•      introduce new ideas
•      report on ongoing work that may or may not be complete
•      state positions on controversial issues or open problems

We welcome submissions that are relevant to the general topic of computer security. In particular, we invite students and engineers from industry to take this opportunity to exchange their ideas and solutions, as well as technical problems and practical experience, with the community.

The WIP session will run from 5:15 to 6:30, in time for participants to enjoy dinner and entertainment in Las Vegas.

Participants in the WIP session should submit a brief write-up (maximum two pages) to describe the main idea. Each submitter will be allowed a five minute slot for presentation at the WIP session (5 minutes including 1 minute for questions). The write-ups will be made available on the ACSAC web site after the conference. A list of WIP presentations will be provided as part of the registration package.

Please submit your WIP write-up in either PDF or PS format, to Chenxi Wang no later than November 18th, 2002. If it is not possible for you to submit in either PDF or PS format, please contact Dr. Wang to make alternate arrangements.

The write-ups will not be refereed but will be screened by the organizing committee. We will accept as many WIP talks as are allowed by the available presentation time. Authors will be notified of their acceptance no later than November 25th, 2002.