Guest Editors Reserve Research Articles

Special Issue on ‘Clinical Information Systems (CIS) Security’ Security and Communication Networks

Managing records of patient care has become an increasingly complex issue with the widespread use of advanced technologies. The vast amount of information for every routine care must be securely processed over different databases. Clinical Information Systems (CISs) address the need for a computerized approach in managing personal health information. Hospitals and public or private health insurance organizations are continuously upgrading their database and data management systems to more sophisticated architectures. The possible support of the large patient archives and the flexibility of a CIS in providing up-to-date patient information and worldwide doctors' collaboration have leveraged the research on CIS both in academic and government domains. At the same time, it has become apparent that patients require more control over their clinical data, either being results of clinical examinations or medical history. Owing to the large amount of information that can be found on the Internet and the free access to medical practitioners and hospitals worldwide, patients may choose to communicate their information so as to obtain several expert opinions regarding their conditions. Given the sensitive nature of the information stored and inevitably in transit, security has become an issue of outmost necessity. Numerous EU and US research projects have been launched to address security in CIS (e.g. EUROMED, ISHTAR, RESHEN), whereas regulatory compliance to acts such as the HIPAA has become an obligation for centers moving to CIS. This Special Issue will serve as a venue for both academia and industry individuals and groups working in this fast-growing research area to share their experiences and state-of-the-art work with the readers. Authentication techniques for CIS Authorization mechanisms and approaches for patient-centric data Public key infrastructures to support diverse clinical information environments and networks Cryptographic protocols for use to secure patient-centric data Secure communication protocols for the communication of clinical data Wireless sensor networks security Body sensor networks security CIS database security Interoperability across diverse CIS environments (national and multilateral) Government and international regulatory and compliance requirements Submission and Review All submissions will be peer reviewed by at least three experts working in those areas. Articles should be written in a style comprehensible to readers outside the specialty of the article conforming to the standards of Security and Communication Networks Journal. This special issue solely targets research areas surrounding CIS security. Submitted papers should reflect on the current state of clinical information systems; hence, preference will be given to authors whose work is directly related to CIS and not researchers attempting to connect their work on information security with CIS. The Guest Editors reserve every right to prevent conflicts of interest to the journal as required by the Editor-in-Chief and the editorial board. For manuscript submission authors should follow the guidelines described in Section ‘For Authors’ at http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/security. Prospective authors should submit their paper online at the above journal homepage via the ‘online submission’ link. When submitting the papers, the authors should make sure to choose the manuscript type as ‘Special Issue’, enter the ‘Running Head’ and the ‘Special Issue title’ as ‘SCN-SI-001’ and ‘CIS Security’, respectively. Manuscript Submission Due: 10 February 2008 Acceptance Notification: 10 May 2008 Final Manuscript Due: 1 June 2008 Publication: July/August 2008

Special issue: One hundred years of PVI, the Fuchs–Painlevé equation

Special issue: One hundred years of PVI, the Fuchs–Painlevé equation

Special Issue on `Trends in Quantum Chaotic Scattering'

This is a call for contributions to a special issue of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General entitled `Trends in Quantum Chaotic Scattering'. This issue should be a repository for high quality original work. We are interested in having the topic interpreted broadly, that is, to include contributions clearly related to quantum chaotic scattering in any of it repercussions, in particular dealing with resonance phenomena, delay times, survival probability, S-matrix statistics, absorption from random media, random lasers, atoms in optical lattices and chaotic cavities as well as scattering and transport in mesoscopic and/or disordered quantum systems. We believe that this issue is timely, and hope that it will stimulate further development of this new and exciting field. The Editorial Board has invited Y V Fyodorov, T Kottos and H-J Stockmann to serve as Guest Editors for the special issue. Their criteria for acceptance of contributions are the following: • The subject of the paper should relate to quantum chaotic scattering in the sense described above. • Contributions will be refereed and processed according to the usual procedure of the journal. • Papers should be original; reviews of a work published elsewhere will not be accepted. The guidelines for the preparation of contributions are as follows: • The DEADLINE for submission of contributions is 1 July 2005. This deadline will allow the special issue to appear in December 2005 or early 2006. • There is a strict page limit of 16 printed pages (approximately 9600 words) per contribution. For papers exceeding this limit, the Guest Editors reserve the right to request a reduction in length. Further advice on publishing your work in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General may be found at www.iop.org/Journals/jphysa. • Contributions to the special issue should if possible be submitted electronically by web upload at www.iop.org/Journals/jphysa or by e-mail to jphysa@iop.org, quoting `JPhysA Special Issue—Trends in quantum chaotic scattering'. Submissions should ideally be in standard LaTeX form; we are, however, able to accept most formats including Microsoft Word. Please see the web site for further information on electronic submissions. • Authors unable to submit electronically may send hard copy contributions to: Publishing Administrators, Journal of Physics A, Institute of Physics Publishing, Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol BS1 6BE, UK, enclosing the electronic code on floppy disk if available and quoting `JPhysA Special Issue—Trends in quantum chaotic scattering'. • All contributions should be accompanied by a read-me file or covering letter giving the postal and e-mail addresses for correspondence. The Publishing Office should be notified of any subsequent change of address. This special issue will be published in the paper and online version of the journal. The corresponding author of each contribution will receive a complimentary copy of the issue.

Special Issue on `Geometric Numerical Integration of Differential Equations'

This is a call for contributions to a special issue of Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General entitled `Geometric Numerical Integration of Differential Equations'. This issue should be a repository for high quality original work. We are interested in having the topic interpreted broadly, that is, to include contributions dealing with symplectic or multisymplectic integration; volume-preserving integration; symmetry-preserving integration; integrators that preserve first integrals, Lyapunov functions, or dissipation; exponential integrators; integrators for highly oscillatory systems; Lie-group integrators, etc. Papers on geometric integration of both ODEs and PDEs will be considered, as well as application to molecular-scale integration, celestial mechanics, particle accelerators, fluid flows, population models, epidemiological models and/or any other areas of science. We believe that this issue is timely, and hope that it will stimulate further development of this new and exciting field. The Editorial Board has invited G R W Quispel and R I McLachlan to serve as Guest Editors for the special issue. Their criteria for acceptance of contributions are the following: • The subject of the paper should relate to geometric numerical integration in the sense described above. • Contributions will be refereed and processed according to the usual procedure of the journal. • Papers should be original; reviews of a work published elsewhere will not be accepted. The guidelines for the preparation of contributions are as follows: • The DEADLINE for submission of contributions is 1 September 2005. This deadline will allow the special issue to appear in late 2005 or early 2006. • There is a strict page limit of 16 printed pages (approximately 9600 words) per contribution. For papers exceeding this limit, the Guest Editors reserve the right to request a reduction in length. Further advice on publishing your work in Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and General may be found at www.iop.org/Journals/jphysa. • Contributions to the special issue should if possible be submitted electronically by web upload at {www.iop.org/Journals/jphysa or by e-mail to jphysa@iop.org, quoting `JPhysA Special Issue—Geometric Integration'. Submissions should ideally be in standard LaTeX form; we are, however, able to accept most formats including Microsoft Word. Please see the web site for further information on electronic submissions. • Authors unable to submit electronically may send hard copy contributions to: Publishing Administrators, Journal of Physics A, Institute of Physics Publishing, Dirac House, Temple Back, Bristol BS1 6BE, UK, enclosing the electronic code on floppy disk if available and quoting `JPhysA Special Issue—Geometric Integration'. • All contributions should be accompanied by a read-me file or covering letter giving the postal and e-mail addresses for correspondence. The Publishing Office should be notified of any subsequent change of address. This special issue will be published in the paper and online version of the journal. The corresponding author of each contribution will receive a complimentary copy of the issue.