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----------------------------------------------------- AlPACa 2008

Workshop on Applications of Private and Anonymous Communications (in conjunction with Securecomm 2008)

September 22, 2008, Istanbul, Turkey http://www.alpaca-workshop.org/ -----------------------------------------------------

During the last few decades we have seen a tremendous number of activities (and publications) regarding anonymous communication systems, how to make them better, various attacks, defenses etc. Even though the implicit assumption of any anonymity work is to have it applied in a real world, few of those activities focus on actual practical systems, and the questions remain if we are doing research on the right thing? how far we are from dealing with the real issues? and are the goals that we try to achieve with these systems those that we are optimizing for?

This workshop solicits papers concerned with what happens on top of and around the anonymizing layer, with a view of how this affects the anonymity system. That is in some ways the user's, operator's, ISP's, etc. view of and experience with anonymity systems and how anonymity systems need to be improved.

Topics of interest are (but not limited to):

* Use cases for anonymous communication systems * Practical experiences with anonymous communication systems * Case studies * Novel applications of anonymous communication systems * Economic incentives / business models for using or deploying anonymous communication systems * Performance and evaluation tools of real systems * Usability * Feedback from real users * Legal issues with running anonymous communication

Important dates: ---------------- * Submission deadline: (extended to) 6 July 2008 * Notification date: 24 July 2008 * Camera ready submission deadline: 10 August 2008 * Workshop: 22 September 2008

Submission instructions: ------------------------

Only PDF formats are accepted for all submissions. Paper submissions must not exceed 8 pages in IEEE conference style, two-column format, including the bibliography and appendices. The Authors' kit can be found on the workshop webpage.

All submitted papers will be judged based on their quality through double-blind reviewing, where the identities of the authors are withheld from the reviewers. Authors' names must not appear in the paper. Submitted papers must not be currently under review for any other publication. Please direct any questions about the paper submission process to the Program Co-Chairs at: aad@docomolab-euro.com ; zugenmaier@docomolab-euro.com

Submissions can be made at: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=alpaca2008

Program Committee: ------------------

Imad Aad, DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Germany (co-chair) Andrew Adams, University of Reading, UK Levente Buttyan, BUTE, Hungary Srdjan Capkun, ETH Zurich, Switzerland Claude Castelluccia, INRIA, France George Danezis, Microsoft Research, UK Claudia Diaz, K.U. Leuven, Belgium Adolf Hohl, SAP Research, Germany Dogan Kesdogan, University of Siegen, Germany Christopher Soghoian, Indiana University, USA Alf Zugenmaier, DoCoMo Euro-Labs, Germany (co-chair)

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