--Call for Papers--
Special Section on Information and Communication System Security
***New deadline: June 4, 2015 (JST)***

The IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, which is included
in SCIE, announces that it will publish a special section entitled
"Special Section on Information and Communication System Security" in
April, 2016.

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, and SNS
- Access Control, Content Security, DRM, CDN, Privacy Protection,
E-Commerce, PKI, Security Architecture, Security Protocol, Security
Implementation, Technologies, 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 June 4, 2015 (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:
Atsushi KANAI
Department of Applied Infomatics, Faculty of Science and Engineering
Hosei University
Address: 3-7-2 Kajinochou, Koganei-shi, Tokyo, 184-8584 Japan
TEL: +81-42-387-6186, FAX: +81-42-387-6186, Email: icsssubmit@gmail.com

3. Special Section Editorial Committee
Guest Editor-in-Chief:
Toshihiro YAMAUCHI (Okayama Univ.)
Guest Editors:
Yasunori ISHIHARA (Osaka Univ.) and Atsushi KANAI (Hosei Univ.)
Guest Associate Editors:
Masaki HASHIMOTO (Institute of Information Security),
Yoshiaki HORI (Saga Univ.), Hiroaki KIKUCHI (Meiji Univ.),
Kazukuni KOBARA (AIST), Atsuko MIYAJI (JAIST),
Yutaka MIYAKE (KDDI R&D Labs.), Masakatsu MORII (Kobe Univ.),
Junji NAKAZATO (NICT), Masayuki NUMAO (The Univ. of Electro-Communications),
Ryuichi OGAWA (NEC), Kazuomi OISHI (SIST), Kouichi SAKURAI (Kyushu Univ.),
Yoshiaki SHIRAISHI (Kobe Univ.), Masakazu SOSHI (Hiroshima City Univ.),
Hiroki TAKAKURA (Nagoya Univ.), Yoshiro WATAGUCHI (Fujitsu Labs.),
Takeshi YAGI (NTT), Katsunari YOSHIOKA (Yokohama National Univ.),
Jonghyun BAEK (Korea Internet & Security Agency, Korea),
Heung Youl YOUM (Soonchunhyang Univ., Korea),
Chun-I FAN (National Sun Yat-sen Univ., Taiwan),
Chung-Huang YANG (National Kaohsiung Normal Univ., Taiwan)

* 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. Authors will
receive 50 reprints.
* 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/member/OM-appli.html