Date: December 14th 2007
Time: 10 AM to 4 PM
Location: Kenmore Classroom Building (565 Commonwealth Ave), Room 101


CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The BU Center for Reliable Information Systems and Cyber Security (RISCS) invites graduate and undergraduate students from BU and other universities working in the area of Information Security to present their work at The Third Boston University Student Conference on Information Assurance and Cyber Security.

Please email your abstract (max 1 page), containing the paper title, author name(s), and affiliation to Dhananjay Kulkarni at kulkarni@bu.edu before Nov 30th 2007.

TOPICS OF INTEREST*
- Identity Theft
- Privacy Leakage
- Case Studies in Database Privacy
- Privacy Protection
- Biometrics
- Cryptography
- Internet Fraud
- Pay-per-click Fraud Detection
- Security in IT Outsourcing
- Digital Forensics
- Secure E-commerce
- Attacks and Counter measures
- Consumer Rights Protection
- Security Solutions
- Wireless Security
- Security Awareness
- Intrusion Detection
- Social Networking and Privacy
- Opensource Security Solutions
- Risk Management

*this is only a tentative list of topics, the authors are welcome to present papers on other topics related to the area of information and cyber security.

IMPORTANT DATES
November 30: Abstracts Due
December 7: Schedule Notification
December 14: Conference

For more information, please call 617-353-2566 or email csinfo@bu.edu.

SCHEDULE

1.    Lunch, Opening Remarks, Introductions  -  Noon

2.    Keynote Talk: Goals of Information Assurance in a Converged World  -  Stuart Jacobs  -  12:30-1:00 PM

3.    AntiForensics --  Lakshmanan Velayutham  -  1:00-1:30 PM

4.    Applied Digital Forensics for Gang Eradication  -  Brandon Cavanaugh  -  1:30-2:00 PM

5.    Consumer Rights Protection -- Mohammed S. Saadi  -  2:00-2:30 pM

6.    Fingerprint Alignment for Biometric Cryptosystems  -  Dan Stouch  -  2:30-3:00 PM

7.    Closing Remarks