IEEE ISSR-11 2011 - The 3rd IEEE International Workshop on Security in e-Science and e-Research

Introduction

E-Science and e-Research, through development of Grid computing and Cloud computing based e-Infrastructures, can be used to support
a wide range of research disciplines and inter-disciplinary research. In recent years, the influence of e-Science and e-Research has
grown considerably and their scope of applications now covers many research domains, from science and engineering disciplines such as
physical, biological, clinical sciences and so on, through to the arts and humanities and social sciences. Supporting e-Science and e-Research often places numerous demands on capabilities associated with Grid and Cloud infrastructures. One key challenge is with regard to security. Security technologies must support a variety of user requirements and provider requirements such as authentication, authorization, trust, privacy, policy management, and information assurance, all in a user and provider friendly framework. Many e-Science and e-Research projects have developed distinctive security analyses, requirements, and technical solutions for a variety of applications.

Following the success of ISSR-10 (held in Taipei, Taiwan, in conjunction with IEEE ISPA-10) and ISSR-09 (held in Chengdu, China, in conjunction with IEEE ISPA-09), the workshop intends to provide a forum for researchers, developers and users working on security issues associated with e-Science and e-Research to exchange ideas and share experiences. The workshop has emphasis on establishing a state-of-the-art for security in e-Science and e-Research, identifying challenges and discussing solutions for successfully enabling security for e-Science and e-Research. The workshop program will be a blend of presentations of research papers, and discussions about the current status, emergent areas, and trends on security-related issues in e-Science and e-Research.

Scope and Interests

We solicit original papers reporting a wide spectrum of topics related to security in e-Science and e-Research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

(01) Eliciting security requirements for e-Science & e-Research applications as well as Grid & Cloud infrastructures
(02) Analysis of security challenges, threats, risk and issues in e-Science & e-Research as well as Grid & Cloud infrastructures
(03) Security architectures, frameworks, and infrastructures for Grids & Clouds and applications on e-Science & e-Research
(04) Models and techniques for authentication and identity management in Grid & Cloud infrastructures
(05) Models and techniques for authorization and access control in Grid & Cloud infrastructures
(06) Trust model and management for Grid & Cloud infrastructures
(07) Privacy mechanisms and management for Grid & Cloud infrastructures
(08) Policy models and policy management in Grid & Cloud infrastructures
(09) Information assurance for e-Science & e-Research applications
(10) Security issues and solutions for data providers and data users in Grid & Cloud infrastructures
(11) Model and frameworks for security-driven workflows in Grid & Cloud infrastructures
(12) Network security mechanisms for Grids & Clouds contexts
(13) Security for Grid & Cloud programming models
(14) Energy/cost/efficiency of security in Grids & Clouds
(15) Secure Grid & Cloud resource virtualization mechanisms
(16) Secure Grid & Cloud computation outsourcing
(17) Supporting end-end security solutions for e-Science & e-Research
(18) User-driven security models for e-Science & e-Research
(19) Software engineering best practice in the development of Grid & Cloud security infrastructures
(20) Experiences and case studies on the practical applications of security models and solutions in e-Science & e-Research

Submissions

All submissions should be written in English with a maximum length of 6 pages (or 10 pages with the over length charge) in the IEEE conference proceedings format (8.5" x 11", Two-Column). Papers should be submitted through the paper submission system at the workshop website (To be available soon).

Publication Information

All accepted papers from the workshop will be published by IEEE Computer Society in TrustCom-11 conference/workshop proceedings (indexed by EI Compendex and ISTP). Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be invited for possible publication
in special issues of prestige international journals indexed by SCI and EI (pending).

Important Dates

(1) Paper submissions due: June 30, 2011
(2) Notification of decision: August 31, 2011
(3) Camera-ready papers due: September 30, 2011

Steering Co-Chairs

Richard Sinnott, University of Melbourne, Australia
Wei Jie, University of West London, UK

Program Co-Chairs

Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan
Guojun Wang, Central South University, China
Lizhe Wang, Indiana University, USA

Program Committee
TBD

Webmasters

Qian Li, Central South University, China
Xiaofei Xing, Central South University, China

Contact

Please email inquiries concerning IEEE ISSR 2011 to:
Dr. Wei Jie: jie.wei AT hotmail DOT co DOT uk
and the workshop organizers: ISSR2011Changsha AT gmail DOT com