[Ieee_vis] CFP: Special Issue on Visualization in Security Education, Computer Science Education

[Chaoli Wang]

Call for Participation
A Special Issue of the *Computer Science Education* Journal
*Visualization in Security Education*

We are pleased to announce a special issue of the *Computer Science
Education* journal on the use of visualization in teaching security related
topics and courses. This special issue will be published as the *June 2016
issue* of the Computer Science Education journal.

In recent years, we have seen an increase in security related courses
offered by computer science, information technology and other departments.
Due to the success of using visualization as a pedagogical tool in
education in general and in computer science in particular, we hope to see
more visualization tools or systems specifically designed for security
related courses. The aim of this special issue is to collect the most
recent research on the use of visualization in security related courses.
These courses or course components may be, but are not limited to, network
security, computer security, data privacy/security, cybersecurity, hardware
security, access control, information assurance, biometrics and forensics,
cryptography, etc. The visualization component may be pedagogical tool
development, the use of pedagogical tools in security related courses, the
evaluation and the comparison of these tools in a classroom setting, etc.
In addition to the technical aspects, each contribution to this special
issue is expected to have a sound, rigorous and extensive evaluation and
assessment of the impact on teaching and learning security topics.

*Scope:*

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

*Network Security:* protocols, algorithms, mobile network security,
wireless network security, etc.
*Computer Security:* firewall systems, intrusion detection, malware
analysis, attack graphs, etc.
*Hardware Security:* security architectures, embedded systems security, etc.
*Information Assurance:* access control, secure use of software and secure
programming, etc.
*Biometrics and Forensics:* feature (e.g., face and signature) extraction
and recognition systems, forensic analysis, etc.
*Cryptography:* cryptography algorithms, signature schemes, key management,
cryptanalysis, message authentication and hash algorithms, etc.
*Other Security Related Topics:* cybersecurity visualizations, security
metrics and education, social networking privacy and security, etc.

A preliminary *one-page abstract* of the paper is due *September 1, 2015*.
Figures, diagrams, screenshots, etc. may be included on no more than two
separate pages. We encourage those who are interested in this special issue
to submit abstracts as early as possible to speed up the process. Feedback
will be provided to authors immediately, regarding relevance of the
proposed paper with respect to the Special Issue. If invited, *full paper
submissions* are due on *October 1, 2015*. Manuscripts must be submitted
via the journal's standard procedure. All invited submissions will go
through the normal review process of the Computer Science Education
journal. Instructions to authors can be found at the journal's website:

http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=ncse20&page=instructions

Moreover, authors should clearly indicate that submissions are for this
special issue. This CFP is also available here. Please send your inquiries
and questions to *Ching-Kuang Shene* at *shene at mtu.edu <shene at mtu.edu>*.

*Important Dates:*

Abstract Deadline September 1, 2015
Full Paper Deadline October 1, 2015
Notification November 15, 2015
Revision Deadline January 1, 2016
Final Decision/Minor Revision February 1, 2016
Camera-Ready Version Deadline February 20, 2016

*Guest Editors:*

Steven M. Carr (steve.carr at wmich.edu), Western Michigan University,
Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA
Melissa Keranen (msjukuri at mtu.edu), Michigan Technological University,
Houghton, Michigan, USA
Jean Mayo (jmayo at mtu.edu), Michigan Technological University, Houghton,
Michigan, USA
Ching-Kuang Shene (shene at mtu.edu), Michigan Technological University,
Houghton, Michigan, USA
Chaoli Wang (chaoli.wang at nd.edu), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame,
Indiana, USA
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