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CFP: The 17th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (IEEE CIT 2017)
by Ding Daisy 26 Oct '16

26 Oct '16

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email] *The 17th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology (IEEE CIT 2017)* *August 21-23, 2017, Helsinki, Finland* URL: https://research.comnet.aalto.fi/CIT2017/ IEEE CIT 2017 will be held jointly with NSS 2017 and ICA3PP 2017 in Helsinki, Finland on 21-23 August 2017. Important News! * Keynote speakers Prof. Francisco Herrera, University of Granada, Spain (EiC of Information Fusion) Prof. Y. Thomas Hou (Tom Hou), Virginia Tech, USA (IEEE Fellow) Dr. Anand Prasad, NEC Corporation, Japan (3GPP SA3 Chair) Prof. Yang Xiang, Deakin University, Australia Prof. Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada IEEE CIT has become a major platform for researchers and industry practitioners from different fields of computer and information technology. Each year, CIT attendees appreciate and benefit from multidisciplinary exchanges in computer and information technology. In previous years, CIT has attracted many high quality research papers spanning over the various aspects of information technology, computing science and computer engineering. These papers highlight foundational work that strives to push beyond limits of existing computer technologies, including experimental efforts, innovative systems, and investigations that identify weaknesses in existing IT services. IEEE CIT2017 will be held on August 21-23, 2017 in Helsinki, Finland. The goal of IEEE CIT2017 is to provide a forum for scientists, engineers and researchers to discuss and exchange novel ideas, results, experiences and work-in-process on all aspects of computer and information technology. The IEEE CIT2017 topics include but are not limited to the following, and the detailed information can be found in CIT2017 website ( https://research.comnet.aalto.fi/CIT2017/) - Information Technology - Computer Science - Signal Processing - Networking and Internet of Things - Reliability, Security, Privacy and Trust - Applications, Business and Social Issues - Database and Data Management - Microwave and radar - System Software and Software Engineering - Pattern Recognition, Data Mining and Artificial Intelligence - Information Technology for Biomedicine - Wireless Communications - Mobile Multimedia Communications IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Deadline: 15th March, 2017 Author Notification: 10th June, 2017 Camera-ready and Registration: 25th June, 2017 Conference Dates: 21-23 August, 2017 WORKSHOPS The IEEE CIT 2017 Organizing Committee invites proposals for one-day workshops affiliated with the conference and addressing research areas related to the conference. The workshop proceedings will be published by IEEE CS Press. Submit workshop proposals to workshops chairs via emails (Contact: raimo.kantola(a)aalto.fi; zheng.yan(a)aalto.fi) PAPER SUBMISSION Papers need to be prepared according to the IEEE format, and submitted in PDF format via the IEEE CIT 2017 submission site: https://research.comnet.aalto.fi/CIT2017/submit.html. PAPER PUBLICATION Accepted and presented papers will be included into the IEEE Conference Proceedings published by IEEE CS Press (indexed by EI). Authors of accepted papers, or at least one of them, are requested to register and present their work at the conference, otherwise their papers will be removed from the digital libraries of IEEE CS and EI after the conference. Distinguished papers presented at the conference, after further revision, will be recommended for possible publications in the special issues of SCI/EI indexed high-quality journals. https://research.comnet.aalto.fi/CIT2017/si.html 1. Special Issue on IEEE Access (SCI indexed, Impact Factor: 1.27) 2. Special Issue on IEEE Internet of Things (SCI indexed) ... More journal special issues will be announced soon. COMMITTEE Honorary chair: Qinghua Zheng, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China General Chairs: Raimo Kantola, Aalto University, Finland Moncef Gabbouj, Tempere University of Technology, Finland Zheng Yan, Xidian University, China Program Chairs: Yulei Wu, University of Exeter, UK Mika Ylianttila, University of Oulu, Finland Hao Wang, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Kai Zeng, George Mason University, USA Workshop Chairs Jun Liu, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China Peng Zhang, Zalando, Finland Publication Chair Zheng Yan, Xidian University, China Steering Committee Daming Wei (Chair), Professor Emeritus, University of Aizu and Tohoku University, Japan Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Goutam Chakrabarty, Iwate Prefectural University, Japan Hai Jin, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Xiangjian He, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Chunming Qiao, The State University of New York, USA Chang-Sung Jeong, Korea University, Korea Incheon Paik, University of Aizu, Japan Qun Jin, Waseda University, Japan Xingang Liu, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Geyong Min, University of Exeter, UK George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus Bofeng Zhang, Shanghai University, China Jinjun Chen, University of Technology Sydney, Australia Zheng Yan, Xidian University, China Publicity Chairs Jing Chen, Wuhan University, China Demo/Exhibition Chairs TBD Local & Finance Chair Raimo Kantola, Aalto University, Finland Web Chairs Mingjun Wang, Xidian University, China Huaqing Lin, Xidian University, China Technical Program Committee See IEEE CIT 2017 website: https://research.comnet.aalto.fi/CIT2017/

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CFP: HotPlanet 2016 - 7th International Workshop on Hot Topics in Planet-Scale Measurement
by Ding Daisy 08 Jun '16

08 Jun '16

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email] *HotPlanet 2016 - 7th International Workshop on Hot Topics in Planet-Scale Measurement* *Workshop @ Ubicomp <http://ubicomp.org/ubicomp2016/> / ISWC 2016* *September 12-16, Heidelberg, Germany* The last decade has seen a rapid, planet-scale growth in deployment and usage of smart mobile devices, ambient sensors, smartphone applications and advanced communication technologies. This era has prompted for large-scale, planet-wide data collection, storage, processing and dissemination technologies, advancing our knowledge about human behaviour and interactions at a planetary scale. Evolution of such technologies and methodologies, in addition to the high investments in Internet of things (IoT) deployments, has inherently led to a number of security, privacy and ethical issues as well as new systems, networking, and application challenges. This 7th HotPlanet workshop will bring together networking, wireless, mobile computing and systems research to understand the challenges ahead and advance the dialogue on topics related to large-scale measurements and big data analytics centred on individuals. It aims to attract publications on data collection and analysis, such as knowledge-discovery methodologies, large-scale data mining, and big social media data and location traces analytics, but also on deployment challenges, such as innovative real-world measurement technologies, end-user applications, large-scale deployment experiences, and innovative large-scale mobile sensing systems. Topics of interest include: · Big data analytics (social media, mobility traces, prediction techniques, etc.) · Mobile sensing systems · Big data privacy & security · Large scale measurement methodologies · Novel social & sensing application · Open source and virtualized sensing infrastructure · Cloud computing paradigms for decentralized analysis · Incentive models for encouraging users and businesses to collect and contribute data · Profiling, personalisation, geo-targeting · Programming paradigms for large scale data collection · Data quality issues · Internet of Things · Smart energy-aware systems · Large scale mobile application and market experience · Regulatory, legal and ethical issues in planet-wide data collection Important Dates Paper Submission June 14, 2016 Notification June 26, 2016 Camera Ready Version Due July 3, 2016 Submission Instructions Submissions are now open. Click on the following link to submit your paper (via HotCRP): http://wi-stream-1.cse.nd.edu/hp16 The TPC accepts original submissions that are not under review, or published at, previous workshops, conferences, or journals. Submissions may not exceed 6 pages double column, including figures, tables, references, and appendices. Authors are required to use the ACM template for submissions:http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates. All submissions will be evaluated via a single-blind review process: please include author names and affiliation in the submission. *Program Committee* *Organizing Committee* Pan Hui, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Yanyong Zhang, Rutgers University, USA *Program Chairs* Ou Zhonghong, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China Aaron Striegel, University of Notre Dame, USA

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15 May 2016 Chapter Submission - Security Solutions and Applied Cryptography in Smart Grid Communications
by Mohamed Amine Ferrag 11 May '16

11 May '16

Dear Colleagues, We could accommodate a few more chapters in our upcoming book on Security Solutions and Applied Cryptography in Smart Grid Communications. If you are interested, kindly directly submit your full chapter by 15 May 2016 (the latest time in earth) at the following URL: http://www.igi-global.com/submission/submit-chapter/?projectid=6423111c-4d6… The CFC (Call for Chapters) is mentioned below for your convenience. Regards, Mohamed Amine ===================== **** Apologies for cross postings **** "Security Solutions and Applied Cryptography in Smart Grid Communications" Edited by: Mohamed Amine Ferrag and Ahmed Ahmim To be published by: IGI Global, USA May 15, 2016: Full Chapter Submission 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 5, 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 March 10, 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 Submit your full chapter: http://www.igi-global.com/submission/submit-chapter/?projectid=6423111c-4d6… 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 5, 2016: Proposal Submission Deadline (Extended) March 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 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 __________________________________________________ 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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Chapter Submission by 15 May 2016 - Security Solutions and Applied Cryptography in Smart Grid Communications
by Mohamed Amine Ferrag 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

Dear Colleagues, We could accommodate a few more chapters in our upcoming book on Security Solutions and Applied Cryptography in Smart Grid Communications. If you are interested, kindly directly submit your full chapter by 15 May 2016 (the latest time in earth) at the following URL: http://www.igi-global.com/submission/submit-chapter/?projectid=6423111c-4d6… The CFC (Call for Chapters) is mentioned below for your convenience. Best Regards, Mohamed Amine ===================== [Apologies for multiple copies of the CFC] "Security Solutions and Applied Cryptography in Smart Grid Communications" Edited by: Mohamed Amine Ferrag and Ahmed Ahmim To be published by: IGI Global, USA May 15, 2016: Full Chapter Submission 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 5, 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 March 10, 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 Submit your full chapter: http://www.igi-global.com/submission/submit-chapter/?projectid=6423111c-4d6… 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 5, 2016: Proposal Submission Deadline (Extended) March 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 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 __________________________________________________ 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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[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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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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CFC (Only 3 days for Proposal Submission Deadline) Book on Security Solutions and Applied Cryptography in Smart Grid Communications
by Mohamed Amine Ferrag 02 Mar '16

02 Mar '16

**********Apologies if you got multiple copies of this email************ ********** (March 5 Proposal Submission Deadline)********** "Security Solutions and Applied Cryptography in Smart Grid Communications" Edited by: Mohamed Amine Ferrag and Ahmed Ahmim To be published by: IGI Global, USA March 5, 2016: Proposal Submission Deadline - Extended 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 5, 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 March 10, 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 5, 2016: Proposal Submission Deadline (Extended) March 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 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 __________________________________________________ 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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[8th International Conference on Ad Hoc Networks - AdHocNets 2016] Call For Papers
by Mouna Rekik 29 Feb '16

29 Feb '16

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