[ecoop-info] Call for Papers : Malware 2010
Jean-Yves Marion
Jean-Yves.Marion at loria.fr
Thu May 21 22:25:24 CEST 2009
ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS
4th International Conference on Malicious and
Unwanted Software (Malware 2009)
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, October 13th-14th, 2009
OVERVIEW
The conference is designed to bring together experts from industry,
academia,
and government to present and discuss the latest advances and
discoveries in the
field malicious and unwanted software, the techniques, economics and
legal
issues behind their use, and the methods to detect and control them.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submissions due: June 14th, 2009 23:59:59 EST
Notification of acceptance: July 26th 2009
Final papers due: August 16th, 2009
TOPICS
The organizers solicit original contributions addressing the issues
facing the
anti-malware community:
(1) Case studies based on recent malware events, describing large-scale
responses strategies used, tools and techniques employed, quantitative
measurements used and their interpretation,...
(2) Traditional research contributions of a theoretical nature
(including
modeling, simulations,...) or of a more practical nature (including in-
vitro
laboratory experiments, tool and technique development,...)
Contributions of both types, case studies and research, addressing one
of
following non-exclusive list of topics are equally welcome:
- Infection vectors: - Malware detection
worms, virus, spam - Vulnerability prevention
- Information theft: - Malware economy
spyware, rootkits - Phishing and frauds
- Botnets: analysis + economics - Human aspects: propagation
- Collection methodologies: - Forensics and law enforcement
Honeypots, Honeyclients - Malware analysis and
- Case studies: reverse-engineering
analysis and measurements - Arms race:
- National and international laws malware vs. anti-malware
SUBMISSION
Submitted manuscripts must have at least 10-point font size, and
should not
exceed 8 single-spaced pages in length, including the abstract,
figures, and
references, formatted in two columns. Only original papers,
unpublished or
submitted for publication, can be submitted. All submissions will be
reviewed
by experts.
PUBLICATION
Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings (paper
and CD)
that will be included in the IEEE Xplore digital library. Two extra
pages (10
pages) would be allowed for an extra charge. Thus, the IEEE Templates
for
Conference Proceedings will have to be used for the final version.
Selected
papers will be published in a special issue of the Journal of Computer
Virology,
published by Springer. These extended papers will undergo a separate
review
process.
GENERAL CHAIR
Fernando C. Colon Osorio Wireless Systems Security Lab
TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE CO-CHAIRS
JosÈ Fernandez Ecole Polytechnique de MontrÈal
Jose Nazario Arbor Networks
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Saeed Abu-Nimeh Websense Security Labs
John Aycock University of Calgary
Eric Filiol Ecole superieure et d'application des transmissions
Jason Geffner Next Generation Security Software
Vitaly Kamluk Kaspersky Lab
Christopher Kruegel UC Santa Barbara
Arun Lakhotia University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Jean-Yves Marion Ecole Nationale Polytechnique de Lorraine
Charles Miller Security Evaluator
Phil Porras SRI International
Jean-Marc Robert Ecole de technologie superieure
Anil Somayaji Carleton University
Shambhu Upadhyaya SUNY Buffalo
Thomas Vinoo McAfee Avert Labs
Vinod Yagneswaran SRI International
Bojan Zdrnja University of Auckland
Cliff Zou University of Central Florida
LOCAL ARRANGEMENT CO-CHAIRS
JosÈ Fernandez Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
Jean-Marc Robert Ecole de technologie superieure
PUBLICITY CO-CHAIRS
Industrial:
Pierre-Marc Bureau ESET†
Academic:
Jean-Yves Marion Ecole Nationale Polytechnique de Lorraine
SPONSORSHIP
The 4th International Conference on Malicious Software and Unwanted
Software
(MALWARE í09) is held with technical sponsorship from IEEE.
For more information and instructions go to http://isiom.wssrl.org
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