CALL FOR PAPERS

6th Annual Symposium on Information Assurance (ASIA ’11)

14th Annual New York State Cyber Security Conference
June 7-8, 2011,
Empire State Plaza (Albany, NY)
http://www.albany.edu/iasymposium
EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 6, 2011
Authors are invited to submit original and unpublished papers to the 6th Annual Symposium on Information Assurance. Accepted papers
will appear in the symposium proceedings. This symposium is jointly held with the 14th Annual New York State Cyber Security Conference.
This two-day event attracts practitioners, researchers, and vendors providing opportunities for business and intellectual engagement
among attendees. The symposium is organized by the School of Business and the NYS Center for Information Forensics and Assurance
(CIFA) at the University at Albany, State University of New York, as well as the Office of Cyber Security of the NYS Division of Homeland
Security and Emergency Services. There is no registration fee for authors of accepted papers. All participants in ASIA '11 will also be able
to attend the rest of the NYS Cyber Security Conference sessions.

Suggested topics for submission of papers are listed below (but not limited to):

Cyber Warfare Security Data Collection and Analysis

Information Assurance Linguistic Analysis for Security and Intelligence
Internet-based Terrorism and Espionage Reverse Engineering of Viruses and Worms
Security Policy Implementation & Compliance Botnet Detection and Prevention
Information Security Risk Management Self-organization based Security Models
Economics of Information Security Biological Models of Security
Computer & Network Forensics Network Security and Intrusion Detection
Computer Crime and Digital Forensics Security in the Cloud / Distributed Systems
Forensic Accounting and Fraud Detection Curriculum Development in Information Security
Digital Rights Management Privacy & Security
Critical Infrastructure Security Smart Grid Security

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
1. Submitted papers must not have been previously published, or currently under consideration for publication elsewhere, or have
substantial overlap with papers the author has submitted elsewhere.
2. Submissions undergo a double-blind peer review process.
3. Papers selected for presentation will be published in proceedings however we do not take the copyright away from authors.
Arrangements are also being made with journals to publish extended versions of selected papers from the symposium.
4. Papers in the topic areas discussed are preferred, although contributions outside those topics may also be of interest. Please feel
free at any time to contact the symposium chair if you have questions regarding your submission.
5. Papers should be submitted via email to the chair at goel@albany.edu in IEEE format and should include the following:
a) Separate title page (in plain text) with Title, Name(s) of authors, Organizational affiliation(s), telephone and fax number(s),
postal address(es), and email address(es), Author to contact for correspondence about the paper.
b) Abstract (less than 250 words)
c) Paper including a brief biography of each author as appropriate at the end of the paper

SUBMISSION CATEGORIES
Submissions can be made in a number of categories: Completed research papers, research-in-progress papers, case studies, and panel
proposals/round table discussions. Please follow the following guidelines in preparing your submission.
1. Completed Research Papers: Typically 5,000 words long (excluding abstract and references).
2. Research in Progress Papers: Typically 2,500 words (excluding abstract and references).
3. Case Studies: Typically between 3,000 and 5,000 words long.
4. Round Table Discussion: Typically a 1,000 word synopsis of the topic area.
5. Panel Proposals: Typically a 1,000 word description, identifying the panelists to be involve

IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission Deadline March 6, 2011
Reviewer Feedback March 31, 2011
Final Paper Submission April 18, 2011
Symposium Dates June 7-8, 2011

SYMPOSIUM CHAIR SUBMISSIONS CHAIR

Sanjay Goel Damira Pon
Director of Research, NYS Center for Information Forensics and Senior Research Analyst, NYS Center for Information Forensics and
Assurance (CIFA) Assurance (CIFA)
Associate Professor, School of Business University at Albany, State University of New York
University at Albany, State University of New York PH: (518) 442-4925
PH: (518) 442-4925 damira@gmail.com
goel@albany.edu

2011 TECHNICAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE

George Berg, University at Albany, SUNY
Jeffrey Carr, GreyLogic
Hemantha Herath, Brock University
Gurpreet Dhillon, Virginia Commonwealth University
Ronald Dodge, United States Military Academy
Teju Herath, Brock University
Hong C. Li, Intel Corporation
Martin Loeb, University of Maryland
Billy Rios, Microsoft Corporation
Boleslaw Szymanski, Rensselaer Polytechnic University
M.P. Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India
Stelios Sidiroglou-Douskos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Boleslaw Szymanski, Rensselaer Polytechnic University,
Shambhu J. Upadhyaya, University at Buffalo, SUNY
S. S. Ravi, University at Albany, SUNY
Dipankar Dasgupta, University of Memphis
Sumita Mishra, Rochester Institute of Technology
H.R. Rao, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Shiu-Kai Chin, Syracuse University
Daniel Rice, Technology Solutions Experts, Inc.
Stephen F. Bush, GE Global Research Center
Alvaro Ortigosa, Autonoma Universidad de Madrid
Raj Sharman, University at Buffalo, SUNY
Anil B. Somayaji, Carleton University, Canada
Ibrahim Baggili, Zayed University, UAE