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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=IT link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal> <span lang=EN-US>[Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this message]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>***************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>***************<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>FIRST INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON SECURING SERVICES ON THE CLOUD <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IWSSC 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Held in conjunction with the 5th International Conference on Network and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>System Security (NSS 2011)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>September 6-8, 2011, Milan, Italy - http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/iwssc2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IWSSC 2011 BACKGROUND AND GOALS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The ongoing merge between Service-Oriented Architectures (SOAs) and <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the Cloud computation paradigm provides a new environment fostering <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the integration of services located within company boundaries with<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>those on the Cloud. An increasing number of organizations implement <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>their business processes and applications via runtime composition of <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>services made available on the Cloud by external suppliers. This <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>scenario is changing the traditional view of security introducing <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>new service security risks and threats, and requires re-thinking of <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>current development, testing, and verification methodologies. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IWSSC 2011 aims to address the security issues related to the <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>deployment of services on the Cloud, along with evaluating their <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>impact on traditional security solutions for software and network <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The workshop seeks submissions from academia and industry presenting <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>novel research on all theoretical and practical aspects of security <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>of services implemented on the Cloud, as well as experimental studies <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>in Cloud infrastructures, the implementation of services, and lessons <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>learned. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Security in Cloud services <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Software verification in critical services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Static code analysis of software services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Test-based verification of services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Authentication and access control on the Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Challenges in moving critical systems to the Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Cybercrime and cyberterrorism on the Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Communication confidentiality and integrity<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Data security and privacy on the Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Formal methods for the Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Homeland security<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Information assurance and trust management <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Intrusion detection on the Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Model-based validation of services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Orchestration and choreography<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* RESTful service security<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* SOAP security<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Security certification of services<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Security metrics on the Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Security models and architectures<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Security patterns for the Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Security protocols on the Cloud<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Paper submission due: June 1, 2011 (midnight Samoa time)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Notification to authors: July 11, 2011 <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Camera-ready due: July 21, 2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Submissions must not substantially overlap papers that have been <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>conference/workshop with proceedings. Each submission should be at <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>most 8 pages in total including bibliography and well-marked <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>appendices, and should follow the IEEE 8.5" x 11" Two-Column Format. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Submissions are to be made to the submission web site <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>(http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=iwssc2011). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Only pdf files will be accepted. Submissions not meeting these <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>presented at the workshop. At least one author of each accepted <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>paper is required to register with the main conference and present <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the paper. Accepted papers at the workshops will be published in <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>the conference proceedings and in the IEEE digital library.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IWSSC 2011 COMMITTEES AND CHAIRS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Program Chairs<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Claudio A. Ardagna, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Ernesto Damiani, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Publicity Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Fulvio Frati, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Publication Chair<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Giovanni Livraga, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Program Committee<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Marco Aimar, Opera21, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Marco Anisetti, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Luis Soares Barbosa, Universidade do Minho, Portugal<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Michele Bezzi, SAP, France<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Simona Brugnoni, Telecom Italia, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Marco Casassa Mont, HP Labs, UK<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=FR>* Richard Chbeir, Universite de Bourgogne, France<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Nora Cuppens-Boulahia, Telecom Bretagne, France<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Sergio Di Martino, Universita' di Napoli Federico II, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Tharam Dillon, Curtin University of Technology, Australia<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Eduardo Fernandez, Florida Atlantic University, USA<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Nils Gruschka, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Sigi Guergens, Fraunhofer SIT, Germany<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Paul Hofmann, SAP Labs - Palo Alto, USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Hejiao Huang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Renato Iannella, Semantic Identity, Australia<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Meiko Jensen, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Giovanni Livraga, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Luigi Lo Iacono, European University of Applied Sciences, Germany<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Antonio Mana, Universidad de Malaga, Spain<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>* Renato Menicocci, Fondanzione Ugo Bordoni, Italy<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Domenico Presenza, Engineering, Italy<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Jorg Schwenk, Ruhr-University Bochum, Germany <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* George Spanoudakis, City University of London, UK<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>* Yanjiang Yang, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>TO BE COMPLETED<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>This call for papers and additional information about the conference <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>can be found at http://sesar.dti.unimi.it/iwssc2011<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Program chairs can be contacted at iwssc2011@unimi.it<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></body></html>