Call for Papers on CCNC'06 DRM Workshop/Technical Papers

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CALL FOR PROPOSALS

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2nd Workshop on Digital Rights Management Impact on Consumer =
Communications

January 2006

http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2006/conf_program/drm_workshop/index.htm =20

Las Vegas Convention Center, Las Vegas, NV, USA

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Held in conjunction with CCNC 2006 (http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2006) and =
the Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

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Consumers and consumer electronics are increasingly using the Internet =
for distribution of digital goods, including digital versions of books, =
articles, music, and images. The ease with which digital goods can be =
copied and redistributed makes the Internet well suited for unauthorized =
copying, modification and redistribution. The rapid adoption of new =
technologies such as high-bandwidth connections, wireless networks, and =
peer-to-peer networks is accelerating this process.=20

This one-day workshop on Digital Rights Management Impact on Consumer =
Communications addresses problems faced by rights holders (who seek to =
protect their intellectual property rights) and by end consumers (who =
seek to protect their privacy and to preserve access they now enjoy in =
traditional media under).=20

Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems are intended to protect the =
rights of content owners in scenarios in which the participants have =
conflicting goals and are not fully trusted. This adversarial situation =
introduces interesting new twists on classical problems studied in =
cryptology and security research, such as key management and access =
control. Furthermore, novel security mechanisms can enable new business =
models and applications. Recent research has also proposed new =
primitives for DRM, such as hash functions that make it possible to =
identify content in an adversarial setting.=20

The workshop will contain some invited presentations and presentations =
accepted by open submission. The format will be a series of =
presentations held in a panel/forum type of environment to encourage =
interaction and discussion of topics and issues.=20

The workshop seeks workshop proposal submissions (consisting of a paper) =
on all theoretical and practical aspects of DRM, as well as experimental =
studies of fielded systems on topics including, but not limited to, =
those shown below:

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	DRM protocols=20
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	architectures for DRM systems=20
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	interoperability=20
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	auditing=20
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	business models for online content distribution=20
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	copyright-law issues, including but not limited to fair use=20
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	digital policy management=20
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	information ownership=20
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	privacy and anonymity=20
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	risk management=20
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	robust identification of digital content=20
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	security issues, including but not limited to authorization, =
encryption, tamper resistance, and watermarking=20
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	threat and vulnerability assessment=20
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	usability aspects of DRM systems=20
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	web services=20
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	CAPEX, OPEX, TCO examples/ estimations/models=20
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	computing environments and platforms for DRM (TCP - Trusted Computing =
Platform)
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	Implementations and case studies

Guidelines for Submission

Interested participants should submit a paper (see =
http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2006/author_info/index.htm for submission =
guidelines) describing their proposed topic. This paper should define =
the specific problem being addressed, describe the novelty of the =
solution to the problem and/or the issues surrounding the problem. The =
paper should be used as the basis for a 20-30 minute Workshop =
presentation. Accepted papers will be published in the conference =
proceedings. =20

1.      Submit an electronic copy of the paper in a .pdf or .ps format =
by selecting CCNC'06 at the EDAS paper submission site (http://edas.info =
<http://edas.info/> ).

2.      A separate cover sheet should show the title of the paper, the =
author(s) name(s) and affiliation(s), and the address (including e-mail, =
telephone, and fax) to which the correspondence should be sent.


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Important Dates


15 July 2005.....................Paper submission

1 September 2005.............Author Notification

15 October 2005...............Final Camera Ready Paper Submission =
Deadline

10 January 2006................Workshop

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Chair:

Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moores University=20


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Proposed Technical Program Committee:


Leonardo Chiariglione, Digital Media Project

Rajit Gadh, UCLA

Lindsey Holman, Panasonic

Deepa Kundur, Texas A&M University

Wenjun Zeng, University of Missouri

Marc Waldman, Manhattan College

Heather Yu, Panasonic =20

Bin Zhu, Microsoft Research Asia

Madjid Merabti, Liverpool John Moores University=20

Ning Zhang, Manchester University

Ton Walker, HP Labs

Jean-Henry Morin, University of Geneva

Jeffrey A. Bloom, Sarnoff Corporation

Ahmet M. Eskicioglu (Brooklyn College

Rajen Akalu (Bell University Laboratories

Stephanos Gritzalis, Agean University

Jeffrey Bloom, USA

Richard Owens, Switzerland

Jordon Chong, Netherlands
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Participation


Go to http://www.ieee-ccnc.org/2006/conf_program/drm_workshop/index.htm =
for registration/participation information

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IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference (CCNC)
7 - 10 January 2006 / Harrah's Hotel & Casino / Las Vegas, NV, USA / =
www.ieee-ccnc.org=20

Call for Papers Deadline extended to 8 July 2005!!=20

IEEE Consumer Communications and Networking Conference, sponsored by =
IEEE Communications Society, is a major annual international conference =
organized with the objective of bringing together researchers, =
developers, and practitioners from academia and industry working in all =
areas of consumer communications and networking. CCNC 2006 will present =
the latest developments and technical solutions in the areas of home =
networking, consumer networking, enabling technologies (such as =
middleware), and novel applications and services. The conference will =
include a peer-reviewed program of technical sessions, special sessions, =
business application sessions, tutorials, and demonstration sessions.=20
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Deadline Submission Schedule:
Technical paper & special session proposal submission deadline: 8 July =
2005 (was June 15th)
Technical application panel and Tutorial proposal submission deadline:  =
1 September 2005
Demonstration proposal submission deadline:  17 September 2005

New IEEE/ComSoc Author Registration Policy: All accepted CCNC 2006 =
technical paper presenters must register at the FULL registration rate. =
For authors presenting multiple papers, one FULL registration is valid =
for up to three papers.     =20
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Chair: V. Michael Bove Jr., MIT Media Laboratory
Technical Program Chair: Heather Yu, Panasonic=20


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