SIGDOC Newsletter
December 2007 :: Volume 8, Number 4
Looking Ahead
Conferences: SIGDOC 2008
26th ACM International Conference on Design of Communication
September 22-24, 2008
Lisbon, Portugal
Information now available on its Web site - http://www.sigdoc2008.net/
See http://www.sigdoc2008.net/cfp.htm for Call for Papers.
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COMPUTER SECURITY CONFERENCE Call for Papers
CSC 2008: THE 2nd ANNUAL COMPUTER SECURITY CONFERENCE 2008
Myrtle Beach, USA 12-14 April 2008
http://www.ComputerSecurityConference.com
The conference will bring together researchers, developers, and practitioners in all areas of
computer security. Our list of distinguished invited speakers includes:
- Dr. Alex Brodsky - George Mason University, Information Sharing (US)
- Dr. T.Y. Chen - Swinburne University of Technology (AU)
- Prof. Dr. Klaus P. Jantke - Technical University Ilmenau (DE)
- Dr. Mohand-Saïd Hacid, University Claude Bernard, Lyon (FR)
- John Kibler - ASET, Inc. (US)
- Dr. Ramamohanarao (Rao) Kotagiri - University of Melbourne (AU)
- Dr. Srinivas Mukkamala - ICASA/New Mexico Tech (US)
- Jean-Marc Petit, INSA Lyon (FR)
- Dr. Nicos Spyratos - Paris Sud (FR)
- Dr. Andy Sung - ICASA/New Mexico Tech (US)
- Joe Stewart - SecureWorks (US)
- Dr. Lawrence Yang, St. Xavier University (CA)
Important dates include:
- Submission System Open: October 15, 2007
- Submission Deadline: January 31, 2008
- Author Notification: February 15, 2008
- Final Submission: February 28, 2008
We will be innovating the submission process as follows: papers will be reviewed as they are received, so that excellent papers can be accepted as early as possible. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://www.ComputerSecurityConference.com/. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations will also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and publication in our conference proceedings.
We look forward to receiving your papers and hope you will be able to join us in Myrtle Beach in April 2008.
Sincerely,
Dr. John Stamey
General Chair
Computer Security Conference 2008
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Call for Papers: JBTC Special Issue on Social Software in Professional Communication
http://locus.cwrl.utexas.edu/spinuzzi/?q=node/243
Schedule:
Submissions (full manuscripts): May 1, 2008
Accepted manuscripts revised for publication: September 1, 2008
Scheduled publication of issue: July 2009
Contact information:
Send proposals in .DOC, .RTF, or .HTML to Clay Spinuzzi (clay.spinuzzi@mail.utexas.edu).
Also, please contact the Clay if you would like to be considered a reviewer for this special issue.
Dr. Clay Spinuzzi
Associate Professor
Director, Computer Writing and Research Lab
Department of Rhetoric and Writing
University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station B5500
Austin, TX 78712-1122
http://locus.cwrl.utexas.edu/spinuzzi
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Special Opportunities for Students from ACM
There has never been a better time to join ACM! All contestants in the ICPC Regionals will receive a one year electronic student membership at no cost. At no cost, all World Finalists will receive a one-year student membership including annual subscriptions to the ACM Portal, the Online Guide to Computing Literature, the Online Computing Reviews Service, Crossroads, electronic Communications of the ACM, plus many other services, discounts, and benefits.
For information on starting a student chapter, contact Lauren Ryan at chapters@acm.org. Lauren will send you an electronic ACM Student Chapter Kit and can tune you in to opportunities for your students to increase their professional contacts and personal growth. There are special kits for Student SIGCHI, Student SIGGRAPH, or ACM-W(omen) Student Chapters. For details on ACM-W visit http://www.acm.org/women.
Special Opportunities for Students from the UPE International Honor Society.
UPE is celebrating its 40th anniversary as the premiere Honor Society in the Computing and Information Technology Disciplines. The very first ICPC contest was conducted by the Alpha Chapter of the UPE. Check out their web site at http://www.acm.org/upe for scholarships and information on how to form a chapter at your university. UPE membership means your one of the best.
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