IFIP TC11 WG 11.8 - Information Security Education WORKSHOP

                                        CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

                                   23-26 August 2004, Toulouse, France

                                   Integrated into  *** IFIP SEC 2004 ***
                           19th IFIP International Information Security Conference
                                               http://www.sec2004.org


The demand for specialized skills and knowledge at advanced levels in a range of security areas
is growing.   The aim of the workshop is to develop a first draft of an international doctorate
program allowing a specialization in IT Security.  The draft will be based upon both submissions
from individuals or groups (from academic, industry, military and government organizations), and
discussions at the workshop.  This draft will be further refined and eventually published as an IFIP
Report.

IFIP TC11 Working Group 11.8 - Information Security Education hereby invites you to contribute
to the above workshop by submitting a paper for presentation.  The paper must be the design of a
current or proposed doctoral program with an emphasis on IT security, and address all the areas
listed below. Submissions will be double refereed and accepted submissions will be published in
the workshop proceedings.

The desired doctoral program will consist of both coursework and research, allowing students to
complete part of their studies at participating institutions offering modules in specialist IT and
Security areas.  The doctoral program may be a professional doctorate or research doctorate.

Areas to be addressed in the submission:
    1.  Alternate Title/s of Doctoral Program
    2.  Type of Program, ie Professional or Research Doctorate
    3.  Indicate whether the program is currently being offered, or a proposed program (new
           design)
    4.  Objectives of the program
    5.  Duration when undertaken as a full-time program
    6.  Entrance requirements
    7.  Program Structure including number and duration of modules
    8.  A brief description of Core and Elective modules and sequencing of modules
    9.  Recognition of Prior Learning, including prior research related degrees, relevant industry
           experience, certification, etc.
    10.  Pre-requisite, co-requisite and anti-requisite modules (if any)
    11.  Required size and nature of research project
    12.  International standards to be considered
    13.  Potential funding sources for research projects
    14.  Potential industry partners for research projects
    15.  Potential sources for student scholarships
    16.  Possible areas of curriculum specialization your organization/institution may be able to
           provide as a participating partner
    17.  Any other information relevant to the program, ie assessment recommendations,
           teaching methods, language considerations, etc.

Submissions must be written in English and be no longer than four A4 pages.  Please submit as a
Microsoft Word document (as these will need to be reformatted for the published proceedings).
Use Times or Times Roman font size 12, with single line spacing.  If information is taken from
published material, please cite the source where appropriate and provide full details (not just
URLs) in a References section at the end of your document.



The title of the submission should be the proposed program title, bold, font size 16, centered.
Leave one blank line followed by the author/s surname and given name/s, font size 14, centered.
On the following line indicate the author/s affiliated institution or organization name, font size 12,
also centered. Contact details (address, phone, email) for all authors must be provided in font
size 12, centered, on the following line. Leave two blank lines before addressing the required
areas in the sequence given above.

Submissions must be emailed to ­
H.Armstrong@curtin.edu.au

Important dates
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Submission of papers:       March 1, 2004
Notification to authors:       March 31, 2004
Camera-ready:                  April 30, 2004

PROGRAM COMMITTEE (draft)
Chair: Helen Armstrong, Curtin University, Australia
Colin Armstrong, Curtin University, Australia
William Caelli, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Steven Furnell, Plymouth University, UK
Simone Fischer-Hubner, Karlstad University, Sweden
William Hutchinson, Edith Cowan University, Australia
Cynthia Irvine, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, CA, USA
Sokratis Katsikas, University of the Aegean, Greece
Natalia Miloslavskaia, Moscow State Engineering Physics Institute, Russia
Gerard Quirchmayr, University of Vienna, Austria
Corey Schou, Idaho State University, USA
Jill Slay, University of South Australia, Australia
Matthew Warren, Deakin University, Australia
Louise Yngstrom, Stockholm University, Sweden

SEC2004 Conference General Chair
Yves Deswarte, LAAS-CNRS, France