ASIA 2009 - 4th Annual Symposium on Information Assurance (ASIA '09) and 12th Annual New York State Cyber Security Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS
4th Annual Symposium on Information Assurance (ASIA '09) and 12th Annual New York State Cyber Security Conference June 3-4, 2009, Empire State
Plaza (Albany, NY)
Website: http://www.albany.edu/iasymposium

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission Deadline February 15, 2009
Reviewer Feedback March 15, 2009
Final Paper Submission March 31, 2009

SYMPOSIUM GENERAL CHAIR:
Sanjay Goel
Director of Research, NYS Center for Information Forensics and Assurance
(CIFA) Associate Professor, School of Business University at Albany,
State University of New York BA 310b, 1400 Washington Ave. Albany, NY
12222
PH: (518) 442-4925
goel-AT-albany.edu

SYMPOSIUM CO-CHAIR:
Laura Iwan
NY State Information Security Officer, NY State Office of Cyber Security
& Critical Infrastructure Coordination

OVERVIEW:
Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished papers to the 4th
Annual Symposium on Information Assurance. Accepted papers will appear
in the symposium proceedings and selected papers may be selected for a
journal. This symposium is jointly held with the 12th Annual New York
State Cyber Security Conference. A special theme for the overall
conference is cyber warfare. This two-day event attracts practitioners,
researchers, and vendors providing opportunities for business and
intellectual engagement among attendees. The symposium is organized by
the School of Business and the NYS Center for Information Forensics and
Assurance (CIFA) at the University at Albany, State University of New
York, as well as the NYS Office of Cyber Security and Critical
Infrastructure Coordination.

SUGGESTED TOPICS (but not limited to):
Cyber Warfare
Network Security and Intrusion Detection Internet-based Terrorism and
Espionage Reverse Engineering of Viruses and Worms Security Policy
Implementation & Compliance Botnet Detection and Prevention Information
Security Risk Management Security in Wireless and Ad hoc Networks
Economics of Information Security Adaptive & Resilient Security Models
Computer & Network Forensics Biological Models of Security Computer
Crime and Digital Forensics Distributed Systems Security Privacy &
Security Database Security and Data Integrity Digital Rights Management
Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection Linguistic Analysis for Security
and Intelligence Curriculum Development in Information Security

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES:
Submissions can be made in a number of categories: Completed research
papers, research-in-progress papers, case studies, and panel
proposals/round table discussions. Please follow the following
guidelines in preparing your submission.
1. Completed Research Papers: Typically 5,000 words long (excluding
abstract and references).
2. Research in Progress Papers: Typically 2,500 words (excluding
abstract and references).
3. Case Studies: Typically between 3,000 and 5,000 words long.
4. Round Table Discussion: Typically a 1,000 word synopsis of the topic
area.
5. Panel Proposals: Typically a 1,000 word description, identifying the
panelists to be involved.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:
1. Submitted papers must not have been previously published, or
currently under consideration for publication elsewhere, or have
substantial overlap with papers the author has submitted elsewhere.
2. Submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process.
3. Papers selected for presentation will be published in formal
proceedings. Arrangements are also being made with journals to publish
extended versions of selected papers from the symposium.
4. Papers in the topic areas discussed are preferred, although
contributions outside those topics may also be of interest. Please feel
free at any time to contact the symposium chair if you have questions
regarding your submission.
5. Papers should be submitted via email to the chair at goel-AT-albany.edu
in IEEE format and should include the following:
a) Separate title page (in plain text) with Title, Name(s) of authors,
Organizational affiliation(s), telephone and fax number(s), postal
address(es), and email address(es), Author to contact for correspondence
about the paper.
b) Abstract (less than 250 words)
c) Paper including a brief biography of each author as appropriate at
the end of the paper

TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
Alexey Salnikov, Moscow State University, Russia Anil B. Somayaji,
Carleton University, Canada George Berg, University at Albany, SUNY
Gurpreet Dhillon, Virginia Commonwealth University Hong C. Li, Intel
Corporation Martin Loeb, University of Maryland Nasir Memon, Brooklyn
Polytechnic Raghu T. Santanam, Arizona State University Stephen F. Bush,
GE Global Research Center Boleslaw Szymanski, Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute Shambhu J. Upadhyaya, University at Buffalo, SUNY Rahul Singh,
University of North Carolina, Greensboro Michael Sobolewski, Texas Tech
University R. Sekar, Stony Brook University, SUNY Robert Bangert-Drowns,
University at Albany, SUNY S. S. Ravi, University at Albany, SUNY Raj
Sharman, University at Buffalo, SUNY Stelios Sidiroglou, Columbia
University Daniel Rice, Loyola College M.P. Gupta, Indian Institute of
Technology, Delhi Dipankar Dasgupta, University of Memphis Shiu-Kai
Chin, Syracuse University