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Final Call for Papers for the 3rd IEEE International Symposium on
Anonymity and Communication Systems (IEEE ACS 2013)


Sponsors:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
IEEE Computer Society


Organizers:
Trusted Computing Institute, Central South University, China


Venue & Dates:
Melbourne, Australia, 16-18 July, 2013


Conference Website:
http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/acs2013/


In Conjunction with
The 12th IEEE International Conference on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (IEEE TrustCom-13)
http://anss.org.au/trustcom2013/


Introduction

With the extensive applications of computer network technologies, various network environments, including cloud computing, Internet of Things, P2P networks, and social networks, are emerging in our daily lives. The emerging applications require stronger security and privacy mechanisms to protect network communications among users. Anonymous communication is used to hide communication participants or communication relations so as to achieve effective protection for network nodes and user identities. Anonymous communication can address potential network security issues, and becomes one of the hot topics in the field of network and information security. For the better protection of secure communication and user privacy, including location, identity and behavior habits, it is necessary to develop anonymous communication theories, methods and key technologies of anonymous communication systems in all varieties of application environments.


Scope and Interests

IEEE ACS 2013 aims at providing a forum for discussing the latest academic and industrial research results in all aspects of anonymous communication systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1. Architecture for anonymous communication system
2. Formalizing anonymous communication system
3. Anonymity measures and evaluation
4. Controllable management and revocability in anonymous communication
5. Anonymous communication in cloud computing
6. Anonymous communication in Internet of Things
7. Anonymous communication in P2P networks
8. Anonymous communication in social networks
9. Anonymous signature and authentication
10. Anonymous communication & privacy protection
11. Anonymous communication & network security
12. Anonymous email system
13. Anonymous storage and publishing system
14. Anonymous browsing system


Submission and Publication Information

The accepted papers from this conference will be published by IEEE Computer Society in IEEE TrustCom-13 conference proceedings (indexed by EI Compendex). Papers should be written in English conforming to the IEEE conference proceedings format (8.5" x 11", Two-Column). Papers should be submitted through the paper submission system at the conference website. Each paper is limited to 6 pages (or 8 pages with the over length charge). Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be considered for possible publication in SCI & EI indexed special issues of prestigious international journals. The program committee will select and award one "Best Paper Award" for this symposium. By submitting a paper to the conference, authors assure that if the paper is accepted, at least one author will attend the conference and present the paper.


Important Dates
(1) Submission Deadline: April 1, 2013 (Firm Deadline)
(2) Authors Notification: April 25, 2013
(3) Final Manuscript Due: May 15, 2013
(4) Registration Due: May 15, 2013
(5) Conference Dates: July 16-18, 2013


Steering Chair

Guojun Wang, Central South University, China


General Co-Chairs

Juan E. Tapiador, The University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain
Ruixuan Li, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China


Program Co-Chairs

Jose M. Alcaraz Calero, University of Valencia, Spain
Guihua Duan, Central South University, China


Program Committee (in alphabetical order)

Sachin Kumar Agrawal, University of Limerick
Kemal Akkaya, Southern Illinois University, USA
Cataldo Basile, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Feng-Cheng Chang, Tamkang University, Taiwan
Mauro Conti, University of Padua, Italy
Frederic Cuppens, Telecom Bretagne, France
Nora Cuppens-Boulahia, IMT / TELECOM Bretagne
Ying Guo, Central South University, China
Bidyut Gupta, Southern Illinois University, USA
Mario Hoffmann, Fraunhofer Research Institution AISEC, Germany
Hsiang-Cheh Huang, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Youssef Iraqi, Khalifa University of Science, Technology, and Research, The United Arab Emirat
Mike Jones, University of Manchester, UK
Kami Makki, Lamar University, USA
Wissam Mallouli, Montimage, French
Juan Pedro Munoz-Gea, Technical University of Cartagena, Spain
Mohammad S. Obaidat, Monmouth University, USA
kaoru Ota, Tohoku University, Japan
Chung-Ming Ou, Kainan University, Taiwan
Christos Papadopoulos, Colorado State University, USA
Pedro Peris-Lopez, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Slobodan Petrovic, Gjovik University College, Norway
Fang Qi, Central South University, China
Peter Y. A. Ryan, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Technical University Darmstadt and Fraunhofer SIT, Germany
Jean-Marc Seigneur, University of Geneva, Switzerland
Bin Wang, Central South University, China
Zhengping Wu, University of Bridgeport, USA
Congxu Zhu, Central South University, China


Publicity Co-Chairs

Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland
Mianxiong Dong, The University of Aizu, Japan
Weirong Liu, Central South University, China


Webmaster

Zhaoyang Wang, Central South University, China


Contact

Please email inquiries concerning IEEE ACS 2013 to:
Prof. Guojun Wang: csgjwang AT gmail DOT com and the conference organizers (acs2013melbourne AT gmail DOT com).


Copyright @ Trusted Computing Institute, CSU
http://trust.csu.edu.cn/
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Jose M. Alcaraz Calero
University of Valencia, Spain
http://jmalcaraz.com