1. Title of the workshop
2011 IEEE International Workshop on System Safety and Security, by
IEEE SMC Technical Committee on System Safety and Security.
2. Workshop organizer(s): name, affiliation, address, phone and
fax numbers, e-mail, with the indication of the main contact person (no more
than three chairs in one workshop)
Main contact person:
Dr. Ming Yu, Associate Professor
Co-Chair of IEEE SMC Technical Committee on System Safety and Security
Affiliation:
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Florida State University, USA.
Address:
2525 Pottsdamer St., Tallahassee, FL 32310, USA.
Phone: (850) 410 – 6263 Fax: (850) 410 – 6479
Email: mingyu@eng.fsu.edu
Co-chair of the workshop:
Dr. A. G. Hessami
Co-Chair of IEEE SMC Technical Committee on System Safety and Security
Atkinsglobal Advanced Technology Group, UK.
Email: A.G.Hessami@IEEE.Org
Co-chair of the workshop:
Dr. Feng Hsu
Co-Chair of IEEE SMC Technical Committee on System Safety and Security
NASA at Johnson Space Center, Texas, USA.
Email: Feng.Hsu@NASA.GOV
3. A brief description of the content and technical issues
It has been widely recognized that safety and security are the two major requirements to large-scale critical infrastructures, such as telecommunication networks, electric power systems, smart grid, and water distribution networks. The design, control, operation and maintenance of such systems have posed a significant challenging to the R&D community as the systems become increasingly complex, large-scale, and to be assured in a dynamic environment. This workshop aims at providing a forum for exchange of ideas and dissemination of best research and practice in this field. Papers related to this conference theme are especially solicited, including theories, methodologies and applications.
The interested topics include but are not limited to the following:
Safety Issues in Large-scale Systems
Security Issue in Critical Infrastructures
Qualitative and Quantitative Systems Safety and Security Analysis
Systems Modeling and Simulation
Probabilistic Safety and Security Performance Forecasting
Systems Risk and Reward Management focused on Safety & Security Performance
Demonstration of Compliance against Standards and Legal Requirements
Application Issues in Various Systems
Systems Specification & Characterization
Requirements Specification, Analysis and Target Setting
High Integrity Systems Design
4. Planned format of the workshop, e.g. number of papers,
sessions, keynotes, panels etc.
We plan to select 6 ~ 10 papers that will be presented in a half day workshop.
5. A description of the publicity and promotion plan
We plan to announce the Call for Papers in the major website including EDAS and the alias such as WTC.Mail@bbcr.uwaterloo.ca. We will also try to publish a special issue in a journal such as IEEE Trans. on SMC Part C in 2011 for the extended version of the accepted papers in the workshop.
6. Tentative list of program committee members
Mengchu Zhou, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA.
Ming Yu, Florida State University, USA.
A. G. Hessami, Atkinsglobal Advanced Technology Group, UK.
Feng Hsu, NASA at Johnson Space Center, Texas, USA.
7. Short bio of the main workshop organizers (up to 200 words)
Dr. Yu received his Ph.D. from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, in 2002, and a Doctor of Engineering from Tsinghua University, Beijing, in 1994, all in Electrical and Computer Engineering. He joined AT&T Labs, Middletown, NJ, in July 1997 as a Senior Technical Staff Member. During August 2003 and July 2006, he was with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, State University of New York at Binghamton. Since August 2006, he has been with the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Florida State University. Currently he is an associate professor. His research interest is in wireless networks, including MAC and routing protocols, radio resource management, and network security.
He has organized many IEEE workshops and technical sessions, including an SMC Special Session on System Safety and Security in IEEE SMC 2006.
He was awarded an IEEE Third Millennium Medal in 2000.