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ICCNS2024 CFP (Co-Sponsored by IEEE): The International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Communication, Networking and Services, Dubrovnik, Croatia.
by Gizem Varkonyi 09 Apr '24

09 Apr '24

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Communication, Networking and Services (ICCNS2024) https://iccns-conference.org/2024/index.php 24-27 Sept. 2024 | DUBROVNIK, CROATIA. Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Croatia section *ICCNS 2024 CFP:* With the advancements in wireless communication systems like Fifth Generation (5G), beyond 5G (B5G) and the Sixth Generation (6G), new and unprecedent services will be available for users with nearly unlimited capacity. These services will be the core driver of the future digital transformation of our cities and communities. This will be accompanied by a ubiquities deployment of the Internet of Things (IoT) infrastructure and supported by computing capacity that will be available at the edge of the network and at the cloud. The computing infrastructure will be handling the processing of the data generated by the users and services. Such a complex and diverse system will require an efficient and sustainable applications running on the computing\Networking infrastructure and also a smart control and automation systems to integrate and manage its different components. Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its applications will play a significant role on the design, deployment, automation and management of the future services. This will include the applications that will be running on the edge and the cloud servers, the networking applications to handle the flow of data between the users and the computing system and the intelligent automation and management software operating on the system. The International Conference on Intelligent Computing, Networking and Services is aiming to provide an opportunity to present the state of the art research in the intersections of Computing, Networking and Services that is supported by Artificial Intelligence. Researchers from both the industry and academia are encouraged to submit their original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: - Track 1: Artificial Intelligence Fundamentals - Track 2: Intelligent Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems - Track 3: Edge Intelligence and Federated Learning - Track 4: Intelligent Networking in Beyond 5G (B5G) and 6G Wireless Communication - Track 5: Intelligent Big Data Management and Processing - Track 6: Intelligent Security and Privacy - Track 7: Blockchain Research & Applications for Intelligent Networks and Services *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 ICCNS 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 email 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:* - *Paper submission deadline: May 15, 2024 * - Notification of acceptance: August 5, 2024 - Camera-ready Submission: August 25, 2024 *Contact:* Please send any inquiry on ICCNS to: <emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com> info(a)iccns-conference.org

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[CFP] IEEE CSR Workshop on Cyber Forensics& Advanced Threat Investigations in Emerging Technologies 2024
by Andrew Zayine 08 Apr '24

08 Apr '24

Dear Colleagues, IEEE CSR Workshop on Cyber Forensics and Advanced Threat Investigations in Emerging Technologies organizing committee is inviting you to submit your research papers. The workshop will be held in Hybrid mode. The in-person mode will held at Hilton London Tower Bridge, London, from 2 to 4 September 2024 Topics include (but not limited to): -Forensics and threat investigations in P2P, cloud/edge, SDN/NFV, VPN, and social networks -Forensics and threat investigations in IoT, smart tech (car, home, city), e/m-health -Forensics and visualization of big data -Tools and services for cyber forensics and threat investigations -Attack detection, traceback, and attribution in emerging technologies -Malware analysis and attribution -Methods for reconstruction of digital evidence in emerging technologies -Security and privacy in P2P, cloud/edge, SDN/NFV, VPN, and social networks -Security and privacy in IoT, smart tech (car, home, city) -Open source intelligence (OSINT) -Dark Web Investigations -Digital evidence extraction/analysis using AI/ML and data mining -Data exfiltration from networked devices/services(e.g.cyber-physical systems, IoT) -Large-scale investigations and ML for the analysis of intelligence data sets and logs We also encourage contributions describing innovative work in the realm of cybersecurity, cyber defense, and digital crimes. Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: June 3, 2024 AOE Authors Notifications: July 3, 2024 AOE Camera Ready submission: July 14, 2024 AOE Early registration deadline: July 20, 2024 AOE Publication The workshop’s proceedings will be published by IEEE and will be included in IEEE Xplore. Workshop Awards -Best Open-Source Tool Prize, which will be presented in a paper during our workshop. The prize, valued at 300 euros, is being financed by one of our collaborators from the industry. -An additional industry collaborator is sponsoring the prestigious Best Paper award, which includes a one-year free license to utilize renowned digital forensics software. This Workshop is Technically Supported by -Association of Cyber Forensics and Threat Investigators -Industrial Cybersecurity Center -Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control, and Communication To submit your manuscript, please follow the instructions at https://www.acfti.org/news-events/ieee-csr-cfati-cfp-2024 For more information, please don't hesitate to contact the CFATI General Chair Dr. Ahmed Elmesiry (a.elmesiry-at-londonmet.ac.uk) To get more news about our events, please join our low-traffic announcement group @ https://groups.google.com/g/acfti We look forward to your submissions. Regards, Andrew Zayin Ph.D., CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CDPSE, PMP ACFTI Secretariat

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Call for Participation: Announcing New DFIR 6, 7 & 8 Streams
by Andrew Zayine 08 Apr '24

08 Apr '24

Dear All, The Association of Cyber Forensics and Threat Investigators invites you to join our next webinars: "DFIR Stream 0x6" on Tuesday, April 16 · 4:00 – 5:00 pm (GMT+00:00) UK Time Title: Operationalizing Machine Learning for Networks, by Shinan Liu, University of Chicago. Register@ https://www.acfti.org/news-events/dfir-stream-0x6 "DFIR Stream 0x7" on Tuesday, May 7. 1:30 – 2:30 pm (GMT+00:00) UK Time Title: Malware Detection in Memory Forensics: Open Challenges and Issues, by Dr. Ricardo J. Rodríguez, University of Zaragoza. Register@ https://www.acfti.org/news-events/dfir-stream-0x7 "DFIR Stream 0x8" on Monday, May 13 · 4:00 – 5:00 pm (GMT+00:00) UK Time Title: Low-Level Hardware Information Assisted Approach Towards System Security, by Dr. Chen Liu, Clarkson University. Register@ https://www.acfti.org/news-events/dfir-stream-0x8 ======Housekeeping Notes====== - Note that this event is online only. Hence, You must register to receive a link to connect. Due to limited availability, we kindly ask you to register as soon as possible to ensure your participation in the webinar of your choice. - For Students, A certificate of successful participation in the event will be delivered upon request for free (after verifying attendance), indicating the number of hours of the seminar (please make sure that you add the correct name in the registration form). This should be sufficient for those participants who plan to request ECTS recognition from their home university. Join Us & stay tuned! #CyberSecurity #MemoryForensics #MachineLearning #AnomalyDetection Finally, I would like to remind you that the call for speakers is currently open on the dedicated DFIR stream website, https://dfir.stream/call-for-guest-speakers To get more news about our events, please join our low-traffic announcement group @ https://groups.google.com/g/acfti This event is brought to you by CFTIRC (Cyber Forensics & Threat Investigations Research Community). Best regards, Andrew Zayin Ph.D., CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CDPSE, PMP ACFTI Secretariat

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FMEC 2024 CFP (Co-Sponsored by IEEE): The 9th International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing, Malmö, Sweden. September 2-5, 2024
by Emerging Tech 07 Apr '24

07 Apr '24

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The 9th International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC 2024 ) https://emergingtechnet.org/FMEC2024/index.php Malmö, Sweden. September 2-5, 2024 Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Sweden Section *FMEC 2024 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 2024 conference aims to investigate the opportunities and requirements for Mobile Edge Computing dominance. In addition, it seeks for novel contributions that help mitigate Mobile Edge Computing challenges. That is, the objective of FMEC 2024 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 2024 is Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Sweden Section. Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to the following: - Fog and Mobile Edge Computing in unmanned aerial vehicle communications and applications - Fog and Mobile Edge Computing in mission-critical systems - Intelligent Transportation Systems - Edge-cloud computing architectures, frameworks and platforms - Edge-cloud networking and communication - Quality of Service (QoS) improvement techniques - Network virtualization for Edge-to-cloud systems - FMEC and IoT Data Communication Protocols - Industrial Fog and Mobile Edge Computing Applications - Mobile Cloud Computing Systems and Applications - FMEC in Environmental Sustainability - Trustworthy AI for Edge and Fog Computing - Security and Privacy in Fog and Mobile Edge Computing - Decentralized Data Management and Streaming Systems in FMEC - Data storage, processing, and management at FMEC platform - Federated learning and distributed machine learning in the fog and on the edge - 5G and fog/edge computing - Middleware and runtime systems for fog/edge infrastructures - Energy-efficient fog/edge computing - Edge/fog-to-cloud APIs and protocols - Mobility, connectivity, heterogeneity support for edge/fog services - Load balancing/scheduling in fog/edge computing - Crowdsourcing and establishing trust on data sources - Decision support systems for Edge-cloud computing - AI-based or data-driven orchestration of workflows in Edge computing - Automatic reasoning, scheduling and deployment of workflows and services in Edge computing - Distributed management of Edge computing - Mechanisms and data structures for the governance of Edge computing - Interfaces, orchestration and optimization of the Networking-Computing continuum - In-network computing for the edge-cloud continuum - Novel programming models for Edge computing - Dynamic Edge/Fog environments - Automatic deployment and continuous dynamic composition of Edge services - Semantic annotation of Edge/Fog services - AI in Autonomous Urbanism *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 email 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: 1 June 2024 * Notification to Authors: 12 July 2024 Camera Ready Submission: 1 August 2024 *Contact:* Please send any inquiry on FMEC to Sadi Alawadi at: Sadi.alawadi(a)bth.se

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ICSC CFP (Co-Sponsored by IEEE): The Fourth Intelligent Cybersecurity Conference, 17–20 September, 2024 | Valencia, Spain.
by Gizem Varkonyi 07 Apr '24

07 Apr '24

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The Fourth Intelligent Cybersecurity Conference (ICSC2024) https://www.icsc-conference.org/2024/ 17–20 September, 2024 | Valencia, Spain. Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Spain Section *ICSC 2024 CFP:* In today’s world, connected systems, social networks, and mobile communications create a massive flow of data, which is prone to cyberattacks. This needs fast and accurate detection of cyber-attacks. Intelligent systems and Data analytics are important components when issues pertaining to effective security solutions become the subject of discussion. This is because there is an impending need for high volume and high velocity data from different sources to detect anomalies as soon as they are discovered. This will help reduce significantly the vulnerability of the systems as well as improve their resilience to cyber Attacks. The capability to process large volumes of information at real time through utilization of tools for data analytics has many advantages vital for analysis of cybersecurity systems. Moreover, the data collected from sophisticated intelligent systems, cloud systems, networks, sensors, computers, intrusion detection systems could be used to identify vital information. This information could be used to detect how vulnerable the systems are to risk factors, and so effective cyber security solutions can be developed. In addition to that, the utilization of data analytics tools in the cybersecurity field gives new insights through considering factors such as zero-day attack detection, real time analysis, resource constrained data processing among others. The Intelligent Cybersecurity Conference (ICSC) addresses the use of advanced intelligent systems in providing cybersecurity solutions in many fields, and the challenges, approaches, and future directions. We invite the submission of original papers on all topics related to Intelligent Systems for Cybersecurity, with special interest in but not limited to: - Intelligent systems for effective detection of cyber-attacks - Advanced Intelligent systems and data analytics for Cloud/Edge systems security - Malware detection using intelligent systems Vulnerability assessment - Intelligent systems for intrusion detection in Internet of Things (IoT) systems - Network forensics using intelligent systems and data analytics - Data Analytics for privacy-by-design in smart health - Datasets, benchmarks, and open-source packages - Recourse efficient deep learning - Adversarial Machine learning and Backdoor Attacks - Blockchain Systems for Cyber Security - Trustworthy AI Systems - Intelligent Systems for Misinformation Detection *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 ICSC 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 email 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:* - Paper submission deadline: May 15, 2024 - Notification of acceptance: July 25, 2024 - Camera-ready Submission: August 5, 2024 *Contact:* Please send any inquiry on ICSC to: <emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com> info(a)iccns-conference.org

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iMETA 2024: The 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies & Applications, Dubai, UAE
by Julia Marino 04 Apr '24

04 Apr '24

*The 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies & Applications (**iMETA2024)* 24–26 November, 2024 – Dubai, UAE https://imeta-conference.org/ Over the years, technology has advanced significantly, and the creation of the virtual environments (i.e., metaverse) is one of the latest innovations that is set to revolutionize how we interact, process, and connect our real-life to other lifes. With the metaverse, we are presented with a new realm that blurs the lines between the physical and digital world, providing a new space for communication, commerce, services, and entertainment. The International Conference on Intelligent Metaverse Technologies & Applications (iMeta) is to bring together leading researchers, academics, and industry experts to explore the various aspects of the distributive metaverse, including its technologies, applications, and implications for various industries. Attendees can expect to participate in exciting keynote speeches, panel discussions, and presentations on cutting-edge research field. Throughout the conference, there will be ample opportunities for attendees to network, share their knowledge, and collaborate on future initiatives that will drive the development of the metaverse forward. We are confident that iMeta conference will inspire new ideas, foster innovation, and spark collaborations that will push the boundaries of the metaverse and its potential to change the world as we know it. Overall, the iMETA conference aims to provide attendees with comprehensive understanding of the communication, computing, and system requirements of the metaverse. Through keynote speeches, panel discussions, and presentations, attendees will have the opportunity to engage with leading experts and learn about the latest developments and future trends in the field. The conference will also provide ample opportunities for networking, sharing knowledge, and collaborating with others in the metaverse community. *List of Tracks:* Researchers are encouraged to submit original research contributions in all major areas, which include, but not limited to: 1. AI 2. Security and Privacy 3. Networking and Communications 4. Systems and Computing 5. Multimedia and Computer Vision 6. Immersive Technologies and Services 7. Storage and Processing *Publication* *IEEE is a technical sponsor of iMETA 2024*. All accepted papers in iMETA 2024 and the workshops co-located with it will be submitted to IEEEXplore, dblp and Scopus for inclusion. *Important Dates:* - Papers due: May 30, 2024 - Acceptance notification: Sept 1, 2024 - Camera-ready paper due: Oct 10, 2024 - Workshop Proposal due: April 30, 2024 *Submission Guidelines:* There are three categories of submission: - *Long papers:* 7-8 pages. - *Short papers:* 5-6 pages. § *Poster papers: 1-2 pages (undergraduate).* *Submission Link: *https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=imeta2024 *Organizing Committee* * Steering Committee* § Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia § Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria, Italy § Ian F. Akyildiz, Truva Inc., USA § Merouane Debbah, TII, UAE § Nirwan Ansari, New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA § Salil Kanhere, UNSW Sydney, Australia § Walid Saad, Virginia Tech, USA *General Co-Chair* § Farina (Nadia) Bhuiyan, Zayed University, UAE § Moayad Aloqaily, MBZUAI, UAE *Program Co-Chairs* § Madhusanka Liyanage, University College Dublin, Ireland § Xiaokang Zhou, Shiga University, Japan § Vinayaka Pandit, IBM India Research Lab, India § Safa Otoum, Zayed University, UAE --Regards,

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IOTSMS 2024 CFP: The 11th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security, Malmö, Sweden. September 2-5, 2024
by Emerging Tech 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The 11th International Conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management and Security (IOTSMS 2024) https://emergingtechnet.org/IOTSMS2024/index.php <https://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/CyMJCq71jxf5MmwZfZFrIL?domain=emergingtec…> Malmö, Sweden. September 2-5, 2024 Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE Sweden Section *IOTSMS 2024 CFP* The Internet of Things (IoT) technology offers unprecedented opportunities to interconnect human beings as well as Machine-to-Machine (M2M), whereby networks across the edge-cloud continuum allow all things to communicate and share vital information, allowing us to have an instrumented universe where accurate data is readily available to inform optimal decision making. Indeed, the IoT has opened up for the development of novel types of services and applications in various application domains. It has changed how people go about their lives. The number of heterogeneous objects connected to the Internet is growing very fast. Ericsson estimates the number will be close to 38 billion objects by 2029. 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 major economic, social, and environmental impacts; the intersection of which forms the future sustainable growth. The international conference on Internet of Things: Systems, Management, and Security (IoTSMS) 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. The topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Emerging concepts of IoT Systems * Architectures of IoT systems * Machine-to-Machine Communication and IoT * Modelling 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 * IoT for sustainable digitalization * 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 * Trustworthy IoT systems * 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 * Smart IoT systems * Dynamic IoT systems * Simulations in IoT environments *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://protect-au.mimecast.com/s/0FRWCr810kCvBLJEfz4LG3?domain=ieee.org>). 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 two 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. *Important Dates* *Submission Date: 1 June 2024* Notification to Authors: 15 July 2024 Camera Ready Submission: 1 August 2024 *Contact:* If you have any questions about IoTSMS, please send an email to Fahed Alkhabbas at: fahed.alkhabbas(a)mau.se

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FLLM2024 CFP (Co-Sponsored by IEEE): The 2nd International Conference on Foundation and Large Language Models , 26-29 November, 2024 | Dubai, UAE
by Gizem Varkonyi 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

[Apologies if you got multiple copies of this invitation] The 2nd International Conference on Foundation and Large Language Models (FLLM2024) https://fllm2024.fllm-conference.org/index.php 26-29 November, 2024 | Dubai, UAE Technically Co-Sponsored by IEEE UAE Section *FLLM 2024 CFP:* With the emergence of foundation models (FMs) and Large Language Models (LLMs) that are trained on large amounts of data at scale and adaptable to a wide range of downstream applications, Artificial intelligence is experiencing a paradigm revolution. BERT, T5, ChatGPT, GPT-4, Falcon 180B, Codex, DALL-E, Whisper, and CLIP are now the foundation for new applications ranging from computer vision to protein sequence study and from speech recognition to coding. Earlier models had a reputation of starting from scratch with each new challenge. The capacity to experiment with, examine, and comprehend the capabilities and potentials of next-generation FMs is critical to undertaking this research and guiding its path. Nevertheless, these models are currently inaccessible as the resources required to train these models are highly concentrated in industry, and even the assets (data, code) required to replicate their training are frequently not released due to their demand in the real-time industry. At the moment, mostly large tech companies such as OpenAI, Google, Facebook, and Baidu can afford to construct FMs and LLMS. Despite the expected widely publicized use of FMs and LLMS, we still lack a comprehensive knowledge of how they operate, why they underperform, and what they are even capable of because of their emerging global qualities. To deal with these problems, we believe that much critical research on FMs and LLMS would necessitate extensive multidisciplinary collaboration, given their essentially social and technical structure. The International Conference on Foundation and Large Language Models (FLLM) addresses the architectures, applications, challenges, approaches, and future directions. We invite the submission of original papers on all topics related to FLLMs, with special interest in but not limited to: - *Architectures and Systems* - Transformers and Attention - Bidirectional Encoding - Autoregressive Models - Massive GPU Systems - Prompt Engineering - Multimodal LLMs - Fine-tuning - *Challenges* - Hallucination - Cost of Creation and Training - Energy and Sustainability Issues - Integration - Safety and Trustworthiness - Interpretability - Fairness - Social Impact - * Future Directions* - Generative AI - Explainability and EXplainable AI - Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG) - Federated Learning for FLLM - Large Language Models Fine-Tuning on Graphs - Data Augmentation - * Natural Language Processing Applications* - Generation - Summarization - Rewrite - Search - Question Answering - Language Comprehension and Complex Reasoning - Clustering and Classification - * Applications* - Natural Language Processing - Communication Systems - Security and Privacy - Image Processing and Computer Vision - Life Sciences - Financial Systems *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 FLLM 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 email 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. *Important Dates:* - *Paper submission deadline: June 30, 2024* - Notification of acceptance: September 15, 2024 - Camera-ready Submission: October 10, 2024 *Contact:* Please send any inquiry on FLLM to: <emergingtechnetwork(a)gmail.com> info(a)fllm-conference.org

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Call for Papers DOD 2024
by SBA Research Events 03 Apr '24

03 Apr '24

=========================================================================================================== | International Workshop on Dynamics of Disasters: Hybrid Threats (DOD 2024) | | co-located with the 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2024) | | July 30 - August 01, 2024; University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria | | https://www.ares-conference.eu/dod2024/ | =========================================================================================================== =================== | IMPORTANT DATES | =================== Submission deadline extended to: April 30, 2024 Author notification: May 29, 2024 Submission: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dod2024 ================== | ABOUT DOD 2024 | ================== Disasters occur when hazards - both natural as well as man-made - and their corresponding risks can no longer be properly contained, leading to serious detrimental consequences in terms of loss of life, financial repercussions or devastation to infrastructure and the environment. In recent years, the rising number of disasters occurring all over the world, even affecting or threatening regions where in the past certain hazards were not so prominent, have painfully revealed that disaster preparedness as well as disaster management are not always up to par to the challenges posed by various kinds of disasters. The COVID-19 pandemic has been an especially hard test by reality for many aspects of disaster preparedness as well as operational disaster management policies, and it still impacts our lives today and will continue to do so for some time in the future. From the perspective of today, the world-wide spread and the multitude of resulting different (local and global) implications during the COVID-19 pandemic highlight the importance to consider the dynamic evolvement of a disaster, which is exactly what the DOD-series has been focused on in the past and will also be focused on in its edition in 2024. Moreover, DOD 2024 will broaden its scope and put forward the specialized theme of hybrid threats, thereby paying particular attention to new and emerging threats due to the ever growing integration as well as increasing coupling between the cyber- and physical domain. Such new and emerging threats reach farther than cyber-physical systems, which - so far - have been the prime examples for targets of novel attacks and their consequences, which can arise from both the cyber- as well as the physical domain. The impact of hybrid threats on our modern societies is profound and only increases the challenges pertaining to disaster risk, disaster management organizations and first responders. We are also delighted to point you to the DOD 2024 homepage (https://www.ares-conference.eu/dod2024/) containing the newest information about DOD 2024. We are grateful and honored for Distinguished Professor Panos Pardalos (Steering Committee Chair of DOD) to give a plenary talk at DOD 2024! On the DOD 2024 homepage, you will also find information on our planned social events as well as on the venue in Vienna. We are very much looking forward to hosting DOD 2024, which will be co-located with the 19th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES) and welcoming you to Vienna, Austria! ======================================= | PREVIOUS EDITIONS OF THE DOD-SERIES | ======================================= * DOD 2015: https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319437071 * DOD 2017: https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319974415 * DOD 2019: https://www.springer.com/gp/book/9783030649722 * DOD 2021: https://link.springer.com/collections/chfiighaab =================== | CALL FOR PAPERS | =================== We call for (extended) abstracts and/or papers dealing with all aspects related to the dynamics of disasters, and - in particular - encourage submissions dealing with hybrid threats to be presented at DOD 2024. We would also like to highlight that we encourage submissions addressing challenges relating to the interdisciplinary character of disaster response and disaster management. We will organize a call for extended versions of papers presented at DOD2024 to be included in dedicated post-proceedings of DOD 2024 published by Springer, similar to previous editions of the DOD-series. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: All aspects relating to the dynamics of disasters, especially * Optimization * Computing * Mathematical and statistical modeling * Data analytics * Emergency and disaster management * Hybrid threats as new and emerging hazards to society ========================= | SUBMISSION GUIDELINES | ========================= The post-proceedings of DOD 2024 will be published under the book series Springer Optimization and Its Applications. The submissions should be prepared according to the guidelines given (SOIA latex templates) here: https://www.springernature.com/gp/authors/campaigns/latex-author-support ============== | ORGANIZERS | ============== Dimitris Simos, General Chair, SBA Research, Austria Bernhard Garn, PC co-Chair, SBA Research, Austria Stefan Pickl, PC co-Chair, University of the Bundeswehr Munich, Germany Panos Pardalos, Steering Committee Chair of DOD, University of Florida, USA Ilias S. Kotsireas, Proceedings Chair, Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada Izem Chaloupka, Publicity Chair, SBA Research, Austria ========= | VENUE | ========= University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria ======================= | CONTACT INFORMATION | ======================= Please direct any questions concerning submissions or DOD 2024 in general to: dod2024(a)sba-research.org<mailto:dod2024@sba-research.org>

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[Extended Deadline] BCCA 2024: Sixth International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications, Dubai, UAE
by Ons Bouachir 02 Apr '24

02 Apr '24

*T**he 6th International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications* *(*BCCA 2024*)* https://bcca-conference.org/ <https://bcca-conference.org/2024/index.php> 26–29 November 2024 – Dubai, UAE 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* · *Track 02: IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems* · *Track 03: Big Data* · *Track 04: Security and Privacy on the Blockchain* · *Track 05: Metaverse and Digital Twin* · *Track 06: IoT Network Security* · *Track 07: Blockchain Research & Applications for Innovative Networks and Services* *Publication* *IEEE is a technical sponsor of BCCA 2024*. All accepted papers in BCCA 2024 and the workshops co-located with it will be submitted to IEEEXplore, dblp and Scopus for inclusion. *Submission Guidelines* There are three categories of submission in the Main track: - *Long papers:* 7-8 pages. - *Short papers:* 5-6 pages. - *Poster papers (Undergrad):* 1-2 pages. *Submission Link: *https://edas.info/N31868 *Important dates* - Paper submission deadline: March 15th, April 15th,2024 (Extended) - Notification of paper acceptance: May 15th, 2024 - Submission of camera-ready papers due: July 1st, 2024 *Tutorials/Demos Important dates:* - Tutorial Proposal Submission Deadline: April 15th, 2024 - Notification of acceptance: May 15th, 2024 *Workshop dates:* - Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline: April 15th, 2024 - Notification of acceptance: May 15th, 2024 *Organizing Committee* *Honorary Chair* - Marwan Al Zarouni, CEO of Dubai Blockchain Center (DBCC), Dubai *General Co-Chair* - Omar Alfandi, Zayed University, UAE *Program Co-Chairs* - Flavia Delicato, Fluminense Federal University, Brazil - Qiang Ye, Dalhousie University, Canada - Ouns Bouachir, ZU, UAE - Sami Souihi, University of Paris-Est Créteil (UPEC), France

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