Call for papers: VB2014 Seattle

2013-12-02

Helen Martin

Virus Bulletin, UK

Editor: Helen Martin

Abstract

Seeking submissions for VB2014 in Seattle.

Virus Bulletin is seeking submissions from those wishing to present papers at VB2014, which will take place 24–26 September 2014 at the Westin Seattle hotel, Seattle, WA, USA.

The conference will include a programme of 30 minute presentations running in two concurrent streams. The two streams will no longer be distinguished as ‘corporate’ and ‘technical’ as they were in previous years, but instead will be split into themed sessions covering both traditional AV issues and some slightly broader aspects of security:

Malware & botnets
Anti-malware tools & methods
Mobile devices
Spam & social networks
Hacking & vulnerabilities
Network security

Submissions are invited on topics that fall into any of the subject areas listed above. A more detailed list of topics, suggestions and the full call for papers can be found at http://www.virusbtn.com/conference/vb2014/call/.

The deadline for submission of proposals is Friday 7 March 2014. Abstracts should be submitted via the online abstract submission system at http://www.virusbtn.com/conference/abstracts/.

Any queries should be addressed to [email protected].

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