eCrime 2012 - 2012 eCrime Researchers Summit (eCrime 2012)

The seventh annual APWG eCrime Researchers Summit will be held as part of eCrime '12 on October 22-25, 2012 in Las Croabas, Puerto Rico.
eCRS 2012 consist of two full days which bring together academic researchers, security practitioners, and law enforcement to discuss all aspects of electronic crime and ways to combat it. Topics of interests include (but are not limited to):
Phishing, rogue-AV, pharming, click-fraud, crimeware, extortion and emerging attacks.
Technical, legal, political, social and psychological aspects of fraud and fraud prevention.
Malware, botnets, ecriminal/phishing gangs and collaboration, or money laundering.
Techniques to assess the risks and yields of attacks and the success rates of countermeasures.
Delivery techniques, including spam, voice mail and rank manipulation; and countermeasures.
Spoofing of different types, and applications to fraud.
Techniques to avoid detection, tracking and takedown; and ways to block such techniques.
Honeypot design, data mining, and forensic aspects of fraud prevention.
Design and evaluation of user interfaces in the context of fraud and network security.
Best practices related to digital forensics tools and techniques, investigative procedures, and evidence acquisition, handling and preservation.
Accepted papers will be published in proceedings. In addition, cash awards will be given for the best paper overall and the best student co-authored paper. A limited number of cash travel awards will also be made to student authors of papers and posters.
Instructions for Authors
eCRS has adopted the IEEE publication format.
Submissions should be in English, in PDF format with all fonts embedded, formatted using the the IEEE conference template, found here: http://www.ieee.org/publications_standards/publica.... Submissions should include author names, affiliations and acknowledgments. They should not exceed 12 letter-sized pages, not counting the bibliography and appendices. Papers should begin with a title, abstract, and an introduction that clearly summarizes the contributions of the paper at a level appropriate for a non-specialist reader. Papers should contain a scholarly exposition of ideas, techniques, and results, including motivation, relevance to practical applications, and a clear comparison with related work. Committee members are not required to read appendices, and papers should be intelligible without them. Submitted papers risk being rejected without consideration of their merits if they do not follow all the above guidelines. Submissions must not substantially duplicate work that was published elsewhere, or work that any of the authors has submitted in parallel to any other conference or workshop that has proceedings.
Authors will be asked to indicate whether their submissions should be considered for the best student paper award; any paper co-authored by a full-time student is eligible for this award.
Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their paper will be presented at the conference. A limited number of stipends are available to those unable to obtain funding to attend the conference. Students whose papers are accepted and who will present the paper themselves are given priority to receive such assistance. Requests for stipends should be addressed to the general chair after September 10.
Full papers have to be submitted via EDAS through the following short link: http://edas.info/N12761. First, papers have to be registered, then authors can upload their papers. A successful submission can be viewed in EDAS, and a confirmation email is sent to the corresponding author. Please make sure you receive that confirmation email when you submit, and follow the directions in that email if you require any follow up.
Research In Progress (RIP)
A special category is available in the paper submission system for Research in Progress (RIP). This category allows for research that is not yet ready for publication but would be of interest to other researchers for presentation and discussion. For consideration in this category please submit an extensive abstract via the paper submission system.
RIPs have to be submitted via EDAS through the following short link: http://edas.info/N12761. First, RIPs have to be registered, then authors can upload their papers. A successful submission can be viewed in EDAS, and a confirmation email is sent to the corresponding author. Please make sure you receive that confirmation email when you submit, and follow the directions in that email if you require any follow up.
Posters
We also seek poster abstracts describing recent or ongoing research or experience in all areas related to the prevention of electronic crime. Submission of late breaking results and work in progress is especially encouraged. Posters will not be published, and thus may substantially overlap published papers or papers simultaneously submitted to a conference or journal. Submissions should follow the same formatting instructions as refereed papers, but should be at most two pages and need not be blinded or include abstracts, keywords, copyright boxes, etc.
The conference will include a poster session in which authors will exhibit their posters. Note, poster abstracts should be formatted like short papers, not like posters. Authors of accepted posters will be sent information about how to prepare and format posters for the conference.
Poster abstracts have to be submitted via EDAS through the following short link: http://edas.info/N12761. First, poster abstracts have to be registered, then authors can upload their abstracts. A successful submission can be viewed in EDAS, and a confirmation email is sent to the corresponding author. Please make sure you receive that confirmation email when you submit, and follow the directions in that email if you require any follow up.
Important Dates: (11:59pm US EDT)
Full paper submissions due: August 3, 2012
RIP paper submissions due: August 3, 2012
Paper notification: September 3, 2012
Conference: October 22-24, 2012
Camera ready due: November 2, 2012
Organizing Committee
General Chair: Randy Vaughn, Baylor University
Program Co-Chairs:
Saeed Abu Nimeh, PayPal
Tyler Moore, SMU
Steering Committee:
Don M. Blumenthal, Global Cyber Risk LLC
Jay Brennan, Mitre
Markus Jakobsson, Palo Alto Research Center
Oliver Friedrichs, Immunet
Susanne Wetzel, Stevens Institute of Technology
Technical Program Committee:
Don Blumenthal, DMB Associates, LLC
Jay Brennan, Mitre
Ebru Cankaya, University of North Texas
Ebrima Ceesay, TASC
Senthil Cheetancheri, Sonicwall
Thomas Chen, Swansea University
Michael Collins, RedJack
Oliver Friedrichs, Immunet
Yong Guan, Iowa State University
Markus Jakobsson, Paypal
Ponnurangam Kumaraguru, IIIT Delhi
Tyler Moore, Harvard University
Thomas Morris, Mississippi State University
Steven Myers, Indiana University
Padmaraj Nair, Fujitsu
Suku Nair, Southern Methodist University
Jose Nazario, Arbor Networks
Steve Sheng, ICANN
Sid Stamm, Mozilla
XiaoFeng Wang, Indiana University at Bloomington
Gary Warner, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Susanne Wetzel, Stevens Institute of Technology
Sponsorship Opportunities
APWG is offering an opportunity to build relationships while marketing your company to a targeted audience of security, messaging and financial professionals. Sponsorships are a personal, non-intrusive way of conveying your message. Additionally, your participation can help support activities vital to the overall success of the APWG and its research partners, which ultimately contributes to the success of the entire counter-eCrime stakeholders' community.
There are a sponsorship opportunities available for those who want to use this meetings as an opportunity to communicate their brand and message to APWG members, presenters and event attendees, each either a critical decision maker or a thought leader in his or her own right.
Please contact Deputy-Secretary Foy Shiver for details via email at foy [at] apwg.org.
Registration
Registration for the 2011 eCrime Researchers Summit is $500 for both days including lunch each day and all after hours gatherings. An "early bird" discounted rate of $375 for registrations on or before 30 September.
( Active APWG Members do receive a small discount during event registration, they are also invited to attend the General Meeting on Monday, Nov 7th)
Registration is available here . . .
Event Logistics
This years event will be hosted at the El Conquistador Resort in Las Croabas, Puerto Ricao. Perched high above the ocean on a 300-foot cliff, El Conquistador Resort is a peaceful retreat on the Island of Enchantment. Amenitties include ful spa and fitness facilities, a water park, golf, tennis and numerous dinning options.
We have arranged a special rate of $160 per night (plus fees), details to arrange reservations will be posted soon.
El Conquistador Resort
1000 El Conquistador Avenue
Las Croabas, PR 00738
http://elconresort.com/