[Soups-announce] NSPW 2019 Call for Papers / Social Manipulation Through Technology

[Elizabeth Stobert]

 A reminder that NSPW 2019 papers are due in one week!
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Apologies for cross posting.

NSPW 2019: Call for Papers
San Carlos, Costa Rica
*September 23-26, 2019*
www.nspw.org

Submission deadline:             *April 12, 2019  23:59 (UTC -11) firm*
Format:                                   PDF file (ACM SIG formatting) via
Easychair
Author responses:                  May 24 - June 3, 2019
Notification of acceptance:     June 12, 2019
Pre-proceedings deadline:     July 8, 2019
Invitations sent:                      July 15, 2019
Early registration:                   July 29, 2019
Late registration:                     August 5, 2019
Workshop:                              September 23-26, 2019
Final version:                         November 15, 2019

The New Security Paradigms Workshop (NSPW) seeks embryonic, disruptive, and
unconventional ideas on information and cyber security that benefit from
early feedback. Submissions typically address current limitations of
information security, directly challenge long-held beliefs or the very
foundations of security, or discuss problems from an entirely novel angle,
leading to new solutions. We welcome papers both from computer science and
other disciplines that study adversarial relationships, as well as from
practice. The workshop is invitation-only; all accepted papers receive a 1
hour plenary time slot for presentation and discussion. In order to
maximize diversity of perspectives, we particularly encourage submissions
from new NSPW authors, from Ph.D. students, and from non-obvious
disciplines and institutions.

In 2019, NSPW invites theme submissions around “Social manipulation through
technology” next to regular submissions. Recently, a new type of concern is
emerging in the cybersecurity community: how should the field deal with the
possibility of manipulating *societies* or subgroups within a society via
information and communication technology (e.g. trolling, fake news,
election manipulation)? What are new paradigms that could help in this
context? Possible topics include, but are not limited to:

·        What are the motives, origins and characteristics of such
manipulations?

·        What are the effects on social systems in terms of culture,
politics, communication, media, trust, power?

·        What can and should our field do, if anything, to safeguard the
values embedded in our societies against such manipulations?

·        How do current technical and social arrangements enable or
facilitate manipulation?

·        What new technical or social protections might we put in place?
What new social media could help, or hurt?
For the theme, we particularly invite cross-disciplinary submissions that
may be having trouble finding the right venue, and submissions
(co-)authored by social and political scientists.

NSPW 2019 will be held at Hotel Tilajari in San Carlos, Costa Rica. As in
the past, this choice of venue is designed to facilitate interactions
between the invited attendees throughout the workshop.
Submission Instructions
NSPW accepts three categories of submissions:

·        *Regular Submissions* present a new approach (paradigm) to a
security problem or critique existing approaches. While regular submissions
may present research results (mathematical or experimental), unlike papers
submitted to most computer security venues, these results should not be the
focus of the submission; instead, the change in approach should be the
focus.

·        *Theme Submissions* are focused on “Social manipulation through
technology”, and should explain the connection with the theme in the
justification statement (see below). They follow the format of a regular
submission.

·        *Panel Proposals* describe a debatable topic of interest to the
security community that merits significant discussion. Proposals should
describe the major perspectives on the chosen topic. They should also
present the background of the panelists, explaining how they are the right
people to discuss the chosen topic at NSPW.

Submissions must be made in PDF format, 6-15 pages, ACM SIG formatting
<https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template>, through EasyChair,
as linked on the NSPW site. *Submissions must include a cover page with
authors' names, affiliation, justification statement and attendance
statement.* Papers not including these risk rejection without review. The
justification statement briefly explains why the submission is appropriate
for NSPW and the chosen submission category. The attendance statement must
specify which author(s) will attend upon acceptance/invitation.
Submissions *should
not* be blinded. Organizers and PC members are allowed to submit, but will
not be involved in the evaluation of their own papers. All submissions are
treated as confidential as a matter of policy. NSPW does not accept
previously published or concurrently submitted papers.

Authors may submit review responses during the review process indicating
the changes they wish to commit to. Papers are accepted conditionally and
are shepherded, with final proceedings being published after the workshop.
Attendance
The workshop itself is invitation-only, with typically 30-35 participants
consisting of authors of about 12 accepted papers, panelists, program
committee members, and organizers. One author of each accepted paper must
attend; additional authors may be invited if space permits. All
participants must commit to a “social contract”: no one arrives late, no
one leaves early, no electronic distractions (including laptops, tablets,
and mobile devices), and all attend all sessions of the 2.5 day program,
sharing meals in a group setting and complying with the code of conduct.
The workshop is preceded by an evening reception allowing attendees to meet
each other beforehand.

*Financial Aid: *Financial aid may be available, especially for U.S.-based
students and junior faculty. We encourage submissions from students and
junior faculty, even if support is required to attend.

Program Committee Co-chairs:
            Wolter Pieters, *Delft University of Technology*,
w.pieters at tudelft.nl
Elizabeth Stobert, *National Research Council of Canada*,
elizabeth at stobert.ca
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