Call for submissions -- Special Sessions in Security Dynamic

["Jose J. Gonzalez"]

Prof. dr. techn., dr. rer. nat. Jose J. Gonzalez Faculty of Engineering and Science Dept. of Information & Communication Technology Agder University College Groosvn. 36 NO-4876 GRIMSTAD, Norway Phone: +47 37 25 32 40 (office) +47 37 04 70 29 (home) +47 92 03 11 61 (mobile) Fax: +47 37 25 31 91 (office) Email: Jose.J.Gonzalez@hia.no Home page: http://ikt.hia.no/josejg/ I attach two calls for contributions to special security sessions for the International SD Conference. I have been asked to convene the sessions by the program co-chairs and the documents attached have been approved by Graham Winch. If there is need to make revisions previous to posting it do take contact ASAP. Jose From: "Jose J. Gonzalez" <jose.j.gonzalez@hia.no> --- International System Dynamics Conference – Oxford 2004 Announcement of a special interest stream on: Security Dynamics One of the special streams planned for the Conference covers ‘Security’, which here is understood in the broad sense of preventing, detecting and managing threats, whether due to mischance, errors, violations or malice. Anyone presently researching this field or involved with it as a practitioner and using system dynamics in their analysis is invited to submit a paper on any issue related to security dynamics. Papers will be scheduled within one or more plenary or parallel Security Dynamics sessions. We especially invite contributions that are centred within the main theme of the conference, viz. of a collegial harmony in the sense of honest broking of ideas and respectful disagreement when issues are controversial, and it is expected that at least one session will comprise papers that reflect this theme directly. As the general call relates, System Dynamics is not based on any particular management, economic or social theory, only on what are observed, deduced or presumed to be true causal interrelationships. In this sense, the special stream will particularly welcome papers that consider the role and potential of system dynamics in consensus building, conflict resolution, knowledge surfacing and sharing, and theory testing in the field of security. We are also considering a further session using a round-table colloquium format. This will comprise a set of short focussed presentations raising individual specific issues in information security, followed by an open discussion between presenters and floor participants concerning these and further implications. Further details of this session, including additional authors’ guidelines for short-paper contributions to this session only, are given in a separate call for contributions. Anyone interested in contributing a full paper or offering an opening issue for the colloquium should contact the session convenor Jose J. Gonzalez at Jose.J.Gonzalez@hia.no. --- International System Dynamics Conference – Oxford 2004 Announcement of a special workshop session on: Research Challenges in Dynamics of Information Security Among information security experts there is an emerging recognition of system dynamics as a promising methodology for dealing with areas not well addressed by traditional security approaches. So far system dynamics has not been much used in traditional environments working with information security. Conversely, there are but few – and then mainly recent and preliminary – studies of information security originating in system dynamics environments. This special session at the conference aims at facilitating collaboration between domain experts in information security and people with experience in system dynamics. This special session at the conference is proposed to take the form of a round-table colloquium discussion examining challenges to the field of information security that would seem appropriate for system dynamics studies and, hopefully, developing some research agenda. The format of the session will be: 1. Approximately 6 speakers will be asked to give brief introductions (maximum 5 minutes each) on challenges to the field of information security that would seem appropriate for system dynamics studies, as the basis for discussion. 2. A round table discussion will consider these issues, look for links, identify critical success factors, and try to develop some ways forward (around 45 mins.) 3. The session will conclude with nominated rapporteurs bringing together two themes: (i) What can be done in practical terms to encourage and enhance the collaboration of SD and information security experts? (ii) Is there an agenda for essential research into the field of SD in information security? Practitioners and academics interested in contributing to the opening portion with brief presentation should contact the session convenor. All presenters will be asked to provide a brief ‘Notes and Insights’ type paper for the proceedings* focussing on a single issue – either a problem or a pointer for good practice. These papers should comprise: * Abstract of around 80 words. * Main body of around 800 words. This should have three components: a very brief background to the issue being presented, a clear statement of that issue and its implications, and a concluding section that does not necessarily give answers, but rather poses critical questions concerning practice or research in information security that the issue raises. * References. A maximum of 6 citations should be given to key literature items. Anyone interested in contributing an opening issue for discussion should contact the session convenor Jose J. Gonzalez at Jose.J.Gonzalez@hia.no. We would similarly be interested in hearing from anyone interested in acting as rapporteur, and/or with any other suggestions/ideas. * Intending contributors may, if they wish, also submit a full paper with a more detailed account or discussion for refereeing and consideration by the programme committee. If accepted this paper will additionally be included in the proceedings. It is essential however that a brief paper is also submitted in the format above and focussing on the single core issue to be introduced for discussion.