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Call for Papers

                       
The First International Workshop on Network Security & Applications (WNSA-2008)
(Co-located with ICCIT08)
November 11-13, Busan, South Korea
http://www.netwsa.com

** Proceedings and Journal Publish **

All accepted and presented conference papers will be included in IEEE CS Proceedings and selected papers will be included in International Journal of Computer Science & Applications (ISSN 0972-9038).


The First International Workshop on Network Security & Applications (WNSA-2008) focuses on all technical and practical aspects of security and its applications for wired and wireless networks. The goal of this workshop is to bring together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry to focus on understanding Modern security threats and countermeasures, and establishing new collaborations in these areas.

Authors are solicited to contribute to the workshop by submitting articles that illustrate research results, projects, surveying works and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the areas of Security & its applications. 

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following

•	Network and Wireless Network Security
•	Mobile, Ad Hoc and Sensor Network Security
•	Peer-to-Peer Network Security
•	Database and System Security
•	Intrusion Detection and Prevention
•	Internet Security & Applications
•	Security & Network Management
•	E-mail security, Spam, Phishing, E-mail fraud
•	Virus, worms, Trojon Protection 
•	Security threats & countermeasures (DDoS, MiM, Session Hijacking,Replay attack etc,)
•	Ubiquitous Computing Security
•	Web 2.0 security
•	Cryptographic protocols 
•	Performance Evaluation of Protocols & Security Applications





Paper submission

Authors are invited to submit papers for the workshop through E-mail (wwsa2008@yahoo.com or workshop@netwsa.com) by June 30, 2008. Submissions must be original and should not have been published previously or be under consideration for publication while being evaluated for this workshop. The workshop proceeding will be published by IEEE CS Series. Please visit workshop web page (http://www.netwsa.com) for more details and submission information.
Selected papers from WNSA 2008, after further revisions, will be published in the special issue of International Journal of Computer Science & Applications (ISSN 0972-9038) (confirmed).
Journal Indices: The IJCSA is indexed in INSPEC, Digital Bibliography & Library Project (DBLP), Elektronische Zeitschriftenbibliothek, Directory of Open Access Journals in CS (DOAJ) and WorldCat: Computer Literature Index.

Important dates

Submission of papers: June 30, 2008
Notification to authors: July 5~10, 2008
Camera-ready version: July 18, 2008


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Regards,
Organizing Committee, WNSA 2008
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General Co-Chairs

Dr.Ahmet Denker, The American University, Cyprus 

Dr.Jae Kwang Lee, Hannam University,South Korea 

Dr.Paul D. Manuel ,Kuwait University,Kuwait 

Dr.C.Pandu Rangan, Indian Institute of Technology(M),INDIA. 

Program Committee Members

Dr.Abdul Kadir Ozkan, The American University, Cyprus 

Dr.Adalet N. Abiyev, The American University, Cyprus 

Dr.Ahmet Denker, The American University, Cyprus 

Dr.Andy Seddon,Asia Pacific Institute of IT (APIIT), Malaysia

Dr.A.Arokiasamy, Eastern Mediterranean University, Cyprus 

Dr.Balasubramanian K,Dr.MGR University,India

Dr.BALASUBRAMANIAN K,European University of Lefke,Cyprus 

Dr.Bulent Bilgehan, The American University, Cyprus

Dr.Bong-Han, Kim, Chongju University, South Korea 

Dr.Calvin D, The American University, Cyprus 

Dr.Chadra Sekaran, Defense University College , Addis Ababa 

Dr.Cho Han Jin, Far East University, South Korea 

Prof.Chetty Babu, Defense University College , Addis Ababa 

Dr.David W Deeds, Shingu College,South Korea

Dr.Dhinaharan Nagamalai, Wireilla Net Solutions Inc, India 

Dr.Jae Kwang Lee, Hannam University,South Korea

Dr.Jung-Gil Song, Hannam University,South Korea

Dr.Kabir Sadeghi, The American University, Cyprus 

Dr.Natarajan Meghanathan,Jackson State University,USA

Dr.N.Krishnan ,Manonmaniam Sundaranar University, India

Dr. Nabendu Chaki,University of Calcutta, India  

Prof.M.Jeyachandran, Defense University College , Asmara 

Dr.Mehmet Cudi Okur,Yasar University,Turkey

Dr.Paul D. Manuel, Kuwait University,Kuwait 

Dr.C.Pandu Rangan, Indian Institute of Technology(M),INDIA. 

Dr.Rajendra Akerkar,Technomathematics Research Foundation,India.

Dr.Sadik Ulker, The American University, Cyprus 

Dr.Yeong Deok Kim, Woosong University,South Korea

Dr.Zafer Agdelen, The American University, Cyprus 

(To be a PCM, mail  to wwsa2008@yahoo.com)