Introduction | 2010 IEEE International Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics

Introduction

Intelligence and Security Informatics (ISI) research is an interdisciplinary research field involving academic researchers in information technologies, computer science, public policy, bioinformatics, medical informatics, and social and behavior studies as well as local, state, and federal law enforcement and intelligence experts, and information technology industry consultants and practitioners to support counterterrorism and homeland security missions of anticipation, interdiction, prevention, preparedness and response to terrorist acts. The annual IEEE International ISI Conference series (http://www.isiconference.org) was started in 2003, and the first seven meetings were held in Tucson, AZ (twice), Atlanta, GA, San Diego, CA, New Brunswick, NJ, Taipei, Taiwan, and Dallas, TX. Proceedings of these ISI meetings and workshops have been published by IEEE Press and in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

ISI 2010 will be organized in four main streams focusing on

Information Sharing and Data/Text Mining,
Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Responses,
Terrorism Informatics, and
Computational Criminology.

Please refer to Topics for a detailed list of areas of interest.

Important dates: The paper submission deadline for the main ISI 2010 event is January 29, 2010.

Workshops and Tutorials

In conjunction with ISI 2010, the National Center for Border Security and Immigration (BORDERS) at the University of Arizona will hold its Second Annual Workshop on “Challenges and Solutions at the Northern Border - 2010” on May 26. MITACS (Mathematics of Information Technology and Complex Systems) will hold a workshop on “Modeling Complex Adaptive Dynamic Social Systems” on May 23.

Paper Submission

Submission file formats are PDF and Microsoft Word. Required Word/LaTeX templates (IEEE two-column format) can be found at the conference Web site. Long (6,000 words, 6 pages max.) and short (3000 words, 3 pages max.) papers in English must be submitted electronically via the conference Web site. The accepted papers from ISI 2010 and its affiliated workshops will be published by the IEEE Press in a formal Proceedings. IEEE ISI Proceedings are EI-indexed.

Authors who wish to present a poster and/or demo may submit a 1-page extended abstract, which, if selected, will appear in Proceedings. Proposals for tutorials and special-topic workshops in any areas of Intelligence and Security Informatics research and practice are welcome. Such events will be an integral part of the ISI-2010 conference program. Proposals in PDF or Microsoft Word not exceeding 3 pages should be emailed to the conference organizing committee at zeng@email.arizona.edu by February 10, 2010 and contain the following information.

Title of tutorial/workshop
Preferred duration
Information about instructor(s)/organizer(s)
Objectives to be achieved
Scope of topics to be covered
Target audience and evidence of interest (for tutorials)
Target audience and the list of potential presenters/contributors (for workshops)