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[CFP] SI on Security of Emerging Virtual Environments: Metaverse and Extended Reality- Ad Hoc Networks
by Ons Bouachir 09 Jan '23

09 Jan '23

*Ad Hoc Networks* *Security of Emerging Virtual Environments:* * Metaverse and Extended Reality* ***Submissions are due:* March 31st, 2023**** https://www.journals.elsevier.com/ad-hoc-networks/call-for-papers/security-… *We encourage early submission* The real world is surrounded by people, buildings, hospitals, factories, businesses, vehicles, cognitive cities, and the billions of devices that provide various services and connect us and this world. Various advanced technologies including AR, VR, XR, and the Digital Twin provide advanced solutions to create a new virtual world (aka, Metaverse) where the avatars of the users can interact with 3D objects as in the real life. Metaverse is a virtual world of Digital Twins and NFTs. Such technologies provide a wide range of new services that require the collection of various types of data about real objects, users including their biometric information (e.g., eyes or voice fingerprints, etc.), and the surrounding environment (e.g., weather, traffic flow, etc.). The collected data can be used for identifying the various users, sharing their characteristics, or capturing their interaction with the environment to provide a unique immersive experience in the 3D virtual world. Furthermore, each realistic object modeled in the virtual environment should rely on the status of its physical twin including interactions and relations between everything else. As a result, a wide range of new services and applications will be provided connecting events in the virtual and the real worlds and causing more complex interactions. The huge amount of collected data in the virtual and the real worlds sets heavy challenges on the networking and computing systems as such technologies have strict boundaries related to the security and privacy of the gathered data. Moreover, the wireless communication between mobile devices that generate data streams and the mobility of physical devices make the related issues more difficult to address. Indeed, these challenges increase with the complexity of the used technologies as new advanced attacks can be designed allowing to the exploitation of the collected data such as creating multiple fake avatars. The purpose of this special issue is to elaborate on and emphasize the key aspects to secure emerging virtual environments that rely on wireless communication. It welcomes original research and innovative solutions on the above subjects as well as case studies that explore the potential exploitation of data security, privacy, and trust in the Metaverse. Research may cover and focus on either the fundamental methodological studies or the use case and application demonstrations. Topics of interest include, but are certainly not limited to: ● Blockchain assisted the metaverse ● Blockchain for the Digital Twin ● Edge computing for the Internet of Metaverse ● Network security of the metaverse ● Digital Twin and Metaverse privacy ● Consensus and mining algorithms suited for the metaverse ● Blockchain-based controlled mobility and QoS in the metaverse ● Cybersecurity in the metaverse ● Cybersecurity in XR-based applications ● Trust, Security, and Privacy in the metaverse application ● Trusted Zero-touch networks for the metaverse ● Trusted software and applications for the metaverse ● Digital Identification and authentication mechanisms ● Intrusion detection and prevention in the emerging virtual environments ● Secure mobile ad-hoc network for the metaverse *Guest editors:* ● Moayad Aloqaily, Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence, UAE. ● Ouns Bouachir, Zayed University, UAE. ● Lewis Tseng, Boston College, USA. ● Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy.

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CFP: ACM DLT SI on Recent Advances of Blockchain Evolution: Architecture and Performance
by Xueqin Liang 11 Dec '22

11 Dec '22

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CFP: ACM DLT SI on Recent Advances of Blockchain Evolution: Architecture and Performance
by Xueqin Liang 01 Dec '22

01 Dec '22

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CFP: ACM DLT SI on Recent Advances of Blockchain Evolution: Architecture and Performance
by Xueqin Liang 23 Nov '22

23 Nov '22

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CFP: ACM DLT SI on Recent Advances of Blockchain Evolution: Architecture and Performance
by Xueqin Liang 08 Nov '22

08 Nov '22

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Call for poster: IEEE ISPA2022 (Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications), Dec. 2022
by Jesson Butt 07 Nov '22

07 Nov '22

Call for Poster: The 20th IEEE International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications (ISPA 2022), 17-19 Dec. 2022, Melbourne, Australia. Website: http://www.swinflow.org/confs/2022/ispa/poster.htm Important Dates: Deadline for proceedings published posters with display at conference: 13 November 2022 Notification of Acceptance: 15 November 2022 Final versions of proceeding published posters: 18 November 2022 Submissions: Please email your posters/demos to confs.aus(a)gmail.com with the email subject as "ISPA 2022 poster submission". --------------- Participants are invited to submit posters and research demos to ISPA 2022. ISPA 2022 is created to provide a prime international forum for both researchers, industry practitioners and environment experts to exchange the latest fundamental advances in the state of the art and practice of Parallel and Distributed Processing with Applications as well as joint-venture and synergic research and development across various related areas. Topics of interest for posters and demos include, but not limited to: Scope and Topics (1) Systems and Architectures Track - Cloud computing and data center technology - Migration of computations - Multi-clouds environments, cloud federation, interoperability - Energy management and Green Computing - Wireless and mobile networks - Internet-Of-Things (IoT) - Social Networks, crowdsourcing, and P2P systems (2) Technologies and Tools Track - Building block processors: FPGA, multicore, GPU, NoC, SoC - Parallel and distributed algorithms - Tools/environments for parallel/distributed software development - Novel parallel programming paradigms - Programming models for cloud services and applications - Code generation and optimization - Compilers for parallel computers - Middleware and tools - Scheduling and resource management - Performance simulations, measurement, and evaluations - Reliability, fault tolerance, dependability, and security (3) Applications Track - High-performance scientific and engineering computing - Grid and cluster computing - Pervasive and ubiquitous computing - Databases, data mining, and data management - Big data and business analytics - Scientific cloud systems and services - Internet computing and web services - Application scenarios of IoT and ubiquitous computing - Experience with computational, workflow and data-intensive applications - Software Defined Networks and its applications Chairs: Muneeb Hassan, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

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IoTNAT 2022 CFP: The 8th International Workshop on Internet of Things: Networking Applications and Technologies , Paris, France 12-15 Dec 2022
by Gizem Varkonyi 03 Nov '22

03 Nov '22

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The 8th International Workshop on Internet of Things: Networking Applications and Technologies (IoTNAT 2022) <http://emergingtechnet.org/IOTNAT2022/index.php> in conjunction with The 6th International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2022) <http://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2022/index.php> Paris, France 12-15 Dec 2022 *IoTNAT 2022 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. According to Gartner, the number of objects connected to the Internet is set to reach 25 billion by 2022. Cisco estimates the number will be close to 29 billion objects by 2024. Others believe the actual number will be even higher with the assumption that any object with a simple micro controller and on-off switch will be connected to the Internet in the near feature. The scale of the IoT is set to have a major economic, social and environmental impacts; the intersection of which forms the future sustainable growth. The IEEE International Workshop on Internet of Things: Networking Applications and Technologies (IoTNAT 2022) Symposium will be held in conjunction with The Fifth International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2022). The IoTNAT 2022 Symposium aims at soliciting original ideas on the broad area of IoT including challenges and opportunities, concepts and applications and future trends. The Symposium 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. The topics of interest include but are not limited to: Emerging concepts of 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 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 *Submission* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the FMEC Proceedings, which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers must be 6 pages max 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). 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. *Important Dates:* Submission Date: 5th November , 2022 (Firm and Final) Notification to Authors: 15 November, 2022 Camera Ready Submission: 22 November, 2022 Please send any inquiry to Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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SCE 2022 CFP: The 6th International Workshop on Smart Cities Systems Engineering, Paris, France 12-15 Dec 2022
by Emerging Tech 30 Oct '22

30 Oct '22

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The 6th International Workshop on Smart Cities Systems Engineering (SCE 2022) <http://emergingtechnet.org/SCE2022/index.php> in conjunction with The 7th International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2022) <http://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2022/index.php> Paris, France 12-15 Dec 2022 *SCE 2022 CFP* Smart cities provide next generation engineering approaches for urbanization. Smart cities aim to exploit the intellectual and social capital as its core ingredient for urbanization, in addition to the physical and ICT infrastructure. Smart cities are driven by several interdependent trends. These include a pressing need for environmental sustainability, and peoples’ increasing demands for personalisation, mobility and higher quality of life. Technological developments such as miniaturization of devices, internet of things (IoT), big data, and decreasing costs of computational entities have also accelerated the smart cities developments. Smart cities encompass all aspects of modern day life, transportation, healthcare, entertainment, work, businesses, social interactions, governance, etc. It is therefore necessary to engineer smart cities as complex systems of systems supported by a converged ubiquitous infrastructure. A key challenge in the realization of smart cities is to create an ecosystem of digital infrastructures that are able to work together and enable dynamic real-time interactions between various smart city subsystems. With this background, this workshop invites submissions that propose state of the art solutions for smart cities systems engineering. A particular focus of the workshop are the studies that involve cloud computing, fog computing, and mobile edge computing technologies. Original articles including modelling and empirical studies and development, as well as relevant surveys are welcome. The topics of interest of the workshop include, but are not limited to: * IoT based developments for smart cities engineering * Big data technologies for smart cities * Modelling and analysis of smart city technologies and systems * Mobile applications for smart cities * Analytics for smart cities * Cloud computing based approaches for smart city engineering * Fog and edge computing based approaches for smart city engineering * Cloudlet based approaches for smart city engineering * Studies focussed on communication networks for smart cities * Information management for smart cities * Smart buildings, smart homes and smart energy grids * Transportation, healthcare, and governance for smart cities * Security and privacy of smart city systems *Submission* Papers selected for presentation will appear in the FMEC Proceedings, which will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for inclusion. Papers must be 6 pages max 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). 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. *Important Dates:* Submission Date: 5th November , 2022 (Firm and Final) Notification to Authors: 15 November, 2022 Camera Ready Submission: 22 November, 2022 Please send any inquiry to Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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FMEC 2022 CFP: The Seventh International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing , Paris, France. December 12-15, 2022
by Gizem Varkonyi 29 Oct '22

29 Oct '22

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The Seventh International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2022) emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2022/index.php Paris, France. December 12-15, 2022 Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section *FMEC 2022 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 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 2022 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 2022 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 2022 is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France 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 fire wall 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: 31 October, 2022 (Firm and Final) Notification to Authors: 15 November , 2022 Camera Ready Submission: 30 November, 2022 *Workshops:* The Seventh International Workshop on Internet of Things: Networking Applications and Technologies (IoTNAT 2022) . The Fifth International workshop on Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization (SDN-NFV 2022) The Fifth International Workshop on Smart Cities Systems Engineering (SCE 2022) The Third International Workshop on Blockchain Applications and Theory (BAT 2022) The Fifth International Symposium on 5G Emerging Technologies (5GET 2022) *Contact:* Please send any inquiry on FMEC 2022 to Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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SDS 2022 CFP: The Ninth International Conference on Software Defined Systems , Paris, France. December 12-15, 2022
by Gizem Varkonyi 27 Oct '22

27 Oct '22

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The Ninth International Conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS-2022) https://emergingtechnet.org/SDS2022/index.php Paris, France. December 12-15, 2022 Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE France Section *SDS 2022 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 and SDS' 2021), The Ninth International conference on Software Defined Systems (SDS'2022) 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 2022 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 2022 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: 31 October, 2022 (Firm and Final) Notification to Authors: 15 November , 2022 Camera Ready Submission: 30 November, 2022 *Workshops:* The Seventh International Workshop on Internet of Things: Networking Applications and Technologies (IoTNAT 2022) . The Fifth International workshop on Software Defined Networks and Network Function Virtualization (SDN-NFV 2022) The Fifth International Workshop on Smart Cities Systems Engineering (SCE 2022) The International Workshop on Smart Community with IoT, Cloud, and Edge Computing (SCICE 2022) The Third International Workshop on Blockchain Applications and Theory (BAT 2022) The Fifth International Symposium on 5G Emerging Technologies (5GET 2022) The 4th International Symposium on Future Cyber Security Technologies (FCST 2022) The International Symposium on Software Defined Networks and Mobile Edge Computing (SDMEC 2022) The International Symposium on Software Engineering for Cloud, Edge and Internet of Things Systems (SECEI 2022) The International Workshop for Software Defined Everything (SDE2022) *Contact:* Please send any inquiry on SDS 2022 to the Emerging Tech. Network Team at: emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com

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