Since 1980, the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy (SP) has been the premier forum for the presentation of developments in computer security and electronic privacy, and for bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field. To expand opportunities for scientific exchanges, the IEEE CS Technical Committee on Security and Privacy created the Security and Privacy Workshops (SPW). The typical purpose of such a workshop is to cover a specific aspect of security and privacy in more detail, making it easy for the participants to attend IEEE SP and a specialized workshop at SPW with just one trip. Furthermore, the co-location offers synergies for the organizers. The number of workshops and attendees has grown steadily during recent years. Workshops can be annual events, one time events, or aperiodic.
The Security and Privacy Workshops in 2016 will be held on Thursday, May 26. All workshops will occur on that day. Up to six workshops will be hosted by SPW.
All deadlines are 23:59:59 CET (UTC+01).
| Workshop proposals due | September 1, 2015 |
| Acceptance notification | September 11, 2015 |
| Workshop date | May 26, 2016 |
Submit proposals at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeespw16. Please direct questions to oakland16-workshopchair@ieee-security.org.
There will be some interaction in deciding upon and setting up a workshop, but the initial proposal should already contain a considerable amount of information. A template with instructions and a more detailed description of useful information to include in proposals has been created to help prospective organizers provide the information needed:
If there are difficulties downloading the proposal template, contact oakland16-workshopchair@ieee-security.org.
All workshops associated with SPW 2016 will be under the financial and legal responsibility of the IEEE Computer Society. This has great advantages for organizers, e.g., with respect to risk coverage and insurance, but also entails some requirements and constraints. The SPW organizers can help you with the following: meeting rooms at the conference hotel, meeting logistics (A/V, meals etc.), budgeting, registration and publicity. Workshops will be advertised on and hosted on ieee-security.org. The SPW committee will also help with publicity via a free ad in Security and Privacy Magazine and a banner ad on computer.org, email lists of past attendees (those with opt-in), and notifications to press organizations.
Workshop organizers have responsibility for maintaining the workshop website; workshop publicity; soliciting, reviewing, and accepting papers; constructing the final program; and all interactions with authors, speakers, etc. Reviewing should be done in accordance with IEEE guidelines (3 reviews per paper, avoid COI, program chair must review all comments before they are sent back to authors, etc.) If you are interested, we will send you a more detailed list of the responsibilities, meeting room options, etc., and would hope to jointly set up a successful workshop.
The purpose of SPW is to complement S&P and provide an environment conducive to new ideas and discussion. The criteria for evaluation are intended assess workshop proposals in this context by considering the following:
| Workshops Chair | Zachary Peterson | California Polytechnic State University |
| Workshops Vice Chair | Anuja Sonalker | TowerSec |
| Terry Benzel | USC Information Sciences Institute |
| Rob Cunningham | MIT Lincoln Laboratory |
| Sven Dietrich | CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice |
| Deborah Frincke | National Security Agency |
| Cynthia Irvine | US Naval Postgraduate School |