Security for XR and XR for Security (SOUPS'21 Workshop) CfP

We’re organizing a workshop in conjunction with SOUPS ’21 on “Security for XR and XR for Security”. The workshop will take place online on 6 August 2021.

Full details are available online: https://vr4sec.hcigroup.de/index.php

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission Deadline: Thursday, May 27, 2021

Acceptance Notification: Friday, June 11, 2021

Final papers due: Thursday, June 24, 2021

Workshop date: 6 August 2021

SCOPE OF THE WORKSHOP

Augmented and Virtual Reality (XR) technologies are finding their way into users’ everyday life. Contexts of use are home entertainment or professional collaboration, among others. The increasing interest in XR technology raises a need for the community to more strongly focus on aspects of XR related to usable security and privacy. Additionally, XR technologies provide promising opportunities to study usable security and privacy topics that exist or emerge in the real world in a simulated manner. However, it remains relatively unexplored which research challenges and opportunities arise out of XR technology used in a variety of different contexts.

In this workshop, we will bring together experts from the fields of usable security, augmented/virtual reality, and human-computer interaction as well as people interested in these topics to discuss current challenges and derive promising research directions that can inform and augment security and privacy research.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• User Authentication or User Identification Methods in AR/VR

• Behavioural Biometrics for AR/VR

• Understanding Privacy Aspects of AR/VR Applications

• Conducting Security and/or Privacy-related Research in AR/VR

• Privacy and Security Lessons Learned from AR/VR Experiences

• VR/AR for Privacy and Security Education

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

We invite two types of submissions: short paper or research statements. Accepted submissions will be a) circulated with other attendees and b) presented during the workshop.

OPTION A: SHORT PAPERS:

We invite papers of two to four pages in length, excluding references. Authors could discuss previously published results, present work-in-progress, or lay out a (provocative) position. The proceedings of the workshop will be published on the website and in an online repository that is indexed by Google Scholar.

OPTION B: RESEARCH STATEMENTS

We invite people interested in attending the workshop to share their opinion about a specific topic within the scope of the workshop. Research statements should be between 200 and 400 words, presented on one page.

Papers must use the SOUPS formatting template (available for MS Word or LaTeX) and be submitted as per the instructions on https://vr4sec.hcigroup.de/submissions.php

Submissions should not be anonymous.

ORGANIZERS

Stefan Schneegass, University of Duisburg-Essen

Mohamed Khamis, University of Glasgow

Florian Alt, Bundeswehr University Munich

Uwe Gruenefeld, University of Duisburg-Essen

Karola Marky, Technical University of Darmstadt, University of Glasgow

Alia Saad, University of Duisburg-Essen

Jonathan Liebers, University of Duisburg-Essen

Jonas Auda, University of Duisburg-Essen

Florian Mathis, University of Glasgow, University of Edinburgh

Lukas Mecke, Bundeswehr University Munich