CALL FOR PAPERS

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GameSec 2012 - The Third Conference on Decision and GameTheory for Security

Budapest, Hungary, November 5-6, 2012 -- www.gamesec-conf.org

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GameSec 2012, the Third Conference on Decision and Game Theory for Security,will take place in Budapest, Hungary, which is commonly regarded as one of themost beautiful and vibrant cities in Europe.

The conference will explore security as a multifaceted economic problem byconsidering the complexities of the underlying technical infrastructure, andhuman and social factors. Securing resources involves decision making onmultiple levels and multiple time scales, given the limited resources availableto both malicious attackers and administrators defending networkedsystems.

The GameSec conference aims to bring together researchers who are working onthe theoretical foundations and behavioral aspects of enhancing securitycapabilities in a principled manner. Previous GameSec contributions includedanalytic models based on game, information, communication, optimization,decision, and control theories that were applied to diverse security topics. Inaddition, we welcome research that highlights the connection between economicincentives and real world security, reputation, trust and privacy problems.

The conference is soliciting full and short papers on all economic aspects ofsecurity and privacy. Submitted papers will be evaluated based on theirsignificance, originality, technical quality, and exposition. They shouldclearly establish the research contribution, their relevance to security andprivacy, and their relation to prior research. General theoretic contributionsare welcome if they discuss potential scenarios of application in the areas ofsecurity and privacy.

Methodologies and topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

* Game-theory and mechanism design
* Algorithmic mechanism design and approximation techniques
* Algorithms, protocols and allocation mechanisms
* Pricing and economic incentives
* Dynamic control, learning and optimization
* Empirical economic analyses and simulation studies
* Surveys and user studies with economic components
* Experimental economics
* Decision-making and decision-theoretic approaches
* Risk management approaches and case studies
* Measurement studies with economic relevance

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SUBMISSION DETAILS

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit a PDF version of their papersconsidering the maximum length requirements for full and short papers,respectively, and in a font no smaller than 10 points. Submissions shouldadhere to the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) format. Theconference language is English. Each submission should be previouslyunpublished work that is not currently under submission to anotherconference.

Full papers: Initial submissions are not to exceed 20 pages includingreferences and well-formatted appendices. Full papers should make a strongtechnical contribution and adequately highlight the novel aspects of the workin relation to related research.

Short papers: Submissions may present work in progress, novel applications andpractice/industry experiences. Potential short papers will be evaluated basedon their novelty and potential for sparking discussions and futurecollaborations. Short paper submissions are limited to 10 pages.

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IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: July 8, 2012 (EXTENDED)
Acceptance date: August 19, 2012
Camera-ready due: September 16, 2012
Conference dates: November 5-6, 2012

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STEERING BOARD

Tansu Alpcan (University of Melbourne)
Nick Bambos (Stanford University)
John Baras (University of Maryland)
Tamer Basar (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Anthony Ephremides (University of Maryland)
Jean-Pierre Hubaux (école Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne)

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2012 ORGANIZERS AND PROGRAM COMMITTEE

General Chair:
- Levente Buttyan (CrySyS Lab, BME)
- Mark Felegyhazi (CrySyS Lab, BME)

TPC Co-Chairs:
- Jens Grossklags (Pennsylvania State University)
- Jean Walrand (University of California, Berkeley)

Publicity Chair:
-   Fan Wu (Shanghai Jiao TongUniversity)
-   Tansu Alpcan (University ofMelbourne)

Finance and Registration Chair:
- Boldizsar Bencsath (CrySyS Lab. BME)

Local Chair:
- Tamas Holczer (CrySyS Lab. BME)

Web Co-Masters:
- Ta Vinh Thong (CrySyS Lab. BME)
- Gergo Kotyuk (CrySyS Lab. BME)

Technical Program Committee:

* Alessandro Acquisti (Carnegie Mellon University)
* Tansu Alpcan (University of Melbourne)
* Saurabh Amin (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
* Ross Anderson (University of Cambridge)
* John Baras (University of Maryland)
* Tamer Basar (University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
* Rainer Böhme (University of Münster)
* Jean Camp (Indiana University)
* Nicolas Christin (Carnegie Mellon University)
* John Chuang (University of California, Berkeley)
* George Cybenko (Dartmouth College)
* Assane Gueye (National Institute of Standard and Technologies)
* Joseph Halpern (Cornell University)
* Zhu Han (University of Houston)
* Kjell Hausken (University of Stavanger)
* Cormac Herley (Microsoft Research)
* Pan Hui (Telekom Innovation Laboratories)
* Rahul Jain (University of Southern California)
* Benjamin Johnson (University of California, Berkeley)
* Murat Kantarcioglu (University of Texas at Dallas)
* Marc Lelarge (INRIA & école Normale Supérieure)
* Patrick Loiseau (Eurecom)
* Kanta Matsuura (University of Tokyo)
* Patrick McDaniel (Pennsylvania State University)
* John Musacchio (University of California, Santa Cruz)
* Alan Nochenson (Pennsylvania State University)
* Andrew Odlyzko (University of Minnesota)
* Radha Poovendran (University of Washington)
* Aaron Roth (University of Pennsylvania)
* Srinivasan Raghunathan (University of Texas at Dallas)
* Galina Schwartz (University of California, Berkeley)
* Rahul Telang (Carnegie Mellon University)
* Tunay Tunca (University of Maryland)
* Jun Zhuang (University at Buffalo, The State University of New York)