CEC 2003   
Special session at the Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 
Canberra, Australia, 
December 8-12, 2003

There is a growing interest from the computer security community
toward Evolutionary Computation techniques, as a result of these
recent successes, but there still are a number of open problems in the
field that should be addressed. This special session will try to do it
by asking for submissions in all areas of evolutionary computation
dealing with applications to computer security, and by giving the
interested researchers an opportunity to review the current
state-of-art of the topic, exchange recent ideas, and explore
promising new directions. We would like to invite your participation
in the special session Evolutionary Computation in Computer Security
at the CEC-2003, an opportunity to meet leading researchers in the
field, exchange ideas and initiate collaborations. Relevant topics
include, but are not limited to Cellular automata, Genetic Algorithms,
Genetic Programming, Classifier Systems, Simulated Annealing,
Evolutionary Strategies, Tabu Search, Bio-inspired systems, etc. in:

   - Design of cryptographic primitives, including: pseudo-random 
	number generators, block ciphers, stream ciphers, hash functions, 
	S-Boxes, etc...
   - Analysis and/or cryptoanalysis of cryptographic primitives
   - Cryptography
   - Improvement of cryptographic primitives
   - Network security
   - Intrusion detection systems
   - Host security

More information can be found at http://tracer.uc3m.es/CFP-SS-CEC2003.html/