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IEEE BCCA 2021: The 3rd IEEE Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications
by Müge Erel-Özçevik 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

*The Third IEEE Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2021)* *NOV. 15 – 17, 2021 – TARTU, ESTONIA* http://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2021/index.php Blockchain is a revolutionary technology in decentralized systems that enables secure decentralized transaction processing while ensuring data privacy and authenticity. It is now playing a significant role in several areas such the Internet of Things, supply-chain management, manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, healthcare systems, and much more. Unlike centralized transaction processing solutions, blockchain uses a distributed ledger mechanism to record data transactions on multiple devices, this will prevent data breach, identity theft, and a plethora of cyber-related attacks, in essence, leading to a sustainability in data privacy and security. This conference aims at to attract work of both researchers and practitioners in the area of cyber-security to share and exchange their experiences and research studies in both academia and industry in the field of blockchain. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: · *Track 01: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning* o Blockchain based artificial Intelligent Systems applications in Computers and Communications o Blockchain based AI and Robotics Technologies o Blockchain based AI and cloud computing o Blockchain based Economic paradigms and game theory o Blockchain based Machine and Deep Learning of Knowledge o Blockchain based Distributed Knowledge and Processing o Blockchain based Humans-Agents Interactions / Human-Robot Interactions · *Track 02: IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems* o Blockchain-based IoT Applications and Services o Blockchain-based security for the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems o Blockchain-based Internet of Things architectures and protocols o Blockchain in Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) o Blockchain-based application in Intelligent Manufacturing: Industrial Internet of Things, o Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure with Industry 4.0 o Intelligent manufacture and management o Consensus and mining algorithms suited for resource-limited IoTs o Blockchain-based Controlled mobility and QoS o Blockchain-based energy optimization techniques in WSN o Blockchain-based Software defined networks · *Track 03: Big Data* o Blockchain in Data Fusion o Blockchain Analytics and Data mining o Distributed data store for blockchain o Distributed transaction for blockchain o Blockchain based Data Science and Data Engineering o Protocols for management and access using blockchains o Blockchain architectures tailored for domain-specific applications · *Track 04: Security and Privacy on the Blockchain* o Authentication and authorization in Blockchain o Applications of blockchain technologies in digital forensic o Privacy aspects of blockchain technologies o Blockchain-based threat intelligence and threat analytics techniques o Blockchain-based open-source tools o Forensics readiness of blockchain technologies o Blockchain Attacks on Existing Systems o Blockchain Consensus Algorithms o Blockchain-based Intrusion Detection/Prevention o Security and Privacy in Blockchain and Critical Infrastructure o Attacks on Blockchain and Critical Infrastructure o Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure with Smart Grid · *Track 05: Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services* o State-of-the-art of the Blockchain technology and cybersecurity o Blockchain-based security solutions of smart cities infrastructures o Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) and ITS) o Blockchain Technologies and Methodologies o Recent development and emerging trends Blockchain o New models, practical solutions and technological advances related to Blockchain o Theory of Blockchain in Cybersecurity o Applications of blockchain technologies in computer & hardware security o Implementation challenges facing blockchain technologies o Blockchain in social networking o Performance metric design, modeling and evaluation of blockchain systems o Network and computing optimization in blockchains o Experimental prototyping and testbeds for blockchains All accepted papers in BCCA 2021 will be submitted to IEEEXplore, dblp and Scopus for inclusion. *General Co-Chair* · Salil Kanhere, UNSW Sydney, Australia · Öznur Özkasap, Koç University, Turkey *Program Co-Chairs* · Moayad Aloqaily, xAnalytics Inc., Canada · Önder Gürcan, CEA LIST, Paris-Saclay University, France · Hong-Ning Dai, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau *Keynote speakers:* · Giancarlo Fortino, Università della Calabria, Italy * Submission Link: *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bcca2021 *Full paper Important Dates:* Submission deadline: *July 1st, 2021* Notification of Acceptance: Sept 15th, 2021 Submission of camera-ready: Oct 8th, 2021

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[Deadline: 1 July] 13th IEEE ISCC Workshop - PEDISWESA'21
by Safa Otoum 27 Jun '21

27 Jun '21

Call for Papers The 13th IEEE International Workshop *on **Performance Evaluation of Communications in Distributed Systems and Web-based Service Architectures* (PEDISWESA’2021) http://icnetlab.org/PEDISWESA2021/index.php in conjunction withThe *26th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications* (ISCC) 2021 September 5th to 8th - Athens, Greece, September 2021 https://iscc2021.unipi.gr/ Scope Objectives The advancements in distributed systems and web-based architectures have led to the continuous need for state-of-the-art performance evaluation mechanisms. The advancements in enabling technologies for the Tactile Internet have led to an ever more push towards advanced paradigms for communication performance evaluation. Given that most architectures and frameworks, such as the Tactile Internet, are becoming increasingly large and complex to manage in a centralized manner, numerous challenges need to be addressed and resolved before such systems become available for use on a large scale level. The multi-dimensional data incorporated in such complex systems, in addition to the enforced high-reliability constraints, add more challenges to the design of these systems. Quantitative analysis can be very difficult and might be intractable because of the state space explosion. New methods and tools have recently emerged for these kinds of complex systems, especially ones that rely on the use of distributed and intelligent solutions. The incorporation of machine learning has led to not only an increase in system accuracy but also will speed up the process of performance evaluation. This workshop focuses on the performance evaluation of distributed systems (e.g., edge-based processing, federated learning, and Ad Hoc communication), as well as web-based service architectures using both analytical methods and simulation studies. Authors are encouraged to submit papers presenting new research related to QoS and communication performance evaluation of these systems. Submitted papers must not have been published elsewhere nor currently be under review by another conference or journal. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): ● Performance, reliability and scalability of Tactile Internet applications. ● Performance measurement studies for distributed learning systems ● Quantitative analysis methods for distributed computing and web-based services. ● Measurement, analysis, and modeling techniques for decentralized communication architectures ● QoS for Web-services architectures. ● Performance evaluation of Next-Generation Networks. ● Analysis and evaluation of resource management solutions ● Performance and reliability of edge and distributed data centers. ● Small- and large-scale testbed for Tactile Internet and web-based service applications ● Simulation and measurement techniques for mobile, vehicular, and aerial networks ● Tools and software for performance evaluation of Blockchain ● Communication performance evaluation of distributed and mobile systems PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINESAuthors are invited to submit original contributions that have not been published or submitted for publication elsewhere. Submitted papers must conform with the A4 IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings and not exceed 6 pages (including title, abstract, figures, tables, and references). One additional page may be added at an additional cost. Papers exceeding 7 pages will not be accepted. All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed. Papers should be submitted through EDAS: https://edas.info/N28545PROCEEDINGS: Accepted papers will be included in the ISCC 2021 Proceedings and will be submitted for inclusion to IEEE Xplore. The ISCC Proceedings have been indexed in the past by ISI, dblp and Scopus. This makes the ISCC conference one of the publication venues with very high visibility and impact in both Computer and Communications areas. Steering Committee: - Lynda Mokdad, University Paris XII, France - Jalel Ben-Othman, University of Paris, France Technical Program Co-Chairs: - Safa Otoum, Zayed University, UAE - Ismaeel Al Ridhawi, Kuwait College of Science and Technology, Kuwait - Nadra Guizani, University of Texas at Arlington, USA Important Dates - Paper submission deadline: *June 15th, 2021 1st of July, 2021* - Notification of paper acceptance: 18th of July, 2021 - Submission of camera-ready papers due: 25th of July, 2021

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GC21-EnergyCom: Intelligent Communications for Decentralized Energy Management. Due: 15/July
by Ons Bouachir 23 Jun '21

23 Jun '21

*Call for Paper* International Workshop on *Intelligent Communications for Decentralized Energy Management (EnergyCom2021)* *http://icnetlab.org/EnergyCom2021**/* <http://icnetlab.org/EnergyCom2021/> *in conjunction with **IEEE GlobeCom 2021.* *https://globecom2021.ieee-globecom.org/workshop/ws-21-workshop-intelligent-communications-decentralized-energy-management-energycom* <https://globecom2021.ieee-globecom.org/workshop/ws-21-workshop-intelligent-…> 7-11 December 2021 // Madrid, Spain *Scope and topics of the workshop:* The need for clean energy has become crucial with population growth, the abundant demand in traditional energy resources and the need for the decarbonization of economy to curb climate change. The solution ahead is to shift to and integrate more renewable and clean sources of energy with the existing conventional energy infrastructure as well as offer end-users a more active role in the integrated management of their energy resources (grid, loads, storage, microgeneration). Energy trading platforms are mechanisms used to attain increased energy demands while meeting participants’ satisfaction (i.e., consumers, prosumers, and utility grids). Participant satisfaction is driven by two main factors: stable coverage of energy demand and profit maximization, which can be fostered by demand response programs. Peer-to-Peer (P2P) energy trading platforms should find a win-win balance, where all participants are able to make some profit and meet their energy demand under any circumstances. However, under certain circumstances, this balance between energy demand and profit can be affected. Some consumers may not be able to buy energy due to the lack of funds. Moreover, some prosumers, that are solely responsible of energy storage management, are not able to sell all their excess energy. Additionally, energy storage management becomes costly over time and can affect the prosumer overall profit. Lastly, scalability and security are additional challenges that must be tackled. In this context, intelligent communications, as well as decentralized technologies, have emerged as a solution to these issues. For instance, deep and reinforcement learning coupled with fast and reliable communication infrastructures such as B5G, provide great opportunities to improve the way energy prosumers and consumers communicate with the grid. A decentralized energy management system takes advantage of various technologies, and effective communication is used to ensure optimal utilization of the available resources. Incorporation of advanced technologies such as blockchain, distributed intelligence, and federated learning can considerably overcome the technical challenges and reduce market barriers, which in essence would attract the adoption of this disruptive technology. The aim of the International Workshop on Intelligent Communications for Decentralized Energy Management is to bring together experts, researchers, and practitioners interested in the advances and applications in the field of intelligent communications and computing for decentralized energy management. Participants are invited to present and discuss recent developments and challenges in energy management systems. This workshop focuses on innovative applications, tools, and frameworks in technological areas related to optimization of the energy management infrastructure in the context of smart cities and other relevant application domains. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: · Design of multi-objective models for energy management systems, including demand response · Big data analytics in energy management · Intelligent infrastructure architectures for energy systems · Cooperative systems for energy management · Security and privacy for decentralized energy systems · Next-generation networks for energy management · Connected services and energy mobility management · Autonomous and connected energy in smart cities · Green energy cities and infrastructure · P2P energy trading/sharing models · Management of large-scale energy systems · Energy-efficient industrial IoT · Blockchain for energy management · Advanced communications and computing for energy storage · B5G technology for energy systems *Workshop Organizers:* · Dr. *Moayad Aloqaily*, xAnalytics Inc.*, Ottawa, **Canada*. · Prof. *Öznur Özkasap*, Koç University, *Istanbul, Turkey.* · Prof. *Carlos Henggeler Antunes*, University of Coimbra, *Portugal*. *Invited Speaker:* - Prof.* Salil Kanhere*, UNSW Sydney, *Australia*. *Submission Link:* https://edas.info/N28614 *Important Dates:* Papers due: *15 July, 2021* Acceptance notification: 15 September, 2021 Camera-ready paper due: 15 November, 2021

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SDS 2021 CFP: The Eighth International Conference on Software Defined Systems, Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021.
by Emerging Tech 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The Eighth International Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS-2021) http://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2021/index.php Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021. *SDS 2021 CFP:* Next generation cloud systems will require a paradigm shift in how they are constructed and managed. Conventional control and management platforms are facing considerable challenges regarding flexibility, dependability and security that next generation systems will require. The cloud computing paradigm has gone part of the way towards alleviating some of the problems associated with resource allocation, utilization and managements (e.g., via elasticity). However, many of the elements of a well-designed cloud environment remain “stiff” and hard to modify and adapt in an integrated fashion. This includes underlying networking topologies, many aspects of the user control over IaaS, PaaS or SaaS layers when such is needed, construction of XaaS services, provenance and meta-data collection, and so on. In many situations the problem may be because service abstraction is inadequate. Software Defined Systems (SDS) are systems that have added software components which help abstract actual IT equipment and other layers. One classical example, of course, are hypervisors. Such separation provides a great opportunity for system administrators to more easily construct and managing their systems through flexible software layers. Software Defined Systems include Software Defined Networking (SDN), Software Defined Storage, Software Defined Servers (Virtualization), Software Defined Datacenters (SDD), Software Defined Security (SDSec), and ultimately Software Defined Clouds (SDCloud) to name a few possibilities. Individual solutions and seamless integration of these abstractions remains in many respects a challenge. After the high success of the previous editions (SDS'2014, SDS'2015, SDS'2016, SDS'2017, SDS'2018, SDS' 2019, SDS' 2020), The Eighth International conference on Software Defined Systems 2021 (SDS'2021) will continue to be a forum for scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, and developments in the area of software defined systems – both components and their integration - and by implication advancement of next generation clouds. SDS 2021 aims to investigate the opportunities and in all aspects of Software Defined Systems. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions that help mitigating SDS challenges. That is, the objective of SDS 2021 is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas, novel results and experience on all aspects of Software Defined Systems. SDS is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Spain Section. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: * Software Defined Systems support for Cloud Computing . * Software Defined Networking (SDN). * SDN concepts, architecture, and APIs. * Network Virtualization * SDN and OpenFlow protocol * Software Defined Radio * Cognitive Radio Networks . * Access Control models in SDN. * Software Defined Storage. * Storage Automation and Abstraction. * Policy-driven storage provisioning. * Software Defined Servers and Virtualization. * Software Defined Datacenters. * Software Defined Security o Security policies automation. * Self-management systems. * Autonomic Computing techniques. * Real-time load prediction model to optimize the user satisfaction. * Software Defined Systems Scalability. * Software Defined Systems optimization. * Software tools and frameworks to support SDS . * Software Defined Systems challenges and opportunities * Software Defined Systems surveys . * Social engineering, insider threats system for SDS. * Incident Handling and Penetration Testing with SDS. * Software Defined Systems support if IoT. * Security protocols in SDS. * Security and privacy of mobile SDS based cloud computing * Service-oriented architectures, service portability andP2P * Network virtualization and cloud-based radio access networks *Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings* Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper can be up to 8 pages (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also, submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted papers will appear in the SDS Proceeding, and be published by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services and be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular papers up to 8 pages and must follow the IEEE paper format. Please include up to 7 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the conference. Submitted papers that are deemed of good quality but that could not be accepted as regular papers will be accepted as short papers. Length of short papers can be between 4 to 6 pages. *Important Dates* Submission Date: 15 July, 2021 Notification to Authors: 30 September, 2021 Camera Ready Submission: 15 October, 2021 *Contact:* Please send any inquiry on SDS 2021 to Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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IoTSMS 2021CFP: The 8th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security, Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021
by Gizem Varkonyi 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The 8th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS 2021) *http://emergingtechnet.org/IOTSMS2021/index.php <http://emergingtechnet.org/IOTSMS2021/index.php>* Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021 *IoTSMS 2021 CFP:* The Internet of Things (IoT) technology offers unprecedented opportunities to interconnect human beings as well as Machine-to-Machine (M2M), whereby sensors and networks allow all ‘things’ to communicate directly with each other to share vital information allowing us to have an instrumented universe where accurate data is readily available to inform optimal decision making. The IoT is about to enable a range of new capabilities and services far beyond today’s offerings. It will fundamentally change how people go about their lives. The number of objects connected to the Internet is set to reach 30.9 billion by 2025. Cisco estimates the number will be close to 25 billion objects by 2025. Others believe the actual number will be even higher with the assumption that any object with a simple microcontroller and on-off switch will be connected to the Internet in the near future. The scale of the IoT is set to have a major economic, social and environmental impact; the intersection of which forms the future sustainable growth. The IEEE Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IoTSMS 2021) aims at soliciting original ideas on the broad area of IoT including challenges and opportunities, concepts and applications and future trends. The IoTSMS aims to facilitate discussions among academics and IoT practitioners and make positive contributions to the field. Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished manuscripts. Submitted papers should be in accordance with IEEE format, and will be reviewed by at least two expert reviewers in terms of relevance, originality, contribution, correctness, and presentation. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: * Emerging concepts of IoT Systems * Architectures of IoT systems * Machine-to-Machine Communication and IoT * Modeling of IoT applications * SDN and NFV support for IoT applications and Systems * Fog and Edge support for IoT Applications * 5G support for IoT Applications * IoT for Smart Cities * Energy management in IoT * Design methodologies for IoT * Novel services and applications of IoT to facilitate environmental responsibility * Green by Internet of Things * IoT and Social benefits/impact * IoT Economics and Business Models * Emerging Internet of Things business models and process changes * Communication systems and network architectures for the IoT * IoT and Data Management * Security and privacy of IoT * Reliability of IoT * Disaster recovery in IoT * Applications of Internet of things * Emerging applications and interaction paradigms for everyday citizens * Big data and IoT * Self-organizing IoT * Cloud Computing and IoT * IoT and sustainable Growth *IMPORTANT DATES:* Submission Date: 15 July 2021 Notification to Authors: 10 October 2021 Camera Ready and Registration: 30 October 2021 *SUBMISSION* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the IoTSMS Proceedings and will be submitted to IEEE for inclusion. Papers can be up to 8 pages in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). The proceedings will be submitted for indexing to EI (Compendex), Scopus and other indexing services like DBLP. Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. *JOURNAL-SPECIAL-ISSUE* Selected authors of high quality papers will be invited to submit extended versions to indexed and highly ranked journals, including Cluster Computing. Please send any inquiry to Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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IEEE Network - Special Issue on “Trust, Security and Privacy of 6G”. Submission date: 15 December 2021
by Xueqin Liang 17 Jun '21

17 Jun '21

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FMEC 2021 CFP: The Sixth International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing, Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021.
by Yufei Sun 17 Jun '21

17 Jun '21

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The Sixth International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2021) http://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2021/index.php Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021 *FMEC 2021 CFP:* Cloud computing provides a large range of services and virtually unlimited available resources for users. New applications, such as virtual reality and smart building control, have emerged due to the large number of resources and services brought by cloud computing. However, the delay-sensitive applications face the problem of large latency, especially when several smart devices and objects are getting involved in human’s life such as the case of smart cities or the Internet of Things. Therefore, cloud computing is unable to meet the requirements of low latency, location awareness, and mobility support. To solve this problem, researchers have introduced a trusted and dependable solution through the Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC) to put the services and resources of the cloud closer to users, which facilitates the leveraging of available services and resources in the edge networks. By this, we are moving from the core (cloud data centers) to the edge of the network closer to the users. FMEC dependability is based on providing user centric service. The purpose of Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing is to run the heavy real-time applications at the network edge directly using the billions of connected mobile devices. Several features enable the Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing to be a perfect paradigm to the aforementioned purpose, which are the dense geographical deployment of servers, supporting mobility and the closeness to users. As in every new technology, some challenges face the vision of the Fog and the Mobile Edge Computing, which are the administrative policies and security concerns (i.e. secure data storage, secure computation, network security, data privacy, usage privacy, location privacy, etc). FMEC 2021 conference aims to investigate the opportunities and requirements for Mobile Edge Computing dominance. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions that help mitigating Mobile Edge Computing challenges. That is, the objective of FMEC 2021 is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas, novel results and experience on all aspects of Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC). FMEC 2021 is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Spain Section. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: * Mobile Cloud Computing Systems. * FMEC Security and Privacy Issues. * FMEC Pricing and billing models. * FMEC support for VANETS and MANETS * Cloudlet based computing * Dew based computing * Lightweight authentication mechanisms in FMEC architecture. * Access Control models in FMEC. * Identification of incentives for FMEC service providers. * The future perspective for FMEC: Challenges and Open Issues. * FMEC Quality of Service (QoS) improvements techniques. * FMEC architecture features and evolution. * FMEC Real-time communication interfaces and protocols. * FMEC Resource scheduling that enhances the reliability and scalability. * FMEC Resources monitoring mechanism and utilization measuring mechanism. * FMEC resources allocation and management. * Real-time load prediction model to optimize the user satisfaction. * FMEC virtualization. * Data storage, processing, and management at FMEC platform. * Cyber hacking, next generation firewall of FMEC. * Deployment strategies of FMEC Servers * Admission control for FMEC. * Social engineering, insider threats, advance spear phishing. * Incident Handling and Penetration Testing. * Forensics of Virtual and FMEC Environments. * Security protocols in FMEC. * Security and privacy of mobile cloud computing * Security, privacy and reliability issues of MCC and IoT * Security and privacy of IoT * Security and privacy management in MCC * MCC intrusion detection systems * Security of pricing and billing for mobile cloud computing services * Security of mobile, peer-to-peer and pervasive services in clouds * Security of mobile commerce and mobile Internet of Things * Security of mobile social networks * Security and privacy in smartphone devices * Security and privacy in social applications and networks * Security of Mobile, peer-to-peer and pervasive services in clouds * Security of Mobile commerce and mobile internet of things * Security of Operating system and middleware support for mobile computing * Security and privacy in sensor networks * Security and privacy in social applications and networks * Web service security * Security of 3G/4G systems, Wi-MAX, Ad-hoc * Security of Mobile social networks * Near field communication services * Service-oriented architectures, service portability, P2P * Network virtualization and cloud-based radio access networks *Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings* Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper can be up to 8 pages (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. All submissions are peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted papers will appear in the FMEC Proceeding, and be published by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services and be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular papers up to 8 pages and must follow the IEEE paper format. Please include up to 7 keywords, complete postal and e-mail address, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the conference. Submitted papers that are deemed of good quality but that could not be accepted as regular papers will be accepted as short papers. Length of short papers can be between 4 to 6 pages. *Important Dates* Submission Date: 15 July, 2021 Notification to Authors: 30 September, 2021 Camera Ready Submission: 15 October, 2021 *Contact:* Please send any inquiry on FMEC 2021 to Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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SNAMS-2021 CFP: The Eighth International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security, Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021.
by Gizem Varkonyi 17 Jun '21

17 Jun '21

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The Eighth International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security (SNAMS-2021) http://emergingtechnet.org/SNAMS2021/index.php Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021. *SNAMS 2021 CFP:* Social network analysis is concerned with the study of relationships between social entities. The recent advances in internet technologies and social media sites, such as Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, have created outstanding opportunities for individuals to connect, communicate or comment on issues or events of their interests. Social networks are dynamic and evolving in nature; they also involve a huge number of users. Frequently, the information related to a certain concept is distributed among several servers. This brings numerous challenges to researchers, particularity in the data mining and machine learning fields. The purpose of International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security(SNAMS-2021) is to provide a forum for researchers to present and discuss their work which is related to social network analysis. The SNAMS 2021 is col-located with the 8th IEEE International Symposium on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IoTSMS). SNAMS 2021 aims to investigate the opportunities and in all aspects of Social Networks. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions that help mitigating SNAMS challenges. That is, the objective of SNAMS 2021 is to provide the opportunity for students, scientists, engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange new ideas, novel results and experience on all aspects of Social Networks. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: *SYSTEMS & INFRASTRUCTURE* Systems and algorithms for social search Infrastructure support for social networks and systems Dynamics and evolution patterns of large and complex networks Social properties in systems design Learnings from operational social networks Data Collection Big Data and Social Paradigms *ALGORITHMS AND MODELS* Deep Learning and Knowledge Discovery. Measurement and analysis of social and crowdsourcing systems Benchmarking, modeling, performance and workload characterization Modeling Social Networks and behavior Management of social network data Streaming algorithms for social data Knowledge and innovation networks Methods for social and media analysis Models for network data Network analysis in human and social sciences Information propagation and assimilation in social networks Data mining and machine learning in social systems *APPLICATIONS* Novel social applications and systems Transient OSNs (e.g. Snapchat) Special purpose OSNs (e.g., Instagram, Vine) Communities in social networks Collaboration networks New models of advertising and monetization in social networks Mobile advertising on OSNs Network visualization Social networks and online education Sentiment analysis on OSNs Multilingual social networks Social networks as agents of societal change *PRIVACY & SECURITY* Privacy and security in social systems Trust and reputations in social systems Detection, analysis, prevention of spam, phishing, and misbehavior in social systems *IMPORTANT DATES:* Submission Date: 15 July 2021 Notification to Authors: 10 October 2021 Camera Ready and Registration: 30 October 2021 *SUBMISSION* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the SNAMS Proceedings and will be submitted to IEEE for inclusion. Papers can be up to 8 pages in IEEE format, 10pt font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format, single space, A4 format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically at Paper Submission Link. A full paper must not exceed the stated length (including all figures, tables and references). The proceedings will be submitted for indexing to EI (Compendex), Scopus and other indexing services like DBLP. Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines may be rejected without review. Also, submissions received after the due date, exceeding length limit, or not appropriately structured may also not be considered. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. Please send any inquiry to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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IEEE BCCA 2021: The 3rd IEEE Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications
by Ons Bouachir 14 Jun '21

14 Jun '21

*The Third IEEE Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2021)* *NOV. 15 – 17, 2021 – TARTU, ESTONIA* http://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2021/index.php Blockchain is a revolutionary technology in decentralized systems that enables secure decentralized transaction processing while ensuring data privacy and authenticity. It is now playing a significant role in several areas such as the Internet of Things, supply-chain management, manufacturing, cyber-physical systems, healthcare systems, and much more. Unlike centralized transaction processing solutions, blockchain uses a distributed ledger mechanism to record data transactions on multiple devices, this will prevent data breach, identity theft, and a plethora of cyber-related attacks, in essence, leading to a sustainability in data privacy and security. This conference aims to attract work of both researchers and practitioners in the area of cyber-security to share and exchange their experiences and research studies in both academia and industry in the field of blockchain. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: · *Track 01: Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning* o Blockchain based artificial Intelligent Systems applications in Computers and Communications o Blockchain based AI and Robotics Technologies o Blockchain based AI and cloud computing o Blockchain based Economic paradigms and game theory o Blockchain based Machine and Deep Learning of Knowledge o Blockchain based Distributed Knowledge and Processing o Blockchain based Humans-Agents Interactions / Human-Robot Interactions · *Track 02: IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems* o Blockchain-based IoT Applications and Services o Blockchain-based security for the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems o Blockchain-based Internet of Things architectures and protocols o Blockchain in Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) o Blockchain-based application in Intelligent Manufacturing: Industrial Internet of Things, o Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure with Industry 4.0 o Intelligent manufacture and management o Consensus and mining algorithms suited for resource-limited IoTs o Blockchain-based Controlled mobility and QoS o Blockchain-based energy optimization techniques in WSN o Blockchain-based Software defined networks · *Track 03: Big Data* o Blockchain in Data Fusion o Blockchain Analytics and Data mining o Distributed data store for blockchain o Distributed transaction for blockchain o Blockchain based Data Science and Data Engineering o Protocols for management and access using blockchains o Blockchain architectures tailored for domain-specific applications · *Track 04: Security and Privacy on the Blockchain* o Authentication and authorization in Blockchain o Applications of blockchain technologies in digital forensic o Privacy aspects of blockchain technologies o Blockchain-based threat intelligence and threat analytics techniques o Blockchain-based open-source tools o Forensics readiness of blockchain technologies o Blockchain Attacks on Existing Systems o Blockchain Consensus Algorithms o Blockchain-based Intrusion Detection/Prevention o Security and Privacy in Blockchain and Critical Infrastructure o Attacks on Blockchain and Critical Infrastructure o Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure with Smart Grid · *Track 05: Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services* o State-of-the-art of the Blockchain technology and cybersecurity o Blockchain-based security solutions of smart cities infrastructures o Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) and ITS) o Blockchain Technologies and Methodologies o Recent development and emerging trends Blockchain o New models, practical solutions and technological advances related to Blockchain o Theory of Blockchain in Cybersecurity o Applications of blockchain technologies in computer & hardware security o Implementation challenges facing blockchain technologies o Blockchain in social networking o Performance metric design, modeling and evaluation of blockchain systems o Network and computing optimization in blockchains o Experimental prototyping and testbeds for blockchains All accepted papers in BCCA 2021 will be submitted to IEEEXplore, dblp and Scopus for inclusion. *General Co-Chair* · Salil Kanhere, UNSW Sydney, Australia · Öznur Özkasap, Koç University, Turkey *Program Co-Chairs* · Moayad Aloqaily, xAnalytics Inc., Canada · Önder Gürcan, CEA LIST, Paris-Saclay University, France · Hong-Ning Dai, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau *Keynote speakers:* · Giancarlo Fortino, Università della Calabria, Italy * Submission Link: *https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bcca2021 *Full paper Important Dates:* Submission deadline: *July 1st, 2021* Notification of Acceptance: Sept 15th, 2021 Submission of camera-ready: Oct 8th, 2021

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AICCSA 2021 CFP: 18th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications, November 8th - 11th, 2021, Tangier, Morocco
by Gizem Varkonyi 10 Jun '21

10 Jun '21

18th ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications AICCSA 2021 November 8th - 11th, 2021, Tangier, Morocco http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2021/ Call for Papers The ACS/IEEE International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA) is the premier conference covering all contemporary areas in computer systems and applications and hence it is an international forum for leading researchers and practitioners in these important and rapidly changing disciplines. AICCSA 2021 will be held in the lovely and highly vibrant city of Tangier, Morocco. We are pleased to invite you to submit original contributions to AICCSA’21 via the official submission system for the conference https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aiccsa2021. A submission may include technical and experimental study, theoretical study, conceptual study, or a survey. All submissions will be peer-reviewed on the basis of relevance, originality, importance and clarity. *Topics of interest fall under one or more of the conference tracks. Click on each track for more information*. *Track 1: **Information Retrieval, Big Data, Databases and Knowledge Systems * Track 2: Cloud, Parallel, Distributed and High <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/29-track-2>- <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/29-track-2>Performance Computing <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/29-track-2> Track 3: Multimedia, Computer Vision and Image Processing <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/30-track-3> Track 4: Advances in Software Engineering <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/31-track-4> Track 5: Natural Language Processing and Applications <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/32-track-5> Track 6: Artificial Intelligence & Cognitive Systems <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/33-track-6> Track 7: Security, Privacy and Trust <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/35-track-8> Track 8: Social and Mobile Computing <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/36-track-9> Track 9: Advances in Web Technologies, Semantics and Future Internet <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/37-track-10> Track 10 <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/43-track-12>: Knowledge Management <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/43-track-12>and <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/43-track-12> Ontology <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/43-track-12>E <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/43-track-12>ngineering <http://www.aiccsa.net/AICCSA2017/13-tracks/43-track-12> *Track 11: Advances in Data Networks, Ad**-**Hoc Networks, Sensor Networks, VANETs, I**nternet **o**f **T**hings (IoT)* *Submissions Guidelines and PROCEEDINGS* Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column conference format. All papers should be in PDF format, and submitted electronically on EasyChair at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aiccsa2021. A regular paper must not exceed 8 pages (including all figures, tables and references). Submitted papers must present original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review. In addition, submissions received after the due date, exceeding the length limit, or not appropriately structured will be rejected without review. Authors may contact the Program Chair for further information or clarification. All submissions will be blind peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers. Accepted papers will appear in the Conference Proceedings, and be published by the IEEE Computer Society Conference Publishing Services and be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Each paper should include up to 7 keywords, complete postal and e-mail addresses, and fax and phone numbers of the corresponding author. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the conference. Submitted papers that are deemed of good quality but could not be accepted as regular papers may be accepted as short papers. *Double-Blind Peer Review Guidelines* AICCSA 2021 uses double-blind review, which means that the author’s identities are concealed from the reviewers, and vice versa, throughout the review process. To facilitate this, authors must ensure that their manuscripts be prepared in a way that does not give away their identities or affiliations. If a submission is not anonymized, it will be rejected without review. *Information to help prepare the Blinded Manuscript* Besides the obvious need to remove names and affiliations under the title within the manuscript, there are other steps that need to be taken to ensure the manuscript is correctly prepared for double-blind peer review. To assist with this process, the key items that need to be observed are as follows: • Use the third person to refer to the work the authors have previously undertaken, e.g., replace any phrases like “as we have shown before” with “… has been shown before [Anonymous, 2007]”. • Make sure that figures not contain any affiliation-related identifier. • Do not eliminate essential self-references or other references but limit self-references only to papers that are relevant for those reviewing the submitted paper. • Cite papers published by the authors in the text as follows: ‘[Anonymous, 2007]’. • For blinding on the reference list: ‘[Anonymous 2007] Details omitted for double-blind review • Remove references to funding sources. • Do not include acknowledgments. • Remove any identifying information, including author names, from file names, etc. and anonymize document properties. *Special Issues *Selected papers from the conference will be invited to submit an extended version to a journal to be announced. Papers will be selected based on their reviewers’ scores and appropriateness to the Journal’s theme. All extended versions will undergo reviews and must represent original unpublished research work. Further details will be made available at a later stage. *Important Dates * *Conference dates:* From 8 November to 11 November 2021 *Main Conference / Symposium* • Paper Submission Due Date: June 15th 2021 • Notification to authors: 15th August 2021 • Camera-ready papers due: 1st September 2021 • Early registration due (Authors): 1st September 2021 • Later registration due: September 24th, 2021 *PhD Forum* • Paper submission deadline: June 15th 2021 • Notification to authors: 15th August 2021 • Camera-ready papers due: 1st September 2021 • Early registration due: 1st September 2021 *Workshop Proposals* • Workshop proposals due: May 15th 2021 • Notification of acceptance: June 1st, 2021 • Workshops Paper Submission Due: June 15th, 2021 • Workshops Paper Notification of acceptance: 15th August 2021 *Tutorial Proposals* • Paper submission deadline: June 15th 2021 • Notification to authors: 15th August 2021 • Camera-ready papers due: 1st September 2021 • Early registration due: 1st September 2021 Please send any inquiry on AICCSA 2021 to: mail(a)aiccsa.net

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