CALL FOR PAPERS
Advances in
Information and
Software Assurance (AISA)
Minitrack
Part
of the Software Technology Track
Forty-Seventh Annual
HAWAI’I INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES
January 6-9, 2014
Hilton Waikoloa, Big Island
Additional detail may be found on the
HICSS primary
web site:
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm
MINITRACK DESCRIPTION
Modern society is irreversibly dependent on software systems of
astonishing scope and complexity. Yet methods for assuring the
dependability and quality of these systems have not kept pace with their
rapid deployment and evolution. The result has been persistent errors,
failures, vulnerabilities, and compromises. Research is required in
information and software assurance technologies that can meet the needs of
21st century systems. These technologies must scale beyond
present labor-intensive practices that are increasingly overwhelmed by the
task at hand. Many organizations in academia, industry, and defense are
interested in this subject, but often with a focus on specific
subject-matter areas. The goal of this Minitrack is to bring together
researchers from all areas of information and software assurance to
promote sharing and cross-pollination of promising methods and
technologies. The minitrack will promote a unified assurance discipline
characterized by science foundations and automation that can effectively
address the scope and scale of the problem.
Assurance research focuses on achieving an acceptable level of trust and
confidence through auditable evidence that software systems will function
as intended in both benign and threat environments to meet organizational
objectives. It addresses all aspects of the system development lifecycle
in terms of technical, management, and standards-related issues. The
following topics will be included in the Minitrack:
·
Advances in information assurance theory and practice
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Advances in specification, design, and implementation of assured systems
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Advances in verification, testing, and certification of assured systems
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Advances in software security analysis
·
Assurance for embedded systems and hardware components
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Assurance for large-scale infrastructure systems
·
Information and software assurance in cloud computing environments
·
Assurance in system maintenance and evolution
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Automated methods for information and software assurance
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Assurance through computation of software behavior
·
Management of assurance operations
·
Processes and metrics for information and software assurance
· Business
case and ROI development for information and software assurance
·
Supply chain and standards issues in information and software assurance
·
Case studies of system assurance successes
·
Software testing
Minitrack co-chairs
Richard Linger
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Email:
Lingerr@ornl.gov
Phone: 202-701-6257
Luanne
Burns Goldrich
John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Laurel, MD
Email: luanne.goldrich@jhuapl.edu
Phone: 240-461-1512
Richard George
John Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Laurel, MD
Email:
Richard. George@jhuapl.edu
Phone:
240-228-4809
Important Deadlines:
June 15 Submit full manuscripts for review. The review is
double-blind; therefore this submission must be without author names.
Aug 15 Acceptance notices are emailed to authors by the Review
System. (Make sure your server accepts the address.) At least one author
of each accepted paper must immediately make plans to attend the
conference, including initiating fiscal, visa, or other travel guarantees.
Sept 15 Accepted authors submit Final Paper. At least one author of
each paper should register by this date. This is the Early Registration
fee deadline.
Oct 15 Papers without at least one registered author will be
deleted from the Proceedings; authors will be so notified by the
Conference Office.
Questions:
If you have
any questions or would like to discuss paper topics, please feel free to
get in touch with the co-chairs.
HICSS-47
conference website:
http://www.hicss.hawaii.edu/hicss_47/apahome47.htm
