[fc-announce] FC 2016 - Call for Papers + Announcements

[Jens Grossklags]

CALL FOR PAPERS - FC 2016 (http://fc16.ifca.ai/)

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The 20th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC)
Accra Beach Hotel & Spa, Barbados - February 22-26, 2016
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FC 2016 is the 20th FC conference. A special anniversary program with invited
speakers is planned in addition to the technical paper program.

Financial Cryptography and Data Security is a major international forum for
research, advanced development, education, exploration, and debate regarding
information assurance, with a specific focus on financial, economic and commercial
transaction security. Original works focusing on securing commercial transactions
and systems are solicited; fundamental as well as applied real-world deployments
on all aspects surrounding commerce security are of interest. Submissions need
not be exclusively concerned with cryptography. Systems security, economic or
behavioral perspectives, and interdisciplinary efforts are particularly encouraged.

TOPICS

Access Control
Anonymity and Privacy
Applied Cryptography
Auctions and Mechanisms
Authentication and Identification
Behavioral Aspects of Security and Privacy
Biometrics
Certification and Audits
Cloud Computing and Data Outsourcing Security
Commercial Cryptographic Applications
Contactless Payment and Ticketing Systems
Cryptographic Currencies
Digital Cash and Payment Systems
Digital Rights Management
Economics of Security and Privacy
Electronic Commerce Security
Electronic Crime and Underground Markets
Fraud Detection and Forensics
Game Theory for Security and Privacy
Identity Theft
Insider Threats
Legal and Regulatory Issues
Microfinance and Micropayments
Mobile Systems Security and Privacy
Phishing and Social Engineering
Reputation Systems
Risk Assessment and Management
Secure Banking and Financial Services
Smart Contracts and Financial Instruments
Smartcards, Secure Tokens and Secure Hardware
Social Networks Security and Privacy
Trust Management
Usability and Security
Virtual Goods and Virtual Economies
Voting Systems
Web Security
Other related topics

Submissions are sought in the categories of full regular papers, short
papers, panel proposals, and posters. Formatting and submission instructions
are available on the conference website.

FC 2016 will also host the following workshops:

BITCOIN'16: 3rd Workshop on Bitcoin and Blockchain Research
VOTING'16: 1st Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting Schemes
WAHC'16: 4th Workshop on Encrypted Computing and Applied Homomorphic Cryptography

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper submission - October 2, 2015
Workshop Paper Deadlines - TBD
Poster and panel submission - December 4, 2015

BEST PAPER AWARDS AND STUDENT TRAVEL GRANTS

Awards will be presented for the best overall paper, and outstanding paper(s) that
address challenges in financial cryptography, and financial systems. Further, we
are pleased to announce the availability of enhanced financial support for students.

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ORGANIZATION - FC 2016

GENERAL CHAIR

Rafael Hirschfeld

ANNIVERSARY CHAIRS

Sven Dietrich
Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Jens Grossklags                The Pennsylvania State University
Bart Preneel                       KU Leuven

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Masayuki Abe                   NTT Laboratories
Alessandro Acquisti        Carnegie Mellon University
Ross Anderson                  Cambridge University
Elli Androulaki                    IBM Research Zurich
N. Asokan                           Aalto University
Paulo Barreto                    University of Sao Paulo
Steven Bellovin                 Columbia University
Daniel Bernstein               University of Illinois at Chicago
Rainer Boehme                 University of Innsbruck
Alvaro Cardenas               University of Texas at Dallas
George Danezis                University College London
Serge Egelman                  UC Berkeley
Seda Guerses                    New York University
Thorsten Holz                    Ruhr-Universitaet Bochum
Trent Jaeger                       The Pennsylvania State University
Markus Jakobsson           Qualcomm
Benjamin Johnson           Carnegie Mellon University
Florian  Kerschbaum       SAP
Aggelos Kiayias                 National and Kapodistrian U. Athens
Bart Knijnenburg              Clemson University
Aron Laszka                        UC Berkeley
Anja Lehmann                   IBM Research Zurich
Arjen Lenstra                     EPFL
Patrick  Loiseau                 EURECOM
Catherine Meadows       Naval Research Laboratory
Tyler Moore                       University of Tulsa
Steven  Murdoch             University College London
Tatsuaki Okamoto           NTT Laboratories
Kenneth Paterson           Royal Holloway, University of London
Roberto Perdisci               University of Georgia
Avi Rubin                             Johns Hopkins University
Ahmad Sadeghi                TU Darmstadt
Rei Safavi-Naini                 University of Calgary
Nigel Smart                         University of Bristol
Jessica  Staddon               Google
Carmela Troncoso            Gradiant
Nicholas Weaver              International Computer Science Institute
Xinyu Xing                           The Pennsylvania State University
Moti Yung                           Google & Columbia University
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