The Sixth International Conference on Software Security and Reliability

In 2006, the IEEE Reliability Society made a strategic decision to launch an annual conference focusing on security and reliability. This resulted in the establishment of an International Conference on Secure Software Integration and Reliability Improvement (SSIRI). From this year onward, the conference has been renamed to International Conference on Software Security and Reliability (SERE), with SE representing SEcurity and RE for REliability, to make the focus of the conference more easily recognizable.

SERE 2012 is the sixth annual conference which brings together a wide range of researchers and practitioners to present their on-going ideas, experiences, and outcomes of most recent research, and to exchange their best-of-breed practices for developing reliable, secure, and trustworthy software in a more effective and efficient way. It not only allows the academic community to gain an increased awareness of the areas that are vital to the software industry, but also grants practitioners an opportunity to express their needs. The conference will be held at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, in Gaithersburg, Maryland, less than one hour from Washington D.C.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

  • Security, Reliability, Availability, and Safety of Software Systems
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  • Software Vulnerabilities
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  • Fault Tolerance for Software Reliability Improvement
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  • Malware Detection and Analysis
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  • Modeling, Prediction, Simulation, and Evaluation
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  • Intrusion Detection and Prevention
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  • Validation, Verification, and Testing
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  • Operating System Security and Reliability
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  • Metrics, Measurements, and Analysis
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  • Mobile and Cloud Computing
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  • Secure and Reliable Storage
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  • Theory and Practice
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  • Software Penetration and Protection
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  • Benchmark and Empirical Studies
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    IMPORTANT DATES

  • November 15, 2011:
    		• Workshop proposals due
  • February 15, 2012:
    		•  Student Doctoral Program due
  • January 10, 2012:
    		• Regular papers due
  • March 10, 2012:
    		• Author notification
  • February 15, 2012:
    		• Fast Abstract Track due
  • April 10, 2012:
    		• Camera-ready & author registration due

    SUBMISSION

    Submit original manuscripts (not published or considered elsewhere) with a maximum of ten pages (regular and workshop paper (Student Doctoral Program), and two pages (Fast Abstract Track). Each paper should include a title, and the name and affiliation of Except for the Fast Abstract Track, each submission should also include a 150-word abstract and up to 6 keywords. The format of you must follow the guidelines for IEEE conference proceedings. The first author of a Student Doctoral Program submission must be a stu one Best Paper Award will be presented. Detailed instructions for paper submission can be found at http://paris.utdallas.edu/sere12.


    CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS & SPECIAL SECTION OF THE IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON RELIABILITY

    The conference proceedings will be published by IEEE Press and made available in the IEEE digital library. Papers in the proceedings are also included in the Ei Compendex database. Authors of selected best papers from the conference will be invited to submit an extended version to a special section of the IEEE Transactions on Reliability.


    ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

  • General Chair
    		• Jeffrey Voas NIST/USA
  • Program Chair
    		• Shiuhpyng Shieh National Chiao Tung University/Taiwan
  • Workshop Chair
    		• Angelos Stavrou George Mason University/USA
    Massimo Felici University of Edinburgh/UK
  • Student Doctoral Program Chair
    		•  Doo-Hwan Bae Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology/Korea
  • Publicity Chair
    		• Fei-Ching Kuo Swinburne University of Technology/Australia
    Michael Siok Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company/USA
    Linzhang Wang Nanjing University/China

    STEERING COMMITTEE

  • W. Eric Wong (co-Chair)
    		• University of Texas at Dallas/USA
  • Sam Keene (co-Chair)
    		• IEEE Reliability Society/USA
  • Fevzi Belli
    		• University of Paderborn/Germany
  • Karama Kanoun
    		•  LAAS-CNRS/France
  • Raymond Paul
    		• Department of Defense/USA
  • Ji Wang
    		• National U. of Defense Technology/China

    GENERAL INQUIRIES

    For more detailed and updated information, please refer to http://paris.utdallas.edu/sere12, or contact Professor Shiuhpyng Shieh, Program Chair at ssp@cs.nctu.edu.tw, or Professor W. Eric Wong, co-Chair, Steering Committee at ewong@utdallas.edu.