WICS 2017

WICS'17 4th International Workshop on Information and Communication Security http://is-candar.org/wics17

To be held in conjunction with CANDAR'17, Aomori, Japan, November 19-22, 2017

The main goal of this workshop is to provide a timely forum for the exchange and dissemination of new ideas, techniques and research in the field of information and communication security.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to Authentication Block and Stream Ciphers Biometrics Cryptanalysis Cryptographic Protocols Digital Signatures Efficient Implementations Hash Functions Network Security Privacy Enhancement Public Key Cryptosystems System Security

Paper format Regular paper: 5-7 pages Poster paper: 3-4 pages

Publication The conference and workshop proceedings will be published by Conference Publishing Service and submitted to IEEE Xplore and CSDL digital libraries. Also they are submitted for indexing through INSPEC, EI (Compendex), Thomson ISI, and other indexing services.

Special issue We plan to publish extended versions of selected papers from CANDAR main conference and workshops. Please see http://is-candar.org/special_issue for the details.

Important dates Workshop abstract submission due: August 1, 2017 Workshop paper submission due: August 6, 2017

Workshop co-chairs Toru Nakanishi (Hiroshima University, Japan) Yasuyuki Nogami (Okayama University, Japan)

Program committee Hiroaki Anada, University of Nagasaki Thomas Austin, San Jose State University Chen-Mou Cheng, National Taiwan University Masayuki Fukumitsu, Hokkaido Information University Takuya Hayashi, Kobe University Shoichi Hirose, University of Fukui Kengo Iokibe, Okayama University Yuichi Komano, Toshiba Corporation Minoru Kuribayashi, Okayama University Yoshifumi Manabe, Kogakuin University Takaaki Mizuki, Tohoku University Sumio Morioka, Interstellar Technologies Inc. Toshihiro Ohigashi, Tokai University Tetsushi Ohki, Shizuoka University Katsuyuki Okeya, Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation Kazumasa Omote, University of Tsukuba Ryuichi Sakai, Osaka Electro-Communication University Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University Yoshiaki Shiraishi, Kobe University Masaaki Shirase, Future University Hakodate Yuji Suga, Internet Initiative Japan Inc. Vorapong Suppakitpaisarn, The University of Tokyo Kenichi Takahashi, Tottori University Satoshi Uehara, The University of Kitakyushu Lihua Wang, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology Naoto Yanai, Osaka University