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5G Cyber Security Hack 2021 - Call for Participation
by Xueqin Liang 29 Apr '21

29 Apr '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 29 Apr '21

29 Apr '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 Yufei Sun 26 Apr '21

26 Apr '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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FMEC 2021 CFP: The Sixth International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing
by Gizem Varkonyi 26 Apr '21

26 Apr '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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CFP: The 3rd International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2021)-Deadline: July 1st, 2021
by Moayad Aloqaily 24 Apr '21

24 Apr '21

*The Third IEEE International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications (BCCA 2021)* *Nov. 15 – 17, 2021 – TARTU, ESTONIA* http://intelligenttech.org/BCCA2021/index.php IEEE co-sponsorship: *Pending* 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 - Blockchain based artificial Intelligent Systems applications in Computers and Communications - Blockchain based AI and Robotics Technologies - Blockchain based AI and cloud computing - Blockchain based Economic paradigms and game theory - Blockchain based Machine and Deep Learning of Knowledge - Blockchain based Distributed Knowledge and Processing - Blockchain based Humans-Agents Interactions / Human-Robot Interactions - Track 02: IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems - Blockchain-based IoT Applications and Services - Blockchain-based security for the Internet of Things and cyber-physical systems - Blockchain-based Internet of Things architectures and protocols - Blockchain in Cyber Physical Systems (CPS) - Blockchain-based application in Intelligent Manufacturing: Industrial Internet of Things, - Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure with Industry 4.0 - Intelligent manufacture and management - Consensus and mining algorithms suited for resource-limited IoTs - Blockchain-based Controlled mobility and QoS - Blockchain-based energy optimization techniques in WSN - Blockchain-based Software defined networks - Track 03: Big Data - Blockchain in Data Fusion - Blockchain Analytics and Data mining - Distributed data store for blockchain - Distributed transaction for blockchain - Blockchain based Data Science and Data Engineering - Protocols for management and access using blockchains - Blockchain architectures tailored for domain-specific applications - Track 04: Security and Privacy on the Blockchain - Authentication and authorization in Blockchain - Applications of blockchain technologies in digital forensic - Privacy aspects of blockchain technologies - Blockchain-based threat intelligence and threat analytics techniques - Blockchain-based open-source tools - Forensics readiness of blockchain technologies - Blockchain Attacks on Existing Systems - Blockchain Consensus Algorithms - Blockchain-based Intrusion Detection/Prevention - Security and Privacy in Blockchain and Critical Infrastructure - Attacks on Blockchain and Critical Infrastructure - Blockchain and Secure Critical Infrastructure with Smart Grid - Track 05: Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services - State-of-the-art of the Blockchain technology and cybersecurity - Blockchain-based security solutions of smart cities infrastructures - Blockchain in connected and autonomous vehicles (CAV) and ITS) - Blockchain Technologies and Methodologies - Recent development and emerging trends Blockchain - New models, practical solutions and technological advances related to Blockchain - Theory of Blockchain in Cybersecurity - Applications of blockchain technologies in computer & hardware security - Implementation challenges facing blockchain technologies - Blockchain in social networking - Performance metric design, modeling and evaluation of blockchain systems - Network and computing optimization in blockchains - Experimental prototyping and testbeds for blockchains All accepted papers in BCCA 2021 will be submitted to IEEEXplore, dblp and Scopus for inclusion. * 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 *Best Regards* *Moayad Aloqaily, Ph.D., P.Eng.* *http://icnetlab.org/MA/ <http://icnetlab.org/MA/>*

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SmartWorld 2021 Call for Papers
by CFP Announce 18 Apr '21

18 Apr '21

*2021 Smart World Congress * October 18-21, 2021, Atlanta, USA The 7th IEEE Smart World Congress (SmartWorld 2021) aims at promoting original and unpublished research works covering science, technologies, applications and related categories on smart world. It provides a high-profile, leading-edge forum for researchers and engineers to exchange on advances and innovations on smart world. In particular, the following topics are considered. The congress invites high-quality papers in the broad areas related to ubiquitous intelligence and computing, advanced and trusted computing, scalable computing and communications, cloud and big data, and Internet of people towards the Smart World. Proposals for tutorials, special sessions, workshops, forums, demos, exhibitions are also extremely welcome. SmartWorld 2021 Topics Include but Are Not Limited to: – Smart Industry and Manufacture – Smart Home and Furniture – Smart Agriculture and Aquaculture – Smart Appliances and Goods – Smart Materials and Fabric – Smart Wearables and Implants – Smart Environment and Ecosystems – Smart Medicine and Healthcare – Smart Earth/Space System – Smart Elderly/Kiddy Care – Smart Grid and Energy – Smart Foods and Living – Smart Logistics and Retail – Smart Learning and Education – Smart Building and Structure – Smart Disaster Monitoring/Management – Smart Roads and Transportation – Smart Internet of Things – Smart Vehicles and Control – Smart Sensing, System and Service – Smart Machines and Robots – Smart Computing and Communication – Smart Cybersecurity and Privacy – Smart Big Data and Knowledge Co-located Five Conferences IEEE Int'l Conf. on Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing (UIC 2021) IEEE Int'l Conf. on Advanced and Trusted Computing (ATC 2021) IEEE Int'l Conf. on Scalable Computing & Communications (SocialCom 2021) IEEE Int'l Conf. on Internet of People (IoP 2021) IEEE Int’l Conf. on Smart City Innovations (SCI 2021) Selected High Quality Papers Will be Recommended to IEEE Internet of Things Digital Communications and Networks Information Fusion IEEE Access Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks Important Dates Workshop Proposal: March 30, 2021 Paper Submission Deadline: April 30, 2021 Author Notification: June 30, 2021

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[CFP] Elsevier High-Confidence Computing Journal
by CFP Announce 18 Apr '21

18 Apr '21

*Elsevier High-Confidence Computing Journal Call for Papers* Driven by the recent developments of digital transformations and high-fault-tolerant systems, High-Confidence Computing (HCC) was coined as a new computing paradigm that integrates the key properties of trusted computing, precise computing, and intelligent computing to support the next-generation information systems such as smart-city, smart-society, and autonomous driving. HCC relies on interdisciplinary methodologies to realize secure and trusted software/hardware, precise and process-traceable algorithms, and self-evolving designs that can adapt to new environments and support new applications. Information systems possessing HCC properties can provide collaborative services that are otherwise impossible as security, traceability, accountability, reliability, robustness, extensibility, adaptivity, and self-evolution are all desired and equally-important properties of modern complex systems. The Elsevier HCC Journal is dedicated to publishing rigorously peer-reviewed, high-quality original articles covering fundamental research outcomes that integrate the three domains of trusted computing, precise computing, and intelligent computing, as well as complex system designs that jointly consider the properties of secure and trusted hardware/software, precise and process-traceable algorithms, and self-evolving systems that can adapt to new environments and support new applications. The journal intends to provide a unique interdisciplinary platform for researchers and practitioners who are interested in the basic research of high-confidence computing and the complex system developments considering high-confidence properties to demonstrate their novel and creative designs. Other than the original research papers on all aspects of high-confidence computing from theory and applications, the journal also publishes review articles with inspiring open research discussions that can motivate new ideas of realizing high-confidence computing. Relevant topics include, but are not limited to: · Expandable and accountable computing architectures · SDN-enabled and Blockchain-enhanced computing architectures · NFV for dynamic function expansion and adaptation · Access control to secure open computing environments · TEE-enabled trusted data collection and hardware control · Cryptographic high-confidence primitives and applications · High-confidence system security and privacy · Active defense technologies · Malicious, damaged and white-noise data cleaning and extraction · Spatial-temporal big data fusion for intelligent decision making · Migration learning and digital-twin technologies · Cascading failure detection and recovery · Cascading vulnerability detection and positioning · Modelling, analysis, and measurement of high-confidence · Testbed and empirical studies Submission Guidelines: Authors should prepare their manuscripts according to the Elsevier guidelines. All the papers will be peer-reviewed following a regular reviewing process. Please submit your manuscript at the online submission system https://www.editorialmanager.com/hccom/default.aspx. Please ensure you read the Guide for Authors before writing your manuscript. The Guide for Authors and the link to submit your manuscript is available on the Journal’s homepage https://www.journals.elsevier.com/high-confidence-computing/.

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Call for Workshops and Demos: IFIP Networking 2021
by Xueqin Liang 22 Mar '21

22 Mar '21

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ICICS 2021 Call for Workshop Papers, 24-26 May 2021 - Valencia -Spain (Virtual)
by Yufei Sun 16 Mar '21

16 Mar '21

*The 12th International Conference on Information and Communication Systems Workshops (ICICS 2021)* *24-26 May 2021 - Valencia - Spain * https://www.just.edu.jo/icics/icics2021/workshops.html *(Technically Sponsored by IEEE Spain Section)* *ICICS 2021 Workshops CFP:* The International Conference on Information and Communication Systems (ICICS 2021) includes a number of workshops and symposiums on different domains that will be jointly held during the conference time. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in one of the following join events: *·* The International Symposium on Advanced Intelligent Systems for Cybersecurity (AISC 2021) <https://www.just.edu.jo/icics/icics2021/aisc2021.html> · The International workshop on Technologies, security and privacy of connected autonomous vehicles (TSPCAV 2021) <https://www.just.edu.jo/icics/icics2021/tspcav2021.html> · International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence of Things: Architectures and Applications (AIoTCon) (AIoTCon 2021) <https://www.just.edu.jo/icics/icics2021/AIoTCon.html> · The First International Symposium on Innovation in AgriFoodTech (InnAFT 2021) (InnAFT 2021) <https://www.just.edu.jo/icics/icics2021/InnAFT.html> · The International Workshop on Future Data Science Systems (FDSS) (FDSS 2021) <https://www.just.edu.jo/icics/icics2021/fdss.html> *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 must be a 6-pages max (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. *Important Dates* *Paper Submission Deadline: 30 March 2021 * *Notification of Acceptance: 20 April 2021* *Camera Ready Submission: 30 April 2021* *Journal Special Issues* Selected papers from the presented papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a number of journals. 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. Please send any inquiry to ICICS Team at: icics(a)just.edu.jo

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Call for Shared Task (Multi-Topic Labelling Task) Participation at ICICS (IEEE Sponsored): Mowjaz Multi-Topic Labelling Task
by Gizem Varkonyi 03 Mar '21

03 Mar '21

[Apologies for multiple postings] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mowjaz Multi-Topic Labelling Task Website: https://www.just.edu.jo/icics/icics2021/mowjaz/ To be organized at ICICS 2021 (https://www.just.edu.jo/icics/icics2021/) 24 - 26 May Virtual Conference ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------- Task Description: -------------------------- Mowjaz (mowjaz.com) is an Arabic topical content aggregation mobile application for news, sport, entertainment and other topics from top publishers that users can follow. Mowjaz search engine and recommendation system is built on top of NLP/NLU machine learning APIs that distinguish it from any other Arabic content applications available, mainly focusing on the users having the best experience and receiving content that is of their interest. Mowjaz is a subsidiary of Mawdoo3.com, the world's biggest Arabic website in terms of number of visitors. One of Mowjaz's top AI powered models is Topic Multi-Labelling, which is the focus of this shared task. This model is basically used to classify articles based on their topics. Additionally, the model predicts multiple topics in one article and is categorized to all possible topics that are present within its content. Mowjaz's topics are classified into ten categories and an article can be classified under as many topics as it covers. This model helps users get and display the most relevant news to their interests. The enhanced user experience that Mowjaz offers makes one news article be classified and shown under all the different topics that it holds. Participating systems are expected to select one or more of the ten topics for each given article. They are evaluated based on their effectiveness and efficiency. Full task description can be found at: https://www.just.edu.jo/icics/icics2021/mowjaz/ -------------------------- Dataset and Evaluation: -------------------------- The dataset consists of 9,590 articles split into training, development and testing sets. The evaluation of the participating systems is done is two separate tracks as follows: - The first track is the effectiveness track, where the participating systems are ranked based on their accuracy. Specifically, the F1 score is used for this track. This track is mandatory for all participating systems. - The second track, which is optional, is the efficiency track. Participating teams are asked to run their systems in a docker container with memory constraints to measure their average testing times. A simple tutorial of this process is provided in the GitHub repository of this task. The score of each system is a weighted average of its F1 score and average testing time (normalized) and the systems are ranked based on these scores. Submissions for this track will be open in the last week of the competition and results will be announced once after the end of the competition. The second track is optional and it promotes the open-source mentality. Thus, teams participating in it are asked to share any resources they use such as external datasets (labeled or unlabeled), pre-trained models, knowledge bases, etc. ------------ Timeline ------------ 18-Feb-2021 Release of task website, dataset & Codalab competition 18-Mar-2021 Start of the evaluation phase for the effectiveness track 12-Apr-2021 Start of the evaluation phase for the efficiency track 19-Apr-2021 Deadline for submitting runs 20-Apr-2021 Results declared 23-Apr-2021 Single-Paragraph descriptions of participating systems due 03-May-2021 Working notes papers due 10-May-2021 Reviews on working notes papers due 17-May-2021 Final version of working notes papers due 24-May-2021 ICICS2021 ---------------- Organizers ---------------- Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub, Department of Computer Science (CS) and Center of Excellence for Innovative Projects (CEIP), Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan Haitham Selawi, Mawdoo3 Ltd, Jordan Mohamed Zaghlol, Mawdoo3 Ltd, Jordan Hussein Al-Natsheh, Mawdoo3 Ltd, Jordan Samer Suileman, Center of Excellence for Innovative Projects (CEIP), Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan Ali Fadel, Department of Computer Science (CS), Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan Riham Badawi, Mawdoo3 Ltd, Jordan Ahmed Morsy, Mawdoo3 Ltd, Jordan Ibraheem Tuffaha, Mawdoo3 Ltd, Jordan Mohannad Aljarrah, Center of Excellence for Innovative Projects (CEIP), Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan For regular updates subscribe to our mailing list: mowjaz-task(a)googlegroups.com For any question about this call, please send an email to Mahmoud Al-Ayyoub : maalshbool(a)just.edu.jo Regards, Organizers of the Mowjaz Multi-Topic Labelling Task

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