Call for Papers

Designs, Codes and Cryptography - Special Issue Dedicated to Spyros Magliveras for his 70th Birthday

Guest Editors: Ron Mullin and Rainer Steinwandt

Scope
This special issue of Designs, Codes and Cryptography welcomes submissions on topics that are connected to the scientific work of Spyros Magliveras. This includes in particular research papers in the areas of combinatorial design theory, cryptology, and the theory of finite groups. Submissions with a strong survey component are considered, but have to offer relevant novel insights.

Participants of the conference Cryptology, Designs, and Finite Groups 2009, held on the occasion of Spyros Maglivas' 70th birthday, are encouraged to submit full papers of their talks presented at the meeting. Other submissions are equally welcome, however, and each submission will be evaluated by at least two referees.

Submissions
Submitted manuscripts do not have to be anonymous, and the preferred form of submission is through the Online Manuscript Submission, Review and Tracking System for the journal Designs, Codes and Cryptography. Please make sure to choose the article type Special Issue: Spyros Magliveras; Mullin/Steinwandt.

Submitted papers must contain original work and must not be in parallel under submission at a different journal or conference/workshop with proceedings. If you have any further questions on this special issue, or if online submission is not possible for you, please feel free to contact one of the guest editors:

Ron Mullin (rcmullin [at the host] math . uwaterloo . ca)
Rainer Steinwandt (rsteinwa [at the host] fau . edu)

Deadline
Submissions must be received by June 28, 2009.