Call for Papers IJICS V1 N2

Call for Papers

Special Issue on:
"Systems Assurance"

to be published in Vol. 1, No. 2 (Spring 2006)
in the
International Journal of Information and Computer Security (IJICS)

4 Issues/Year
ISSN (Online): 1744-1773, ISSN (Print): 1744-1765

Guest Editor:
Steve J. Chapin
Department of Electrical Engineering
and Computer Science, Syracuse University, USA
http://www.hpdc.syr.edu/~chapin/

Systems Assurance comprises related areas of computer security, information assurance, public policy, management, communications, and complex systems. In this context, system means more than computer systems; it denotes a large-scale, complex system that is critically affected by human action. While classic technical approaches to computer security play a role in systems assurance, they are only a part of a holistic approach to real solutions.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Trust in large-scale systems
Formal models of complex systems
Policy management
Distributed system security
Autonomic systems and computing
Economics models of complex systems
Assurance in decentralized (e.g., peer-to-peer) systems
Information assurance and public policy
Management of assured systems
Building trustworthy systems from untrusted components
Reputation management
Artificial life concepts in system assurance

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

A submitted paper must not be under the review of any other journal.
Electronic submission is required; a manuscript in PDF format must be submitted via the Journal Management System at http://www.icebnet.org/JMS/.
Please submit your manuscript with a cover letter containing the following imperative statements (Click here for a sample cover letter)
1. Title and the central theme of the article.
2. Which subject/theme of the Journal the material matches.
3. Why the material is important in its field and why the material should be published in this Journal.
4. Nomination of up to four recognized experts who would be considered appropriate to review the submission. Please state (1) the names, title, addresses, phone, fax, and email addresses of these reviewers, (2) the expertise of each reviewer relating to your paper, and (3) your relationship with each of them. An attempt will be made to select at least one of the nominated reviewers.
5. The fact that the manuscript contains original unpublished work and is not being submitted for publication elsewhere
A complete submission must include three separate files: (1) the cover letter, (2) the title page, and (3) the manuscript without authors' names. These files should be submitted electronically to the Guest Editor via the Journal Management System.
Each paper will undergo two rounds of double-blind reviews. Any paper that fails to meet the required revisions after two rounds of reviews will be rejected unless only minor changes are needed. (Click here for Review Process details)
Note that author name(s) must not appear anywhere else in the manuscript except in the title page and the reference list (if cited). No information can be placed in the properties of the manuscript's electronic file.
Inappropriate submissions will be returned to authors. Factors leading to this action include submission with improper or no cover letter, excessive length, technically inappropriate material, single spaced body of text, subject of no interest to readers, manuscripts simultaneously submitted to other publications, and manuscripts not adhering to author guidelines.
Non-English speaking authors should have their papers proofread by a professional technical writer for grammatical and spelling corrections as well as the readability of the paper, before submitting it to the Guest Editor.
Accepted papers must follow the guidelines posted at the Journal's web site to format the final papers.

IMPORTANT DATES

September 15, 2005: Due date for full-paper submissions to the Specia Issue.
October 1, 2005: Outcomes of initial screening are returned to authors whose papers are rejected for further reviews.
November 15, 2005: Outcomes of formal reviews are sent to authors of all papers.
December 15, 2005: Due date for resubmission of papers required revisions.
January 15, 2006: Outcomes of 2nd-round formal reviews are sent to authors of resubmitted papers.
February 1, 2006: Due date for resubmission of papers required only minor revisions.
February 15, 2006: Outcomes of 3rd-round formal reviews are sent to authors of resubmitted papers.
March 1, 2006: Due date for authors to submit properly-formatted copies for all accepted papers.
May 2006 (Vol.1, No.2): Publication schedule.

For any questions and article submissions, please contact

Dr. Steve Chapin
Guest Editor
E-mail: chapin@ecs.syr.edu

For more information on the Journal please visit the IJICS web site.