Call for Papers: Text Analytics for Cybersecurity and Online Safety (TA-COS)

The first workshop on Text Analytics for Cybersecurity and Online Safety (TA-COS) is to be held in conjunction with LREC 2016 in Portorož (Slovenia) as an afternoon session on 23 May 2016. This workshop aims to bring together researchers that have an active interest in the development and application of text analytics tools in the broad context of cybersecurity. We welcome research papers on text analytics and text mining approaches that (1) help reduce the exposure to harmful content on the Internet, (2) detect illegal online activities and (3) monitor user-generated content in the context of real-life threats. This workshop not only aims to discuss technological challenges, but also invites discussion on privacy concerns surrounding this technology.
 
We invite papers on a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to:
  • text analytics tools for the development of cybersecurity applications
  • (annotated) corpora for the development and validation of cybersecurity applications
  • text-based detection of cyberbullying and sexually transgressive behavior (e.g. grooming) on social network sites
  • early warning systems that monitor for potential suicide and auto-mutilation announcements
  • moderator tools for the detection of offensive user-generated content (e.g. racism, sexual content, profanity, ...)
  • text analytics tools for the detection of illegal activities (e.g. terrorism threats, drug trade, ...)
  • intervention systems for the detection of radicalization and criminalization of teens
  • author profiling tools for the detection of identity fraud, "catfishing", ...
  • position papers on fair and responsible use of text-based cybersecurity technologies (privacy concerns, ...)
The submission process will be organized using the START Conference Manager (https://www.softconf.com/lrec2016/TA-COS/). Papers should be between 4 and 8 pages excluding references and be formatted using the LREC 2016 author’s kit templates.

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IMPORTANT DATES

Submission deadline: 10 February 2016 17 February 2016 (23:59 GMT)
Notification of Acceptance: 7 March 2016 14 March 2016
Camera-Ready: 21 March 2016 28 March 2016
Workshop: 23 May 2016 (afternoon)

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

Guy De Pauw - CLiPS - University of Antwerp
Ben Verhoeven - CLiPS - University of Antwerp
Bart Desmet - LT3 - Ghent University
Els Lefever - LT3 - Ghent University

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Walter Daelemans - CLiPS - University of Antwerp
Veronique Hoste  - LT3 - Ghent University