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FCST 2021 CFP: The 4th International Symposium on Future Cyber Security Technologies , Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021
by Yufei Sun 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

*The 4th International Symposium on Future Cyber Security Technologies (FCST 2021)* http://emergingtechnet.org/FCST2021/ *In conjunction with **The 8th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IoTSMS 2021)* <https://emergingtechnet.org/IOTSMS2021/> *Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021* *FCST 2021 CFP:* Hardware systems and Software applications continue to evolve with more functionalities, complex structures and interactions between them and with users. Cyber Security risks continue to evolve as well in both quantity in the same domains as well new types and ways on how to break into computing systems, software applications, websites, databases, programmable networks etc. For example, monitoring the car manufacturing industry, we can see that recent car models have more complex hardware components and automated programmable features in comparison with their earlier models, this will increase the risk associated with protecting such systems. Same thing can be applicable to most other engineering products. Such complex hardware and programmable techniques bring security opportunities to change the way cyber security controls (e.g. firewalls, Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS), etc.) are developed and enforced. They also bring security challenges related to our computing systems and software architectures or any changes that can be directly or indirectly related to them due to the complex interactions between them. The International Symposium on Future Cyber Security Technologies (FCST 2021) will focus on issues related to future cyber security challenges as well as opportunities which mainly highlight the above mentioned aspects. The IEEE International Symposium on Future Cyber Security Technologies (FCST 2021) will be a forum for scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, developments, and applications in the areas of cyber security techniques, security challenges and opportunities for emerging technologies such as cloud computing, Internet of Things (IoT) and Edge Computing,big data, 5G, SDN and many others . We are mainly interested in receiving state of the art work on different aspect of future cyber security management system, security and privacy, cloud computing and big data supported security systems to mention but few. *The topics of interest for this workshop include, but are not limited to:* · Cyber Security Techniques Architectures and Design · Cyber Security Systems · Cyber Security Techniques Integration · Cyber Security Techniques Orchestration · Cyber Security Techniques Based Network Control plane design · Cyber Security Techniques Based NetworkData plane design · Cyber Security Techniques Performance Management · Cyber Security Techniques for Cloud based DataCenter · Cyber Security Techniques for 5G Networks · Cyber Security Techniques for Internet of Things (IoT) · Cyber Security Techniques for Big Data Computing · Cyber Security Techniques for large scale storage system · Hardware system design for Cyber Security · Cyber Security Techniques management · Radio Access Network virtualization · Cyber Security Techniques for programmable Networks · Cyber Security Techniques for Edge and Fog Computing · Cyber Security Techniques Cloud Computing · Cyber Security Techniques for Software Defined Network (SDN) · Cyber Security Techniques Network Function Virtualization (NFV) · Cyber Security Techniques Case studies *Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings* Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format (IEEE Templates <https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht…>). 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). 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 IoTSMS Proceeding and to be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing to EI (Compendex), Scopus and other indexing services like DBLP. Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular papers must not exceed 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 *Important Dates* Submission Date: 15 Sept, 2021 Notification to Authors: 21 Oct, 2021 Camera Ready Submission: 30th Oct, 2021 Please send any inquiry to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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DSEA 2021 CFP: The 5th International Workshop on Data Science Engineering and its Applications, Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021
by Gizem Varkonyi 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

*The 5th International Workshop on Data Science Engineering and its Applications (DSEA 2021)* http://emergingtechnet.org/DSEA2021/ *In conjunction with **The 8th International Conference on Social Networks Analysis, Management and Security(SNAMS-2021)* <http://emergingtechnet.org/SNAMS2021/index.php> * Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021* *DSEA 2021 CFP* Today, Data is becoming an increasingly decisive resource in modern societies, economies, and governmental organizations. Data science inspires novel techniques and theories drawn from mathematics, statistics, information theory, computer science, and social science. It involves many domains, such as signal processing, probability models, machine learning, data mining, database, data engineering, pattern recognition, visualization, predictive analytic, data warehousing, data compression, computer programming, etc. High Performance Computing typically deals with smaller, highly structured data sets and huge amounts of computation. Data Science has emerged to tackle the problem of creating processes and approaches to extracting knowledge or insights from gigantic, unstructured data sets. The 5th International Workshop for Data Science Engineering and Applications (DSEA 2021) aims to provide a forum that brings together researchers, industry practitioners and domain experts for discussion and exchange of ideas on the latest theoretical developments in Data Science and Computing as well as on the best practices for a wide range of applications. *The topics of interest for this workshop include, but are not limited to:* - *Architecture, management and process for Data Science* - *Big Data Mining and Knowledge Management * - *Evaluation and Measurement in Data Science* - *Privacy and protection standards and policies for Data Science * - *Data Quality * - *Data science for the internet of things (IoT)* - *Management Issues of Social Network Big Data * - *Big Data Computing for Data science/li> * - *Social Network and Big Data Analytics* - *Open Source tools for Data Science and Big Data* - *Data Mining for Data science* - *High performance computing for data analytic* *Submissions Guidelines and Proceedings* Manuscripts should be prepared in 10-point font using the IEEE 8.5" x 11" two-column format (IEEE Templates <https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht…>). 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). 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 SNAMS Proceeding and to be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing to EI (Compendex), Scopus and other indexing services like DBLP. Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular papers must not exceed 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 *Important Dates* Submission Date: 15 Sept, 2021 Notification to Authors: 21 Oct, 2021 Camera Ready Submission: 30th Oct, 2021 Please send any inquiry to Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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Special Issue "Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructures: During and after the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic"
by Mohamed Amine FERRAG 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

Special Issue "Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructures: During and after the Era of COVID-19 Pandemic" https://www.mdpi.com/journal/applsci/special_issues/Cybersecurity_Critical_… Dear Colleagues, Critical National Infrastructures (CNIs) are vital assets for public safety, economic welfare and the national security of countries. Vulnerabilities of critical infrastructures have increased with the widespread use of information technologies. Moreover, during the COVID-19 crisis, the workforce is being encouraged to continue teleworking while most products and services have become available over the web. Phishing emails, social engineering attacks, malware, ransomware, spyware, medical-related scams and investment opportunity fraud are only a few examples of the cybercrime incidents reported during the COVID-19 crisis period. As Critical National Infrastructures are becoming more vulnerable to cyber attacks, their protection becomes a significant issue for any organization as well as any nation. The risks to continued operations from failing to upgrade aging infrastructure, or not meeting mandated regulatory regimes, are considered higher given the demonstrable impact of such circumstances. Due to the rapid increase in sophisticated cyber threats targeting critical infrastructures with significant destructive effects, the cyber security of CNIs has become an agenda item for academics, practitioners and policy makers. A holistic view that covers technical, policy, human and behavioral aspects is essential to effectively handle the cyber security of critical infrastructures. Moreover, the ability to attribute cyber attacks is a vital element of avoiding impunity in cyberspace. In this Special Issue, both research and practical aspects of cyber security considerations in critical infrastructures are of interest. Aligned with the interdisciplinary nature of cyber security, authors from academia, governments and industry are welcome to contribute. We seek original and high-quality submissions on, but not limited to, one or more of the following topics: - Security of the smart grid - Security of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems - Cyber security of complex and distributed critical infrastructures - Cyber security of industrial control systems - Cyber security modeling and simulation - Cyber threat modeling and analysis - Safety–security interactions - Cyber security engineering - Behavioral modeling - Network security and protocols - Security, privacy and legal issues of big data and the Internet of Things - Cyber threat intelligence - Situational awareness - Attack modeling, prevention, mitigation and defense - Cyber–physical system security approaches and algorithms - Critical infrastructure security policies, standards and regulations - Vulnerability and risk assessment methodologies for distributed critical infrastructures - Risk management and cyber insurance - Simulation and test beds for the security evaluation of critical infrastructures Dr. Leandros Maglaras Prof. Dr. Helge Janicke Dr. Mohamed Amine Ferrag *Guest Editors* Keywords - security of the smart grid - security of supervisory control and data acquisition (scada) systems - cyber security of complex and distributed critical infrastructures - cyber security of industrial control systems - cyber security modeling and simulation - cyber threat modeling and analysis - safety–security interactions - cyber security engineering - behavioral modeling - network security and protocols - security, privacy and legal issues of big data and the Internet of Things - cyber threat intelligence - situational awareness - attack modeling, prevention, mitigation and defense - cyber–physical system security approaches and algorithms - critical infrastructure security policies, standards and regulations - vulnerability and risk assessment methodologies for distributed critical infrastructures - risk management and cyber insurance - simulation and test beds for the security evaluation of critical infrastructures - resiliency and security of cyber systems - cyber security and privacy policy - hardware security solutions - incident response - encryption, authentication, availability assurance - human awareness and training - intrusion detection - trust and privacy - secure communication protocols - malware analysis - attribution of cyber attacks - cyber warfare, peacekeeping - hybrid war - cybercrime - COVID-19 pandemic - coronavirus -- _________________________________________________________________________ *Dr. Mohamed Amine Ferrag* Associate Professor (PhD, Habilitation) Department of Computer Science Guelma University, BP 401 Guelma 24000, Algeria Tel. : +213 661 87 30 51 E-mails: mohamed.amine.ferrag(a)gmail.com / ferrag.mohamedamine(a)univ-guelma.dz Homepage : https://sites.google.com/site/mohamedamineferrag/

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MCSMS-2021 CFP:The 7th International Workshop on Mobile Cloud Computing systems, Management, and Security , Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021
by Emerging Tech 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

*The 7th International Workshop on Mobile Cloud Computing systems, Management, and Security (MCSMS-2021)* *http://emergingtechnet.org/MCSMS2021/ <http://emergingtechnet.org/MCSMS2021/>* *Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021 * *in conjunction with* *The 8th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IoTSMS 2021) <https://emergingtechnet.org/IOTSMS2021/>* *MCSMS 2021 CFP:* With a Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) market value of US$9.5 billion in 2014 and with more than 1 trillion cloud-ready devices in the next four years, MCC is considered as one of today's hottest new technologies in both academia and industry. MCC integrates different major technologies such as smart devices technologies (phones, tablets, watches, …etc), cloud services, big data, and cloud computing in one platform that services the end users. Despite the rapid growth of MCC, many issues are still challenging and need to be addressed. These challenges are related to the underlying networks , cloud services, security, the required Quality of Service, the availability of services, the needed user data management, and many others. The International Workshop on Mobile Cloud Computing systems, Management, and Security (MCSMS) is introduced as a forum for scientists, researchers, students, and practitioners to present their latest research results, ideas, and developments in the area of Mobile Cloud Computing that addresses the aforementioned challenges. MCSMS 2021 workshop aims to investigate the opportunities and requirements for Mobile Cloud Computing, as well as Fog and Edge Computing domains. The objective of MCSMS2020 is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers, and researchers to discuss their research and results on all aspects of Mobile Cloud Computing (MCC) as well as Fog and Mobile Edge Computing. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: * Mobile Cloud Computing Systems. * Edge Computing Systems. * Fog Computing Systems. * Mobile Cloud Computing Security and Privacy Issues. * Mobile Cloud Computing Pricing and billing models. * Mobile Cloud Computing support for VANETS and MANETS * Cloudlet based computing * Lightweight authentication mechanisms in Mobile Cloud Computing architecture. * Access Control models in Mobile Cloud Computing. * Identification of incentives for FMEC service providers. * The future perspective for Mobile Cloud Computing: Challenges and Open Issues. * Mobile Cloud Computing Quality of Service (QoS) improvements techniques. * Mobile Cloud Computing architecture features and evolution. * Mobile Cloud Computing Networking and Communication considerations * Mobile Cloud Computing Software development platform and enabled new applications * Mobile Cloud Computing Power Efficiency for resources and networking * Mobile Cloud Computing Availability and Quality of Service. * Security and privacy of mobile cloud computing * Mobile Cloud Computing Resource Management, Optimization, and Migration * Mobile Cloud Computing Support for Multimedia Communication and Game Computing * Mobile Cloud Computing Support for Big Data Management * Mobile Cloud Computing 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 * 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 (IEEE Templates <https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht…>). 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). 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 IoTSMS Proceeding and to be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. The proceedings are also submitted for indexing to EI (Compendex), Scopus and other indexing services like DBLP. Submitted papers must include original work, and must not be under consideration for another conference or journal. Submission of regular papers must not exceed 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 *Important Dates* Submission Date: 15 Sept, 2021 Notification to Authors: 21 Oct, 2021 Camera Ready Submission: 30th Oct, 2021 Please send any inquiry to Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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CFP: IEEE CPSCom 2021 (Firm Deadline: 5 Sept 2021)
by Xueqin Liang 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

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CFP: IEEE Blockchain-2021 (Firm Deadline: 5 Sept 2021)
by Xueqin Liang 03 Sep '21

03 Sep '21

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SDS 2021 CFP: The Eighth International Conference on Software Defined Systems, Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021.
by Gizem Varkonyi 02 Sep '21

02 Sep '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 management (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: 5 September, 2021* Notification to Authors: 10 October, 2021 Camera Ready Submission: 30 October, 2021 *Contact:* Please send any inquiry on SDS 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 Yufei Sun 02 Sep '21

02 Sep '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: 5 September, 2021* Notification to Authors: 10 October, 2021 Camera Ready Submission: 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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FMEC 2021 CFP: The Sixth International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing, Gandia, Spain. December 6-9, 2021.
by Gizem Varkonyi 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '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: 5 September, 2021* Notification to Authors: 10 October, 2021 Camera Ready Submission: 30 October, 2021 *Contact:* Please send any inquiry on FMEC 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 Yufei Sun 01 Sep '21

01 Sep '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: 5 September, 2021* Notification to Authors: 10 October, 2021 Camera Ready Submission: 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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