2011 IEEE International Workshop on Anonymous Communication Systems, Changsha, China

With the extensive applications of computer network technologies, various network <BR>environments, including cloud computing, Internet of Things, P2P networks, and <BR>social networks, are emerging in our daily lives&#046; The emerging applications require <BR>stronger security and privacy mechanisms to protect network communications among <BR>users&#046; Anonymous communication is used to hide communication participants or <BR>communication relations so as to achieve effective protection for network nodes <BR>and user identities&#046; Anonymous communication can address potential network security <BR>issues, and becomes one of the hot topics in the field of network and information <BR>security&#046; For the better protection of secure communication and user privacy, <BR>including location, identity and behavior habits, it is necessary to develop anonymous <BR>communication theories, methods and key technologies of anonymous communication <BR>systems in all varieties of application environments&#046; ACS 2011 aims at providing a forum <BR>for discussing the latest academic and industrial research results in all aspects <BR>of anonymous communication systems&#046;