CFP : IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications Special Issue on Security in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks

CFP : IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications Special Issue on Security in Wireless Ad Hoc Networks
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CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications SECURITY IN WIRELESS AD-HOC NETWORKS Wireless access networks are rapidly becoming a part of our everyday life. The widespread availability of miniature wireless devices such as PDAs, cellular phones, Pocket PCs, small fixtures on buildings, and sensors are one step towards making the vision of anywhere, anytime pervasive access and computing a reality. But we are still a long way off from the goal of seamless wireless operation where any wireless device would be able to connect to any other wireline/wireless device at any time, in any place, and while satisfying the requirements of the user of the device. An important area that has to be focused on to make this vision a reality is that related to ad-hoc networks. Technology under development for wireless ad-hoc networks is making important steps toward this end goal possible. However, the security concerns remain a serious impediment to widespread adoption. The underlying radio communication medium for wireless network provides serious exposure to attacks against wireless networks. Wireless ad-hoc networks usually cannot depend on traditional infrastructure found in enterprise environments such as dependable power sources, high bandwidth, continuous connectivity, common network services, well-known membership, static configuration, system administration, and physical security. Finally, throw in malicious adversaries with Byzantine collusion threats and you have a very interesting and challenging problem. Without adequate security, enterprises will not be able to profit from the use of wireless ad-hoc networks, defense organizations might be unable to guarantee the safety of their personnel in battlefield scenarios, and wireless ad-hoc networks will remain on the drawing board even if the other problems associated with them are solved. The aim of this issue is to bring together the work done by practitioners as well as researchers in understanding the practical and theoretical issues related to all aspects of security in ad-hoc networks. We seek original, previously unpublished and completed contributions not currently under review by another journal. Areas of interest include a variety of topics related to wireless ad-hoc networks including, but not limited to: * Intrusion detection * Self-monitoring/self-healing wireless networks * Dependability/security optimization and adaptive control * Role of biometrics * Novel threats/attacks/vulnerability * Public key infrastructure implementation * Intrusion tolerant mechanisms * Denial of service attacks and prevention * Secure group communication/multicast * Security considerations for resource constrained devices * Cross-layer network attacks and mitigation * Secure routing protocols * Network controlled secure physical reconfiguration * Redundancy and security * Reasoning about trust in wireless environment * Tools for analysis and verification of protocols * Privacy, contract agreements, and payment systems Authors should follow the IEEE J-SAC manuscript format described in the Information for Authors. There will be one round of reviews and acceptance will be limited to papers needing only moderate revisions. Proepective authors should submit a pdf version of their complete manuscript (which should be compressed if the file size exceeds 1 Mbyte) via emal to wireless_sec@research.telcordia.com according to the following timetable: Manuscript Submission: OCTOBER 1, 2004 Acceptance Notification: June 1, 2005 Final Manuscript Due: October 1, 2005 Publication: 2nd Quarter 2006 Farooq Anjum Telcordia Technologies 445 South St Morristown, NJ 07960 fanjum@telcordia.com Anup K. Ghosh DARPA/ATO3701 N. Fairfax Dr Arlington, VA 22203-1714 aghosh@darpa.mil Nada Golmie NIST 100 Bureau Dr, Stop 892 Gaithersburg, MD 20899 nada.golmie@nist.gov Paul Kolodzy WinSeC Stevens Inst of Technology Hoboken, NJ 07030 pkolodzy@stevens-tech.edu Radha Poovendran Univ of Washington Box 352500, EE Dept Seattle, WA 98195-2500 radha@ee.washington.edu Rajeev Shorey Dept of Computer Science National Univ of Singapore Singapore rajeev@comp.nus.edu.sg and IBM India Research Lab Indian Inst of Technology Hauz Khas, Delhi 110016, India srajeev@in.ibm.com

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                              CALL FOR PAPERS
             IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications 

                    SECURITY IN WIRELESS AD-HOC NETWORKS

   Wireless  access  networks are rapidly becoming a part of our everyday
   life.  The  widespread availability of miniature wireless devices such
   as PDAs, cellular phones, Pocket PCs, small fixtures on buildings, and
   sensors  are  one  step towards making the vision of anywhere, anytime
   pervasive  access and computing a reality. But we are still a long way
   off  from  the  goal of seamless wireless operation where any wireless
   device  would be able to connect to any other wireline/wireless device
   at  any  time,  in any place, and while satisfying the requirements of
   the user of the device. An important area that has to be focused on to
   make this vision a reality is that related to ad-hoc networks.

   Technology  under  development  for wireless ad-hoc networks is making
   important  steps  toward this end goal possible. However, the security
   concerns  remain  a  serious  impediment  to  widespread adoption. The
   underlying  radio  communication  medium for wireless network provides
   serious exposure to attacks against wireless networks. Wireless ad-hoc
   networks  usually cannot depend on traditional infrastructure found in
   enterprise   environments  such  as  dependable  power  sources,  high
   bandwidth,   continuous   connectivity,   common   network   services,
   well-known  membership,  static  configuration, system administration,
   and  physical  security.  Finally, throw in malicious adversaries with
   Byzantine  collusion  threats  and  you  have  a  very interesting and
   challenging  problem.  Without adequate security, enterprises will not
   be  able  to  profit from the use of wireless ad-hoc networks, defense
   organizations  might  be  unable  to  guarantee  the  safety  of their
   personnel  in battlefield scenarios, and wireless ad-hoc networks will
   remain on the drawing board even if the other problems associated with
   them are solved.

   The  aim  of  this  issue  is  to  bring  together  the  work  done by
   practitioners  as  well  as researchers in understanding the practical
   and  theoretical  issues  related to all aspects of security in ad-hoc
   networks.  We  seek  original,  previously  unpublished  and completed
   contributions  not currently under review by another journal. Areas of
   interest  include  a  variety  of  topics  related  to wireless ad-hoc
   networks including, but not limited to:
     * Intrusion detection
     * Self-monitoring/self-healing wireless networks
     * Dependability/security optimization and adaptive control
     * Role of biometrics
     * Novel threats/attacks/vulnerability
     * Public key infrastructure implementation
     * Intrusion tolerant mechanisms
     * Denial of service attacks and prevention
     * Secure group communication/multicast
     * Security considerations for resource constrained devices
     * Cross-layer network attacks and mitigation
     * Secure routing protocols
     * Network controlled secure physical reconfiguration
     * Redundancy and security
     * Reasoning about trust in wireless environment
     * Tools for analysis and verification of protocols
     * Privacy, contract agreements, and payment systems

   Authors  should  follow  the IEEE J-SAC manuscript format described in
   the  Information  for  Authors. There will be one round of reviews and
   acceptance  will be limited to papers needing only moderate revisions.
   Proepective  authors  should  submit  a  pdf version of their complete
   manuscript  (which  should  be  compressed  if the file size exceeds 1
   Mbyte)  via  emal  to wireless_sec@research.telcordia.com according to
   the following timetable:

                 Manuscript Submission:   OCTOBER 1, 2004
                 Acceptance Notification: June 1, 2005
                 Final Manuscript Due:    October 1, 2005
                 Publication:             2nd Quarter 2006

   Farooq Anjum
   Telcordia Technologies
   445 South St
   Morristown, NJ 07960
   fanjum@telcordia.com Anup K. Ghosh
   DARPA/ATO3701 N. Fairfax Dr
   Arlington, VA 22203-1714
   aghosh@darpa.mil Nada Golmie
   NIST
   100 Bureau Dr, Stop 892
   Gaithersburg, MD 20899
   nada.golmie@nist.gov

   Paul Kolodzy
   WinSeC
   Stevens Inst of Technology
   Hoboken, NJ 07030
   pkolodzy@stevens-tech.edu Radha Poovendran
   Univ of Washington
   Box 352500, EE Dept
   Seattle, WA 98195-2500
   radha@ee.washington.edu Rajeev Shorey
   Dept of Computer Science
   National Univ of Singapore
   Singapore
   rajeev@comp.nus.edu.sg
   and
   IBM India Research Lab
   Indian Inst of Technology
   Hauz Khas, Delhi 110016, India
   srajeev@in.ibm.com