European Conference, EuroISI 2008, Esbjerg, Denmark, December 3-5, 2008. Proceedings This volume constitutes the proceedings of the First European Conference on Intelligence and Security Informatics, EuroISI 2008, held in Esbjerg Denmark, December 3–5, 2008. Intelligence and security informatics (ISI) is a multidisciplinary ?eld enc- passing methodologies, models, algorithms, and advanced tools for intelligence analysis, homeland security, terrorism research as well as security-related public policies. EuroISI 2008 was the ?rst European edition of the series of ISI sym- siums that have been held annually in the USA since 2003, and more recently in Asia. These meetings gather together people from previously disparate c- munities to provide a stimulating forum for the exchange of ideas and results. Participantshave included academic researchers(especially in the ?elds of inf- mation technologies, computer science, public policy, and social and behavioral studies), law enforcement and intelligence experts, as well as information te- nology companies, industry consultants and practitioners in the relevant ?elds. These proceedings contain 25 originalpapers, out of 48 submissions received, related to the topics of intelligence and security informatics. The papers cover a broad range of ?elds such as: social network analysis, knowledge discovery, web-based intelligence and analysis, privacy protection, access control, digital rights management, malware and intrusion detection, surveillance, crisis m- agement,andcomputationalintelligence,amongothers.Additionallytothemain conference, a poster section was organized.
