NordSec 2010 Conference — Call for Papers
Aalto University, Espoo, Finland, 27–30 October 2010
Papers, short papers and posters
The 15th Nordic Conference in Secure IT Systems will take place at Aalto University, Otaniemi, Espoo, Finland, from 27-30 October 2010.
The conference welcomes contributions in the form of papers, short papers, and posters. Since 1996, the Nordsec conferences have brought together computer security researchers and practitioners from around the world, and particularly from the Nordic countries and Northern Europe. The conference focuses on applied IT security and is intended to encourage interaction between academic and industrial research. Student papers and posters, as well as submissions reporting industrial experiences, are particularly encouraged. The proceedings will appear in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.
Contributions should reflect original research, developments, studies and practical experience within all areas of IT security. With the theme Security for future networks and services this year's conference will emphasize topics related to on policies, strategies and technologies for protecting security and privacy of network architectures, applications and online services. However, NordSec 2010 welcomes contributions over a broad range of topics in IT security, including, but not limited to, the following areas:
- Applied cryptography
- Commercial security policies and their enforcement
- Communication and network security
- Computer crime and information warfare
- Hardware and smart card applications
- Internet and web security
- Intrusion detection
- Language-based techniques for security
- New ideas and paradigms in security
- Operating system security
- Privacy and anonymity
- Security education and training
- Security evaluation and measurement
- Security management and audit
- Access control and security models
- Security protocols
- Social engineering and phishing
- Security usability
- Economics, law and social aspects of security
- Software security and malware
- Trust and identity management
Important Dates for Full and Short Papers
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 6 August 2010 | full paper submission deadline |
| 1 September 2010 | short paper submission deadline |
| 15 September 2010 | notification of acceptance |
| 1 October 2010 | final version of short and full papers |
| 27–30 October 2010 | presentation at NordSec 2010 |
| 15 November | revised full papers for printed proceedings |
Submission Instructions for Authors
Full and short papers
Full papers must not substantially duplicate already-published work, or work submitted in parallel elsewhere. Accepted submissions may not appear in any other conference or workshop that has proceedings. Manuscripts should be formatted using the Springer LNCS format and should not exceed 16 pages in length.
Short papers will not be included in the published proceedings and may summarize work submitted for publication elsewhere. However, selected short papers will be invited for the printed proceedings. Short paper manuscripts should not exceed 6 pages in the Springer LNCS format.
To submit a full or short paper for review, authors must follow the online submission procedure of Springer Online Conference Service. Selection for presentation at the conference and publication in the proceedings will be based on originality, contribution to the field, and relevance to NordSec. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to NordSec 2010, attend the conference and give a presentation of the paper.
Please see the submission instructions for futher details.
Posters
See the Poster Session page about a student poster competition.
Conference Organisers
Contact: nordsec2010@tkk.fi
Conference chair:
Prof. Tuomas Aura, Aalto University
Local arrangements chair:
Dr. Kimmo Järvinen, Aalto University
Program committee:
Tuomas Aura, Aalto University, Finland (co-chair)
Kaisa Nyberg, Aalto University, Finland (co-chair)
Asokan, Nokia Research Center, Finland
Catharina Candolin, Finnish Defence Forces
Mads Dam, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Simone Fischer-Hübner, Karlstad University
Viiveke Fåk, Linköping University, Sweden
Dieter Gollmann, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany
Christian Damsgaard Jensen, Technical University of Denmark
Erland Jonsson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
Svein Johan Knapskog, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway
Audun Jøsang, University of Oslo, Norway
Peeter Laud, University of Tartu, Estonia
Helger Lipmaa, Tallinn University, Estonia
Vaclav Matyas, Masaryk University, Czeck Republic
Chris Mitchell, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Christian Probst, Technical University of Denmark
Hanne Riis Nielson, Technical University of Denmark
Michael Roe, Microsoft Research, UK
Nahid Shahmehri, Linköping University, Sweden
Einar Snekkenes, Norwegian Information Security Lab
Alf Zugenmaier, Munich University of Applied Sciences, Germany