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CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 9th IEEE International Conference on
Emerging Technologies and Factory Automation; ETFA'2003
September 16-19, 2003, Lisbon, Portugal
Special session on
IT Security for Automation Systems
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SESSION TOPICS:
Due to the increased interconnection between plant-floor systems and
enterprise-level computer systems up to and including public networks like
the Internet, and based on Internet protocols (HTTP/TCP/IP), IT security
issues and concerns have also reached the domains of automation IT systems
and automation communication networks.
IT security needs, constraints, and mechanisms for automation systems are in
various ways different from those of the office computing environment, which
creates the necessity, but also the opportunity, for novel approaches.
For this special session papers are solicited which are concerned with:
- Specific security needs of automation systems, e.g. with respect to
security objectives, usage scenarios, system topologies/architectures
or operating environment.
- Specific security mechanisms, devices, processes, protocols and
architectures for automation systems.
- IT security audits for automation devices and systems.
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Conference web site: http://www.uninova.pt/etfa2003
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ABOUT THE CONFERENCE
The ETFA conference series is the largest IEEE event dedicated to Industrial
and Factory Automation, with the focus on the newly emerging areas of
technology, and actual and potential applications. .
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MAJOR ETFA TOPICS:
- Information Technology in Industrial and Factory Automation
- Industrial and Factory Communication Systems
- Real-Time and (Networked) Embedded Systems
- Intelligent Sensors and Sensor Networks
- Automated Manufacturing Systems and Development Methodology
- Automation Systems and Control
- Computational Intelligence in Industrial and Factory Automation
- Intelligent Robots & Systems
- Information Technology in Enterprise Integration
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AUTHOR'S SCHEDULE:
Deadline for submission of long papers: March 31, 2003
Notification of acceptance of long papers: May 25, 2003
Final manuscripts due: July 1, 2003
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SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Papers are to be submitted electronically.
For details consult conference pages.
The material must be unpublished and not under submission elsewhere.
Each accepted paper must be presented at the conference by one of the
authors. The final manuscript must be accompanied by a registration form and
a registration fee payment proof.
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SESSION CHAIR
Martin Naedele, ABB Corporate Research (martin.naedele@ch.abb.com)
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