Call For Papers


SIN'18

September 10th-12th, 2018 - Cardiff University, Cardiff

11th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks

Proceedings by ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (ICPS). All accepted papers will be included into the ACM Digital Library (Pending Approval).

Topics of Interest

Authors are solicited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, project outputs, surveys and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the following areas, but are not limited to:

Virus and worm analysis Network defense
Cloud and system security Malware analysis
Artificial intelligence security Security in space Science
Web and Application security Security in mobile devices
Access control, firewall and IDS Security ontology, models, protocols & policies
Tools and development platforms Privacy and trust management
Security in cyber physical systems Big-data trust, security and privacy
Key management and distribution Security-aware software engineering
Security and privacy social networks Security in embedded systems and IOT
Symmetric and asymmetric key cryptography Security education and innovative curriculum
Computational intelligence techniques in security Security standards, protocols and certifications

Paper Submission & Submission guidelines


- Papers should be in English.

- Papers must be submitted electronically via the SIN-2018 submission website. Click here to submit your paper.

- All papers should be written according to double-column ACM conference format.

- Title, author's name(s), affiliation, mailing address, telephone, fax and email of the principal author should be included.

- Short papers should NOT exceed 4 pages and regular papers should strictly be between 6-8 pages.

All accepted papers will be published by ACM Press in a conference proceedings and placed into ACM Digital Library. Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for possible publication in a special issue of the International Journal. Each accepted paper must be registered to be included in the proceedings.
All proposals for organizing workshops, tutorials, demos, and special sessions are to be shared to the conference e-mail sin2018@cardiff.ac.uk.

Paper Categories

Research Contributions:- Submissions must not substantially duplicate work that any of the authors has published elsewhere or has submitted simultaneously to any other conference or workshop that has published proceedings. Maximum length for the proceedings is 8 pages for full papers, 6 pages for short papers.

Student Contributions:- Doctoral / Masters Students are encouraged to propose papers on ongoing research. Please add "(Student contribution)" to the title. Maximum length for the proceedings is 6 pages for student papers.

Industrial Contributions:- Authors from industry and government enterprises are welcome to submit original papers that describe their experiences, challenges, and applications in security. Maximum length for the proceedings is 8 pages.

Position Papers / Fast Abstracts / Poster Paper:- Authors are also encouraged to propose position papers / fast abstracts on practical studies and experiments, critiques of existing work, emerging issues, and novel ideas under development. Maximum length for the proceedings is 4 pages for fast abstracts and position statements.

Tool Demos:- Enterprises and research centers developing, implementing, or using security tools and frameworks are encouraged to propose application / tool demos. Maximum length for the proceedings is 4 pages for tool demos.