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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=NL-BE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>[Our sincere apologies if you receive this multiple times]<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='color:red'>The deadline of the ESSoS PhD Symposium has been extended.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>ESSoS Doctoral Symposium<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>February 26, 2014, Munich<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>IMPORTANT DATES<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Paper submission deadline: <s><span style='color:red'>January 13, 2014</span></s><span style='color:red'> January 20, 2014</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Notification of Acceptance: January 28, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Camera Ready Version: February 12, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The ESSoS Doctoral Symposium 2014 will be held in Munich, Germany on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 in conjunction with the ESSoS 2014 Symposium. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Following the aim of the past ESSoS-DS edition, the scope of the current event will be focused on providing PhD students an opportunity to discuss their research in Engineering Secure Software and Systems (ESSoS) in an international forum, and with a panel of well-known experts in the field.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>NEW in this year’s Symposium is the fact that we aim to bring together a broad range of students: PhD students at the start of their trajectory, students who are about to finish (What are the pitfalls in the final stages?) and students in the middle (aiming for the first top-level publication).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Students will have the occasion to discuss, in a welcoming and informal atmosphere, the goals already achieved or planned, the research challenges they are interested in, the projects they are working on, the facilities they are developing, the problems they want to solve and are solving in their doctoral work.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>During the Doctoral Symposium students will receive useful feedback from senior researchers, industrial partners and experts. It will also be a good opportunity for meeting and sharing experiences with other PhD students that are addressing similar topics, or are at a similar stage in their doctoral work. This way, the students will obtain guidance both on the academic content of their current work and on potential future research trajectories. PhD students carrying out research in Engineering Secure Software and Systems are invited to submit a position paper to the PhD Symposium.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Short papers will be peer-reviewed by the Symposium's program committee members. The criteria used for accepting a paper include contribution of the work to the ESSoS field, originality of the work, and overall quality of the position paper.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>TOPICS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>PhD proposals fitting into the ESSoS conference topics are especially encouraged. This includes a diversity of topics, such as (but not limited to): <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- scalable techniques for threat modeling and analysis of vulnerabilities<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- specification and management of security requirements and policies<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- security architecture and design for software and systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- model checking for security<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- specification formalisms for security artifacts<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- verification techniques for security properties<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- systematic support for security best practices<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- security testing<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- security assurance cases<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- programming paradigms, models and DSLs for security<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- program rewriting techniques<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- processes for the development of secure software and systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- security oriented software reconfiguration and evolution<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- security measurement<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- automated development<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- trade-off between security and other non-functional requirements<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- support for assurance, certification and accreditation <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Accepted position papers will be presented during the ESSoS 2014 Doctoral Symposium and will be published on the ESSoS website. Presenters of the doctoral Symposium will get an opportunity to present their work in poster format during the main program of ESSoS 2014. The organizers of the doctoral symposium intend to publish post-proceedings of the Doctoral Symposium – details will follow.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Two types of submissions will be considered: (A) papers reflecting PhD projects in an early stage and (B) papers that represent PhD projects that are in the second half or nearly complete. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>A) Position papers of PhD students in an early stage of their project should fulfill the following requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Length: two to six pages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Format: Submissions should be formatted according to the LNCS guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Content: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * Authors’ names (PhD student + contributing team members if applicable)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * affiliation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * an abstract (maximum 200 words)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * the problem(s) that the proposed research is going to solve, and the motivation for solving them<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * the aims and objectives of the proposed research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * the potential contributions to the state-of-the-art<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * the research methodology to be used to achieve the research goals, including a brief description of the work done to date and a tentative research plan for future work<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * the main contribution(s) of the research to the field of Engineering Secure Software and Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>B) Position papers of PhD students in a late to closing stage of their project - should fulfill the following requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Length: two to six pages<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Format: Submissions should be formatted according to the LNCS guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Content: <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * Authors’ names (PhD student + contributing team members if applicable)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * affiliation<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * an abstract (maximum 200 words)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * Scope: the domain, scope and objectives of the proposed research<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * Track record: the results that have been achieved in previous steps and/or publications<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * The synergy and cohesion between the results, and the approach on how to complete the thesis<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> * The main contribution(s) of the research to the field of Engineering Secure Software and Systems<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>C) Some PhD students who a have delivered a top publication in the midst of their trajectory will be invited to present a testimonial; anybody can volunteer by sending a short email to the PC Chairs (referring to their actual top publication).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Authors should use the Doctoral Symposium Submission site at EasyChair (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=essosds2014) for the submission of their manuscripts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>CONTACT INFORMATION<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Doctoral Symposium Chairs: Wouter Joosen (KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium) and Fabio Martinelli (CNR, Pisa, Italy)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Authors of accepted papers may apply for a grant to cover their registration for ESSoS 2014. </span>For more information, email to Ghita.Saevels@cs.kuleuven.be<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><br>
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