[Mycolleagues] [SecPri WiMob '08] Workshop on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications

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       SecPri_WiMob  2008   
         International  Workshop
 on Security  and Privacy
 in  Wireless and Mobile  Computing,
Networking  and Communications 

               October
 12,  2008,  Avignon,  France

  www.aegean.gr/SecPri_WiMob_2008   

Aims  and  Scope:
Wireless and Mobile communication networks offer organizations
and 
users several benefits, such as portability, mobility
and 
flexibility, while increasing everyday business productivity,
and 
reducing installation cost. Wireless Local Area Networks,
for 
instance, have been used in various environments,
such as business,
home, conference centers, airports and many more,
allowing users to
move from place to place, avoiding cabling restrictions
and without
being disconnected from the network. Ad Hoc Networks
are collections
of wireless computers communicating among themselves
over possibly 
multi-hop paths, without the help of any infrastructure
such as base
stations or access points; these networks allow data
synchronization 
with network systems and application sharing between
devices. Mobile 
Ad Hoc Networks are autonomous collection of mobile
entities that 
communicate over relatively bandwidth constrained
wireless links, 
establishing survivable, efficient, dynamic communication
for emergency 
operations. Wireless Ad Hoc Sensor Networks consist
of a number of 
sensors spread across a geographical area, offering
certain 
capabilities and enhancements in operational efficiency
in civilian 
applications, as well as assisting in international
effort to increase 
alertness to potential threats.  
However, although Wireless and Mobile communication
environments 
eliminate many of the problems associated with traditional
wired 
networks, the new security and privacy risks introduced
by such 
environments need to be reduced by exploiting appropriate
security 
measures and safeguards, ensuring an acceptable level
of overall 
residual hazard.  
The objectives of the SecPri_WiMob 2008 Workshop are
to bring 
together researchers from research communities in
Wireless and 
Mobile Computing, Networking and Communications, Security
and Privacy,
with the goal of fostering interaction. 

List of topics: 
We welcome the submission of papers from the full
spectrum of issues
related with Security and Privacy in Wireless and
Mobile Computing, 
Networking and Communications. Papers may focus on
protocols, 
architectures, methods, technologies, applications,
practical experiences, 
simulation results and analysis, theory and validation
on topics 
include, but not limited to:  
- Cryptographic Protocols for Mobile and Wireless
Networks 
- Key Management in Mobile and Wireless Computing

- Reasoning about Security and Privacy 
- Privacy and Anonymity in Mobile and Wireless Computing

- Public Key Infrastructure in Mobile and Wireless
Environments 
- Economics of Security and Privacy in Wireless and
Mobile environments  
- Security Architectures and Protocols in Wireless
LANs 
- Security Architectures and Protocols in B3G/4G Mobile
Networks 
- Security and Privacy features into Mobile and Wearable
devices  
- Location Privacy 
- Ad hoc Networks Security  
- Sensor Networks Security 
- Wireless Ad Hoc Networks Security 
- Role of Sensors to Enable Security 
- Security and Privacy in Pervasive Computing  
- Trust Establishment, Negotiation, and Management

- Secure PHY/MAC/routing protocols  
- Security under Resource Constraints (bandwidth,
computation constraints, energy)  
SecPri_WiMob 2008 Workshop Program co-Chairs:
Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Lab., Switzerland

Stefanos Gritzalis, University of the Aegean, Greece

Kaisa Nyberg, Helsinki University of Technology and
Nokia Research Center, Finland 
Costas Lambrinoudakis, University of the Aegean, Greece

SecPri_WiMob 2008 Workshop Program Committee:
To be completed and confirmed 

Paper Submission and IEEE Proceedings: 
The SecPri_WiMob 2008 workshop welcomes full papers
(not solely abstracts) 
from academic, government, and industry contributors
dealing with the 
above or related issues. Papers, which describe ongoing
research or 
provide an excellent surveying work, are welcome too.
All submissions 
will be subjected to a thorough review by at least
three reviewers. 
Papers must be written in English with a recommended
size of 
six (6) pages. For the submission authors can use
the standard IEEE 
Transactions templates 
http://www.ieee.org/portal/pages/pubs/transactions/stylesheets.html

for Microsoft Word or LaTeX formats. Authors must
have checked that 
their papers are printable.  
SecPri_WiMob 2008 workshop is using the EDAS (www.edas.info)
Conference
Management System to manage paper submissions process.
In order to 
submit a paper, authors must first create an EDAS
account if they 
do not have already one. The EDAS system will e-mail
a password. 
Then authors can login to EDAS using the password
they have received
by email. EDAS will provide authors with a submissions
homepage where
they can register their paper submission and make
appropriate changes. 
At least one author of each accepted paper is required
to register 
at the IEEE WiMob 2008 Conference and present the
paper at the 
SecPri_WiMob 2008 Workshop. All accepted papers will
be published in 
the IEEE WiMob 2008 Proceedings.  

Important Dates:
Paper submission due:        
      June 14, 2008 
Paper acceptance notification:      July
16, 2008 
Final manuscript due:        
      August 10, 2008 
Registration and full payment due:  August 20,
2008 
SecPri_WiMob 2008 Workshop date:    October
12, 2008   