Call for Papers: 2004 Workshop on Economics and Information Security

[Andrew Odlyzko]

                 The Third Annual Workshop on
               Economics and Information Security
                           (WEIS04)
		       May 13-14, 2004
                   University of Minnesota
	       http://www.dtc.umn.edu/weis2004

Submissions due: March 1, 2004

   How much should we spend to secure our computer systems?  Can we
determine which investments will provide the best protection?  How will
we know when we've reached our goals?  Can market forces ensure that
firms will act to improve security?  Can incentives align the goals of
employees with the security goals of their employers?

   While security technologies have benefited from decades of study,
there has been a dearth of research into decision making tools required
to choose among these technologies and employ them properly.  The
growing importance of information security and the failings of
technology-centric approaches have made security economics an area ripe
for new research.  There is much work to be done both in applying
existing economic tools to today's security questions and in pioneering
new economic approaches to address problems unique to the study of
security.

   The Third Annual Workshop on Economics and Information Security (WEIS04)
is a successor to the two pioneering workshops on this subject, held in
2002 at UC Berkeley and in 2003 at Univ. Maryland.  Information about them
is available at URLs given at end.

   We encourage economists, computer scientists, security specialists,
business school faculty, and industry experts to submit original research 
to the 2004 conference.  We would especially like to encourage collaborative 
research from authors in multiple fields.  Among past and suggested topics are:

   Game theoretic security models      Analysis of security solutions market
   Security investment optimization    Threat modeling
   Information sharing                 Risk management
   Algorithmic mechanism design        Security metrics
   DRM and customer lock-in            Security loss estimation
   Economics of privacy                Cyberterrorism
   Behavioral security economics       Economics of pseudonyms
   Reputation systems                  Case studies

   There will be no printed proceedings of this workshop, but as with the
preceding workshops, authors of accepted papers will be encouraged to post
their papers and presentation decks on the conference site. There may later be
a printed volume of selected papers from the workshop, similar to the volume
based on the first two workshops that is in preparation.

   Submissions should not exceed approximately 8,000 words (i.e., about 12 single
spaced pages in a standard 11 point font). They must be submitted by March 1,
2004. Position papers of significantly shorter length are also welcome.
Notification of acceptance for the program will be sent by April 1, 2004.
Submissions should be sent, preferably in PDF format, to weissub at dtc.umn.edu.
For general information about the conference, check the website:
http://www.dtc.umn.edu/weis2004/ or email weisinfo at dtc.umn.edu.

Program Committee:

   Alessandro Acquisti, Heinz School, Carnegie Mellon University
   Ross Anderson, Computer Laboratory, Cambridge University
   Jean Camp, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
   Li Gong, Sun Microsystems
   Larry Gordon, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
   Marty Loeb, Smith School of Business, University of Maryland
   Andrew Odlyzko (co-chair), Digital Technology Center, University of 
                     Minnesota
   Stuart Schechter, Division of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard 
   Bruce Schneier (co-chair), Counterpane Internet Security
   Doug Tygar, Computer Science and Information Management, UC Berkeley
   Hal Varian, School of Information Management and Systems and Economics 
                     Dept., UC Berkeley

Local Steering Committee:

   Beth Allen, Economics Dept. and Supply Chain Research Center
   Massoud Amin, Electrical and Computer Engineering Dept. and Center for 
                     Development of Technological Leadership
   Dan Burk, School of Law
   Laura Gurak, Department of Rhetoric and Internet Studies Center
   Rob Kauffman, Information and Decision Sciences and MIS Research Center, 
                 Carlson School of Management
   Yongdae Kim, Computer Science and Engineering Dept.
   Vipin Kumar, Computer Science and Engineering Dept. and Army High 
                 Performance Computing Research Center
   Andrew Odlyzko (chair), Digital Technology Center


Sponsor: Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota

Cosponsors at the University of Minnesota: 

  Center for Development of Technological Leadership
  Computer Science and Engineering Department
  Department of Economics
  Department of Rhetoric
  Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
  Internet Studies Center
  MIS Research Center, Carlson School of Management
  School of Law




Note: URLs for the first two workshops on Economics and Information
Security are

  <http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/resources/affiliates/workshops/econsecurity/>

and

  <http://www.cpppe.umd.edu/rhsmith3/index.html>.

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