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The First Announcement and Call for Papers
International Conference "Mathematical Methods, Models and Architectures for Computer Networks Security" (MMM-ACNS-07)

September 13-15, 2007, St. Petersburg, Russia
http://www.comsec.spb.ru/mmm-acns07/

Sponsors:

1.	European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, United States Air Force Research Laboratory
2.	U.S. Office of Naval Research Global, USA

Organizers:
1. St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPIIRAS)
2. St. Petersburg Scientific Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences
3. Binghamton University (State University of New York)

Title and scope
The First, Second and Third International Workshops "Mathematical Methods, Models and Architectures for Computer Networks Security" (MMM-ACNS-2001 (http://space.iias.spb.su/mmm2001/main.jsp), MMM-ACNS-2003 (http://space.iias.spb.su/mmm-acns03/index.jsp) and MMM-ACNS-2005 (http://space.iias.spb.su/mmm-acns05/index.jsp)) organized in 2001, 2003 and 2005 respectively by St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation, Binghamton University (SUNY) and supported by the European Office of Aerospace Research and Development USAF, Office of Naval Research Global, and Russian Foundation for Basic Research were very successful. These workshops demonstrated the high interest of the international scientific community to the theoretical aspects of the computer network and information security and the need for conducting of such workshops as on-going series. The proposed MMM-ACNS-2007 Conference is intended as a next step in this series and will be focused on theoretical problems in the area under consideration. Its objectives are to bring together leading researchers from academia and governmental organizations as well as practitioners in the area of computer networks and information security, facilitating personal interactions and discussions on various aspects of information technologies in conjunction with computer network and information security problems arising in large-scale computer networks engaged in information storing, transmitting, and processing.

Topics of interest:
Papers offering novel research contributions to the theoretical aspects of the computer network and information security are solicited for submission.

Papers may present theory, technique, and applications on topics including but not restricted to:

• Adaptive security
• Authentication, Authorization and Access Control
• Computer and network forensics
• Covert channels
• Data and application security
• Data mining, machine learning, and bio-inspired approaches for security
• Deception systems and honeypots
• Denial-of-service attacks and countermeasures
• Digital Rights Management
• eCommerce, eBusiness and eGovernment Security
• Firewall Technologies
• Formal analysis of security properties
• Information warfare
• Internet and web security
• Intrusion detection and prevention
• Language-based security
• Network survivability
• New ideas and paradigms for security
• Operating system security
• Risk analysis and risk management
• Security and Privacy in Pervasive and Ubiquitous Computing
• Security for Grid Computing
• Security of emerging technologies (sensor, wireless/mobile, peer-to-peer and overlay networks)
• Security of autonomous agents and multi-agent systems
• Security modeling and simulation
• Security policies
• Security protocols
• Security verification
• Software protection
• Trust management
• Viruses, worms, and other malicious code
• Vulnerability assessment

Submitting a paper
The conference welcomes original papers from academic, government, and industry contributors on mathematical approaches and models, state-of-the-art techniques, and novel applications in the above proposed areas. All submissions will be subjected to a thorough review by at least three reviewers. Draft versions of original full papers up to 12 A4 pages in English using at least 11-point fonts with reasonable margins, including abstract (up to 300 words) and keywords (5 to 8), should be submitted by April 7, 2007 or sooner through the upload facilities at the Conference web site http://www.comsec.spb.ru/mmm-acns07/.

Only electronic submissions in PDF format will be considered.

Authors must also indicate the conference track to which the paper is submitted.

The Program Committee will make the final selection based on peer reviewers' evaluation.

The primary focus is on high-quality original unpublished research, case studies and implementation experiences.

Notification of acceptance/rejection will be disseminated by May 10, 2007.

Camera-ready versions of accepted papers (see below) are due May 30, 2007.

Proceedings
Program Committee plans to publish the Conference Proceeding in Springer series "Lecture Notes in Computer Science" (LNCS).
Instructions for authors will be provided at the MMM-ACNS-2007 web site (http://www.comsec.spb.ru/mmm-acns07/).
Camera ready paper submission can be uploaded through the Conference web site at http://www.comsec.spb.ru/mmm-acns07/.

Conference Languages
The working language is English.

Dates of meeting:

Inclusive dates of MMM-ACNS-2007:
September 12-16, 2007 (arrival and registration - on September 12, technical program - on September 13-15, departure - on September 16)
For submission
Paper drafts:	April 7, 2007 (submission deadline was extended!)
Acceptance/rejection notification:	May 10, 2007 May 15, 2007
Camera ready papers	May 30, 2007
For registration:
Early registration deadline	August 10, 2007
On site registration	September 12-15, 2007
Hotel reservation request	August 10, 2007

All materials concerning MMM-ACNS-2007 preparation, program, and other arrangements will be posted on a regularly updated web site http://www.comsec.spb.ru/mmm-acns07/.

Conference Chairmen:
Corresponding Member of Russian Academy of Science,
Prof. R.M. Yusupov, Director of the St. Petersburg Institute
for Informatics and Automation of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPIIRAS)
Phone: 7-(812) 328-33-11 Fax: 7-(812) 328-44-50
E-mail: spiiran[AT]mail.iias.spb.su

Dr. Robert L. Herklotz, Program Manager: Software and Systems
US Air Force Office of Scientific Research
Phone: +1-(703) 696-6565, Fax: +1-(703) 696-8450
E-mail: robert.herklotz[AT]afosr.af.mil

Local contact person
Irina Podnozova
Phone: +7-(812)-328-44-46 Fax: +7-(812)-328-06-85
E-mail: ipp[AT]mail.iias.spb.su

Local Organizing Committee
Chairman
R.M. Yusupov, Director of the St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation (SPIIRAS)

Organizing Committee members:
A.Tkatch (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg, Vice Chairman)
D.Bakuradze (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
V.Bogdanov (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
O.Chervatuk (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
V.Desnitsky (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
O.Karsaev (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
V.Konushy (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
E.Mankov (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
I.Podnozova (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
V.Samoilov (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
E.Sidelnikova (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
A.Tishkov (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
A.Ulanov (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)
V.Vorontsov (SPIIRAS, St. Petersburg)

Program Committee
Co-Chairmen:
Vladimir Gorodetsky (SPIIRAS, Russia)
Igor Kotenko (SPIIRAS, Russia)
Victor Skormin (Binghamton University, USA)

Program Committee members:
Julien Bourgeois (France)
David Chadwick (UK)
Shiu-Kai Chin (USA)
Howard Chivers (UK)
Christian Collberg (USA)
Dipankar Dasgupta (USA)
Naranker Dulay (UK)
Dieter Gollmann (Germany)
Dimitris Gritzalis (Greece)
Stefanos Gritzalis (Greece)
Alexander Grusho (Russia)
Ming-Yuh Huang (USA)
Sushil Jajodia (USA)
Angelos Keromytis (USA)
Victor Korneev (Russia)
Klaus-Peter Kossakowski (Germany)
Christopher Kruegel (Austria)
Antonio Lioy (Italy)
Javier Lopez (Spain)
Fabio Martinelli (Italy)
Catherine Meadows (USA)
Nasir Memon (USA)
Ann Miller (USA)
Nickolay Moldovian (Russia)
Wojciech Molisz (Poland)
David Nicol (USA)
Yoram Ofek (Italy)
Monika Oit (Estonia)
Udo Prayer (Austria)
Bart Preneel (Belgium)
Roland Rieke (Germany)
Andrei Sabelfeld (Sweden)
Ravi Sandhu (USA)
Anatol Slisenko (France)
Igor Sokolov (Russia)
Antonio Gomez Skarmeta (Spain)
Michael Smirnov (Germany)
Duglas Summerville (USA)
Shambhu Upadhyaya (USA)
Vijay Varadharajaran (Australia)
Alfonso Valdes (USA)
Valery Vasenin (Russia)
Paulo Verissimo (Portugal)
Diego Zamboni (Switzerland)
Peter Zegzhda (Russia)

Location of the Meeting, Accommodation, Cultural Program
According to the preliminary agreement, the MMM-ACNS-07 Conference will take place in the historical building "Palace of Grand Prince Vladimir Romanov," now "House of Scientists," located in the heart of St. Petersburg, address: 26, Dvortsovaya emb., St. Petersburg, 191186, Russia. This venue allows the conference organizers to arrange for the Conference itself, as well as for the associated events (informal discussions, reception, breaks, etc.).

All participants are expected to arrive to St. Petersburg directly. Conference organizers intend to arrange for transportation upon arrival and departure and to/from Conference venue/other hotel upon a separate request of participants.

The following assistance in housing could be provided by local organizers. We intend to engage a Destination Management Company "Monomax" to assist participants in housing and cultural programs (http://monomax.ru/langeng). It is possible to make reservations at reasonable prices in hotels in the St. Petersburg downtown area from $120 per night (single room), and from $130 per night (double room). Also, reservations in better and more expensive hotels at $150 - $600 per night are available (hotels like Astoria, Europe, Radisson SAS, etc.).

For students, the hostel from about $50 may be organized on special request.

Visa Issues
All foreign participants of the Conference should obtain an entry visa to the Russian Federation.

Conference Service Agency Monomax Meetings & Incentives will provide participants with the visa support papers (invitation & hotel voucher).
Monomax Meetings & Incentives has reference number of the Russian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Supporting documents will be made based on your personal information submitted on-line at the Visa Support section according to the period of hotel accommodation you have booked.
In order to obtain Russian Tourist Visa please contact the nearest Russian Consulate or Embassy in your home country for the further information.
Monomax Meetings & Incentives will send the visa supporting documents to the participant ONLY after receiving hotel accommodation one night pre-payment!

PLEASE NOTE: In most of cases fax copy of visa support documents is enough. In some countries Russian Consulate requires originals of visa support to be presented. The fee for post courier delivery is charged separately.
The procedure of visa application varies from country to country and could take more than 2 weeks. We recommend you to start it as soon as you know about your participation in the conference.

IMPORTANT GUIDELINES TO FILL OUT YOUR VISA APPLICATION FORM PROPERLY
Purpose of visit: Tourism (please do not state any other purpose of visit).
This will help you to avoid difficulties with your Russian Tourist Visa obtaining, and will help us to shorten and simplify the procedure of invitation letter issue and your registration upon arrival to Saint-Petersburg.
Tourist Visa can not be extended.

Please note that in order to obtain the visa your passport must be valid for at least 3 months after the proposed date.

Migration card
All foreign citizens arriving in Russia have to complete a migration card given at the customs. Please, fill it in carefully and keep safe until you leave the country.

If you have any questions or need our assistance please do not hesitate to contact us at Natalia.Zakharova@monomax.org.

TO ARRANGE INVITATION FOR VISA PLEASE VISIT ONLINE REGISTRATION !

Contact us
Program Committee Co-Chairman
Prof. Igor Kotenko (MMM-ACNS-2007 PC Co-chairman)
Head of Computer Security Research Group
St. Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation
of the Russian Academy of Sciences
39, 14th Liniya, St. Petersburg, 199178, Russia
Telephone: +7-(812)-328-2642
Fax: +7-(812)-328-4450
E-mail: mmmacns[AT]comsec.spb.ru
Local contact person
Irina Podnozova
Phone: 7-(812)-328-4446, Fax: +7(812)-328-06-85
E-mail: ipp[AT]mail.iias.spb.su