We are soliciting papers that present recent results, as well as more speculative presentations that discuss research challenges, define new applications, propose methodologies for evaluating and the roadmap for achieving the vision of Information Science and Engineering, including but not limited to the following topics:

Information Retrieval Systems Information systems security Information and Knowledge Structures Information Processing Methods Information theory and statistics Information theory in networks Applications of Information Theory Information Hiding and Watermarking Quantum Information Processing Data Compression and Source Coding Pattern Recognition and Learning Computer and Communication Systems Computer Graphics and Visualization Computer Vision and Image Processing Access control Applied cryptography Authentication and authorization Biometric security

Data and system integrity Database security Distributed systems security Electronic commerce Fraud control Grid security Information hiding and watermarking Intellectual property protection Intrusion detection Key management and key recovery Language-based security Operating system security Network security Risk evaluation and security certification Security for mobile computing Security models Security protocols Trusted computin