--Call for Papers--
Special Section on Information and Communication System Security
*** New deadline: Sept. 8, 2016 (JST) ***

The IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, which is included
in SCIE (Science Citation Index Expanded), announces that it will
publish a special section entitled "Special Section on Information
and Communication System Security" in August, 2017.

1. Scope
The major topics include, but are not limited to:
- Security Technologies on AdHoc Network, P2P, Sensor Network, RFID,
Wireless Network, Mobile Network, Home Network, Cloud, Database
System, SNS
- Access Control, Content Security, DRM, CDN, Privacy Protection,
E-Commerce, PKI, Security Architecture, Security Protocol, Security
Implementation Technology, Secure OS, Security Evaluation/Authentication

2. Submission Instructions
The standard number of pages is 8 for a PAPER and 2 for a LETTER. The
maximum number of pages for the initial submission of a LETTER is 4.
The page charges are considerably higher for extra pages. Manuscripts
should be prepared according to the guideline in the "Information for
Authors". The latest version is available at the web site,
http://www.ieice.org/eng/shiori/mokuji_iss.html.
The length of the paper should not exceed 8 printed pages in principle.
The term for revising the manuscript after acknowledgement of
conditional acceptance for this special section could be shorter than
that for regular issues (60 days) because of the tight review schedule.

This special section will accept only papers by electronic
submission. Prospective authors are requested to follow carefully the
submission process described below.

Submit a manuscript and electronic files (TeX/Word files, figures,
authors' photos and biography) then transfer the copyright to the
IEICE via the IEICE Web site
https://review.ieice.org/regist/regist_baseinfo_e.aspx
by September 8, 2016 (JST) (Deadline has been extended).
Authors should choose the [Special-IC]
Information and Communication System Security as a "Journal/Section"
on the online screen. Do not choose [Regular-ED].
For additional guidelines on manuscript preparation, please visit:
http://www.ieice.org/eng/shiori/mokuji_iss.html.

Inquiries:
Kazuomi OISHI
Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Comprehensive Informatics
Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology (SIST)
Email: icss2017submit@gmail.com

3. Special Section Editorial Committee
Guest Editor-in-Chief:
Yasunori ISHIHARA (Osaka Univ.)
Guest Editors:
Atsushi KANAI (Hosei Univ.), Kazuomi OISHI (SIST),
Yoshiaki SHIRAISHI (Kobe Univ.)
Guest Associate Editors:
Chun-I FAN (National Sun Yat-sen Univ., Taiwan),
Masaki HASHIMOTO (Institute of Information Security),
Yoshiaki HORI (Saga Univ.), Yoko KAMIDOI (Hiroshima City Univ.),
Akira KANAOKA (Toho Univ.), Takahiro KASAMA (NICT),
Hiroaki KIKUCHI (Meiji Univ.), Kazukuni KOBARA (AIST),
Atsuko MIYAJI (Osaka Univ.), Yutaka MIYAKE (KDDI R&D Labs.),
Masakatsu MORII (Kobe Univ.), Junji NAKAZATO (NICT),
Masayuki NUMAO (The Univ. of Electro-Communications),
Ryuichi OGAWA (IPA), Hiroki TAKAKURA (NII),
Yoshifumi UESHIGE (Nagasaki Univ.), Dai WATANABE (Hitachi),
Takeshi YAGI (NTT), Toshihiro YAMAUCHI (Okayama Univ.),
Chung-Huang YANG (National Kaohsiung Normal Univ., Taiwan),
Katsunari YOSHIOKA (Yokohama National Univ.),
Heung Youl YOUM (Soonchunhyang Univ., Korea)

* Please note that if the submitted paper is accepted, all authors,
including authors of invited papers, are requested to pay for the
page charges covering partial cost of publications.
* At least one of the authors must be an IEICE member when the
manuscript is submitted for review. Invited papers are an
exception. We recommend that authors unaffiliated with IEICE apply
for membership. For membership applications, please visit
http://www.ieice.org/eng/join_ieice/index.html