CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS
Proposal Submission Deadline: February 28, 2011
Nano-Cyberwarfare and Counterterrorism: Threat, Attack, Resistance,
and Survival Technology Issues
A book edited by Dr. Steven John Thompson, Towson University
Publisher link @ http://tinyurl.com/nanocyberwar
Introduction
Warfare in cyberspace is taking on the new dimensionality for nanotechnolog=
ies. Whether billions of people are at risk for concentrated singular attac=
ks, embedded message bits are rallying terror troops through innocuous imag=
ery, or nanotubes are readily linking to brain neurons, the scope and range=
of future warfare today is subject to nanotechnologies and the ones and ze=
roes of digitality.
Objective of the Book
The book is dedicated to expert research topics and analyses of non-traditi=
onal asymmetric warfare at the nanotechnology level: its players, problems,=
and strategies. Gathering some of the leading voices that recognize and un=
derstand the complexities and intricacies of nano-cyberwarfare early on in =
the phenomenon will result in a resourceful compendium to be accessed by de=
cision-makers and academic theorists concerned with identification and adop=
tion of counterterrorism initiatives possibly leading to policy adoption an=
d reform for cyberwarfare.
Target Audience
Academic, corporate, and military proponents of the surge in terrorism stud=
ies course offerings associated with homeland security, international relat=
ions, encryption, globalization, and other allied fields may seek and find =
value in reference content from this book. While many major universities li=
aise with the military today, this book offers enhancement to that liaison =
by merging trans-disciplinary and trans-occupational voices into a singular=
compelling compendium of relevant inquiry on nano-cyberwarfare.
Recommended topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas of =
inquiry:
Asymmetrical warfare
Botnet design and proliferation
Collective hives, Internet brain implants, and cyber-solidarity
Counterterrorism strategies
Cybersemiotics
Cyberwarfare methods and strategies
Emergence, meta-systems, swarms, and telepresence
Ethics of nanotechnology in warfare
Hacking and hashing
Information warfare
Nanotech security and weaponry
New media and propaganda
OS cyber command
Philosophy of the disaster
Physical and/or virtual pandemics
Steganography and espionage
Surveillance studies and techniques
Terrorism studies and techniques
Terrorist issues for nanotechnology
Virality roles in virtual destruction
Submission Procedure
Researcher scholars and practitioners are invited to submit an abstract of =
no more than 750 words clearly explaining the mission and proposed content =
of the proposed chapter by February 28, 2011. Authors of accepted proposals=
will be notified by March 1, 2011 about the status of their proposals and =
sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters of no more than 8,000 words are expe=
cted to be submitted by June 30, 2011. Review results will be returned to a=
ccepted authors by August 30, 2011. Final chapter revisions of no more than=
10,000 words are to be submitted by October 30, 2011. All full chapter man=
uscripts will be subject to a double-blind international review process. An=
ticipated publication release date is 2012.
Important Dates
1st Proposal Submission Deadline: February 28, 2011
2nd Proposal Submission Deadline: March 28, 2011
Last Call for Proposals: April 28, 2011
Full Chapter Submission: June 30, 2011
Review Results to Authors: August 30, 2011
Revised Chapter Submission: September 30, 2011
Final Acceptance Notifications: October 15, 2011
Submission of Final Chapters: October 30, 2011
Contact
Authors are invited to propose and later submit well-researched chapters th=
at provide enriching insights into the subject matter. Chapter proposals, p=
referably products of original works which have not appeared, nor are under=
consideration, in other venues are especially welcome. Authors should foll=
ow the American Psychological Association (APA) style manual and submit abs=
tracts and chapters in MS Word. Please forward all initial inquiries and su=
bmissions via e-mail as MS Word documents or as PDF files (preferred) to st=
(hompson /at/ towson.edu).
