VODCA 2008: call for papers

[Alessandro Aldini]

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           F I R S T   C A L L   F O R   P A P E R S

                 3rd International Workshop on
      Views On Designing Complex Architectures (VODCA'08)

                       Bertinoro, Italy
                      30-31 August, 2008

                http://coba.dc.fi.udc.es/vodca

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IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of papers:        25 May, 2008
Notification of acceptance:  1 July, 2008
Camera-ready version due:    22 July, 2008
VODCA workshop:              30-31 August, 2008


AIMS and SCOPE

Security and management of information are key issues in
informatics, and are among its fast-developing fields. This
workshop seeks to bring together junior researchers in the
areas of information security and information management,
and to provide a platform for the exchange of ideas and
experiences. Hence, we invite researchers to submit papers
according to the following, non-exhaustive list of topics:

Information Security          Information Management

 * Security protocols          * Knowledge management
 * Database security           * Data and knowledge sharing
 * Information flow            * Component-based design
 * Access control policies     * Service-oriented computing
 * Intrusion detection         * Workflow management
   strategies                  * CSCW and groupware systems
 * Mobile secure code          * Intelligent information
 * Formal methods for security   systems
 * Language-based security     * Information retrieval
 * Network security            * Distributed systems
 * Low-level software security * Identity and trust management
 * Model-driven security       * Fault-tolerance
 * Verification of security    * Business process management
   properties


SUBMISSION OF PAPERS

Authors are invited to submit an extended abstract of their
paper, presenting an original contribution to the theme of
the workshop. Submissions must be in English, should not
exceed 15 pages and should not be under consideration for
publication elsewhere. See the website for further details.

Preproceedings will be available at the workshop. The final
proceedings of VODCA 2008 will be published as a volume in
the ENTCS (Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science)
series, as was the case for the proceedings of VODCA 2004
(ENTCS vol. 142) and those of VODCA 2006 (ENTCS vol. 168).
Authors are thus advised to follow the ENTCS guidelines
(see http://www.entcs.org/) when preparing their paper.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to prepare a proper
extension of their paper for inclusion in vol. 6 of the series
Architecting Dependable Systems to be published by Springer in
the Lecture Notes in Computer Science as a State-of-the-Art
Survey. This volume will contain papers selected from both
DSN 2008 WADS and VODCA 2008.


GENERAL INFORMATION AND REGISTRATION

The workshop will take place immediately after FOSAD 2008
(the 8th International School on Foundations of Security
Analysis and Design). For further information, please visit
http://www.sti.uniurb.it/events/fosad08/.

Limited funding is available to support the attendance of both
VODCA and FOSAD for students with an accepted paper at VODCA.
To apply for a grant, please email an application letter to a
member of VODCA's organisation committee. Your letter should
include a description of your interests in the area of the
workshop, details of financial support you have obtained or
hope to obtain from elsewhere, and a short summary of your
educational background. Applications for financial support
open on July 1, 2008 (the Notification of acceptance date).

Participants of FOSAD will receive a discount on VODCA's
registration fee.


INVITED SPEAKERS

Rogerio De Lemos (University of Kent, UK)
Reiko Heckel (University of Leicester, UK)
A third invited speaker will be announced shortly


ORGANISING COMMITTEE

Alessandro Aldini (University of Urbino, Italy)
Maurice ter Beek (ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy)
Fabio Gadducci (University of Pisa, Italy)
Jose Ramon Parama Gabia (University of A Coruna, Spain)


PROGRAMME COMMITTEE

Alessandro Aldini (CHAIR, University of Urbino, Italy)
Aslan Askarov (Chalmers University, Gothenburg, Sweden)
Maurice ter Beek (ISTI-CNR, Pisa, Italy)
Stefano Bistarelli (University of Pescara/IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy)
Alejandra Cechich (University of Comahue, Neuquen, Argentina)
Nathan Clarke (University of Plymouth, UK)
Cas Cremers (ETH Zurich, Switzerland)
Cristina Gacek (Newcastle University, UK)
Fabio Gadducci (University of Pisa, Italy)
Stefanie Lindstaedt (Know-Center, Graz, Austria)
Javier Lopez (University of Malaga, Spain)
Jose Ramon Parama Gabia (University of A Coruna, Spain)
Leila Ribeiro (Univ. Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil)
Erik de Vink (Eindhoven University, The Netherlands)


FURTHER INFORMATION

See the website of VODCA'08: http://coba.dc.fi.udc.es/vodca