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JPDC Special Issue CFP: Security & Privacy in Social Big Data-Extended Deadline Jan. 20, 2019
by Qin Liu 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

[Apologies for multiple postings] https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-parallel-and-distributed-compu… ******************************************************************************************************************** Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing Security & Privacy in Social Big Data ------------------------------------------------------------------------ SCOPE of the SI The rapid development of social networks dramatically changes the way people think, work, and interact. As more and more individual users proactively generate, share, and exchange digital contents through social media, social networks have become a key source of big data. However, with such vast interconnectivity, convergence of relationships, and shared user information comes increased security and privacy concerns in social big data. On one hand, users carelessly posting their personal information on social media which can easily have their privacy breached. On the other hand, malicious attackers may manipulate such information to make a profit. There are two important security and privacy issues in social networks. The first is how to effectively utilize social data while protecting user privacy. The second is how to guarantee the authenticity of social data for an in-depth data analysis. Traditional security mechanisms and models tailored to small-scale or isomorphic data are inadequate to securing social big data which exhibit enormous volume and diverse formats. Therefore, how to develop scalable cryptographic algorithms/protocols and lightweight data mining/organization/optimization models to solve the security and privacy challenges becomes crucial for the successful application of social big data. About the Topics of Interest Any topic related to security and privacy aspects, e.g., access control, authorization, authorization, and anonymization, for big data and social networks, will be considered. All aspects of design, theory and realization are of interest. The scope and interests for the special issue include but are not limited to the following list: (i) Fundamentals and Technologies in Social Networks and Big Data Social network models and platforms Social network architectures and data models Searching and discovery Architectures for big data Machine learning and deep learning Scalable computing models, theories, and algorithms Content analysis and data mining Novel and incentive applications of social big data in various fields Big data transformation, and presentation Big data acquisition, integration, cleaning, and best practices Large-scale data collection and filtering problem Sparse data modeling, compressing, and sensing (ii) Security and Privacy in Social Networks Accountability and audit in social networks Authentication and authorization in cloud services; Secure access to social networks; Big data privacy model in social networks New trust mechanism in social networks Privacy and security preserving protocol for social networks Applications of cryptography in social networks Secure data management in social networks; Privacy modeling in social networks Privacy-preserving social data publishing Private information retrieval in social networks Measurement studies of security & privacy issues in social networks Combating cyber-crime: anti-phishing, anti-spam, anti-fraud techniques (iii) Security and Privacy in Big Data Access control models and anonymization algorithms in big data Cryptography in big data and cloud computing Data protection and integrity in big data Secure searching in big data Secure outsourcing computing in big data System designs for secure data storage in big data Security model and architecture for big data; Software and system security for big data; Scalability and auditing for big data; Security and privacy in big data sharing and visualization; Security and privacy in big data mining and analytics; Data-centric security and data classification; Privacy in big data applications and services; Privacy in big data integration and transformation; Privacy in big data storage management; Threat detection using big data analytics; Big data privacy policies and standards (iv) System, Information and Network Security High performance security systems Secure system implementation Database and system security Secure operating systems Cryptographic primitives and security protocols Disaster recovery Provable security Key distribution and management Intrusion detection and prevention Privacy, anonymity and traceability Identity management Access controls and security mechanisms Web & applications security Secure routing and network management Security in content delivery networks Security in high speed network Security in optical systems and networks Network monitoring Network security policies ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Important Dates Submission deadline: January 20, 2019 First-roundpass notification (for a rejected paper): February 20, 2019 Acceptance/rejection notification: September 1, 2019 Publication materials due: December 31, 201 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submission Format and Guideline All submitted papers must be clearly written in excellent English and contain only original work, which has not been published by or is currently under review for any other journal or conference. Papers must not exceed 35 pages (one-column, at least 10pt fonts) including figures, tables, and references. A detailed submission guideline is available as “Guide to Authors” at: https://www.elsevier.com/journals/journal-of-parallel-and-distributed-compu… All manuscripts and any supplementary material should be submitted through Elsevier Editorial System (EES). The authors must select as “VSI: SP in Social Big Data” when they reach the “Article Type” step in the submission process. The EES website is located at: http://evise.com/evise/jrnl/jpd All papers will be peer-reviewed by at least three independent reviewers. Requests for additional information should be addressed to the guest editors. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Guest Editors Dr. Qin Liu– Corresponding Guest Editor College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering, Hunan University, China Email: gracelq628@.hnu.edu.cn; gracelq628(a)126.com Dr. Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Fordham University, USA Email: mbhuiyan3(a)fordham.edu; zakirulalam(a)gmail.com Dr. Jiankun Hu School of Engineering and IT, University of New South Wales, Australia Email: J.Hu(a)adfa.edu.au Dr. Jie Wu Department of Computer and Information Sciences, Temple University, USA Email: jiewu(a)temple.edu -- Dr. Qin Liu College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Hunan University Changsha, Hunan Province,P.R. China, 410082 Mobile: +86-13548577157 Email: gracelq628(a)hnu.edu.cn; gracelq628(a)126.com Homepage: http://res.hnu.edu.cn/hbs/lq/

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DASC 2019: Call for Workshop/Special Session Proposals
by Qin Liu 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this CALL We appreciate your help if you forward this CALL to your colleague and email lists. ===========Call for Workshop/Special Session Proposals============ The 17th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (DASC 2019), August 5-8 2019, Fukuoka, Japan http://cyber-science.org/2019/dasc/ ============================================== DASC 2019 invites Workshops and Special Sessions (SS) to enrich and broaden the research focus of the main conference. The purpose is to provide a comprehensive forum on topics that will not be fully explored during the main event as well as to encourage in-depth discussion of technical and application issues related to dependability, security, and automaticity. This is a unique opportunity for researchers and industry practitioners to shape the future research directions and share their original research results and practical development experiences on specific topics related to dependability, security, and automaticity. The workshop proposal, in PDF or MS Word, should provide the following information, in the following format: -The title of the Workshop/SS, including both full name and abbreviation. -The objectives, scope and contributions to the main conference (up to 1 page). -The short bios of the key organizers and their experience in conference/workshop organization. -Brief plans for dissemination (e.g., how to advertise the Workshop/SS or possible submissions to special issues of journals), procedures for selecting papers (including the expected number of accepted papers), and the expected number of participants. -A tentative list of program committee members. -A tentative website/URL of the proposed Workshop/SS. -If the proposed Workshop/SS has been previously organized, please also briefly describe its history (e.g., number of submissions and accepted papers, attendance, etc.) Please email your intellectually stimulating proposals in PDF format as early as possible and not later than Jan 30, 2019 to the Workshop Chairs at Hiroshi Nakamura <nakamurahal.ipc.i.u-tokyo.ac.jp>, Qin Liu <gracelq628(a)126.COM>, and/or Alam Bhuiyan <zakirulalam(a)gmail.com>. Please use "DASC 2019 Workshop/SS Proposal" as the email subject. Once we receive a proposal, a decision will be made in a week. Accepted proposals should follow strictly the important dates, particularly paper notification and camera-ready dates listed below. Important Dates for DASC 2019 Workshops/SS can be as follows. Paper Submission Due: May 20, 2019 Author Notification Due: Jun 05, 2019 Camera-ready Papers Due: June 20, 2019 For accepted proposals, organizers are responsible for composing the corresponding Workshop/SS program committees, advertising call for papers, reviewing submissions and planning the final program. DASC 2019 Workshop/SS Chairs will assist the organization and ensure their quality and success. The Congress will provide facilities including the working notes printing, meeting rooms, coffee breaks, lunches, proceedings, etc. A Workshop/SS paper should be 5-6 pages, following the same Paper Submission Guidelines as the main conference papers. Each paper should be reviewed at least by two reviewers in the corresponding areas. All accepted Workshop/SS papers will be included in the proceedings published by IEEE-CS Conference Publishing Services in IEEE-DL and EI index. The accepted papers in a cancelled Workshop/SS may be moved to another Workshop/SS, or to the main conference track if they fit in with the quality requirement. The registration requirement and procedure for Workshop/SS papers will be determined by DASC 2019 Organizing Committee, and the registration fee will be paid directly to DASC 2019. The registration fee can be waived for a Workshop/SS抯 main organizer if there are more than 10 accepted papers. We are looking forward to your exciting proposals. -- Dr. Qin Liu College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Hunan University Changsha, Hunan Province,P.R. China, 410082 Mobile: +86-13548577157 Email: gracelq628(a)hnu.edu.cn; gracelq628(a)126.com Homepage: http://res.hnu.edu.cn/hbs/lq/

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TrustData 2019 CFP: Atlanta, USA, July 14-17, 2019
by Qin Liu 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

************************************************************************************************** We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this TrustData 2019 CFP. We appreciate your great help if you forward this TrustData 2019 CFP to your colleages and friends. ************************************************************************************************** Call for Papers for the 10th International Workshop on Trust, Security and Privacy for Big Data (TrustData 2019) Venue & Dates: Atlanta, USA, July 14-17, 2019 Conference Website: http://www.spaccs.org/trustdata2019/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction The proliferation of new technologies such as Internet of Things and cloud computing calls for innovative ideas to retrieve, filter, and integrate data from a large number of diverse data sources. Big Data is an emerging paradigm applied to datasets whose volume/velocity/variability is beyond the ability of commonly used software tools to manage and process the data within a tolerable period of time. More importantly, Big Data has to be of high value, and should be protected in an efficient way. Since Big Data involves a huge amount of data that is of high-dimensionality and inter-linkage, existing trust, security, and privacy measures for traditional databases and infrastructures cannot satisfy its requirements. Novel technologies for protecting Big Data are attracting researchers and practitioners with more and more attention. Scope and Interests TrustData2019 is a part of SpaCCS 2019 (http://cse.stfx.ca/~cybermatics/2019/spaccs/) 12th International Conference on Security, Privacy and Anonymity in Computation, Communication and Storage. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: Trust Track (1) Trust semantics, metrics, and models for Big Data (2) Trust management and evaluation for Big Data (3) Trusted systems, software, and applications for Big Data (4) Trusted platform implementation technologies for Big Data (5) Information quality/trustworthiness for Big Data (6) Provenance of content for Big Data (7) Trustworthiness of ratings/recommender systems for Big Data Security Track (1) Security model and architecture for Big Data (2) Data mining security for Big Data (3) Software and system security for Big Data (4) Intrusion detection for Gigabit Networks (5) Cryptography and Big Data (6) Visualizing large scale security data (7) Threat detection using Big Data analytics (8) Human computer interaction challenges for Big Data security (9) Data protection, integrity standards and policies (10) Security and legislative impacts for Big Data (11) Managing user access for Big Data (12) Secure quantum communications Privacy Track (1) Privacy in Big Data applications and services (2) Privacy in Big Data end-point input validation and filtering (3) Privacy in Big Data integration and transformation (4) Privacy in parallel and distributed computation (5) Privacy in Big Data storage management (6) Privacy in Big Data access control mechanisms (7) Privacy in Big Data mining and analytics (8) Privacy in Big Data sharing and visualization (9) Big Data privacy policies and standards Submission and Publication Information The accepted papers from this workshop will be published by Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (EI indexed). 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 10 pages (or 14 pages with the over length charge), including tables, figures, references and appendixes, in Springer LNCS Format (http://www.springer.com/cn/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-gui…) with Portable Document Format (.pdf). Please submit your paper at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=trustdata2019. Authors (at least one) of any accepted paper are requested to register at the conference. Important Dates Paper Submission Deadline: March 15, 2019 Author Notification: April 15, 2019 Camera-Ready Paper Due: May 15, 2019 Conference Dates: July 14-17, 2019 General Chairs Qin Liu, Hunan University, China Arun Kumar Sangaiah, VIT University, India Wei Chang, Saint Joseph's University, USA Program Chairs Jiankun Hu, University of New South Wales at the Australian, Australia Isaac Agudo, University of Malaga, Spain Program Committee (In alphabetical order) Habtamu Abie, Norwegian Computing Center/Norsk Regnesentral, Norway Salima Benbernou, Universite Paris Descartes, France Christian Callegari, The University of Pisa, Italy Wei Chang, Saint Joseph's University, USA Anupam Chattopadhyay, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore John A. Clark, University of York, UK Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Trieste and ICAR-CNR, Italy Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Yucong Duan, Hainan University, China Sheikh M. Habib, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany Ching-Hsien Hsu, Chung Hua University, Taiwan Hai Jiang, Arkansas State University, USA Vana Kalogeraki, Athens University of Economics, Greece Ryan Ko, University of Waikato, New Zealand Ruggero Donida Labati, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy Xin Liao, Hunan University, China Giovanni Livraga, Universita’ degli Studi di Milano, Italy Haibing Lu, Santa Clara University, USA Joon S. Park, Syracuse University, USA Roberto Di Pietro, Nokia Bell Labs, France Vincenzo Piuri, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy Imed Romdhani, Edinburgh Napier University, UK Bimal Roy, Indian Statistical Institute, India Jun Shen, University of Wollongong, Australia Dimitris E. Simos, SBA Research, Austria Chao Song, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, China Chang-ai Sun, University of Science and Technology Beijing, China Yuanyuan Sun, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China Luis Javier García Villalba, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain Yunsheng Wang, Kettering University, USA Mingzhong Wang, University of the Sunshine Coast, Australia Yongdong Wu, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Hejun Wu, Sun Yat-Sen University, China Muneer Masadeh Bani Yassein, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan Sherali Zeadally, University of Kentucky, USA Publicity Chairs Weiwei Chen, Hunan University, China Bo Ou, Hunan University, China Webmaster Panlin Hou, Hunan University, China Contact Please email inquiries concerning TrustData 2019 to: Qin Liu: gracelq AT 126 DOT com LQ's new homepage: Homepage: http://res.hnu.edu.cn/hbs/lq/ -- Dr. Qin Liu College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Hunan University Changsha, Hunan Province,P.R. China, 410082 Mobile: +86-13548577157 Email: gracelq628(a)hnu.edu.cn; gracelq628(a)126.com Homepage: http://res.hnu.edu.cn/hbs/lq/

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[CFP] IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering. Special Issue on Edge computing for Internet of Things
by Francesca Righetti 14 Jan '19

14 Jan '19

[CALL FOR PAPERS] IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering Special Issue on Edge computing for Internet of Things GUEST EDITORS: Qiang Ye (Lead), Dalhousie University, Canada. Email: qye(a)cs.dal.ca <mailto:qye@cs.dal.ca> M. Jamal Deen, McMaster University, Canada. Email: jamal(a)mcmaster.ca <mailto:jamal@mcmaster.ca> Antonio Puliafito, University of Messina, Italy. Email: apuliafito(a)unime.it <mailto:apuliafito@unime.it> Lin Zhang, Beihang University, China. Email: zhanglin(a)buaa.edu.cn <mailto:zhanglin@buaa.edu.cn> TOPIC SUMMARY: The Internet of Things (IoT) are expected to improve the quality of human lives through billions of Internet-based devices. To satisfy the computation and storage requirements of IoT, cloud computing has served as the most important computing infrastructure. However, with the explosion of the number of devices in IoT (expected to reach 50 billion by 2020), a large volume of raw data will be continuously generated by IoT devices, consequently making cloud computing inadequate to efficiently and securely handle the data. In particular, cloud computing will be highly limited in terms of network bandwidth and privacy protection in IoT. To solve this problem, many researchers have attempted to move data computation and service provisioning from the cloud to the edge, which results in the area of edge computing and the related fog computing. Early-stage research has indicated that edge computing could potentially enable IoT applications to meet their latency/delay requirements, improve the scalability and energy efficiency of IoT systems, and facilitate contextual information processing. Nevertheless, a series of challenging problems need to be addressed in order to fully utilize edge computing for IoT. For instance, most of the computation resources in edge computing are heterogeneous mobile devices that are highly energy-hungry, which means that edge computing tends to be unreliable. Moreover, how to efficiently distribute computation/data storage and how to combine edge computing with cloud computing in order to provide scalable services need to be further studied. In addition, how to support services without compromising privacy and security is a challenging problem in edge computing. This special issue aims to provide a prime venue for researchers from both academia and industry to discuss the key problems and present the innovative solutions in the area of edge computing for IoT. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to: · Edge/Fog computing architecture for IoT · Modeling and performance analysis of edge computing for IoT · Communication and networking technologies in edge computing for IoT · Mobile computing resource management in edge computing for IoT · Machine learning and deep learning in edge computing for IoT · QoS and QoE provisioning in edge computing for IoT · Trust, security and privacy in edge computing for IoT · Energy management in edge computing for IoT · Collaboration of edge computing and cloud computing for IoT · Experiences in delivering edge/fog-based services · Open issues and challenges in edge computing for IoT IMPORTANT DATES: · Manuscripts due: Apr/01/2019 · Peer reviews to authors: July/01/2019 · Revised manuscripts due: Aug/01/2019 · Second-round reviews to authors: Oct/01/2019 · Final accepted manuscript due: Oct/31/2019 SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: Prospective authors are invited to submit their manuscripts electronically after the “open for submissions” date, adhering to the IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering guidelines (http://www.computer.org/portal/web/TNSE/author <http://www.computer.org/portal/web/TNSE/author>). Please submit your papers through the online system (https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/TNSE-cs <https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/TNSE-cs>) and be sure to select the special issue or special section name. Manuscripts should not be published or currently submitted for publication elsewhere. Please submit only full papers intended for review, not abstracts, to the ScholarOne portal. If requested, abstracts should be sent by e-mail to the Guest Editors directly.

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[SMARTCOMP 2019]: Call for papers
by Francesca Righetti 14 Jan '19

14 Jan '19

-------------------------------------------------------------- IEEE SMARTCOMP 2019 Call for Papers 12-15 June 2019, Washington DC, USA http://www.smart-comp.org -------------------------------------------------------------- SMARTCOMP is the premier conference on smart computing. Smart computing is based on the synergistic combination of advances in Sensor-based technologies, the Internet of Things (IoT), Cyber-Physical Systems, Edge computing, Big Data analytics, Machine Learning, Cognitive Computing, and Artificial Intelligence. Smart computing is a multidisciplinary domain. Applications of smart computing can be found in different societal domains including, but not limited to, transportation, energy, environmental protection, smart and connected communities, healthcare, banking, entertainment, and social media. Algorithmic and system advancements of cloud computing, mobile/pervasive computing, cyber-physical systems, sensor networking and social computing are taking smart computing to a new dimension and improving our ways of living. SMARTCOMP 2019 is the 5th edition of the conference and will held in Washington, USA and will include smart computing innovations pertaining to pervasive/ubiquitous computing, cloud computing, sensor networks, internet of things, big data analytics, security and privacy, social computing, cognitive computing, cyber-physical systems and their application and validation within smart computing environments. This includes applications such as smart buildings, smart cities, smart grids, precision agriculture and other innovations contributing to smart living. Submission Guidelines Paper submissions must be no longer than 8 pages and formatted according to the two-column IEEE proceedings template. IEEE provides corresponding formatting templates at IEEE conference template. Make sure to use the conference mode of the template, i.e., LaTeX users must use the conference option of the IEEEtran document class. Papers must be submitted electronically as a single PDF file on US Letter size paper (not A4), with all fonts embedded (the PDF-A standard complies with that). Prior to submission, ensure that any running headers/footers, page numbering, as well as blue underlining for URLs and email addresses has been removed. All submitted papers will be subject to peer reviews by Technical Program Committee members and other experts in the field. All presented papers will be published in the conference proceedings and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Topics ------ SMARTCOMP 2019 solicits submissions that address the fundamental questions of smart computing, namely how to design and build smart computing systems and how to use computing technology for resource sustainability to improve the human experience. Submissions should thus match to at least one of the following three major fields of interest: SMART COMPUTING CONCEPTS, MODELS AND ALGORITHMS: ----------------------------------------------- Future Smart Computing Paradigms Models of Smart Environments Algorithms for Smart Computing AI and Machine Learning in Smart Computing Edge computing platforms and algorithms SMART COMPUTING SYSTEMS: ------------------------ Security, Privacy, and Economics in Smart Environments Cyber-physical System Platforms for Smart Environments Middleware Platforms for Smart Environments Mobile and Ubiquitous Platforms for Smart Environments SMART COMPUTING TECHNOLOGIES AND APPLICATIONS: ---------------------------------------------- Smart Precision Agriculture Smart Transportation Smart FinTech Smart Food-Energy-Water Nexus/Life-cycle analysis Smart Health Smart Communities Smart Human Environments, Entertainment, and Social Activities Smart Energy Management and Analytics Organizing Committee -------------------- General Co-Chairs: Aryya Gangopadhyay (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) Antonio Puliafito (University of Messina, Italy) Technical Program Co-Chairs: Raghu Ganti (IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA) Julie McCann (Imperial College London, UK) Workshops Co-Chairs: Dario Bruneo (University of Messina, Italy) Christine Julien (University of Texas at Austin, USA) Keynote Co-Chairs: Mudhakar Srivatsa (IBM T J Watson Research Center) WIP and Demo Chair: Shiqiang Wang (IBM T J Watson Research Center) PhD Forum Chair: Nirupam Roy (University of Illinois Urbana–Champaign, USA) Publication Chair: TBC Registration and Finance Chair: Carmen Au (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) Maciej Zawodniok (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA) Publicity Co-Chairs: Baek-Young Choi (University of Missouri - Kansas City, USA) Hemant Purohit (George Mason University, USA) Francesca Righetti (University of Pisa, Italy) Hesheng Wang (Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China) Local Arrangement Chair: Nirmalya Roy (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) Web Chair: Sreenivasan Ramasamy Ramamurthy (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) Anamika Paul Rupa (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA) Steering Committee ------------------ Jiannong Cao (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) Sajal K. Das (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA) TPC --- Christian Becker, University of Mannheim Paolo Bellavista, University of Bologna Dario Bruneo, University of Messina Alessandra De Paola, University of Palermo Wan Du, University of California at Merced, USA Angelo Furno, IFSTTAR-France Mohammad Hajiesmaili, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Fanxin Kong, University of Pennsylvania Ulf Kulau, TU Braunschweig Symeon Papavassiliou, National Technical University of Athens Kyung-Joon Park, DGIST Lucas Pereira, Madeira Interactive Technologies Institute (M-ITI) Dirk Pesch, Nimbus Centre For Embedded Systems Research, Cork Institute of Technology Carlo Puliafito, University of Pisa Andreas Reinhardt, TU Clausthal Nirmalya Roy, University of Maryland Baltimore County Nishanth Sastry, KCL Vijay Srinivasan, Samsung R&D Neeraj Suri, TU Darmstadt Hwee-Pink Tan, Singapore Management University Athena Vakali, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki Carlo Vallati, Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa Desheng Zhang, Rutgers Eugenio Zimeo, University of Sannio Important Dates --------------- Workshop Proposal Submission: 23 November 2018 Notification of Workshop Acceptance: 15 December 2018 Paper Registration Deadline: 14 January 2019 Paper Submission Deadline: 28 January 2019 Acceptance Notification: 29 March 2019 Camera Ready Deadline: 28 April 2019 Venue ----- The 5th IEEE International Conference on Smart Computing (SMARTCOMP 2019) will be held at Washington DC, USA. Contact ------- For any Information about the conference, please contact the TPC Co-Chairs: Raghu Ganti or Julie McCann.

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HPCC 2019 CFP: Zhangjiajie, China, Aug. 10-12 2019 (with co-locatd SmartCity 2019 & DSS 2019
by Qin Liu 14 Jan '19

14 Jan '19

[Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email] *******************IEEE (HPCC-2019, SmartCity-2019, DSS-2019 International Conferences ********************* To be held in Zhangjiajie, Hunan, China, 10-12 August 2019. The 21th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC-2019) http://csee.hnu.edu.cn/hpcc2019/ The 17th IEEE International Conference on Smart City (SmartCity-2019) http://csee.hnu.edu.cn/smartcity2019/ The 5th IEEE International Conference on Data Science and Systems (DSS-2019) http://csee.hnu.edu.cn/dss2019/ Sponsored by IEEE, IEEE Computer Society, and IEEE Technical Committee of Scalable Computing (TCSC) IMPORTANT DATES ============================================================ Workshop/Special Session Proposal Due: 10 January 2019 Paper Submission Deadline: 10 February 2019 Authors Notification: 22 April 2019 Camera-Ready Paper Due: 25 May 2019 Early Registration Due: 25 May 2019 Conference Date: 10-12 August 2019 PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE ============================================================ All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference websites with PDF format. The materials presented in the papers should not be published or under submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 8 pages (or 10 pages with over length charge) including figures and references using IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style (two columns, single-spaced, 10 fonts). You can confirm the IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Author Guidelines at the following web page: http://www.computer.org/web/cs-cps/ Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings can be found at https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.ht… Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). The authors of selected papers will be invited to extend their contributions for special issues of prestigious journals. -- Dr. Qin Liu College of Computer Science and Electronic Engineering Hunan University Changsha, Hunan Province,P.R. China, 410082 Mobile: +86-13548577157 Email: gracelq628(a)hnu.edu.cn; gracelq628(a)126.com Homepage: http://res.hnu.edu.cn/hbs/lq/

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The 5th IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing (IEEE CBDCom 2019)
by Naercio Magaia 13 Jan '19

13 Jan '19

======================CALL FOR PAPERS============================== The 5th IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing (IEEE CBDCom 2019) http://cyber-science.org/2019/cbdcom/ Fukuoka, Japan, August 5-8, 2019 =================================================================== INTRODUCTION ============= The IEEE International Conference on Cloud and Big Data Computing is a premier forum for researchers, practitioners and developers who are interested in cloud computing and big data to explore new ideas, techniques and tools, as well as to exchange experience. Besides the latest research achievements, the conference covers also innovative commercial data management systems, innovative commercial applications of cloud computing and big data technology, and experience in applying recent research advances to real-world problems. IEEE CBDCom 2019 will be the fifth edition of the conference after the success of CBDCom 2015 in Beijing, CBDCom 2016 in Toulouse, CBDCom 2017 in San Francisco, and CBDCom 2018 in Guangzhou. It will continuously offer a platform for researchers to exchange novel studies, discuss important issues and explore key challenges in innovative cloud and big data for smarter world. IEEE CBDCom 2019 will be held on August 5-8, 2019, co-located with IEEE CyberSciTech 2019, IEEE DASC 2019 and IEEE PICom 2019, in Fukuoka, Japan. ================ IMPORTANT DATES ================ Workshop/SS Proposal Due: January 20th, 2019 Regular Paper Submission Due: March 20th, 2019 Wksp/SS/Poster Paper Due: April 20th, 2019 Authors Notification: May 25th, 2019 Camera-ready Submission: June 20th, 2019 Conference: August 5th-8th, 2019 ================ RESEARCH TRACKS ================ The 2019 edition of IEEE CBDCom will be organized in research tracks. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: *Track 1 - Data Science & Analytics* - Big Data Fundamentals & Novel Paradigms - Big Data Algorithms, Applications & Services - Big Data Mining & Analytics - Big data Processing & Querying - Big Data Visualization - Big Data Computing & Recommendations *Track 2 - Big Data Infrastructure & Management* - Big Data Cloud, Grid, Stream Computing - High Performance Platforms for Big Data - NoSQL Data Stores & DB scalability - Energy-Efficient Computing for Big Data - Recommendation & Social Media Systems - Big Data Availability & Reliability *Track 3 - Big Data Tools & Applications* - Complex Big Data Processing - BD in Networks & Communications - Big Data as a Service - Data Warehousing over Big Data - BD Machine & Deep Learning - Innovative Applications & Experiences *Track 4 - Cloud Management & Virtualization* - Virtualization Technologies - Cloud Computing Platforms - Public, Private & Hybrid Clouds - Green & Energy Management - Cloudlet and Serverless Computing - Resource Management, Storage & QoS *Track 5 - Cloud/Big Data Security, Privacy & Trust* - Security, Privacy & Reliability in Cloud & BD - Dependable/Trustworthy Big Data Processing - Security/Privacy/Trust as a Service - Blockchain in Cloud and Big Data Application - Cloud Attacks Detection and Prevention - Ethic Issues in Cloud & Big Data *Track 6 - Cloud/Big Data for IoT & Smart City* - Smart Data & Smart Environments - CBD for IoT & Cyber-Physical Systems - RFID & Related Technologies for IoT - M2M Communications and IoT - IoT and Smart City Infrastructures - Green Computing for Big Data & Smart City ============ SUBMISSION ============ Authors are invited to submit their original research work that has not previously been submitted or published in any other venue. Papers should be prepared in IEEE CS Proceedings format. IEEE formatting information: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html - Proposals for organizing tutorials, workshops and special sessions need to be submitted to the Tutorials, Workshops and Special Sessions Chairs, respectively. A proposal should include title, theme, scope and main presenters/organizers. - Research paper (6-8 pages) should explore a specific technology problem and propose a complete solution to it, with experimental results. - Works-in-Progess (WIP) (4-6 pages) papers are expected to present either work currently in progress or less developed but highly innovative ideas. - Demo/Poster papers (2-4 pages) must describe working systems and be related to CBDCom. These systems may be innovative prototype implementations or mature systems that use related technology. Some papers originally submitted as full papers can be accepted as short papers or posters during the review process. In such cases, the authors will need to reduce the paper accordingly when preparing the camera-ready version. At least one of the authors of any accepted paper is requested to register and present the paper at the conference. All accepted papers in the main tracks and workshops will be published in an IEEE Computer Society proceedings (EI indexed). ======================== PUBLICATION HIGHLIGHTS ======================== All accepted papers in the main tracks, workshops, special sessions and demos/posters will be published in an IEEE Computer Society proceedings, indexed by - IEEE Xplore - Scopus - EI Engineering Index - ACM Digital Library - dblp - Google Scholar Extended version of the selected papers will be considered for publication in special issues of prestige journals (SCI/EI indexed). ------------------------------- Organizing Committees ------------------------------- Honorary Chairs Hamido Fujita, University, Japan Frank Hsu, Fordam University, USA General Chairs Anna Kobusińska, Poznań University of Technology, Poland Peng Li, The University of Aizu, Japan General Executive Chairs Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Paulo Pires, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Rachid Benlamri, Lakehead University, Canada Program Chairs Shu Tao, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, USA Xiaoyan Wang, Ibaraki University, Japan Track 1. Big Data Science and Analytics Burak Kantarci, University of Ottawa, Canada Track 2. Big Data Infrastructure and Management Hao Wang, Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway Track 3. Big Data Tools and Applications Dionisis Margaris, University of Athens, Greece Track 4. Cloud Management, Virtualization and Service Tsozen Yeh, Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan Track 5. Cloud/Big Data Security, Privacy and Trust Haiying (Helen) Shen, University of Virginia, USA Track 6. Cloud/Big Data for IoT and Smart City Zhi Liu, Shizuoka University, Japan Workshop Chairs Yue-Shan Chang, National Taipei University, Taiwan Shengli Pan, China University of Geoscience, China International Liaison & Publicity Chairs Naercio Magaia, University of Lisbon, Portugal Carlos Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Samia Bouzefrance, CNAM, France Michał Boroń, Poznań University of Technology, Poland Kai Cheng, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan Advisory Committee Georges Da Costa, lRIT, France Christophe Cerin, University of Paris XIII, France Jerry Gao, San Jose State University, USA Andrzej Gościński, Deakin University, Australia Carson K. Leung, University of Manitoba, Canada Jie Li, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan Fuhua Oscar Lin, Athabasca University, Canada Yinglong Xia, Huawei Research America, USA Weishan Zhang, China Univ. of Petroleum, China Hong Zhu, Oxford Brookes University, UK Steering Committee Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang, SFX University, Canada Huansheng Ning, Univ. Sci and Tech Beijing, China Julien Bourgeois, UBFC, France Mazin Yousif, T-Systems International, USA Albert Zomaya, University of Sydney, Australia Please visit the IEEE CDBCom 2019 website http://cyber-science.org/2019/cbdcom/ for the complete listing of organizing committee and TPC members.

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CFP for 10th International Workshop on Modeling Social Media (MSM 2019): Mining, Modeling and Learning in Social Media (Deadline: January 10, 2019)
by Alvin Chin 13 Jan '19

13 Jan '19

** Please forward to anyone who might be interested ** -------------------------------------------------------------- CALL FOR PAPERS 10th International Workshop on Modeling Social Media (MSM'2019) Mining, Modeling and Learning from Social Media to be held on May 14-17, 2019, San Francisco, USA co-located with TheWebConf 2019 https://msmworkshop.github.io/ -------------------------------------------------------------- Important Dates: ================ ** Submission Deadline: Jan 10, 2019 ** Notification of Acceptance: Feb 14, 2019 ** Camera-Ready Versions Due: Mar 3, 2019 ** Workshop date: May 13-14, 2019 Workshop Organizers: ==================== Martin Atzmueller, Tilburg University, Netherlands; m.atzmueller(a)uvt.nl Alvin Chin, BMW Technology Corporation, USA; alvin.chin(a)bmwna.com Christoph Trattner, University of Bergen, Norway; trattner.christoph(a)gmail.com Program Committee: ================== Alejandro Bellogin, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain Javier Luis Canovas Izquierdo, IN3 - UOC, Spain Michelangelo Ceci, Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy Michael Granitzer, University of Passau, Germany Bin Guo, Institut Telecom Sud Paris, France Eelco Herder, Radboud University, Netherlands Geert-Jan Houben, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Ralf Klamma, RWTH Aachen University, Germany Bart Knijnenburg, Clemson University, USA Dominik Kowald, Know-Center, Austria Florian Lemmerich, RWTH Aachen, Germany Nico Piatkowski, AI Group, TU Dortmund, Germany Haggai Roitman, IBM Research Haifa, Israel Giancarlo Ruffo, Universita di Torino, Italy Marc Smith, Connected Action Consulting Group, USA Longqi Yang, Cornell University, USA Arkaitz Zubiaga, The University of Warwick, UK We aim to attract researchers from all over the world working on data mining, modeling and using machine learning and AI for social media, big and small data, sensor data and the web. Social networks such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn have paved the way for generating huge amount of diverse, streaming bit data in a short period of time. Such social media data require the application of big data analytics to produce meaningful information to both information consumers and data generators. Machine learning and AI techniques are particularly effective in situations where deep and predictive insights need to be uncovered from such social media data sets that are large, diverse and fast changing. Following the discussion at our workshop at TheWebConf 2018, we aim to focus on how to apply data mining, recommendation, machine learning and AI models, algorithms and systems for analytic and predictive modeling on social media, big data, small data, web and sensor data. Contrary to last year’s workshop, we would like to particularly invite researchers that are interested in going beyond standard analytics approaches and try to discover the intelligent information hidden in the large and fast-changing social media data. Overall, we are interested in receiving papers related to the following topics which include but are not limited to: * predictive analytics methods or frameworks for social media, big data, small data, sensor data and the web * AI, machine learning, deep learning and NLP models, algorithms and systems for social media, big data, small data, sensor data and the web * deep learning approaches and models for social media, big data, small data, sensor data and data from/on the web * data mining techniques and algorithms for social media, big data, small data, sensor data and data from/on the web * methods for learning social activities and behavioral analytic metrics * evaluation of machine learning and AI frameworks and metrics * explainability and transparency of the machine learning/deep learning/AI methods * applications of machine learning, deep learning and AI * applications of any of the above methods and technologies The goal of this workshop is to use data mining, machine learning and AI approaches and algorithms on social media, big data, small data, sensor data and data from/on the web. Submissions: We solicit full research papers (4-8 pages), and short papers (1-4 pages) both in the ACM conference paper style. Papers should be submitted in EasyChair tohttps://easychair.org/my/conference.cgi?conf=msm2019 Proceedings: ============ Contributions will be included in the Companion volume of TheWebConf 2019 conference, which will be published by ACM and included in the ACM Digital Library. However, to make that happen at least one author of the accepted paper has to register. At the time of submission of the final camera-ready copy, authors will have to indicate the already registered person for that publication. Any paper published by the ACM, IEEE, etc. which can be properly cited constitutes research which must be considered in judging the novelty of a TheWebConf submission, whether the published paper was in a conference, journal, or workshop. Therefore, any paper previously published as part of a WWW or TheWebConf workshop must be referenced and suitably extended with new content to qualify as a new submission to the Research Track at TheWebConf conference. Submission guidelines: ====================== All submitted papers must * be written in English; * contain author names, affiliations, and email addresses; * be formatted according to the ACM SIG Proceedings template (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates) with a font size no smaller than 9pt; * be in PDF (make sure that the PDF can be viewed on any platform), and formatted for US Letter size; * occupy no more than six pages, including the abstract, references, and appendices. It is the authors’ responsibility to ensure that their submissions adhere strictly to the required format. Submissions that do not comply with the above guidelines may be rejected without review. All submissions must be entered into the reviewing system:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=msm2019 Contact: ======== Martin Atzmueller, Tilburg University, Netherlands; m.atzmueller(a)uvt.nl Alvin Chin, BMW Technology Corporation, USA; alvin.chin(a)bmwna.com Christoph Trattner, University of Bergen, Norway; trattner.christoph(a)gmail.com Follow us on: ============= Facebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/527164050627185/ Twitter https://twitter.com/msm_workshop

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CFP of the International Workshop on Wireless Technology in Smart Grid 2019
by Conference assistant 12 Jan '19

12 Jan '19

Dear researchers, We are pleased to recommend the 5th International Workshop on Wireless Technology Innovations in Smart Grid (WTISG) to you! WTISG-2019 is part of the 9th International conference on Sustainable Energy Information Technology. The CFP information is provided below and relevant files are attached herewith. Welcome to submmit your manuscript to our conference. Thanks for your attention and support! Best regards, Conference assistant 2019-01-11 CALL FOR PAPER OF THE WORKSHOP INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON WIRELESS TECHNOLOGY INNOVATIONS IN SMART GRID (Part of the SEIT-2019) The 5th International Workshop on Wireless Technology Innovations in Smart Grid (WTISG) aims to foster innovative research and discussion about smart grid wireless technology challenges, issues, approaches, and solutions. WTISG-2019 is a part of Sustainable Energy Information Technology 2019 (SEIT-2019) conference. It will take place on August 19-21, 2019 in Halifax Nova Scotia, Canada. WTISG-2019 seeks paper submissions from academia, industry, and government institutions presenting novel research on all theoretical and practical aspects of wireless technology in smart grid, including design, analysis, test, experimentation, and fielded test systems. The scope of the workshop encompasses all aspects of the wireless technology applications in smart grid, including generation, transmission, distribution, metering, e-mobility, and integration of distributed energy resources. Suggested topics include, but are not limited to: l Wireless communication technology in smart grid; l Wireless sensor network (WSN) in smart grid application; l Wireless application in smart city (such as smart home, electric vehicle, etc); l Wireless application in Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI); l Wireless application in power grid emergency management; l Information and communication technology (ICT) application in smart grid; l Risk and reliability analysis of wireless technology in smart grid ; l Cyber security and privacy of wireless technology in smart grid; l Cyber physical system (CPS) related issue; l Testbeds and field trials; l Standard wireless protocols for application in smart grid; l Wireless technology standards, testing, and certification in smart grid; l Usability and legal issues on wireless grid security; l Cloud computing and smart grids; l Other smart grid related issue discussion. All SEIT-2019 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier in the pen-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and Engineering Village (EI). This includes EI Compendex. Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings. The number of pages for workshop papers is limited to 8 pages. The submission site: https://www.easychair.org/conferences?conf=seit2019. The submitted paper must be formatted according to the guidelines of Procedia Computer Science, MS Word Template, Latex, Template Generic, Elsevier. The template can be found on the conference website. More information can be found on the workshop website: http://wirelesssmartgrid2019.sxl.cn Workshop Chairs: Dr. Hui Hou, Wuhan University of Technology, China. Email: husthou(a)126.com Tel: +86-15342223360 Dr. Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA. Email: Malikh(a)marshall.edu

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ESORICS 2019 - Call for Workshop Proposals [24th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, Luxembourg, 2019]
by Publicity Chair ESORICS 2019 11 Jan '19

11 Jan '19

[apologies for cross-posting] ====================================================================== CALL for WORKSHOP PROPOSALS: ESORICS 2019 24th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg, September 23-27, 2019 Website: https://esorics2019.uni.lu/workshops/ ====================================================================== Overview ------------------------------------ ESORICS is the annual European research event in Computer Security. The Symposium started in 1990 and has been held in several European countries, attracting a wide international audience from both the academic and industrial communities. Proposals are solicited for Workshops to be held in conjunction with ESORICS 2019. A Workshop should aim at providing a forum on emerging topics of high interest to the security and privacy community. In the Workshop selection, particular consideration will be paid to: * Its potential interest for the security and privacy community * Its novelty with respect to other forums, especially with respect to other ESORICS workshops. * Its likely impact on the target community, including likely high participation. A workshop can be either one day or two days in length. Important Dates ------------------------------------ * Workshop proposals due: February 8, 2019 * Notification of decision: March 15, 2019 Submitting a Workshop Proposal ------------------------------------ To submit a proposal send an email to the Workshop Chair with with the information requested in the application form: * Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro (jgalfaro(a)ieee.org) The following application form should be used. (also available in Word format at http://j.mp/ESORICS19wsh) ====================================================================== ESORICS 2019 - WORKSHOP APPLICATION FORM: - Title of the Workshop: - Duration (maximum 2 days): - Draft "Call for Papers", articulating the workshop's scope and topics: - Brief summary and justification for the workshop, including anticipated benefits to the ESORICS community: - Planned activities: - Expected number of participants: - Workshop organizers: * PC Chair(s): * General Chair(s): - Workshop deadlines: * Submission deadline: * Notification to authors: * Camera-ready versions: - Planned publication of Workshop proceedings: - Data of last three years for the workshop (if applicable): * Number of submissions: * Number of accepted papers: * Number of participants: * Publication of proceedings: * Venue (co-location): ======================================================================

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