Announcement and Call for Papers

Overview

Hack.in 2009, the 3rd Hackers' Workshop, aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, programmers, administrators, professionals and others interested in the security of computer systems and networks. Hack.in 2009 is primarily a systems security workshop and will focus on the design and implementations of security systems including protocols and case studies. The workshop shall be held over three days during March 17-19, 2009, at IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, India and shall consist of contributed papers, invited talks, workshops and panel discussions. Researchers and professionals are encouraged to submit papers covering novel ideas or significant practical works in the field of computer and network security.

Submissions are due by December 31, 2008.

Topics

 Refereed paper submissions are solicited in all areas relating to computer systems and network security, including but not limited to:

•  Applications of cryptographic techniques
•  Attacks against computer systems and networks
•  Authentication and authorization of users and systems
•  Computer networks and protocols security
•  Data and file system security
•  Design and analysis of security protocols
•  Forensics and diagnostics for security
•  Intrusion and anomaly detection and prevention
•  Malicious code analysis
•  Network infrastructure security
•  Operating system security
•  Privacy-preserving (and compromising) systems
•  Public key infrastructure and applications
•  Security architectures, models and policies
•  Security of mobile and portable devices
•  Security of programs against malware
•  Techniques for developing secure systems
•  Trusted computing and applications
•  Wireless networks security

Important Dates

Paper submission guidelines

Papers are due by December 31, 2008. All submissions must be made online through workshop website. Submissions must be in Portable Document Format (PDF). Papers including abstract, bibliography and appendices should not exceed a maximum of 8 pages, formatted in 2 columns and typeset as per IEEE conference style.

All submissions will be judged on originality, relevance, correctness, completeness and clarity. Unauthorized submission of previously published work and those amounting to plagiarism are liable to be summarily rejected. Program committee may take harsh action against the respective authors including publicizing their cases on the workshop website.

Authors uncertain whether their submission meets the above guidelines or not may contact the program chair via email at  hackin2009[AT]cse.iitk.ac.in.

Papers accompanied by nondisclosure forms shall not be considered. All submissions are treated as confidential.

Refereed papers and Awards

Papers that have been formally reviewed and accepted will be presented during the workshop and published in the workshop proceedings. It is expected that one of the paper authors shall attend the workshop and present the work. One best paper award will be given at the workshop based on the reviewer's comments.

Workshop proceedings

The proceedings of the workshop will be distributed to all attendees and participants and will be made freely available online after the workshop.

Invited Talks, Workshops and Panel Discussions

In addition to the presentation of refereed papers, the technical program of the workshop includes invited talks, workshops and panel discussions. You are invited to make suggestions regarding topics or speakers in any of these sessions. Please send your suggestions or talk proposals to hackin2009[AT]cse.iitk.ac.in.