[AISWorld] WEIS 2018: Workshop on the Economics of Information Security, 18-19 June 2018, Innsbruck, Austria

[Rainer Böhme]

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The 17th Annual Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS 2018) 
Innsbruck, Austria, June 18–19, 2018


CALL FOR PARTICIPATION


* Early registration until May 15, 2018
* Program posted

http://weis2018.econinfosec.org


The Workshop on the Economics of Information Security (WEIS) is the leading forum for interdisciplinary scholarship on information security, combining expertise from the fields of economics, social science, business, public policy, law, and computer science. 

We have assembled an exciting program of 22 peer-reviewed papers from leading researchers. Sessions include:

* Cyber Risk Quantification and Insurance
* Information Sharing and Privacy
* Cryptocurrencies and the Real World
* Markets and Signals
* Studying the Defender
* Studying the Underground
* Education and Behavior


We encourage scholars, policy makers, and industry experts interested in both market and policy solutions for cybersecurity to attend this workshop. It will be of interest to economists, computer scientists, business school researchers, legal scholars, and government administrators.

Registration is open at: http://weis2018.econinfosec.org/registration/

WEIS 2018 will be hosted by the University of Innsbruck’s Department of Computer Science. 

WEIS 2018 Program Committee:

Alessandro Acquisti, Ross Anderson, Daniel Arce, Hadi Asghari, Terrence August, Johannes Bauer, Rainer Böhme (Chair), Joseph Bonneau, Laura Brandimarte, L. Jean Camp, Jonathan Cave, Huseyin Cavusoglu, Nicolas Christin, Richard Clayton, Ben Edelman, Ben Edwards, Serge Egelman, M. Eric Johnson, Allan Friedman, Neil Gandal, Dan Geer, Lawrence Gordon, Jens Grossklags, Chad Heitzenrater, Cormac Herley, Kai-Lung Hui, Aron Laszka, Martin Loeb, Thomas Maillart, Fabio Massacci, Kanta Matsuura, Damon McCoy, Tyler Moore, Milton Mueller, Arvind Narayanan, Andrew Odlyzko, Wolter Pieters, David Pym, Sam Ransbotham, Sasha Romanosky, Rahul Telang, Catherine Tucker, Michel van Eeten, Marie Vasek, Liad Wagman, Julian Williams, Dmitry Zhdanov


COLOCATION

Consider attending the 6th ACM Workshop on Information Hiding and Multimedia Security (IH&MMSec), which follows directly after WEIS on June 20–22, 2018: https://www.ihmmsec.org


We look forward to welcoming you in the Alps this summer!


With best regards,

Rainer Böhme

WEIS 2018 Conference Chair