[fc-announce] WECSR 2012 - Final call for participation, Mar 2, 2012 (with FC 2012), Bonaire, Dutch Antilles

[Sven Dietrich]

3rd Workshop on Ethics in Computer Security Research (WECSR 2012)
Divi Flamingo Beach Resort, Bonaire, Dutch Antilles
http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~spock/wecsr2012/
March 2, 2012

FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

The workshop is an international platform for discussing ethical issues in 
computer security research, where researchers, practitioners, policy makers, 
and others can contribute. Presentations, panels, and invited speakers will be 
featured in this year's instance. The workshop format is highly interactive.

The workshop is held in conjunction with Financial Cryptography and Data 
Security 2012, and the Workshop on Usable Security (USEC12). Attendees of 
USEC12 will be able to attend WECSR 2012 and vice-versa.

Topics:

Ethics, Role of IRBs, Spamming for Science, Data sharing, Shaping the 
future, Menlo Report

HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PROGRAM

Invited speaker:

Jody Westby, Esq.
The Intersection of Legal & Ethical Issues in Cybersecurity Research

Papers:

Andrew West, Pedram Hayati, Vidyasagar Potdar and Insup Lee. 
Spamming for Science: Active Measurement in Web 2.0 Abuse Research

Michael Bailey, Erin Kenneally and David Dittrich. 
A Refined Ethical Impact Assessment Tool and a Case Study of its Application

Panels:

Serge Egelman, Joseph Bonneau, Sonia Chiasson, David Dittrich and Stuart 
Schechter.
It's Not Stealing If You Need It: On the ethics of performing research 
using public data of illicit origin


Further details can be found at http://www.cs.stevens.edu/~spock/wecsr2012/

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Sven Dietrich               Stevens Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor         Castle Point on Hudson
Computer Science Dept       Hoboken, NJ 07030, USA
spock at cs.stevens.edu        T: +1-201-216-8078 F: +1-201-216-8249