Mobile Security
- Commercial and Industry Security
- Cryptographic Protocols
- Data and Application Security
- Data/System Integrity
- Database Security
- Digital Rights Management
- Formal Verification of Secure Systems
- Identity Management
- Inference/Controlled Disclosure
- Information Warfare
- Intellectual Property Protection
- Intrusion and Attack Detection
- Intrusion and Attack Response
- Key Management
- Privacy-Enhancing Technology
- Secure Networking
- Secure System Design
- Security Monitoring & Management
- Security for Mobile Code
- Security for Specific Domains (e.g., E-Government, E-Business, P2P)
- Security in IT Outsourcing
- Security in Mobile and Wireless Networks
- Security in Untrusted & Adversarial Environments and Systems
- Security in Operating Systems
- Security Location Services
- Security of Grid and Cluster Architectures
- Security Visualization
- Smartcards
- Trust Management Policies
- Trust Models
- Web Security
- Web Services Security

INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS:
You are invited to submit original and unpublished research works on above and other topics related to Security and HPC in each local and distributed application fields (e.g. Many-core, Grid, mobile). Submitted papers must not have been published or simultaneously submitted elsewhere. For Regular papers, please submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript, not to exceed 8 double-column formatted pages per template, and include up to 6 keywords and an abstract of no more than 400 words. Additional pages will be charged additional fee. Submission should include a cover page with authors' names, affiliation addresses, fax numbers, phone numbers, and all authors email addresses. Please, indicate clearly the corresponding author(s) although all authors are equally responsible for the manuscript. Short papers (up to 4 pages), poster papers and posters (please refer to http://hpcs2017.cisedu.info/1-call-for-papers-and-participation/call-for-posters for posters submission details) will also be considered. Please specify the type of submission you have. Please include page numbers on all preliminary submissions to make it easier for reviewers to provide helpful comments.

Submit a PDF copy of your full manuscript to the workshop EasyChair paper submission site at xxx. Acknowledgement will be sent within 48 hours of submission.

Only PDF files will be accepted, uploaded to the submission link above. Each paper will receive a minimum of three reviews. Papers will be selected based on their originality, relevance, significance, technical clarity and presentation, language, and references. Submission implies the willingness of at least one of the authors to register and present the paper, if accepted. At least one of the authors of each accepted paper will have to register and attend the HPCS 2017 conference to present the paper at the workshop.

PROCEEDINGS
Accepted papers will be published in the Conference proceedings. Instructions for final manuscript format and requirements will be posted on the HPCS 2017 Conference web site. It is our intent to have the proceedings formally published in hard and soft copies and be available at the time of the conference. The proceedings is projected to be included in the IEEE or ACM Digital Library and indexed in all major indexing services accordingly.

SPECIAL ISSUE
Plans are underway to have the best papers, in extended version, selected for possible publication in a journal as special issue. Detailed information will soon be announced and will be made available on the conference website.

If you have any questions about paper submission or the workshop, please contact the workshop organizers.


IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submissions: ------------------------------------------- March 01, 2017
Acceptance Notification: ------------------------------------- April 07, 2017
Camera Ready Papers and Registration Due: -------------------- May 03, 2017
Conference Dates: ------------------------------------------- July 17 - 21, 2017


WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS
Alessio Merlo
Computer Security Lab (CSecLab)
Department of Informatics, Bioengineering, Robotics, and System Engineering
University of Genoa
Viale F. Causa, 13,
I-16145 Genova, Italy
Phone: +39 010 343 2344
Fax: +39 010 353 2948
Email: alessio.merlo@unige.it

Mauro Migliardi
DEI - University of Padua
Via Gradenigo, 6/B, I-35131, Padova, Italy
Phone: +39 328 1003221
Email: mauro.migliardi@unipd.it

Luca Spalazzi
Dipartimento di Ingegneria dell’Informazione
Universit‡ Politecnica delle Marche
Via Brecce Bianche
I-60131 Ancona, ITALY, EU
Phone: +39 071 2204829
Fax: +39 071 2204474
Email: spalazzi@dii.univpm.it

International Program Committee:
All submitted papers will be rigorously reviewed by the workshop technical program committee members following similar criteria used in HPCS 2017.

- Sherenaz Al Haj Baddar, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan
- Ezio Bartocci, TU Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Mathieu Blanc, Commissariat ‡ l'Energie Atomique (CEA), France
- Matthias Buchler*, Boston University, Massachusetts, USA
- Roberto Carbone, Fondazione Bruno Kessler (FBK), IRST, Trento, Italy
- Valentina Casola*, University of Naples, Federico II, Italy
- Aniello Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy
- Luca Compagna*, SAP Research Center Sophia Antipolis, France
- Gabriele Costa, University of Genoa, Italy
- Jorge Cuellar, Siemens, Germany
- Tianhan Gao*, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
- Paolo Gasti*, New York Institute of Technology, New York, USA
- Johann Groflsch‰dl*, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Nan Guo*, Northeastern University, Shenyang, China
- Dieter Hutter*, DFKI GmbH, Germany
- Martin G. Jaatun, SINTEF ICT, Norway
- Rafal Kozik, Institute of Telecommunications, UTP Bydgoszcz, Poland
- Jean-Francois Lalande, LIFO, Universite d'Orleans, France
- Fang-Yie Leu*, Tunghai University, Taichung, Taiwan
- Gabriele Oligeri, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
- Jose A. Onieva, Universidad de M·laga, Spain
- Davide Schipani, Universit‰t Z¸rich, Z¸rich, Switzerland
- Toshihiro Yamauchi, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan
- Ilsun You*, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, South Korea
(*pending acceptance.)


For information or questions about Conference's paper submission, tutorials, posters, workshops, special sessions, exhibits, demos, panels and forums organization, doctoral colloquium, and any other information about the conference location, registration, paper formatting, etc., please consult the Conference’s web site at URL: http://cisedu.us/rp/hpcs17 or contact one of the Conference's organizers.