Call for papers
Papers, special sessions, tutorials, and workshops addressing all aspects of security in information and networks are being sought. Researchers and industrial practitioners working on the following and related subjects are especially encouraged. Doctoral students are encouraged to propose papers on ongoing research.
Broad areas of interest in security theory, technology and applications will include, but are not limited to, the following:
Secure information systems
- Security, privacy, and trust of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies
- Consensus mechanisms, especially distributed control and processing applications
- Secure smart contracts
Security in networks
- Network security and protocols
- Computer network defence
- Next generation network architecture
- Autonomous and adaptive security
Development and realization of fundamental technologies
- Cryptographic techniques and key management
- Post Quantum Cryptography
- Security schemes
- New algorithms
- IoT Security and Trust
- Malware analysis
- Access control and intrusion detection
- Computational intelligence techniques in security
- Trust and privacy
Application Areas
- Detection and prevention of cybercrimes such as fraud and phishing
- Industrial applications of security
- Industrial experiences and challenges of security systems
- Security of cyber-physical systems
- Security tools and development platforms
- Security-aware software engineering
- Security challenges in Mobile/Embedded Systems
- Cloud security
- Security Awareness and Education
Security Assurance
- Critical analysis of existing approaches
- Interoperability, service levels and quality issues in security systems
- Information assurance, security, and public policy
- Security ontology, models, protocols & policies
- Standards, guidelines and certification
- Information assurance
Special Sessions
Three proposals for special sessions have been accepted:-
Special Session 1:
Special session on Intelligent Blockchain for Internet of Things
Special session organizers:
Dr. Ben Othman Soufiene :PRINCE Laboratory Research, ISITcom, Hammam Sousse, University of Sousse, Tunisia.
Email: ben_oth_soufiene@yahoo.fr
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Special Session 2:
Special session on Emerging trends of using AI/ML to mitigate cyber attacks in SDN
Special session organizers:
Ali El Kamel, Manel Majdoub, and Habib Youssef :PRINCE Research Laboratory, ISITComHammam Sousse, University of Sousse.
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Special Session 3:
Special session on Cyber Security and Digital Investigation
Special session organizers:
Waseem Iqbal :National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan
Yawar Abbas :National University of Sciences and Technology (NUST), Pakistan
Types of submissions
The following two paper categories are welcome. Any submission needs to be explicitly marked as “full paper” or “short paper”.
- Full papers – scientific research papers, surveying works and industrial experiences describing significant advances. Papers should be no longer than 8 pages, including references.
- Short papers – early results or work in progress with initial findings. Papers should be maximum 4 pages long, including references.
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. All paper submissions must contain a title, a short abstract, and a list of keywords. All submissions will be subjected to a thorough double‐blind review by at least three reviewers. Submitted papers shall be anonymised and all author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, and obvious traceable references should be eliminated to be eligible for the review process.
Authors are also encouraged to propose position papers on practical studies and experiments, critique of existing work, emerging issues, and novel ideas under development. Enterprises and research centres developing, implementing, or using security tools and frameworks are encouraged to propose application / tool demo.
- Proposals for special sessions, tutorials, and workshops should provide sufficient detail to evaluate them.
