The document provides information about the 8th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN 2015) to be held September 8-10, 2015 in Sochi, Russia. It calls for submissions of papers, special sessions, tutorials, and workshops on topics related to security of information and networks. Important dates include a May 11, 2015 deadline for paper submissions and a July 1, 2015 deadline for author registrations. The conference is organized by universities and research institutions from Russia, the UK, Turkey, India, and Australia and will bring together international experts on security theory, technology and applications.

1. SIN'15: CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
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8th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN 2015)
8-10 September 2015
Sochi, Russia
www.sinconf.org
In Technical Cooperation with ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC)
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Proceedings by ACM Press; all papers will be inserted into the ACM Digital Library.
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In succession to the successful SIN 2007 - SIN 2014, the 8th International Conference on Security of
Information and Networks (SIN 2015) provides an international forum for presentation of research
and applications of security in information and networks. SIN 2015 conference features contributed
as well as invited papers, special sessions, workshops, and tutorials on theory and practice.
SIN 2015 will feature the following keynote papers and talks:
- Ron Poet, The University of Glasgow, UK
Title: TBA
- Ramki Thurimella, The University of Denver, USA
Title: Some New Results in Keyless Jam Resistance Communication (Joint Work with Hamid Hanifi and
Leemon Baird)
Future SIN Conferences are scheduled to take place in the USA (2016) and Australia (2017).
PROPOSALS
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Papers, special sessions, tutorials, and workshops addressing all aspects of security in information
and networks are being sought. Researchers and industrial practitioners working on the following
and related subjects are especially encouraged: development and realization of cryptographic
solutions, security schemes, new algorithms; critical analysis of existing approaches; secure
information systems, especially distributed control and processing applications, and security in
networks; interoperability, service levels and quality issues in such systems; information assurance,
security, and public policy; detection and prevention of cybercrimes such as fraud and phishing; next
generation network architectures, protocols, systems and applications; industrial experiences and
challenges of the above. Doctoral students are encouraged to propose papers on ongoing research.
Original papers will be considered; submissions must not substantially duplicate work that any of the
authors has published elsewhere or has submitted in parallel to any other conference or workshop
that has proceedings. All submitted papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the
program committee judging its originality, significance, correctness, presentation and relevance.
Authors are also encouraged to propose position papers on practical studies and experiments,
critique of existing work, emerging issues, and novel ideas under development.
Enterprises and research centers developing, implementing, or using security tools and frameworks
are encouraged to propose application / tool demo.

2. Proposals of half-day tutorials on fundamental to advanced subjects covering practical
implementation aspects of security are welcome.
Proposals of special session(s) to be held in the main conference are welcome.
Proposals are invited for workshops to be held in conjunction with SIN 2015 Conference. The
workshop proposal theme should be closely related to the conference topics.
Broad areas of interest in security theory, technology and applications will include, but are not
limited to, the following:
* Access control and intrusion detection
* Security of cyber-physical systems
* Autonomous and adaptive security
* Security tools and development platforms
* Computational intelligence techniques in security
* Security ontology, models, protocols & policies
* Computer network defense
* Standards, guidelines and certification
* Cryptographic techniques and key management
* Security-aware software engineering
* Industrial applications of security
* Trust and privacy
* Information assurance
* Next generation network architectures
* Malware analysis
* Network security and protocols
* Security challenges in Mobile/Embedded Systems
* Cloud security
* Security Awareness and Education
The conference will feature the following special sessions in 2015:
* Detecting and Preventing Fraud with Data Analytics
* Cybersecurity of Large-Scale and Distributed Systems
The details about the special sessions can be found at
http://www.sinconf.org/sin2015/index.php/workshops-call-for-workshops
SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS
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Papers must be submitted electronically via the SIN 2015 Submission Site at
https://cmt.research.microsoft.com/SIN2015/. Title, author's name(s), affiliation, mailing address,
telephone, fax and email of the principal author should be included. Maximum length for the
proceedings is 8 pages for full paper, 4 pages for short paper, 2 pages for fast abstract and position
statement, and 2 pages for demo and tutorial proposals. Extra page charges apply. All papers should
be written according to double-column ACM conference format
(http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates).
All proposals for organizing workshops, tutorials, demos, and special sessions are expected at the
conference e-mail sin2015@sinconf.org.

3. All accepted papers will be published by ACM Press in a conference proceedings and placed into ACM
Digital Library. Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for possible publication in a
special issue of the International Journal of Information Security and Privacy (IJISP) by IGI Global
(http://www.sinconf.org/sin2015/images/docs/IJISP-SIN2015-rev.pdf). Each accepted paper must be
registered to be included in the proceedings. Papers not presented during the conference may be
removed from the online proceedings.
IMPORTANT DATES
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Please consult www.sinconf.org site for the most up-to-date info on the following:
Workshop / Special Session Proposals: 1 March 2015 (passed)
Paper Submission by: 11 May 2015 (extended from 20.04.2015)
Tutorial Proposal by: 10 May 2015
Tutorial Notification: 20 May 2015
All Author Notification: 15 June 2015 (extended)
All Papers Camera Ready by: 1 July 2015 (extended)
Author Registration due date: 1 July 2015 (extended)
Tutorial Date: 7 September 2015
Conference Dates: 8-10 September 2015
ORGANIZATION & SPONSORS
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Organized by
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- Southern Federal University, Taganrog, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
- The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
- Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India
- Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
Supported by
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Russian Foundation for Basic Research
Southern Federal University, Russia (pending)
Sponsored by
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NeoBIT LLC, St. Petersburg, Russia
NPO Echelon, Moscow, Russia
Hosted by
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Department of Security of Information Technologies and South-Russian Regional Scientific-
Educational Center for Information Security Problems, Southern Federal University, Taganrog,
Rostov-on-Don, Russia
Venue
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4. Marins Park Hotel Sochi; 2, Morskoy lane, Sochi, Krasnodar Region, 354000, Russia
ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE
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Honorary Chair: Marina Borovskaya, Rector of Southern Federal University, Russia
Conference Chair: Oleg Makarevich, Southern Federal University, Russia
Conference Co-Chair: Ron Poet, University of Glasgow, UK
Conference Co-Chair: Atilla Elci, Aksaray University, Turkey
Conference Co-Chair: Manoj Singh Gaur, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, India
Conference Co-Chair: Mehmet Orgun, Macquarie University, Australia
Program Chair: Ludmila Babenko, Southern Federal University, Russia
Program Co-Chair: Sadek Ferdous, University of Glasgow, UK
Program Co-Chair: Anthony T.S. Ho, University of Surrey, UK
Program Co-Chair: Vijay Laxmi, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, India
Program Co-Chair: Josef Pieprzyk, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Tutorials Chair: Evgeny Abramov, Southern Federal University, Russia
Tutorials Co-Chair: Hani Aljahdali, University of Glasgow, UK
Tutorials Co-Chair: Behnam Rahnama, Okan University, Turkey
Tutorials Co-Chair: Dhiren Patel, SVNIT Surat, India
Workshops Chair: Peter Zegzhda, Saint-Petersburg State Polytechnical University, Russia
Workshops Co-Chair: Maria Evangelopoulou, University of Glasgow, UK
Workshops Co-Chair: Hossain Shahriar, Kennesaw State University, USA
Workshops Co-Chair: Chhagan Lal, SKIT, India
Publication Chair: Alexander Chefranov, Eastern Mediterranean University, North Cyprus
Publication Co-Chair: Jaideep Vaidya, Rutgers University, USA
Treasurer: Vladimir Strukov, Southern Federal University, Russia
Registration Chair: Olga Peskova, Southern Federal University, Russia
Local Arrangements Chair: Maxim Anikeev, Southern Federal University, Russia
e-Presence Chair: Ivan Polovko, Southern Federal University, Russia
e-Presence Co-Chair: Muhammet Saygin, Mersin University, Silifke Vocational School, Turkey
Promotion Chair: Maxim Anikeev, Southern Federal University, Russia
Promotion Co-Chair: Alexey Nekrasov, Southern Federal University, Russia
Promotion Co-Chair: Soum Chowdhury, University of Glasgow, UK
Promotion Co-Chair: Duygu Çelik, Istanbul Aydin University, Turkey
Promotion Co-Chair: Parvez Faruki, BPTI, Bhavnagar, India
Liaison for South America: Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Logo, certificates & covers designs: Efe Cem Elçi, Turkey

5. Volunteers Team: Nikita Sushkin, Students of IT-Security Department (Southern Federal University,
Russia)
Advisory Committee Members:
Bart Preneel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
Bülent Örencik, Beykent University, Turkey
Cetin Kaya Koc, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Edward Dawson, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA
N. Balakrishnan, IISc Bangalore, India
Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM COMMITTEE
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Full list of the IPC is available at www.sinconf.org.
GENERAL INQUIRIES
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For updated information, please refer to www.sinconf.org or the Conference e-mail
sin2015@sinconf.org.
Dated 2015-04-20.