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FedCSIS 2016 - FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
by Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems 20 Apr '16

20 Apr '16

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS 2016 Federated Conference on Computer Science and Information Systems (FedCSIS) Gdansk, Poland, 11 - 14 September, 2016 www.fedcsis.org (FedCSIS on www.ieee.org: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSIS-on-IEEE-2016) FedCSIS a yearly international multi-conference organized by the Polish Information Processing Society (PTI) in technical cooperation with the IEEE Region 8, IEEE Computer Society Technical Committee on Intelligent Informatics, IEEE Poland Section, IEEE Poland (Gdansk) Section Computer Society Chapter, Poland Section Computational Intelligence Society Chapter, ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing, Lodz ACM Chapter, Committee of Computer Science of Polish Academy of Sciences, European Alliance for Innovation, Polish Operational and Systems Research Society - POSRS, Eastern Cluster ICT Poland, Mazovia Cluster ICT. Please also forward the announcement to your colleagues and associates who could be interested in it. The FedCSIS Multi-conference consists of Events (conferences, symposia, workshops, dissemination events, special sessions). Each Event may run over any span of time within the conference dates (from half-day to four days). The FedCSIS Events provide a platform for bringing together researchers, practitioners, and academia to present and discuss ideas, challenges and potential solutions on established or emerging topics related to research and practice in computer science and information systems. Since 2012, Proceedings of the FedCSIS conference have been indexed in the Thomson Reuters Web of Science. FedCSIS EVENTS The FedCSIS multi-conference consists of EVENTS (conferences, workshops, consortia, tutorials, etc.), grouped into seven conference areas. * AAIA'16 - 11th International Symposium Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Applications --- AIMaVIG'16 - 2nd International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Machine Vision and Graphics --- AIMA'16 - 6th International Workshop on Artificial Intelligence in Medical Applications --- AIRIM'16 - 1st International Workshop on AI aspects of Reasoning, Information, and Memory --- ASIR'16 - 6th International Workshop on Advances in Semantic Information Retrieval --- DSTUI'16 - 6th International Workshop on Dealing with Spatial and Temporal Uncertainty and Imprecision --- LTA'16 - 1st International Workshop on Language Technologies and Applications --- WCO'16 - 9th International Workshop on Computational Optimization * CSS - Computer Science & Systems --- AIPC'16 - 1st International Workshop on Advances in Image Processing and Colorization --- BCPC'16 - 2nd International Workshop on Biological, Chemical and Physical Computations --- CANA'16 - 9th Computer Aspects of Numerical Algorithms --- CPORA'16 - 1st Workshop on Constraint Programming and Operation Research Applications --- IWCPS'16 - 3rd International Workshop on Cyber-Physical Systems --- MMAP'16 - 9th International Symposium on Multimedia Applications and Processing --- WSC'16 - 8th Workshop on Scalable Computing * ECRM - Education, Curricula & Research Methods --- IEES'16 - 1st International E-education Symposium - Education of the Future --- DS-RAIT'16 - 3rd Doctoral Symposium on Recent Advances in Information Technology * iNetSApp'16 - 4th International Conference on Innovative Network Systems and Applications --- EAIS'16 - 3rd Workshop on Emerging Aspects in Information Security --- SoFAST-WS'16 - 5th International Symposium on Frontiers in Network Applications, Network Systems and Web Services --- WSN'16 - 5th International Conference on Wireless Sensor Networks * IT4MBS - Information Technology for Management, Business & Society --- ABICT'16 - 7th International Workshop on Advances in Business ICT --- AITM'16 - 14th Conference on Advanced Information Technologies for Management --- APICSS'16 - 1st Workshop on Autopoiesis Perspective on Information, Communication and Social Systems --- ASEG'16 - 1st Workshop on Advanced Systems for e-Governance and e- Democratization --- ISM'16 - 11th Conference on Information Systems Management --- IT4L'16 - 5th Workshop on Information Technologies for Logistics --- KAM'16 - 22nd Conference on Knowledge Acquisition and Management --- MIQH'16 - 1st Workshop on M-Health Innovations for Quality in Healthcare --- UHH'16 - 2nd International Workshop on Ubiquitous Home Healthcare * JAWS - Joint Agent-oriented Workshops in Synergy --- ABC:MI'16 - 11th Workshop on Agent Based Computing: from Model to Implementation --- MAS&S'16 - 10th International Workshop on Multi-Agent Systems and Simulations --- SEN-MAS'16 - 4th International Workshop on Smart Energy Networks & Multi-Agent Systems * SSD&A - Software Systems Development & Applications --- BTMSPA'16 - 1st Symposium on Balancing Traditional and Modern Software Process Approaches --- MDASD'16 - 4th Workshop on Model Driven Approaches in System Development --- MIDI'16 - 4th Conference on Miltimedia, Interaction, Design and Innovation --- SEW-36 - The 36th IEEE Software Engineering Workshop --- WASE'16 - 1st International Workshop on Affective Software Engineering KEYNOTE SPEAKERS - Frederik Ahlemann, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany, Keynote title : How enterprise architecture management improves IS capabilities - Results from a multiple case study - Stan Matwin, Dalhousie University, University of Ottawa, Institute of Computer Science, Polish Academy of Science, Keynote title : Big Water Meets Big Data: Analytics of the AIS Ship Tracking Data - Michael Segal, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Keynote title : Location always matters: how to improve performance of dynamic networks? - Clemens Szyperski, Microsoft, Redmond, WA, US, Keynote title: Service focus and focused service composition PAPER SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION Papers should be submitted by May 9, 2016 (strict deadline). Preprints will be published on a USB memory stick provided to the FedCSIS participants. Only papers presented during the conference will be submitted to the IEEE for inclusion in the Xplore Digital Library. Furthermore, proceedings, published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers will posted at the conference WWW site. Moreover, most Events' organizers arrange quality journals, edited volumes, etc. and may invite selected extended and revised papers for post-conference publications (information can be found at the websites of individual events). IMPORTANT DATES - Paper submission: May 9, 2016 (strict deadline) - Position paper submission: May 30, 2016 - Acceptance decision: June 13, 2016 - Final version of paper submission: July 4, 2016 - Final deadline for discounted fee: July 31, 2016 - Conference dates: September 11-14, 2016 CHAIRS OF FedCSIS CONFERENCE SERIES Maria Ganzha, Leszek A. Maciaszek, Marcin Paprzycki CONTACT FedCSIS AT: secretariat(a)fedcsis.org FedCSIS on Facebook: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISFacebook FedCSIS on LinkedIN: http://tinyurl.com/FedCSISLinkedIN

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CD-ARES 2016 - Call for Papers
by CD-ARES 2016 08 Apr '16

08 Apr '16

International Cross Domain Conference and Workshop (CD-ARES 2016) - CALL FOR PAPERS ****************************************************************************************** International Cross Domain Conference and Workshop (CD-ARES 2016) August 31 – September 2, 2016, Salzburg, Austria http://cd-ares-conference.eu/ ****************************************************************************************** *********** CD-ARES 2016 ************ Today’s highly interconnected and interdependent information systems are used in many different ways in order to perform and improve business operations. Thus, a multidisciplinary view on information systems is of great importance to meet future research challenges. This IFIP supported conference therefore is focused on multidisciplinary aspects across the breadth of Business and Enterprise Information Systems. The aim of this conference is to foster a forum for researchers and practitioners for discussing and resenting recent research ideas and results across the multiple research domains. The conference will be held in conjunction with the ARES conference. Therefore authors of papers with security and dependability focus are also encouraged to contribute to this workshop. As a multidisciplinary platform this conference will also provide the possibility of discussing addional interactions between elements that extend beyond technology such as organisational issues to include environmental factors (e.g. location based aspects, national and international payment mechanisms, …) CD-ARES will be held in conjunction with the International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2016) and is supported by IFIP TC 8 (WG 8.4, WG 8.9). ************ CONFERENCE OFFICERS ************ General Chairpersons Edgar Weippl, SBA Research, Austria IFIP WG 8.4 Chair A Min Tjoa, TU Vienna, Austria, IFIP WG 8.9. Chair, Honorary Secretary IFIP Program Committee Chairpersons Francesco Buccafurri, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Andreas Holzinger, Graz University of Technology, Austria ************ IMPORTANT DATES ************ Submission Deadline: April 30, 2016 Author Notification: June 20, 2016 Camera-ready: July 04, 2016 Conference: August 31 – September 2, 2016 ************ SUBMISSION ************ To submit a paper please visit our Submission Site http://cd-ares-conference.eu.dd21728.kasserver.com/?page_id=43. ************ PROGRAM COMMITTEE ************ Sibel Adali, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA) Andrea Bondavalli, University of Florence (Italy) Andrea Calì, University of London, Birkbeck College (UK) Francisco Chiclana, De Montfort University (UK) Juan Manuel Corchado Rodríguez, University of Salamanca (Spain) Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Rovira i Virgili University (Spain) Eduardo Fernandez , Florida Atlantic University (USA) Mariagrazia Fugini, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) Abdelkader Hameurlain, Paul Sabatier University of Toulouse (France) Carlos A. Iglesias, Technical University of Madrid (Spain) Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) Dominique Laurent, Cergy-Pontoise University (France) Gianluca Lax, University of Reggio Calabria (Italy) Apostolos Malatras, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (Belgium) Marek Ogiela, AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland) Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta (Canada) Christophe Rosenberg, University of Caen (France) Gustavo Rossi, National University of La Plata (Argentina) Alex Thomo, University of Vicotria (Canada) Vicenç Torra, University of Skovde (Sweden) Rakesh Verma, University of Houston (USA) Sherali Zeadally, University of Kentucky (USA) ************ TOPCIS of interest include, but are not limited to: ************ Context-Oriented Information Integration Cloud computing, ICT-services, scalability, reliability, flexibility Linked data, meta-data and semantic technologies Data process-based integration Cross-organizational modeling Data/Information Management as a Service Semantic web services Service modelling, composition and optimization Application of social network analysis techniques Social Media and Information Sharing Socially intelligent Computing Use of Crowdsourcing and Collective Intelligence Citizen science Organizational and governance aspects Economic, ethical, legal, multilingual, organizational and social aspects Security and Privacy Privacy and Trust for Internet Services Risk management and Business continuity Ambient Intelligence Visual Analytics and Big Data Visualization Information Fusion Context and Location-aware Computing Mobile data integration RFID/NFC integration Inter-organizational collaboration Best practices and case studies Sharing / Integrating in the different application domains, such as: Health, Finance, Retail, Telecom Location Based Applications Mobile Computing Mobile Ad Hoc Collaboration Working Environment Future Internet

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[8th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks - AdHocNets 2016] Call For Papers
by Mouna Rekik 04 Apr '16

04 Apr '16

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies o this CFP ] ============================================================================ 8th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks - AdHocNets 2016 September 26-27, 2016 Ottawa, Canada http://adhocnets.org/2016/show/home ============================================================================ HIGHLIGHTS * The event is endorsed by the European Alliance for Innovation, a leading community-based organization devoted to the advancement of innovation in the field of ICT. * All accepted papers will be published by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library, one of the world's largest scientific libraries. * Proceedings will be submitted for indexing by Google Scholar, ISI, EI Compendex, Scopus and many more. * Selected papers may be invited to publish in the EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications. CALL FOR PAPERS Scope Ad hoc networks, which cover a variety of network paradigms for specific purposes, such as mobile ad hoc networks, wireless sensor networks, vehicular networks, underwater networks, airborne networks, underground networks, personal area networks, and home networks, promise a broad range of applications in civilian, commercial, and military areas. The aim of the annual International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks (AdHocNets) is to provide a forum that brings together researchers from academia, government laboratories, as well as practitioners from industry to meet and exchange ideas and recent research work on all aspects of ad hoc networks. Held annually since 2009, the eighth edition of the event, AdHocNets 2016, will be held in Ottawa, Canada, in September 2016. The conference will consist of keynote talks, technical sessions, and associated workshops. The technical sessions will present original and fundamental research advances while the workshops will focus on development and application issues in this hot field. The workshops will be dedicated to specific and more focused themes, especially to the recent developments and emerging applications in ad hoc networking. Topics The conference solicits original technical papers that were not previously published and are not currently under review for publication elsewhere. Papers should address technical challenges in any type of ad hoc network, such as, but not limited to, Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Sensor Networks, Vehicular Networks, Personal Area Networks, Body Area Networks, Smart Grid Networks, Nanonetworks, or Home Networks. Possible topics of interest include: * Network architectural and protocol design * Spectrum related issues in ad hoc networks * Metrics for ad hoc networks * Cognitive ad hoc networks * Cross-layer design * MAC, routing, and transport protocols * Resource allocation and management * Network control and management * Power control and management * Topology control and management * Quality of service provisioning * Service discovery * Ranging and node localization * Time synchronization * Data fusion * Network scalability and capacity * Reliability and fault tolerance * Security and privacy * Middleware for ad hoc networks * Applications of ad hoc networks * Performance modeling and analysis * Tools to design, implement, and evaluate ad hoc network protocols * Wireless Software-Defined Networking * Network Function Virtualization for ad hoc networks Publications Accepted papers will be published in the AdHocNets 2016 Conference Proceedings and by Springer-Verlag in the Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social-Informatics and Tele-communications Engineering (LNICST) series. Extended versions of selected best papers from the conference will be invited to be submitted for publication (fast review track) in the ICST Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications. The proceedings will be available both as paper-based copies and via Springerlink, Springer's digital library. In addition, the content of the proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in leading indexing services, including DBLP, Google Scholar, ISI Proceedings, EI, CrossRef and Zentralblatt Math, as well as ICST's own EU Digital Library (EUDL). Selected papers may be invited to publish in the EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications. Paper Submission and Deadlines Please visit the conference website ( http://adhocnets.org/2016/show/home ) for detailed instructions on the paper submission process. * Submission Deadline: April 28, 2016 * Notification Date: May 31, 2016 * Camera-Ready Deadline: June 30, 2016 Conference Organizing Committee General Chair: * Yifeng Zhou, Communications Research Centre, Canada TPC Co-Chairs: * Thomas Kunz, Carleton University, Canada * Stephan Fischer, University of Lubeck, Germany * Zhangdui Zhong, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, China Publicity & Social Media Co-Chairs: * Mike Tanguay, National Defence, Canada * Mouna Rekik, INRIA, France * Changle Li, Xidian University, China * Xiaohong Jiang, Future University of Hakodate, Japan Publication Chair: * Marc St-Hilaire, Carleton University, Canada Workshops Co-Chairs: * John Matyjas, U. S. Air Force Research Laboratory, USA * Kamesh Namuduri, University of North Texas, USA Web Co-Chairs: * Tianhao Zhou, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA * Qianshu Wang, University of Waterloo, Canada Local Chair: * Jiali Shang, Canada Remote Sensing Application Development, Canada Conference Manager: * Jana Vlnkova , EAI Steering Committee: * Imrich Chlamtac, Create-Net, Italy * Jun Zheng, Southeast University, China * Shiwen Mao, Auburn University, USA ABOUT EAI The European Alliance for Innovation is a dynamic eco-system for fostering ICT enabled innovation to improve European competitiveness and to benefit society. EAI uses open e-platforms to inspire grassroots collaboration among all relevant actors, from organizations to individuals, to stimulate community driven innovation to its institutional and individual members worldwide. Through EAI, organizations find ideas and talent, and individual innovators find organizations for their ingenuity and craft. 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CD-ARES 2016 - Call for Papers
by CD-ARES 2016 31 Mar '16

31 Mar '16

International Cross Domain Conference and Workshop (CD-ARES 2016) - CALL FOR PAPERS ****************************************************************************************** International Cross Domain Conference and Workshop (CD-ARES 2016) August 31 – September 2, 2016, Salzburg, Austria http://cd-ares-conference.eu/ ****************************************************************************************** *********** CD-ARES 2016 ************ Today’s highly interconnected and interdependent information systems are used in many different ways in order to perform and improve business operations. Thus, a multidisciplinary view on information systems is of great importance to meet future research challenges. This IFIP supported conference therefore is focused on multidisciplinary aspects across the breadth of Business and Enterprise Information Systems. The aim of this conference is to foster a forum for researchers and practitioners for discussing and resenting recent research ideas and results across the multiple research domains. The conference will be held in conjunction with the ARES conference. Therefore authors of papers with security and dependability focus are also encouraged to contribute to this workshop. As a multidisciplinary platform this conference will also provide the possibility of discussing addional interactions between elements that extend beyond technology such as organisational issues to include environmental factors (e.g. location based aspects, national and international payment mechanisms, …) CD-ARES will be held in conjunction with the International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2016) and is supported by IFIP TC 8 (WG 8.4, WG 8.9). ************ CONFERENCE OFFICERS ************ General Chairpersons Edgar Weippl, SBA Research, Austria IFIP WG 8.4 Chair A Min Tjoa, TU Vienna, Austria, IFIP WG 8.9. Chair, Honorary Secretary IFIP Program Committee Chairpersons Francesco Buccafurri, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Andreas Holzinger, Graz University of Technology, Austria ************ IMPORTANT DATES ************ Submission Deadline: April 30, 2016 Author Notification: June 20, 2016 Camera-ready: July 04, 2016 Conference: August 31 – September 2, 2016 ************ SUBMISSION ************ To submit a paper please visit our Submission Site http://cd-ares-conference.eu.dd21728.kasserver.com/?page_id=43. ************ PROGRAM COMMITTEE ************ Sibel Adali, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (USA) Andrea Bondavalli, University of Florence (Italy) Andrea Calì, University of London, Birkbeck College (UK) Francisco Chiclana, De Montfort University (UK) Juan Manuel Corchado Rodríguez, University of Salamanca (Spain) Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Rovira i Virgili University (Spain) Eduardo Fernandez , Florida Atlantic University (USA) Mariagrazia Fugini, Politecnico di Milano (Italy) Abdelkader Hameurlain, Paul Sabatier University of Toulouse (France) Carlos A. Iglesias, Technical University of Madrid (Spain) Janusz Kacprzyk, Polish Academy of Sciences (Poland) Dominique Laurent, Cergy-Pontoise University (France) Gianluca Lax, University of Reggio Calabria (Italy) Apostolos Malatras, European Commission, Joint Research Centre (Belgium) Marek Ogiela, AGH University of Science and Technology (Poland) Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta (Canada) Christophe Rosenberg, University of Caen (France) Gustavo Rossi, National University of La Plata (Argentina) Alex Thomo, University of Vicotria (Canada) Vicenç Torra, University of Skovde (Sweden) Rakesh Verma, University of Houston (USA) Sherali Zeadally, University of Kentucky (USA) ************ TOPCIS of interest include, but are not limited to: ************ Context-Oriented Information Integration Cloud computing, ICT-services, scalability, reliability, flexibility Linked data, meta-data and semantic technologies Data process-based integration Cross-organizational modeling Data/Information Management as a Service Semantic web services Service modelling, composition and optimization Application of social network analysis techniques Social Media and Information Sharing Socially intelligent Computing Use of Crowdsourcing and Collective Intelligence Citizen science Organizational and governance aspects Economic, ethical, legal, multilingual, organizational and social aspects Security and Privacy Privacy and Trust for Internet Services Risk management and Business continuity Ambient Intelligence Visual Analytics and Big Data Visualization Information Fusion Context and Location-aware Computing Mobile data integration RFID/NFC integration Inter-organizational collaboration Best practices and case studies Sharing / Integrating in the different application domains, such as: Health, Finance, Retail, Telecom Location Based Applications Mobile Computing Mobile Ad Hoc Collaboration Working Environment Future Internet

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[Last day to Proposal Submission Deadline 30 March 2016] Book on Security Solutions and Applied Cryptography in Smart Grid Communications
by Mohamed Amine Ferrag 30 Mar '16

30 Mar '16

/ Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email / ****Last day to Proposal Submission Deadline , 30 March 2016 *** "Security Solutions and Applied Cryptography in Smart Grid Communications" Edited by: Mohamed Amine Ferrag and Ahmed Ahmim To be published by: IGI Global, USA URL1 : http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/call-details/2020 URL2 : https://sites.google.com/site/smartgridsigiglobal/ Editorial Advisory Board Nacira Ghoualmi-Zine, Badji Mokhtar- Annaba University, Algeria Jaime Lloret Mauri, Polytechnic University of Valencia, Spain Pascal Lorenz, University of Haute Alsace, France Djamel Djenouri, CERIST Research Center, Algeria Albena Mihovska, Center for TeleInFrastructur, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark Mehdi Nafa, Badji Mokhtar- Annaba University, Algeria Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, UAP and SEU, Bangladesh/ Islamic University in Madinah, KSA Hui Hou, School of Automation, Wuhan University of Technology, China Hidoussi Faouzi, University Hadj Lakhdar Batna, Algeria Mubashir Husain Rehmani, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Wah Cantt, Pakistan Homero Toral Cruz, University of Quintana Roo, México Makhlouf Derdour, University of Cheikh Laarbi, Tebessa, Algeria Lynn M. Batten, Deakin University, Australia Ram Chakka, RGMCET, RGM Group of Institutions, India Cristina Alcaraz, University of Malaga, Spain Sumanth Yenduri, Columbus State University, USA Chi-Yuan Chen, National Ilan University, Taiwan P. Venkata Krishna, VIT University, India Alessio Merlo, University of Genova, Italy Syed Faraz Hasan, Massey University, New Zealand Farrokh Aminifar, University of Tehran, Iran Hossein Akhavan-Hejazi, University of California, USA Danda B. Rawat, Georgia Southern University, USA Introduction Electrical energy storage is a key factor for the future. The consumption of electrical energy (i.e. the use of air conditioning, audio and video devices or electric heating) is increasing every year due; firstly to the increase of the population and secondly by the appearance of new uses of consumption, such as electric cars. With this increase consumption, how to ensure the balance between supply and demand for electricity at all times? To address this problem, the idea of placing the new generation of smart grids to control this energy has appeared in recent literature in different flavors in order to provide electric power supply secure, sustainable and competitive to consumers. In addition, the revolution in smart grid involves a significant change in side of the consumer where consumers will also become producer with the ability of energy storage such as in the vehicle battery, or as a local generation sources such as photovoltaic panels. However, the smart grid develops modern solutions for the next-generation network and digital communication in which many systems and subsystems are interconnected to provide services from end-to-end network between various actors and between intelligent devices that are deployed there. Within each network, a hierarchical structure is composed of different types of networks, such as the HANs (Home Area Networks), the BANs (Building Area Networks), the IANs (Industrial Area Networks), the NANs (Neighborhood Area Networks), the FANs (Field Area Networks), and the WANs (Wide Area Networks). Currently, large societies propose the use of cloud computing in smart grid applications connected with the electrical control center. The main problem in the development of a smart grid is not located at the physical medium but mainly in delivery of reliability and security. The possibility of fitting with active or passive attacks in smart grid network is great to divulge privacy and disrupt energy (e.g. Wormhole Attack, False Data Injection Attack, Black Hole Attack, Grey Hole Attack, DoS Attack, Physical Layer Attack, Colluding Adversary Attack, Routing Table Overflow Attack etc.). Therefore, the security requirements, including authentication, accountability, integrity, non-repudiation, access control and confidentiality should be paid more attention in the future for high performance smart grids. This book will cover the current scope of various methodologies and mechanisms in the theory and practice of security, privacy, intrusion detection, and applied cryptography in smart grid communications in one place. Objective This comprehensive and timely publication aims to be an essential reference source, building on the available literature in the field of smart grid security in developing countries while providing for further research opportunities in this dynamic field. It is hoped that this text will provide the resources necessary for policy makers, technology developers and managers to adopt and implement smart grid platforms in developing nations across the globe. Target Audience Policy makers, academicians, researchers, advanced-level students, technology developers, and government officials will find this book useful in furthering their research exposure to pertinent topics in smart grid security and assisting in furthering their own research efforts in this field. Recommended Topics This book will include (but will not be limited to) the following topics. Any other related topics in the area of smart grid security are also welcome : - Game theoretical models of smart grid security - SCADA and legacy system security - Security and Privacy in Mobile Cloud and Grid Computing - Secure and resilient cyber-physical and communication architectures - Intrusion Detection System (IDS)/Intrusion Prevention System (IPS) - Machine learning for security - Computer security visualization techniques - Intrusion detection based on data mining techniques - Online money laundering and underground economy - Hardware vulnerabilities - Binary analysis and reverse engineering - Security risk assessment, measurement and management - Network exfiltration - Security, privacy, and resource management in Wireless Access Networks (WPAN, WLAN, WLL, etc.) - Security, Privacy, and Resource Management in Broadband Wireless Technologies (HSDPA, HSUPA, LTE, WiMAX, WiRAN, etc.) - Hardware security - Quantum cryptography - Privacy-preserving systems - New attacks against computers and networks - Denial-of-Service Attacks - Insider attack detection - Formal models, analysis, and standards - Deception systems and honeypots - Vulnerability analysis - Secure software development - Security and Privacy in Next Generation Mobile Networks - Protocol security - Network & active defenses - Malware and botnet analysis, detection, and mitigation - PHY/MAC/Routing/Transport/Application layer Protocols and Security - Tamper-resistant device technologies - Smartphone and other embedded systems security - Fraudulent usage, prevention of traffic analysis - Cryptography, key management, authorization and access control - False data injection, detection and mitigation - Performance evaluation, performance/security tradeoff analysis - Modern infrastructure for cities(roads, power plants, water treatment plants, sewage systems, transit systems) - Energy Efficiency including non-conventional energy management - Green Environment including E-Waste Management, Hospital Management etc - Electro-mobility - Public key and conventional algorithms and their implementations - Distributed systems security - Cyber and Cross-Domain (power to cyber) security event detection, analysis and response - DoS/DDoS resiliency - Cloud security - Embedded systems security - Security design and verification tools Submission Procedure Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 30, 2016 (Extended), a 2-3 page chapter proposal clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by April10, 2016 about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by May 15, 2016. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project. Chapters with multiple authors are welcome, even encouraged. Propose a Chapter : http://www.igi-global.com/publish/call-for-papers/submit/2020 Publisher This book is scheduled to be published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), publisher of the "Information Science Reference" (formerly Idea Group Reference), "Medical Information Science Reference," "Business Science Reference," and "Engineering Science Reference" imprints. For additional information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com. This publication is anticipated to be released in 2016. Important Dates March 30, 2016: Proposal Submission Deadline (Extended) April 10, 2016: Notification of Acceptance May 15, 2016: Full Chapter Submission July 30, 2016: Review Results Returned September 01, 2016: Final Acceptance Notification September 15, 2016: Final Chapter Submission Editors Mohamed Amine Ferrag (Ph.D.) Department of Computer Science Faculty of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Material Science Guelma University BP 401 Guelma 24000 – Algeria Tel.: +2137 96 96 14 53 E-mail: mohamed.amine.ferrag(a)gmail.com Homepage : https://sites.google.com/site/mohamedamineferrag/ Ahmed Ahmim (Ph.D.) Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Faculty of Exact Sciences and Sciences of Nature and Life University of Larbi Tebessi, Route of Constantine, Tebessa 12000 – Algeria Tel.: + 213 5 55 86 70 65 E-mail: a.ahmim(a)gmail.com Homepage: http://lrs-annaba.net/ahmim/ __________________________________________________ Dr. Mohamed Amine Ferrag Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science Guelma University BP 401 Guelma 24000, Algeria Tel. : +213 796 961 453 E-mails: maferrag(a)outlook.fr / mohamed.amine.ferrag(a)gmail.com maferrag(a)lrs-annaba.net HomePage : https://sites.google.com/site/mohamedamineferrag/ ____________________________________________________

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Call for Papers: ARES 2016 - Extended Deadline: March 29, 2016!
by office＠ares-conference.eu 24 Mar '16

24 Mar '16

ARES 2016 - CALL FOR PAPERS ****************************************************************************************** The 11th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2016) August 31 – September 2, 2016, Salzburg, Austria http://www.ares-conference.eu/ ****************************************************************************************** *********** ARES CONFERENCE ************ The 11th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (“ARES”) will bring together researchers and practitioners in the area of dependability. ARES will highlight the various aspects of security - with special focus on the crucial linkage between availability, reliability and security. ARES aims at a full and detailed discussion of the research issues of security as an integrative concept that covers amongst others availability, safety, confidentiality, integrity, maintainability and security in the different fields of applications. ARES will emphasize the interplay between foundations and practical issues of security in emerging areas such as e-government, m-government, location-based applications, ubiquitous computing, autonomous computing, chances of grid computing etc. ARES is devoted to the critical examination and research challenges of the various aspects of Secure and Dependable Computing and the definition of a future road map. Selected papers that are accepted by and presented at the ARES Conference will be published, after further revision, in special issues of international journals. The acceptance rate of the ARES 2015 conference was 29% (full papers only). The ARES conferences have been published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS). ************ CONFERENCE OFFICERS ************ General Chair Dominik Engel, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria Program Committee Chairs Stephen B. Wicker, Cornell University, USA Dominik Engel, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria ************ IMPORTANT DATES ************ Submission Deadline: March 13, 2016 extended to March 29, 2016 (23:59 UTC-11) Author Notification: May 30, 2016 Proceedings Version: June 20, 2016 Conference: August 31 - September 2, 2016 ************ SUBMISSION ************ The proceedings of ARES (including workshops) have been published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS) of IEEE. Authors of selected papers that are accepted by and presented at the ARES Conference (including workshops) will be invited to submit an extended version to special issues of international journals. Authors are invited to submit research and application papers according the following guidelines: two columns, single-spaced, including figures and references, using 10 pt fonts and number each page. For the main conference as well as the workshops submission papers are classified into 3 categorizes representing original, previously unpublished work: full paper (10 pages) short paper (6 pages) workshop paper (8 pages, a maximum of 10 pages is tolerated) Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, presentation and clarity of exposition. Simultaneous submission of the same work to multiple venues, submission of previously published work, or plagiarism constitutes dishonesty or fraud. ARES, like other scientific and technical conferences and journals, prohibits these practices and may take action against authors who have committed them. Double blind review: ARES requires anonymized submissions – please make sure that submitted papers contain no author names or obvious self-references. The ARES submission system (EasyChair) is available here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ares2016 ************ PROGRAM COMMITTEE ************ Isaac Agudo, University of Malaga, Spain Esma Aimeur, University of Montreal, Canada Philipp Amann, Europol, EC3, Netherlands Todd R. Andel, University of South Alabama, US Amin Anjomshoaa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US Francesco Buccafurri, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Luanne Burns Goldrich, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, US Mario Cagalj, University of Split, Croatia Jordi Castellà-Roca,Rovira i Virgili University of Tarragona, Spain Lorenzo Cavallaro, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK David Chadwick, University of Kent, UK Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York, US Nathan Clarke, Plymouth University, UK Marijke Coetzee, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Mark Dillon, International Criminal Court, NL Adam Doupé, Arizona State University, US Pavlos Efraimidis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Christian Engelmann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Karl M. Goeschka, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Luis Enrique Sánchez Crespo, University of Castilla-la Mancha, Spain Zekeriya Erkin, TU Delft, Netherlands Aristide Fattori, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Hannes Federrath, University of Hamburg, Germany Christophe Feltus, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg José Maria de Fuentes, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain Steven Furnell, Plymouth University, UK Nico Golde, Qualcomm Research Germany, Germany Bogdan Groza, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania Dominik Herrmann, University Hamburg, Germany Martin Gilje Jaatun, SINTEF, Norway Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Jan Jürjens, TU Dortmund and Fraunhofer ISST, Germany Sokratis K. Katsikas, University of Piraeus, Greece Peter Kieseberg, SBA Research, Austria Ezzat Kirmani, St. Cloud State University, US Thomas Korak, TU Graz, Austria Thorsten Kramp, IBM Research Zurich, Switzerland Ralf Kuesters, University of Trier, Germany Costas Lambrinoudakis, University of Piraeus, Greece Shujun Li University of Surrey, UK Giovanni Livraga, Universita‘ degli Studi di Milano, Italy Javier Lopez, University of Malaga, Spain Konstantinos Markantonakis, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Keith Martin, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Ioannis Mavridis, University of Macedonia, Greece Wojciech Mazurczyk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Jeffrey McDonald, University of South Alabama, US Mattia Monga, Universita` degli Studi di Milano, Italy Haralambos Mouratidis, University of Brighton, UK Thomas Moyer, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, US Alexios Mylonas, Staffordshire University, UK Thomas Nowey, Krones AG, Germany Christoforos Ntantogian, University of Piraeus, Greece Rolf Oppliger, eSECURITY Technologies, Switzerland Jaehong Park, University of Alabama in Huntsville, US Günther Pernul, University of Regensburg, Germany Andreas Peter, University of Twente, Netherlands Sriram Raghavan, Secure Cyber Space, Australia Stefanie Rinderle-Ma, Vienna University, Austria Stefanie Roos, TU Dresden, Germany Domenico Rosaci, University „Mediterranea“ of Reggio Calabria, Italy Volker Roth, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Giovanni Russello, University of Auckland, New Zealand Mark Scanlon, University College Dublin, Ireland Sebastian Schinzel, FH Münster, Germany Jörn-Marc Schmidt, secunet, Germany Max Schuchard, University of Minnesota, US Stefan Schulte Vienna University of Technology, Austria Dimitris Simos, SBA Research, Austria Jon A. Solworth, University of Illinois at Chicago, US Mark Strembeck, WU Vienna, Austria Jakub Szefer, Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science, US Oliver Theel, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany Simon Tjoa, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria Andreas Unterweger, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria Umberto Villano, Universita‘ del Sannio, Italy Artemios Voyiatzis, SBA Research, Austria Xiao Wang, Carnegie Mellon University, US Jinpeng Wei, Florida International University, US Christos Xenakis, University of Piraeus, Greece Fabian Yamaguchi, Göttingen University, Germany Alec Yasinsac, University of South Alabama, US Nicola Zannone, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands ************ TOPCIS of interest include, but are not limited to: ************ Authorization and Authentication Availability and Reliability Business Continuity & Resilience Cost/Benefit Analysis Cryptography Dependability Aspects for Special Applications (e.g. ERP-Systems, Logistics) Dependability Aspects of Electronic Government (e-Government) Dependability Administration Dependability in Open Source Software Designing Security Requirements Digital Forensics E-Commerce Dependability Failure Prevention Identity Management IPR of Security Technology Incident Response and Prevention Information Flow Control Information Hiding Internet Dependability Interoperability Aspects Intrusion Detection and Fraud Detection Legal Issues Mobile Security Network and Organizational Vulnerability Analysis Network Security Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Process based Security Models and Methods RFID Security and Privacy Risk planning, Analysis & Awareness Safety Critical Systems Secure Enterprise Architectures Security Issues for Ubiquitous Systems Security and Privacy in E-Health Security and Trust Management in P2P and Grid applications Security and Privacy for Sensor Networks, Wireless/Mobile Devices and Applications Security and Usability Security as Quality of Service Security in Distributed Systems / Distributed Databases Security in Electronic Payments Security in Electronic Voting Software Engineering of Dependable Systems Software Security Standards, Guidelines and Certification Survivability of Computing Systems Temporal Aspects of Dependability Threats and Attack Modelling Trusted Computing Tools for Dependable System Design and Evaluation Trust Models and Trust Management VOIP, Wireless Security

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Call for Papers: ARES 2016 - Extended Deadline: March 29, 2016!
by office＠ares-conference.eu 18 Mar '16

18 Mar '16

ARES 2016 - CALL FOR PAPERS ****************************************************************************************** The 11th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2016) August 31 – September 2, 2016, Salzburg, Austria http://www.ares-conference.eu/ ****************************************************************************************** *********** ARES CONFERENCE ************ The 11th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (“ARES”) will bring together researchers and practitioners in the area of dependability. ARES will highlight the various aspects of security - with special focus on the crucial linkage between availability, reliability and security. ARES aims at a full and detailed discussion of the research issues of security as an integrative concept that covers amongst others availability, safety, confidentiality, integrity, maintainability and security in the different fields of applications. ARES will emphasize the interplay between foundations and practical issues of security in emerging areas such as e-government, m-government, location-based applications, ubiquitous computing, autonomous computing, chances of grid computing etc. ARES is devoted to the critical examination and research challenges of the various aspects of Secure and Dependable Computing and the definition of a future road map. Selected papers that are accepted by and presented at the ARES Conference will be published, after further revision, in special issues of international journals. The acceptance rate of the ARES 2015 conference was 29% (full papers only). The ARES conferences have been published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS). ************ CONFERENCE OFFICERS ************ General Chair Dominik Engel, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria Program Committee Chairs Stephen B. Wicker, Cornell University, USA Dominik Engel, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria ************ IMPORTANT DATES ************ Submission Deadline: March 13, 2016 extended to March 29, 2016 (23:59 UTC-11) Author Notification: May 30, 2016 Proceedings Version: June 20, 2016 Conference: August 31 - September 2, 2016 ************ SUBMISSION ************ The proceedings of ARES (including workshops) have been published by Conference Publishing Services (CPS) of IEEE. Authors of selected papers that are accepted by and presented at the ARES Conference (including workshops) will be invited to submit an extended version to special issues of international journals. Authors are invited to submit research and application papers according the following guidelines: two columns, single-spaced, including figures and references, using 10 pt fonts and number each page. For the main conference as well as the workshops submission papers are classified into 3 categorizes representing original, previously unpublished work: full paper (10 pages) short paper (6 pages) workshop paper (8 pages, a maximum of 10 pages is tolerated) Submitted papers will be carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, presentation and clarity of exposition. Simultaneous submission of the same work to multiple venues, submission of previously published work, or plagiarism constitutes dishonesty or fraud. ARES, like other scientific and technical conferences and journals, prohibits these practices and may take action against authors who have committed them. Double blind review: ARES requires anonymized submissions – please make sure that submitted papers contain no author names or obvious self-references. The ARES submission system (EasyChair) is available here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ares2016 ************ PROGRAM COMMITTEE ************ Isaac Agudo, University of Malaga, Spain Esma Aimeur, University of Montreal, Canada Philipp Amann, Europol, EC3, Netherlands Todd R. Andel, University of South Alabama, US Amin Anjomshoaa, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), US Francesco Buccafurri, University of Reggio Calabria, Italy Luanne Burns Goldrich, The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, US Mario Cagalj, University of Split, Croatia Jordi Castellà-Roca,Rovira i Virgili University of Tarragona, Spain Lorenzo Cavallaro, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK David Chadwick, University of Kent, UK Soon Ae Chun, City University of New York, US Nathan Clarke, Plymouth University, UK Marijke Coetzee, University of Johannesburg, South Africa Mark Dillon, International Criminal Court, NL Adam Doupé, Arizona State University, US Pavlos Efraimidis, Democritus University of Thrace, Greece Christian Engelmann, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Karl M. Goeschka, Vienna University of Technology, Austria Luis Enrique Sánchez Crespo, University of Castilla-la Mancha, Spain Zekeriya Erkin, TU Delft, Netherlands Aristide Fattori, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Hannes Federrath, University of Hamburg, Germany Christophe Feltus, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg José Maria de Fuentes, Carlos III University of Madrid, Spain Steven Furnell, Plymouth University, UK Nico Golde, Qualcomm Research Germany, Germany Bogdan Groza, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania Dominik Herrmann, University Hamburg, Germany Martin Gilje Jaatun, SINTEF, Norway Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Jan Jürjens, TU Dortmund and Fraunhofer ISST, Germany Sokratis K. Katsikas, University of Piraeus, Greece Peter Kieseberg, SBA Research, Austria Ezzat Kirmani, St. Cloud State University, US Thomas Korak, TU Graz, Austria Thorsten Kramp, IBM Research Zurich, Switzerland Ralf Kuesters, University of Trier, Germany Costas Lambrinoudakis, University of Piraeus, Greece Shujun Li University of Surrey, UK Giovanni Livraga, Universita‘ degli Studi di Milano, Italy Javier Lopez, University of Malaga, Spain Konstantinos Markantonakis, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Keith Martin, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK Ioannis Mavridis, University of Macedonia, Greece Wojciech Mazurczyk, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland Jeffrey McDonald, University of South Alabama, US Mattia Monga, Universita` degli Studi di Milano, Italy Haralambos Mouratidis, University of Brighton, UK Thomas Moyer, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, US Alexios Mylonas, Staffordshire University, UK Thomas Nowey, Krones AG, Germany Christoforos Ntantogian, University of Piraeus, Greece Rolf Oppliger, eSECURITY Technologies, Switzerland Jaehong Park, University of Alabama in Huntsville, US Günther Pernul, University of Regensburg, Germany Andreas Peter, University of Twente, Netherlands Sriram Raghavan, Secure Cyber Space, Australia Stefanie Rinderle-Ma, Vienna University, Austria Stefanie Roos, TU Dresden, Germany Domenico Rosaci, University „Mediterranea“ of Reggio Calabria, Italy Volker Roth, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Giovanni Russello, University of Auckland, New Zealand Mark Scanlon, University College Dublin, Ireland Sebastian Schinzel, FH Münster, Germany Jörn-Marc Schmidt, secunet, Germany Max Schuchard, University of Minnesota, US Stefan Schulte Vienna University of Technology, Austria Dimitris Simos, SBA Research, Austria Jon A. Solworth, University of Illinois at Chicago, US Mark Strembeck, WU Vienna, Austria Jakub Szefer, Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science, US Oliver Theel, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany Simon Tjoa, St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, Austria Andreas Unterweger, Salzburg University of Applied Sciences, Austria Umberto Villano, Universita‘ del Sannio, Italy Artemios Voyiatzis, SBA Research, Austria Xiao Wang, Carnegie Mellon University, US Jinpeng Wei, Florida International University, US Christos Xenakis, University of Piraeus, Greece Fabian Yamaguchi, Göttingen University, Germany Alec Yasinsac, University of South Alabama, US Nicola Zannone, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands ************ TOPCIS of interest include, but are not limited to: ************ Authorization and Authentication Availability and Reliability Business Continuity & Resilience Cost/Benefit Analysis Cryptography Dependability Aspects for Special Applications (e.g. ERP-Systems, Logistics) Dependability Aspects of Electronic Government (e-Government) Dependability Administration Dependability in Open Source Software Designing Security Requirements Digital Forensics E-Commerce Dependability Failure Prevention Identity Management IPR of Security Technology Incident Response and Prevention Information Flow Control Information Hiding Internet Dependability Interoperability Aspects Intrusion Detection and Fraud Detection Legal Issues Mobile Security Network and Organizational Vulnerability Analysis Network Security Privacy-Enhancing Technologies Process based Security Models and Methods RFID Security and Privacy Risk planning, Analysis & Awareness Safety Critical Systems Secure Enterprise Architectures Security Issues for Ubiquitous Systems Security and Privacy in E-Health Security and Trust Management in P2P and Grid applications Security and Privacy for Sensor Networks, Wireless/Mobile Devices and Applications Security and Usability Security as Quality of Service Security in Distributed Systems / Distributed Databases Security in Electronic Payments Security in Electronic Voting Software Engineering of Dependable Systems Software Security Standards, Guidelines and Certification Survivability of Computing Systems Temporal Aspects of Dependability Threats and Attack Modelling Trusted Computing Tools for Dependable System Design and Evaluation Trust Models and Trust Management VOIP, Wireless Security

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TPC Member Invitation of CCIS2016
by Ding Daisy 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

Prof.xxxx, Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) would like to invite you to attend the 4th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing and Intelligence Systems (CCIS2016) as the Program Committee Member. The International Conference on Cloud Computing and Intelligence Systems (CCIS) provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas and research results, discuss challenging issues, and share development experiences in the field of cloud computing and intelligence system. Past CCIS conferences were held in Beijing (2011), Hangzhou (2012), and Shenzhen & Hong Kong (2014). CCIS2016, initiated by CAAI together with IEEE Beijing Section and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT), will be held in Beijing during August 17-19, 2016. This year, the conference aims to address challenges for cloud computing and intelligent technology in big data era. You are the expert in the area of artificial intelligence, so we sincerely invite you to be the Program Committee Member of CCIS2016. Your joining will add luster to this conference. Hoping to hear favorably from you at your convenience. If you have any questions, please contact me freely. Conference website: http://ccis2016.caai.cn Yours sincerely, General Co-Chair: Deyi Li Tsinghua University, China Program Committee Co-Chair: Huadong Ma Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

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CFP: The 4th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing and Intelligence Systems (CCIS 2016)
by Ding Daisy 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email] *The 4th IEEE International Conference on* *Cloud Computing and Intelligence Systems (CCIS 2016)* *August 17-19, 2016, Beijing, China* *Call For Papers* http://ccis2016.caai.cn/ *Introduction:* Research and applications on cloud computing and intelligent systems have been extensively developed in the past years. We have witnessed numerous successes in various critical sectors of our society. As always, the IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing and Intelligence Systems (CCIS) series provide a forum for researchers and practitioners to exchange ideas, present their latest research work, discuss challenging issues, and share experiences primarily in the fields of cloud computing and intelligence systems. The past CCIS conferences were held in Beijing (2011), Hangzhou (2012), and Shenzhen & Hong Kong (2014), respectively. CCIS 2016, the 4th edition of this series, will be held at Beijing, August 17-19, 2016. The theme of CCIS 2016 is *embracing challenges of cloud computing and intelligent technology at the age of big data*. The conference features a comprehensive technical program, including multiple interesting and inspiring keynote speeches, frontline panel discussions, and technical paper sessions. The conference proceeding will be included in IEEE Xplore Digital Library (EI indexed). Authors of selected high quality papers will be invited to submit extensions to several Special Issues (tentative), including: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics: Systems (SCI indexed, Impact Factor: 1.699) Journal of Network and Computer Applications (SCI indexed, Impact Factor: 2.229) Nurocomputing (SCI indexed, Impact Factor: 2.083) China Communications (SCI indexed, Impact Factor: 0.344) *Keynote Speakers:* Prof. Schahram Dustdar (TU Wien, Austria, IEEE Fellow) Prof. Xiang-Yang Li (The University of Science and Technology of China, China, IEEE Fellow) Prof. Eduard Hovy (Carnegie Mellon University, USA) Prof. Moncef Gabbouj (Tampere University of Technology, Finland, IEEE Fellow) *Topics:* We solicit submissions from any topic related to *cloud computing* and* intelligent systems*, including, but not limited to the following three topical areas. *Cloud Computing Track* Cloud infrastructure Cloud management and operations Cloud service Cloud security Multi-Cloud Collaboration Cloud Storage *Intelligent Technology Track* Machine learning Pattern recognition and image processing Knowledge representation and reasoning Natural language processing Multi-agent systems Intelligent control *System and Application Track* Robotic system Internet of Things system Mobile cloud system Mobile sensing system Applications in smart city *Co-sponsored by:* IEEE Beijing Section Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence *Patrons:* Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China *Important Dates:* Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2016 Acceptance notification: May 25, 2016 Camera-ready submission: July 1, 2016 Conference date: August 17-19, 2016 *Submission instruction:* Before submission, authors should register with the conference first. Please visit the *Registration* page of the conference website ( http://ccis2016.caai.cn/) and then fill out the form. Authors will receive a confirmation email upon a successful registration. Afterwards, authors can sign in the system and submit papers. Acceptance will be based on quality, relevance and originality. Papers should be submitted electronically as Microsoft WORD files and through the online system. Standard templates for Microsoft Word formats can be found in the following link: http://ccis2016.caai.cn/dct/page/70002. All submissions should be written in English with a maximum five (5) printed pages (10-point font) including references, without incurring additional page charges. One additional page is allowed with over-length charge after acceptance of the submission. *Contacts:* Information and queries should be sent to email: ccis2016(a)163.com.

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CFP: The 9th International Conference on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Computation, Communication and Storage (SpaCCS 2016)
by Ding Daisy 17 Mar '16

17 Mar '16

************************************************************************************* We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this SpaCCS 2016 CFP & CFW. We appreciate your help if you forward this SpaCCS 2016 CFP & CFW to your email lists. ************************************************************************************* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Part I: Call for Papers, SpaCCS 2016, Zhangjiajie, China, November 16-18, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The 9th International Conference on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Computation, Communication and Storage (SpaCCS 2016) Organizers: Central South University, China Guangzhou University, China Jishou University, China Technical Co-Sponsorship: Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science Venue & Dates: Zhangjiajie, China, November 16-18, 2016 http://trust.csu.edu.cn/conference/SpaCCS2016/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Proceedings & Special Issues The conference proceedings (including main conference papers and workshop papers) will be published by Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series (EI indexed). Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in several SCI & EI indexed special issues (to be announced soon). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Introduction The SpaCCS 2016 conference is the 9th event in the series of conferences which are devoted to security, privacy and anonymity in computation, communication and storage. SpaCCS is now recognized as the main regular event of the world that is covering many dimensions including security algorithms and architectures, privacy-aware policies, regulations and techniques, anonymous computation and communication, encompassing fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental projects, and commercial application systems for computation, communication and storage. As applications of computer systems and networks have permeated in every aspect of our daily life, the issues of security, privacy, and anonymity have become increasingly critical. The conference will provide a forum for the world-class researchers to gather and share their research achievements, emerging ideas and trends in the highly challenging research fields. Following the traditions of previous successful SpaCCS conferences, formerly SpaIoT and SQC symposiums, held in Helsinki, Finland (2015), Beijing, China (2014), Melbourne, Australia (2013), Liverpool, UK (2012), and Changsha, China (2011), the 9th International Conference on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Computation, Communication and Storage (SpaCCS 2016) will be held in Zhangjiajie, China, November 16-18, 2016. Zhangjiajie is an emerging tourist destination famous for its unique natural scenery and abundant tourism resources. Zhangjiajie National Forest Park was established by the State Council in 1982 as the first National Forest Park of China. Zhangjiajie was listed into the World Natural Heritage Catalogue by the UNESCO in 1992. Zhangjiajie was awarded the title of "World Geological Park" in 2004. The conference aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners in the world working in the research fields of computation, communication and storage, with regard to security, privacy, and anonymity aspects of computer systems and networks. SpaCCS 2016 will focus on three broad areas of computation, communication, and storage, i.e. architectures, algorithms, techniques, and applications for security, privacy and anonymity. Scope and Interests Track 1: Security 1.1 Computation (1) Security Model and Architecture (2) Software and System Security (3) Secure Computing Platform (4) Secure Network Computing (5) Security in Cloud Computing and Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing (6) Risk Analysis and Management 1.2 Communication (1) Network Security (2) Malware and Botnets (3) Intrusion Detection (4) Security in Web Services (5) Security in Mobile Social Networks (6) Security in Mobile and Wireless Communications (7) Fraud and Cyber-Crime 1.3 Storage (1) Access Control (2) Applied Cryptography (3) Database Security (4) Data Protection and Data Integrity (5) Digital Content Protection and Digital Forensics (6) Information Hiding (7) Security in Big Data and its Applications Track 2: Privacy 2.1 Computation (1) Measuring and Quantifying Privacy (2) Privacy Modelling and Analysis (3) Software and System Privacy (4) Privacy-preserving Computing Platform (5) Privacy-enhanced Network Computing (6) Obfuscation-based Privacy (7) Cryptographic Tools for Privacy (8) Building and Deploying Privacy-enhancing Systems (9) Reliability, Robustness, and Abuse Prevention in Privacy Systems 2.2 Communication (1) Privacy in Web Services (2) Privacy Metrics and Policies (3) Crowdsourcing for Privacy (4) Location and Mobility Privacy (5) Privacy in Cloud and Big Data Applications (6) Privacy in Ubiquitous Computing and Mobile Devices (7) Privacy in Social Networks and Microblogging Systems (8) Privacy-enhanced Access Control, Authentication, and Identity Management 2.3 Storage (1) Data Protection Technologies (2) Differential Privacy (3) Privacy in Big Data and its Applications (4) Policy Languages and Tools for Privacy (5) Privacy and Human Rights (6) Interdisciplinary Research Connecting Privacy to Other Fields (7) Privacy in Cloud Computing and Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing (8) Information Leakage, Data Correlation and Generic Attacks to Privacy (9) Privacy-Preserving Data Mining, Data Release and Publishing Track 3: Anonymity 3.1 Computation (1) Anonymous Data Mining and Data Sharing (2) Parallelism Exploitation Techniques for Anonymity (3) Anonymity in Big Data Analytics (4) Anonymous Management in Trust Relationships (5) Anonymous Video Analytics Technology (6) Anonymity Metrics, Measures and Evaluations (7) Anonymity Models, Hardware/Device of Anonymity 3.2 Communication (1) Anonymity in Wireless Communication Systems (2) Anonymous Communication Protocols (3) Anonymity in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Sensor Networks (4) Anonymous Proxy Software (5) Anonymous Communication and Internet (6) Anonymous Social Networks, Structural k-Anonymity in Social Networks (7) Authentication Protocol Providing User Anonymity 3.3 Storage (1) Distributed Anonymous Information Storage and Management (2) Private and Anonymous Data Storage (3) Anonymity-Preserving Data Collection and Database (4) Anonymity, Pseudonymity & Identity Management (5) Anonymity in Big Data and Cloud Scenarios (6) Anonymity in Health and Medical Databases Submission and Publication Information All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference website (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=spaccs2016) with PDF format. Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 14 pages in Springer LNCS format(or up to 20 pages with the pages over length charge), including tables, figures, references and appendices. Papers will be selected based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation assessed by at least three reviewers. Submission of a paper should be regarded as a commitment that, should the paper be accepted, at least one of the authors will register and attend the conference to present the work. SpaCCS 2016 reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from the digital library and indexing services), if the paper is not presented at the conference. All accepted papers will be published by Springer LNCS (EI Indexed). One outstanding papers will be selected to receive the Best Paper Awards. Important Dates (1) Workshop Proposal Deadline: April 1, 2016 (2) Paper Submission Deadline: July 1, 2016 (3) Author Notification: August 15,2016 (4) Camera-ready Papers Due: September 15, 2016 (5) Conference Dates: November 16-18, 2016 General Chairs Jianbin Li, Central South University, China Felix Gomez Marmol, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany Juan E. Tapiador, The University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain Program Chairs Indrakshi Ray, Colorado State University, USA Jose M. Alcaraz Calero, University of the West of Scotland, UK Sabu M. Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India Program Vice Chairs (1) Security Track Javier Lopez, University of Malaga, Spain Qin Liu, Hunan University, China (2) Privacy Track Rinku Dewri, University of Denver, USA Wenjun Jiang, Hunan University, China (3) Anonymity Track Mario Freire, The University of Beira Interior, Portugal Md. Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Temple University, USA Steering Committee Chairs Guojun Wang, Central South University, China Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain Steering Committee Jemal H. Abawajy, Deakin University, Australia Jose M. Alcaraz Calero, University of the West of Scotland, UK Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Hsiao-Hwa Chen, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan Jinjun Chen, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia Raymond Choo, University of South Australia, Australia Robert Deng, Singapore Management University, Singapore Mario Freire, The University of Beira Interior, Portugal Minyi Guo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Weijia Jia, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Wei Jie, University of West London, UK Georgios Kambourakis, University of the Aegean, Greece Ryan Ko, University of Waikato, New Zealand Constantinos Kolias, George Mason University, USA Jianbin Li, Central South University, China Jie Li, University of Tsukuba, Japan Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Felix Gomez Marmol, NEC Laboratories Europe, Germany Geyong Min, University of Exeter, United Kingdom Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Indrakshi Ray, Colorado State University, USA Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan Juan E. Tapiador, The University Carlos III of Madrid, Spain Sabu M. Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management, India Jie Wu, Temple University, USA Yang Xiao, The University of Alabama, USA Yang Xiang, Deakin University, Australia Zheng Yan, Aalto University, Finland Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Wanlei Zhou, Deakin University, Australia Workshop Chairs Raymond Choo, University of South Australia, Australia Mianxiong Dong, Muroran Institute of Technology, Japan Jin Li, Guangzhou University, China Publicity Chairs Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Scott Fowler, Linkoping University, Sweden Xiaofei Xing, Guangzhou University, China Publication Chair Shuhong Chen, Hunan Institute of Engineering, China Registration Chair Pin Liu, Central South University, China Local Chairs Fang Qi, Central South University, China Xiaofei Xing, Guangzhou University, China Qingping Zhou, Jishou University, China Webmaster Binji Mo, Central South University, China Contact Please email inquiries concerning SpaCCS 2016 to: Prof. Guojun Wang: csgjwang AT gmail DOT com and the conference organizers (SpaCCS2016 AT gmail DOT com). Prof. Guojun Wang's Homepage: http://trust.csu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/ Copyright AT Trusted Computing Institute, Central South University (CSU) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Part II: Call for Workshop Proposals, SpaCCS 2016, Zhangjiajie, China, November 16-18, 2016 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The SpaCCS 2016 workshops provide vibrant opportunities for researchers and industry practitioners to share their research experience, original research results and practical development experiences on specific new challenges and emerging issues. The organizers and chairs of the workshop shall have responsibility of the call for papers, forming program committee, review and selection of papers as well as planning the workshop program. The registration fee for workshops will be determined by the conference (not the workshop itself). The fees will be paid to the conference, and the conference will provide workshop facilities including the working notes printing, the meeting room, coffee break, lunch, dinner, proceedings, etc. The proceedings of the SpaCCS 2016 workshops will be published by Springer LNCS series (Indexed by EI). Prospective workshop organizers should send a proposal containing the following information to SpaCCS 2016 Workshop Chairs: - Title of the workshop (Full name and Abbreviation) - Objectives, scope, and contribution to the main conference (up to 1 page) - Short bio of the key organizers and their experience on conference/workshop organization - Procedure for selecting papers, plans for dissemination (for example, how to advertise and special issues of journals), and the expected number of participants - A tentative list of program committee members - The workshop website URL address Approved workshops should strictly follow the important dates, particularly the paper status notification and camera-ready dates. The submission deadline could be later than that of the main conference. But a workshop should have sufficient time, say 5-7 weeks, for generating peer reviews. Generally, each paper should receive 3 peer reviews. We look forward to your stimulating proposals and contributions to SpaCCS 2016 workshops. A workshop proposal should be submitted to workshop chairs via email by April 1, 2016: {Raymond DOT Choo AT unisa DOT edu DOT au; mx DOT dong AT ieee DOT org; jinli71 AT gmail DOT com} Please email inquiries concerning SpaCCS 2016 to: Prof. Guojun Wang: csgjwang AT gmail DOT com and the conference organizers (SpaCCS2016 AT gmail DOT com). Prof. Guojun Wang's Homepage: http://trust.csu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/ Copyright AT Trusted Computing Institute, Central South University (CSU), China ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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