Home/Digital Library/Journals/TqHome/ .../Journals/TqTDSC TopicsTopics include, but are not limited to, the following:I. Design for Dependability and Security Architectures Fault-tolerant, secure, and safe middleware Intrusion detection and tolerance Firewall technologies; authentication and authorization of users, systems, and applications Network technologies, including protocols, routers, and switches On-line detection and recovery System Management and Administration Cryptography Application of cryptography techniques Key management Cryptographic protocols and algorithms, and their security Use of COTS components II. Evaluation Modeling and Prediction Threat-assessment and intrusion-detection models Availability, performability, and survivability Intrusion tolerance; attack models Modeling methods, including Markov chains, queuing/fluid flow, Stochastic Petri Nets (SPN), SAN models Experimental Methods Monitoring and measurement Workload characterization Benchmarking Test-bed design, including fault, error, attack, and workload generation Field monitoring and measurement, including failures, security violations and break-ins, and intrusion detection Statistical methods Formal Specification and Verification Quality of Service (encompassing performability, security, and safety) III. Application-Specific Areas Survivable Database Design and Transaction Processing Electronic Commerce Embedded Systems File and File System Security Distributed and Pervasive Systems Smartcards and Biometrics Real-Time Systems Safety-Critical Systems (e.g., aerospace computing) Internet Applications Multimedia Applications and Signal-Processing IV. Software Design Operating System Support (for error/intrusion detection and/or tolerance) Self-Checking Software Systems Dependable, Secure Protocols and Network Interfaces Software Testing, Validation, and Verification Software Aging and Rejuvenation Software Security and Reliability Engineering V. New Technologies (problems and opportunities) Nanoscale Computing Ad Hoc Networks Pervasive and Embedded Computing Networks of Satellites Data Mining Wearable Computers and Associated Networks Quantum Computing Cyber-Physical Systems (e.g., mobile health, Smart Grid, and ITS)
