Network/Computer Security Workshop
August 4-5th, Bethlehem, PA 18015
http://winslab.cse.lehigh.edu/workshop

Scope
In the past few years, we have seen significant increase in cyber attacks on the Internet, resulting in degraded performance in the use of Internet and computer systems. The attacks, including DDoS, email virus, and worms, are getting more sophisticated, spreading faster, and causing more damages. The attacks originally exploited the weakness of the individual protocols and operating systems, but now also have started to attack the basic infrastructure of the Internet. Many techniques, algorithms, protocols and tools have been developed in the different aspects of cybersecurity, namely, DDOS mitigation techniques, authentication, access control, automatic worm signature generation etc, as they apply to both networks and systems. In addition, there is an increasing demand for measures to guarantee the privacy, integrity, and availability of resources in distributed systems, such as Grid and P2P systems.

The goal of the workshop is to promote discussions or research and relevant activities in security related subjects and to encourage women and underrepresented minority students to participate in this exciting research area.

It is very likely that limited stipends will be available for some selected students and faculty members to attend this workshop. Students/Faculty members who are interested in applying for stipends should refer to the scholarship application section for more details on the application procedure.

Topics of interest
The workshop seeks papers that address theoretical, experimental, and work in-progress in the area of cybersecurity at the system and network levels. Topics covered by the workshop will include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Distributed denial of service attacks
• Distributed intrusion detection and protection systems
• Firewall and distributed access control
• Key management
• Network security issues and protocols
• Mobile codes security and Internet Worms
• Ad hoc and sensor network security
• Security in peer-to-peer and overlay networks
• Security architectures in distributed and parallel systems

Important Dates
Papers due: June 15th, 2005
Author notification: June 30th, 2005
Scholarship application deadline: July 1st, 2005
Scholarship award notification: July 10th, 2005.
Camera-ready final papers due: July 15th, 2005
Workshop: August 5th, 2005

Submission Guidelines and Publication
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts reporting original unpublished research and recent developments in the topics related to the workshop. Submissions should include an abstract, key words, the e-mail address of the corresponding author. The length of the papers should be 6 to 10 double-column single-spaced pages including figures and references on 8.5 by 11 inch paper using at least 10 point font in IEEE Proceedings Style. Final versions will be restricted to 6 pages.
Authors will submit their papers electronically in PDF format to netsec@cse.lehigh.edu. Submission of a paper should be regarded as an undertaking that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the workshop to present the work. Each submitted paper will be peer reviewed and the comments will be provided to the authors. The accepted papers will be published in a CD-ROM.

Organizing Committees

Workshop Chair:
Mooi Choo Chuah, Lehigh University

Technical Program Committee
Sonia Fahmy, Purdue University
Lixin Gao, University of Massachusetts
Jelena Mirkovic , University of Delaware (P)
Dawn Song, Carnegie Mellon University
Tracy Camp, Colorado School of Mines
Mooi Chuah, Lehigh University
Cristina Nita-Rotaru, Purdue University
Rebecca Wright, Steven Institute of Technology (P)
Chun-Xiao (Tricia) Chigan, Michigan Technology University

Scholarships Application Procedure
it is very likely that there will be scholarships available to attend this workshop. Students and faculty members can apply for some limited scholarships to attend this workshop. All applications for stipends should be sent to Prof. Chuah, chuah@cse.lehigh.edu, by 5pm July 1st 2005. Each student application should contain a 1 page description of his/her name, institution she attends, her research interests in the area of network/computer security and any ongoing project involvement in this area, and the reason why stipend is needed to allow her to attend the workshop. The student should include the stipend application when he/she submits research paper/poster for the 2nd day workshop. The application should also include a letter of recommendation from his/her advisor. Each faculty member's application should contain a 1 page description of her name, institution she teaches, her research interests in the area of network/computer security, and any ongoing involvement in any projects that encourage female and/or underrepresented students participation in computer science related area especially in the area of network/computer security. Those selected to receive the scholarships will be notified on July 10th.

Preference will first be given to students especially those that work for advisors that do not have any NSF funded projects yet. Those from local (within 50 miles radius) will get a stipend to cover their traveling cost of $100. Those that are within 50 to 200 miles will receive a stipend of $350-$500 that includes traveling cost and a 2 nights hotel accommodation. Those that need to fly (> 200 miles) will get a stipend of $600-800 that includes airline and a 2 nights hotel accommodation. At least 7 stipends will be given to students. The students can be undergraduate/graduate students.

Selection Criteria for students
Qualified students will be selected based on:
* The student who has demonstrated serious interest in participating in this research area, and cannot attend the workshop without the travel grant.
* The student is presenting a paper or poster at the workshop.
* Only one travel grant per research laboratory
* A current letter of nomination from the student's advisor

Selection Criteria for faculty
Qualified faculty members will be selected based on:
* The faculty member is presenting a research paper and will not be able to attend the workshop without the traveling grant.
* The faculty member is changing research area and will not be able to attend the workshop without the traveling grant.

Preference for the faculty stipends will be given to faculty members who are in the process of changing their research fields and do not have any NSF funded projects yet.

Selection Process for both students/faculty: Selection is made by the Workshop Technical Program Committee chaired by Prof Chuah.