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ACNS'19 paper submission due 22 Jan
by Jianying Zhou 19 Jan '19

19 Jan '19

ACNS'19 -- 17th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security Bogotá, Colombia, 5-7 June 2019 http://www.acns19.com/ ACNS is an annual conference focusing on current developments that advance the areas of applied cryptography and its application to systems and network security. The goal is to represent both academic research works as well as developments in industrial and technical frontiers. General co-chairs: Valérie Gauthier (Universidad del Rosario, Colombia) Martín Ochoa (Universidad del Rosario, Colombia) Program co-chairs: Robert Deng (Singapore Management University, Singapore) Moti Yung (Columbia University, USA) Important dates: Submission: 22 January 2019 23:59 AOE (Anywhere on Earth) Notification: 22 March 2019 Final Version: 5 April 2019 Best student paper award: Euro 1000 ACNS Home: http://jianying.space/acns/

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University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Information Systems Chair's Position
by Nirmalya Roy 19 Jan '19

19 Jan '19

Chair *Department of Information Systems University of Maryland, Baltimore County Baltimore, Maryland* The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) seeks a collaborative and entrepreneurial leader to serve as Chair for the Department of Information Systems. Leading one of the University’s longest-standing and largest departments, the next Chair will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of the Department. UMBC is an emerging, dynamic, and diverse public research honors university in Baltimore, Maryland, known for its innovation and undergraduate teaching. With about 14,000 total students, UMBC is a mid-size university with a welcoming, close-knit community. With this reputation and location, the Department of Information Systems is well poised to continue building relationships across campus and externally with nearby funding agencies and major corporate collaborators, such as the National Science Foundation and the Northrop Grumman Corporation. The successful candidate shall have a track record of leading collaborative efforts on research and teaching and is expected to lead growth and capitalize on the opportunity to shape the department, set the vision for its future, and establish its identity. The new Chair will also sustain and broaden relationships with University and external partners to increase opportunities for interdisciplinary research, funding, cooperative education, and employment. In addition, the next Chair will lead a strategy in building faculty capacity and reputation while focusing on retention and strengthening research and graduate programs. UMBC has engaged Isaacson Miller, a national executive search firm, to assist with this important search. Inquiries, nominations, and applications should be directed in confidence as indicated at the end of this document. THE UNIVERSITY AND ITS MISSION A member of the University System of Maryland, UMBC is a dynamic public research university integrating teaching, research, and service to benefit the citizens of Maryland. As an Honors University, the campus offers academically talented students a strong undergraduate liberal arts foundation that prepares them for graduate and professional study, entry into the workforce, and community service and leadership. UMBC emphasizes science, engineering, information technology, human services, and public policy at the graduate level. UMBC contributes to the economic development of the state and the region through entrepreneurial initiatives, workforce training, K-16 partnerships, and technology commercialization in collaboration with public agencies and the corporate community. UMBC is dedicated to cultural and ethnic diversity, social responsibility, and lifelong learning and redefines excellence in higher education through an inclusive culture that connects innovative teaching and learning, research across disciplines, and civic engagement. For the past four years, U.S. News ranked UMBC in the top ten on a list of the nation’s “most innovative” national universities. For the past ten years, U.S. News also consistently ranked UMBC among the nation’s leading institutions for “Best Undergraduate Teaching.” To learn more about UMBC’s strategic planning to fulfill its mission, please visit *https://planning.umbc.edu/strategic-plan/. <https://planning.umbc.edu/strategic-plan/>* UMBC is committed to advancing knowledge, economic prosperity, and social justice by welcoming and inspiring inquisitive minds from all backgrounds. Of UMBC’s 11,250 undergraduate and 2,500 graduate students, nearly half are students of color. The faculty is made up of 546 full-time and 292 part-time members. The University is led by Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, who has served as President since May 1992. His research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and performance. He chaired the National Academies’ committee that produced the 2011 report, Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads. He was named in 2012 by President Obama to chair the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. President Hrabowski has received numerous accolades, including being named one of America’s Best Leaders by U.S. News & World Report in 2008 and one of the “100 Most Influential People in the World” in 2012 by TIME Magazine. THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERINNG AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY The College of Engineering and Information Technology (COEIT) distinguishes itself by a continued commitment to cross-disciplinary research and education and by providing outstanding education opportunities to graduate and undergraduate students to contribute to the professional workforce in engineering, computing, and information systems. COEIT is home to about 4,000 undergraduate and 1,200 graduate students across more than 20 programs. Last year, COEIT awarded 726 bachelors degrees, and 90% of undergraduate degree recipients reported employment, further studies in a graduate/professional school, or both at the time of graduation. On the graduate side, 319 masters degrees and 31 doctoral degrees were awarded last year with a placement rate of 94%. For 2017, the research expenditure of the college exceeded $14M, of which approximately $12M is federally funded. Through innovation and collaboration, the College of Engineering and Information Technology will capitalize on our geographic location and unique blend of engineering and information technology to transform lives and meet societal challenges. COEIT’s strategic plan, adopted in Fall 2015 (*https://coeit.umbc.edu/coeit-strategic-plan/ <https://coeit.umbc.edu/coeit-strategic-plan/>*), identifies concrete strategic directions, goals, and metrics to meet this vision. THE DEPARTMENT OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS Founded in the early 1980s, the Department of Information Systems focuses on the entire system of information, knowledge, delivery, and use, taking an external, human-based perspective on technology and how it can be implemented to serve the informational needs of people and organizations. The department is an iCaucus member institution and is an early member of the iSchool movement (*https://ischool.org <https://ischool.org/>*). An integral part of COEIT, the Department currently offers a variety of degrees and certificates for undergraduate and graduate students, including a B.A. in business technology administration, B.S. in information systems, accelerated B.S./M.S., M.S. in information systems, which is also offered online, M.S. in human-centered computing, Ph.D. in information systems, and Ph.D. in human-centered computing. Through these offerings, students study the design, implementation, and evaluation of information technologies and leave UMBC with a strong business and management background paired with excellent human communication skills that can be used to interact with a variety of audiences with various backgrounds. The department currently has 30 full-time faculty members, many of whom get recognition for contributions in their respective research areas. Faculty members are engaged in state-of-the-art research that has resulted in numerous new external grants in areas such as Health IT, Cybersecurity, Big Data/Data Science, Human Centered Computing, and Artificial Intelligence. To learn more about faculty research, visit *https://informationsystems.umbc.edu/home/faculty- <https://informationsystems.umbc.edu/home/faculty-and-staff/>* *and-staff/. <https://informationsystems.umbc.edu/home/faculty-and-staff/>* With over 1,800 students across the eight academic programs, the Department graduated 305 undergraduate students, 159 Masters students, and 9 Ph.D. students last year, many of whom are pursuing careers in the industry, government, and academia, while others are pursuing graduate studies at the master’s and Ph.D. levels. The Department has over 10,000 alumni, accounting for a considerable portion of UMBC’s total alumni base of 75,000. THE ROLE OF THE CHAIR The Chair serves as the principal academic and administrative officer for the Department, setting priorities and leading the unit’s faculty, staff, and students. Mentoring, recruiting, and promoting faculty and ensuring up-to-date curricula and successful accreditation of programs are crucial responsibilities of the Chair in continuing to strengthen and promote Information Systems at UMBC. The Chair manages a budget of $8M and oversee 27 full-time faculty and 4 staff. CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES UMBC seeks a chair who will articulate the Department’s vision, inspire its constituencies, and align department plans and priorities with COEIT’s and UMBC’s strategic priorities. UMBC believes that the next Chair will need to engage successfully with the following specific challenges: *Lead the Department in Solidifying its Identity and Creating a Vision for the Future* The Chair will inspire the next phase of Information Systems by leading the Department in an inclusive strategic planning process that fully engages stakeholders across the Department, College, and UMBC. The aim is to build upon the Department’s successes and strengths, reinforce its identity as a center for multi-disciplinary study, and continue to move the Department to become one of the preeminent Information Systems program in the country. The Department has played an important role at UMBC and in the region’s community, industry, and economy, and as such, the Chair will also be responsible for articulating the identity, vision, and strengths across UMBC and externally. *Engage Stakeholders* The Chair will be a key leader in helping shape the potential of the College and will represent the Department externally to current and prospective partners, especially the business community and recruiters. UMBC has the largest cooperative education program in Maryland, and Information Systems students participate in this program in greater numbers than any other major on campus. With the Baltimore/Washington corridor becoming one of the largest centers for technology employment, the IS department is poised to continue its growth as a research center and connect well-trained students to thousands of new jobs. By one estimate, there are as many as 50,000 technology job openings in the region, a unique opportunity to deepen the Department’s regional impact. *Expand the Department’s Collaborative work Across Disciplines* The next Chair will work collaboratively across the College and UMBC to maintain and enhance the broad range of current collaborations, as well as to identify and forge new opportunities, especially in growing the Department’s research footprint. UMBC’s size and affinity for interdisciplinary efforts empower the Chair to be innovative and proactive in such endeavors. There are several active examples of the type of collaboration that UMBC would like to replicate, including research relationships with the Erickson School (*https://erickson.umbc.edu <https://erickson.umbc.edu/>*), Imaging Research Center (*https://www.irc.umbc.edu <https://www.irc.umbc.edu/>*), the Hilltop Institute (*https://www.hilltopinstitute.org <https://www.hilltopinstitute.org/>*), the professional schools of the University of Maryland Baltimore (*https://www.umaryland.edu <https://www.umaryland.edu/>*), the National Federation of the Blind (*https://nfb.org <https://nfb.org/>*), and the Digital Harbor Foundation (*https://www.digitalharbor.org <https://www.digitalharbor.org/>*). *Grow the Faculty through Hiring and Retention Efforts* To support continuously growing enrollments, the Chair will lead efforts to recruit, retain, and develop outstanding faculty. With the increasing number of students entering both undergraduate and graduate programs, it is important that the next chair create a strategy to increase faculty capacity for teaching. Additionally, the next Chair has the opportunity to increase the reputation of the department by bringing in well-respected faculty to lead cutting-edge research funded by a wide range of institutions and government entities. It is expected that the Chair will oversee the hiring of faculty members on an annual basis to meet the growing demand from students and employers for the foreseeable future, in addition to creating conditions for retaining outstanding faculty. *Leverage Diversity and the Power of Students* The Department of Information Systems is home to one of the most diverse student populations on campus, and its students are true problem solvers and ideal employees for public and private sector organizations. It is imperative that the Chair not only celebrate the diversity and strength of Information Systems students but also advocate on their behalf to create opportunities for them, the Department, and UMBC. The department has had a long history of success in their students earning employment after graduation. Most recently, 89% of undergraduate and 93% of graduate students are employed at the time of graduation. The new Chair is charged to continue that post-graduation employment success while broadening relationships with local and national partners. QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE Candidates should have significant understanding of the academic fields of study commonly included in schools or departments of information systems. In addition, the successful candidate will bring the following professional qualifications, skills, experiences, and personal qualities: · An entrepreneurial spirit and a demonstrated ability to work across disciplines; · A demonstration of leadership quality; · A strong record of externally funded research; · A deep commitment to and history of celebrating diversity, championing equity, and growing a culture of inclusion; · An effective communicator who works well with others and is comfortable taking both a leadership role and a supporting role; · A background in Information Systems and an understanding of how systems work and interact with human beings is required; · A PhD or terminal degree in a related field and credibility to be a full professor under UMBC’s criteria (*https://provost.umbc.edu/files/2015/05/section6.pdf <https://provost.umbc.edu/files/2015/05/section6.pdf>*); · An understanding of the iSchool movement and ability to define future directions for UMBC’s Information Systems Department. TO APPLY Nominations, applications, and inquiries are being accepted for the position. Consideration of candidates will continue until the position is filled. Candidates must submit a curriculum vitae and cover letter. All inquiries, nominations, referrals, and resumes with cover letters will be held in strict confidence and should be directed to: *http://www.imsearch.com/6835 <http://www.imsearch.com/6835>* Andrew Lee, Partner Martens Roc, Senior Associate Kaden Stearns, Associate Isaacson, Miller *UMBC values safety, cultural and ethnic diversity, social responsibility, lifelong learning, equity, and civic engagement. Consistent with these principles, the University does not discriminate in offering equal access to its educational programs and activities or with respect to employment terms and conditions on the basis of a UMBC community member’s race, creed, color, religion, sex, gender, pregnancy, ancestry, age, gender identity or expression, national origin, veterans status, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, or genetic information.* -------------------------------------------- Associate Professor Department of Information Systems University of Maryland, Baltimore County http://userpages.umbc.edu/~nroy --------------------------------------------

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Call for Papers: 4th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Distributed Big Data Management (DBDM 2019)
by Alfredo Cuzzocrea 18 Jan '19

18 Jan '19

4th IEEE/ACM International Workshop on Distributed Big Data Management (DBDM 2019) in conjunction with 19th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (IEEE/ACM CCGRID 2019) May 17, 2019, Larnaca, Cyprus Web: http://www.units.it/cuzzocrea/confs/DBDM2019/ CALL FOR PAPERS *Aim and Scope Big Data Management is of relevant interest at now, and it can be considered as one of the most emerging research topics we deal with. In particular, the management of Big Data in distributed settings (like Clouds) is demanding for innovative models, techniques and algorithms capable of dealing with the well-known Vs of such kind of data. Indeed, traditional approaches are not suitable to manage Big Data in distributed environments, due to the Volume, Velocity and Variety of Big Data. Starting from this evidence, recently we experienced novel proposals that are trying to creating applications and systems that, running on top of distributed settings like Clouds, effectively and efficiently manage Big Data as to support a wide range of contexts, among which analytics, knowledge discovery and cybersecurity methods are just some relevant examples. Despite these initiatives, lot of work still needs to be done in such research area, as it encompasses a large collection of topics ranging from data management algorithms to high-performance techniques. Topics are both of theoretical nature (e.g., managing uncertain and imprecise distributed Big Data) and practical nature (e.g., Big Data dissemination in distributed environments). The aim of the 4th International Workshop on Distributed Big Data Management (DBDM 2019), which follows the successful events: 3rd International Workshop on Distributed Big Data Management (DBDM 2018), 2nd International Workshop on Distributed Big Data Management (DBDM 2017) and 1st International Workshop on Distributed Big Data Management (DBDM 2016), is to capture the new research trends and results in terms of models, techniques, algorithms, architecture and applications for the management of Big Data in distributed environments. This workshop will also identify potential research directions and technologies that will drive innovations within this domain. We anticipate this workshop to establish a pathway for the development of future-generation large-scale Big Data management systems. The DBDM 2019 workshop focuses on all the research aspects of distributed management of Big Data. Among these, an unrestricted list is the following one: -Distributed Big Data: Fundamentals -Distributed Big Data: Modelling -Distributed Big Data: Statistical Approaches -Distributed Big Data: Novel Paradigms -Distributed Big Data: Innovative Protocols -Distributed Big Data: Algorithms -Distributed Big Data: Query Optimization -Distributed Big Data: Non-Conventional Environments (e.g., Spatio-Temporal Data, Streaming Data, Cloud Data, Probabilistic Data, Uncertain Data) -Distributed Big Data: Systems -Distributed Big Data: Architectures -Distributed Big Data: Advanced Topics (e.g., NoSQL Databases) -Distributed Big Data: Case Studies and Applications -Innovative Models for Big Data Management in Distributed Settings -Innovative Techniques for Big Data Management in Distributed Settings -Innovative Algorithms for Big Data Management in Distributed Settings -Innovative Architectures for Big Data Management in Distributed Settings -Query Processing Approach for Big Data in Distributed Settings -Approximate Query Processing of Big Data in Distributed Settings -Uncertain and Imprecise Big Data Management in Distributed Settings -Privacy Preserving Big Data Management in Distributed Settings -Secure Big Data Management in Distributed Settings -Scalable Big Data Analytics in Distributed Settings -Data Warehousing over Big Data in Distributed Settings -OLAP over Big Data in Distributed Settings -Big Graph Data Management in Distributed Settings -Big RDF Data Management in Distributed Settings -Streaming Big Data Management in Distributed Settings -Virtual Big Data Management in Distributed Settings -Indexing Approaches for Big Data in Distributed Settings -Theoretical Models for Big Data Representation in Distributed Settings -Big Data Exchange Models and Algorithms in Distributed Settings -Big Data Fusion Models and Algorithms in Distributed Settings -Big Data Integration Models and Algorithms in Distributed Settings -Big Data Availability Models and Algorithms in Distributed Settings -Big Data Reliability Models and Algorithms in Distributed Settings The 4th International Workshop on Distributed Big Data Management (DBDM 2019) will be held in conjunction with the 19th IEEE/ACM International Conference on Cluster, Cloud and Grid Computing (IEEE/ACM CCGRID 2019), in Larnaca, Cyprus, during May 17, 2019, and it focuses on these aspects, by posing the emphasis on a theoretical as well as a practical point of view, and provides a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in distributed big data management to meet and exchange preliminary ideas and mature results. *Workshop Location Golden Bay Beach Hotel, Larnaca, Cyprus *Submission Guidelines and Instructions Contributions are invited from prospective authors with interests in the indicated session topics and related areas of application. All contributions should be high quality, original and not published elsewhere or submitted for publication during the review period. Submitted papers should strictly follow the IEEE official template. Maximum paper length allowed is: -Full Papers: 8 pages; -Short Papers: 4 pages. Submitted papers will be thoroughly reviewed by members of the Workshop Program Committee for quality, correctness, originality and relevance. All accepted papers must be presented by one of the authors, who must register. Papers must be submitted via the EasyChair online submission system: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dbdm2019. *Paper Publication Accepted papers will appear in the proper CCGRID 2019 proceedings, published by IEEE. Authors of selected papers from the workshop will be invited to submit an extended version of their paper to a special issue of a high-quality international journal. *Important Dates Paper submission: January 30, 2019 Notification of acceptance: February 28, 2019 Camera-ready paper due: March 10, 2019 Workshop: May 17, 2019 *Program Committee Chairs Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Trieste, Italy *Program Committee Please, access: http://www.units.it/cuzzocrea/confs/DBDM2019/

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Computational and Applied Statistics at ICCSA 2019 (2nd Call)
by Ana Cristina Silva Braga 17 Jan '19

17 Jan '19

Dear Colleague, This is an invitation to submit a contribution for the: Computational and Applied Statistics (CAS 2019<https://cas2019.webnode.com/>) Workshop of the 19th International Conference on Computational Science and Applications (ICCSA 2019, http://www.iccsa.org/) will be held on July 1 - 4, 2019 in Saint Petersburg, Russia. TOPICS ====== The aim of CAS workshop is to bring together scientists working in computational statistics, scientific computation and applications in all areas of sciences, engineering, industry, economics, life sciences and social sciences. Topics of interest include (but are not limited to): * Computational Statistics: new issues in the design of computational algorithms for implementing statistical methods, development in R, etc * Applications: statistical case study in all areas of sciences, engineering and industry, including economics, medicine, biology, earth sciences and social sciences. IMPORTANT DATES ================ February 17, 2019: Deadline for abstract and paper submission to the CAS Workshop March 31, 2019: Notification of Acceptance. May 8, 2019: Early-bird Registration ends. May 8, 2019: Submission deadline for the final version of the Proceeding Papers July 1-4, 2019: ICCSA 2019 Conference PROCEEDINGS ============ The proceedings of the CAS 2019 Workshop will appear in the Springer-Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The paper must be camera-ready, between 10 and 16 pages long and formatted according to the LNCS rules SUBMISSION DETAILS ================== All accepted papers will be included in the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS, http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs<http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs> ) series and indexed by Scopus, EI Engineering Index, Thomson Reuters Conference Proceedings Citation Index (included in ISI Web of Science), and several other indexing services. The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. Submitted papers will be subject to stringent peer review by at least three experts and carefully evaluated based on originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity of exposition. The authors can submit abstracts and papers to CAS session accessing the electronic submission site: http://ess.iccsa.org/ You can find the instructions to prepare and submit papers on the web site: http://www.iccsa.org/instructions-for-authors If you are not registered, you must to register before the submission. From the personal page the author is able to submit first an abstract (phase 1), then a full paper (phase 2), selecting the session (Computational and Applied Statistics (CAS 2019)) from the list of sessions in the submission forms. The author will be able to update the paper until the submission deadline. ORGANIZER =========== * Ana Cristina Braga (acb(a)dps.uminho.pt<mailto:acb@dps.uminho.pt>), Dep. of Production and Systems<http://www.dps.uminho.pt/Default.aspx?lang=en-US> (University of Minho), Algoritmi Research Centre<http://www.algoritmi.uminho.pt/> (University of Minho), Portugal If you have some doubts or problems, do not hesitate to contact the organizer. Best regards, Ana Cristina Braga (CAS 2019 organizer)

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Special Issue "Parallel String Matching Algorithms and Applications"
by Panagiotis Michailidis 16 Jan '19

16 Jan '19

Special Issue "Parallel String Matching Algorithms and Applications" A special issue of Algorithms (ISSN 1999-4893). Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2019 https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/special_issues/parallel_string_matc… Special Issue Information Dear Colleagues, We are glad to announce the upcoming Special Issue dedicated to parallel string-matching algorithms and applications. With the recent advances in big text data processing and applications, this Special Issue aims to provide a comprehensive view of the efficient design and implementation of string-matching algorithms for parallel and distributed computing environments (such as multicores, manycores, clusters, CPU/GPUs, grids, p2p, and clouds). We invite researchers and professionals to submit theoretical or practical contributions that aim to present ideas, techniques, and results of parallel computing in all aspects of string matching and related applications (exact/approximate string matching, single/multiple string matching, 2D string matching, and compressed string processing). Manuscripts that focus on research of sequential string-matching algorithms are welcome. Both original research and comprehensive review/survey papers are also welcome. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following areas: - String matching algorithms (exact/approximate, single/mutiple, two-dimensional, text compression, etc.); - Parallel string-matching algorithms using OpenMP and/or MPI; - Parallel string-matching algorithms targeting GPUs and many-cores accelerators; - Parallel string-matching applications exploiting FPGA; - Distributed string matching algorithms; - Performance study and analysis of large-scale string-matching applications; - Libraries for string matching on parallel platforms; - Applications of string matching in natural language processing, computational linguistics, information retrieval, text/opinion mining, text plagiarism, sentiment analysis, bioinformatics, computational biology, intrusion detection, security, etc. Manuscript Submission Information Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering <https://www.mdpi.com/user/register/> and logging in to this website <https://www.mdpi.com/user/login/>. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form <https://www.mdpi.com/user/manuscripts/upload/?journal=algorithms>. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website. Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/instructions> page. *Algorithms* <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/> is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI. Please visit the Instructions for Authors <https://www.mdpi.com/journal/algorithms/instructions> page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) <https://www.mdpi.com/about/apc/> for publication in this open access <https://www.mdpi.com/about/openaccess/> journal is 1000 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service <https://www.mdpi.com/authors/english> prior to publication or during author revisions. Special Issue Editors Guest Editors Prof. Dr. Panagiotis D. Michailidis Prof. Dr. Konstantinos G. Margaritis University of Macedonia, 156 Egnatia Str., 54636 Thessaloniki, Greece

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IEEE WORLD CONGRESS ON SERVICES 2019
by Paolo Ceravolo 16 Jan '19

16 Jan '19

*** Apologies for duplicate postings *** *****CALL FOR Papers***** IEEE WORLD CONGRESS ON SERVICES 2019 http://conferences.computer.org/services/2019/ <http://conferences.computer.org/services/2019/> BigData Congress/CLOUD/EDGE/ICCC/ICIOT/ICWS/SCC July 8 - 13, 2019, Milan, Italy *****IMPORTANT DATES***** Regular Papers: Paper submission due: February 4, 2019 Final notification to authors: March 15, 2019 Camera ready manuscripts due: April 1, 2019 Congress dates: July 8-13, 2019 The IEEE World Congress on Services (IEEE SERVICES 2019) will be held on July 8-13, 2019 at the Universita' degli Studi di Milano in Milan, Italy. The Congress will cover all aspects of services computing and applications, current or emerging. It covers various systems and networking research pertaining to cloud, edge and Internet-of-Things (IoT), as well as technologies for intelligent computing, learning, big data and blockchain applications, while addressing critical requirements such as high performance, security, privacy, dependability, trustworthiness, re-usability, interoperability, and cost-effectiveness. The Congress will be organized with seven affiliated, co-located conferences/congresses solely sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society under the auspice of the Technical Committee on Services Computing (TCSVC). Original manuscripts are invited to submit to these conferences/congresses considered with most suitable from the technical point of view. *****IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON BIG DATA (BIGDATA CONGRESS 2019)***** Honorary General Chair: Ernesto Damiani, Universita' degli Studi di Milano, Italy General Chair: Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University General Chair: Meichun Hsu, Oracle Program Chair: Beth Plale, Indiana University Program Chair: Sean Wang, Fudan University Please submit your IEEE BigDataCongress 2019 paper at EasyChair.org <http://easychair.org/>: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeebigdatacongress2019 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeebigdatacongress2019> *****IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CLOUD COMPUTING (CLOUD 2019)***** General Chair: Geoffrey C. Fox, Indiana University General Chair: Frank Leymann, University of Stuttgart Program Chair: Claudio Ardagna, University of Milan Program Chair: Murat Kantarcioglu, University of Texas at Dallas Please submit your IEEE CLOUD 2019 paper at EasyChair.org <http://easychair.org/>: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeecloud2019 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeecloud2019> *****IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDGE COMPUTING (EDGE 2019)***** General Chair: John Kubiatowicz, University of California, Berkeley General Chair: Nimish Radia, Ericsson Program Chair: Hong Zhu, Oxford Brookes University Program Chair: James Joshi, University of Pittsburgh Please submit your IEEE EDGE 2019 paper at EasyChair.org <http://easychair.org/>: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeedge2019 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeedge2019> *****IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COGNITIVE COMPUTING (ICCC 2019)***** General Chair: Jacky Akoka, CNAM General Chair: Rong Chang, IBM Program Chair: Gabriella Pasi, University of ilano-Bicocca Program Chair: Dinesh Verma, IBM TJ Watson Please submit your IEEE ICCC 2019 paper at EasyChair.org <http://easychair.org/>: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeiccc2019 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeiccc2019> *****IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON INTERNET OF THINGS (ICIOT 2019)***** General Chair: Schahram Dustdar, Vienna University of Technology General Chair: Manish Parashar, National Science Foundation Program Chair: Surya Nepal, CSIRO Program Chair: DongSeong Kim, University of Cateerbury Please submit your IEEE ICIOT 2019 paper at EasyChair.org <http://easychair.org/>: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeiciot2019 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeiciot2019> *****IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WEB SERVICES (ICWS 2019)***** General Chair: Heiko Ludwig, IBM Research General Chair: Bhavani Thuraisingham, University of Texas at Dallas Program Chair: Elena Ferrari, University of Insubria Program Chair: Jia Zhang, Carnegie Mellon University Please submit your IEEE ICWS 2019 paper at EasyChair.org <http://easychair.org/>: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeicws2019 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeicws2019> *****IEEE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SERVICES COMPUTING (SCC 2019***** General Chair: Michael Goul, Arizona State University General Chair: Xiaofei Xu, Harbin Institute of Technology Program Chair: Yan Wang, Macquarie University Program Chair: Luciano Baresi, Politecnico of Milan Please submit your IEEE SCC 2019 paper at EasyChair.org <http://easychair.org/>: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeescc2019 <https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeescc2019> *****PAPER REQUIREMENTS***** Language: English Paper size and format: US Letter; Two-column format in the IEEE style Page limit: Up to eight pages for peer review for regular papers; Up to three pages for a "work in progress" paper Abstract Length: 1500 characters for a regular paper, and 500 characters for "work in progress" papers Number of Keywords: between five to eight keywords for each paper File format: Limit the size of a single PDF file to be 6MB Note: Authors of the accepted regular papers will have available up to 10 pages for the final version of papers. Anonymous Submissions: All conferences implement a double-blind reviewing process. Author names and affiliations should not appear in the paper. The authors should make a reasonable effort not to reveal their identities of institutional affiliations in the text, figures, photos, links, or other data that is contained in the paper. Authors' prior work should be preferably referred to in the third person; if this is not feasible, the references should be blinded. Submissions that violate these requirements will be rejected without review. The list of authors cannot be changed after the acceptance decision is made unless approved by the Program Chairs. All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by the program committee. Accepted papers with confirmed registration and committed presentation will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. 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CFP: The 24th European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS 2019)
by Publicity Chair ESORICS 2019 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

================================================================================ *** Apologies for multiple copies *** C a l l F o r P a p e r s Twenty-fourth European Symposium on Research in Computer Security (ESORICS 2019) Luxembourg -- September 23-27, 2019 WWW: https://esorics2019.uni.lu ================================================================================ 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. Papers offering novel research contributions in computer security are solicited for submission to the 2019 Symposium, to be held in Luxembourg. The primary focus is on original, high quality, unpublished research and implementation experiences. We encourage submissions of papers discussing industrial research and development. Important Dates ---------------- * Title and Abstract deadline: April 22, 2019 (11:59 p.m. American Samoa time, UTC-11) * Paper submission deadline: April 29, 2019 (11:59 p.m. American Samoa time, UTC-11) * Notification to authors: June 21, 2019 * Camera ready due: July 9, 2019 Topics of Interest ------------------- Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * access control * accountability * ad hoc networks * anonymity * applied cryptography * authentication * biometrics * blockchain and finance security * data and computation integrity * database security * data protection * deep learning for attack and defense * digital content protection * digital forensics * distributed systems security * embedded systems security * inference control * information hiding * identity management * information flow control * information security governance and management * intrusion detection * formal security methods * language-based security * network security * phishing and spam prevention * privacy * privacy preserving data mining * risk analysis and management * secure electronic voting * security architectures * security economics * security metrics * security models * security and privacy for big data * security and privacy in cloud scenarios * security and privacy in complex systems * security and privacy in content centric networking * security and privacy in crowdsourcing * security and privacy in the IoT * security and privacy in location services * security and privacy for mobile code * security and privacy in pervasive / ubiquitous computing * security and privacy policies * security and privacy in social networks * security and privacy in web services * security and privacy in cyber-physical systems * security, privacy and resilience in critical infrastructures * security verification * software security * systems security * trust models and management * trustworthy user devices * usable security and privacy * web security * wireless security Paper Submission Guidelines ---------------------------- Submissions must be made through EasyChair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esorics19 Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference/workshop with proceedings. The symposium proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS). All submissions should follow the LNCS template ( available form http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html ) from the time they are submitted. Submitted papers should be at most 16 pages (using 10-point font), excluding the bibliography and well-marked appendices, and at most 20 pages total. Committee members are not required to read the appendices, so the paper should be intelligible without them. All submissions must be written in English. Submissions are to be made to the submission web site. Only pdf files will be accepted. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits. Authors of accepted papers must agree with Springer LNCS copyright and guarantee that their papers will be presented at the conference. Papers must be received by the aforementioned dates, 11:59 p.m. American Samoa time (UTC-11). Organisation Committee ----------------------- General Chair: * Peter Y A Ryan, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Organization Chair: * Peter B Roenne, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Workshop Chair: * Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro,Telecom SudParis, France Program Committee Chairs: * Kazue Sako, NEC Japan * Steve Schneider, University of Surrey, UK Program Committee: Cristina Alcaraz, University of Malaga, Spain Elli Androulaki, IBM, Switzerland Frederik Armknecht, University of Mannheim, Germany Vijay Atluri, Rutgers University, USA Marina Blanton, University of Notre Dame, USA Carlo Blundo, Universita` degli Studi di Salerno, Italy Christian Cachin, University of Bern, Switzerland Alvaro Cardenas, University of Texas at Dallas, USA Aldar Chan, University of Hong Kong, HK Yan Chen, Northwestern University, USA Sherman S. M. Chow, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK Mauro Conti, University of Padua, Italy Jorge Cuellar, Siemens A.G., Germany Frederic Cuppens, TELECOM Bretagne, France Nora Cuppens-Boulahia, TELECOM Bretagne, France Marc Dacier, EURECOM, France Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Università degli studi di Milano, Italy Hervé Debar, Télécom SudParis, France Stéphanie Delaune, IRISA, France Roberto Di Pietro, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar Josep Domingo-Ferrer, University Rovira-Virgili, Spain Haixin Duan, Tsinghua University, China Francois Dupressoir, University of Surrey, UK Jose Fernandez, Polytechnique Montreal, Canada Jose-Luis Ferrer-Gomila, UIB, Spain Simone Fischer-Hübner, Karlstad University, Sweden Simon Foley, IMT Atlantique, France Sara Foresti, Università degli studi di Milano, Italy David Galindo, University of Birmingham, UK Debin Gao, SMU, Singapore Dieter Gollmann, Hamburg University of Technology, Germany Stefanos Gritzalis, University of the Aegean, Greece Guofei Gu, Texas A&M University, USA Juan Hernandez, UPC, Spain Xinyi Huang, Fujian Normal University, China Ghassan Karame, NEC Labs Europe, Germany Vasilios Katos, Bournemouth University, UK Sokratis Katsikas, NTNU, Norway Stefan Katzenbeisser TU Darmstadt, Germany Steve Kremer, INRIA Nancy-Grand Est, France Marina Krotofil, FireEye, USA Costas Lambrinoudakis, University of Piraeus, Greece Yingjiu Li, SMU, Singapore Kaitai Liang, University of Surrey, UK Hoon Wei Lim, SingTel, Singapore Joseph Liu, Monash University, Australia Peng Liu, Pennsylvania State University, USA Xiapu Luo, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, HK Konstantinos Markantonakis, RHUL, UK Fabio Martinelli, IIT-CNR, Italy Ivan Martinovic, University of Oxford, UK Sjouke Mauw, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg Catherine Meadows, Naval Research Laboratory, USA Weizhi Meng, DTU, Denmark Chris Mitchell, RHUL, UK John C. Mitchell, Stanford University, USA Tatsuya Mori, Waseda University, Japan Haris Mouratidis, University of Brighton, UK David Naccache, Ecole Normale Suprieure, France Satoshi Obana, Hosei University, Japan Martin Ochoa, SUTD, Singapore Rolf Oppliger, eSECURITY Technologies, Switzerland Andrew Paverd, Microsoft Research Cambridge, UK Olivier Pereira, UCL, Belgium Günther Pernul, Universität Regensburg, Germany Christina Popper, New York University, US Joachim Posegga, University of Passau, Germany Bart Preneel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium Indrajiti Ray, Colorado State University, USA Giovanni Russello, University of Auckland, New Zealand Mark Ryan, University of Birmingham, UK Rei Safavi-Naini, University of Calgary, Canada Kazue Sako, NEC, Japan Pierangela Samarati, Universitá degli studi di Milano, Italy Damien Sauveron, XLIM, France Steve Schneider, University of Surrey, UK Einar Snekkenes, Gjovik University College, Norway Pawel Szalachowski, SUTD, Singapore Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia Qiang Tang, LIST, Luxembourg Juan Tapiador, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain Nils Ole Tippenhauer, SUTD, Singapore Helen Treharne, University of Surrey, UK Aggeliki Tsohou, Ionian University, Greece Jaideep Vaidya, Rutgers University, USA Luca Viganò, King’s College London, UK Michael Waidner, Fraunhofer SIT, Germany Cong Wang, City University of Hong Kong, HK Lingyu Wang, Concordia University, Canada Edgar Weippl, SBA Research, Austria Christos Xenakis, University of Piraeus, Greece Zhe Xia, Wuhan University of Technology, China Kehuan Zhang, Chinese University of Hong Kong, HK Sencun Zhu, Pennsylvania State University, USA

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ACM WiSec 2019 Call for Papers -- Deadline Approaching (less than 2 weeks)
by Mathieu Cunche 15 Jan '19

15 Jan '19

Dear colleagues, Apologies for multiple postings. ******************************************************************************** 12th ACM Conference on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks May 15 2019, Miami beach, Florida USA. https://wisec19.fiu.edu/ ******************************************************************************** Important Dates =============== Abstract submission: January 18th (open until paper submission deadline) Paper submission: January 25th Author notification: March 1st Camera ready: April 8th WiSec conference: May 15th-17th Conference Scope ================ ACM WiSec is the leading ACM and SIGSAC conference dedicated to all aspects of security and privacy in wireless and mobile networks and their applications. In addition to the traditional ACM WiSec topics of physical, link, and network layer security, we welcome papers focusing on the increasingly diverse range of mobile or wireless applications such as Internet of Things, and Cyber-Physical Systems, as well as the security and privacy of mobile software platforms, usable security and privacy, biometrics, and cryptography. The conference welcomes both theoretical as well as systems contributions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: * Security protocols for wireless networking * Security & privacy for smart devices (e.g., smartphones) * Security of mobile applications for smartphones and wearables * Wireless and mobile privacy and anonymity * Secure localization and location privacy * Cellular network fraud and security * Jamming attacks and defenses * Key management (agreement or distribution) for wireless or mobile systems * Theoretical and formal approaches for wireless and mobile security * Physical layer and Information-theoretic security schemes for wireless systems * Cryptographic primitives for wireless and mobile security * NFC and smart payment applications * Security and privacy for mobile sensing systems * Wireless or mobile security for Cyber-Physical Systems (e.g, healthcare, smart grid, or IoT applications) * Vehicular networks security (e.g., drones, automotive, avionics, autonomous driving) * Physical tracking security and privacy * Usable mobile security and privacy * Economics of mobile security and privacy * Mobile malware and platform security * Security for cognitive radio and dynamic spectrum access systems The proceedings of ACM WiSec, sponsored by SIGSAC, will be published by the ACM. Full and short papers ===================== Full paper submissions to ACM WiSec 2019 can be up to 10 pages in the ACM conference style excluding the bibliography and well marked appendices, and up to 12 pages in total. ACM WiSec also encourages the submission of short papers with a length of up to 6 pages, which describe mature work of a more succinct nature. All papers must be thoroughly anonymized for double-blind reviewing. Detailed submission instructions will appear on the conference website. Opinion papers ============== ACM WiSec 2019 invites papers (ACM conference style, up to 3 pages excluding references) that present personal perspectives on all aspects of security and privacy in wireless and mobile networks. Opinion papers could also criticize previous research or research directions, as well as highlight possible promising research directions. The opinions expressed in these papers are expected to be anyway corroborated by theoretical foundations, experiments, or experiences. Like the regular papers, the opinion papers will be reviewed by the WiSec Technical Program Committee. The selected opinion papers will be a part of the WiSec technical program and will be published in the conference proceedings. Opinion papers should be submitted using the same submission procedure adopted for the full papers. The title of these papers must have the prefix "Opinion:". Replicability label =================== The goal of the replicability label is to support replicability in mobile and wireless security experimental research process and to increase the impact of mobile and wireless research, enable dissemination of research results, sharing of code and experiments setups, and to enable the research community to build on prior experimental results. WiSec will follow the ACM policy on artifact review and badging. Towards this goal, the WiSec replicability label recognizes papers whose results were replicated by an independent group of researchers. Authors of accepted papers can participate in this voluntary process by submitting their experiments according to the replicability evaluation instructions. Authors are encouraged to plan ahead when running their experiments to minimize the overhead of applying for this label. Posters and Demos ================= WiSec also solicits submission of posters and demos. The instructions to submit posters/demos will be made available later on WiSec 2019 website. Double submissions ================== It is a policy of the ACM to disallow double submissions, where the same (or substantially similar) paper is concurrently submitted to multiple conferences/journals. Any double submissions detected will be immediately rejected from all conferences/journals involved. Organisation Committee ====================== General Chair: * Selcuk Uluagac, Florida International University PC co-Chairs: * Yingying (Jennifer) Chen, Rutgers University * Aurélien Francillon, EURECOM Program Committee ================== David Barrera, Polytechnique Montreal, CA Ravi Borgaonkar, SINTEF Digital, Norway Kevin Butler, University of Florida, USA Bogdan Carbunar, Florida International University , USA Mauro Conti, University of Padua, Italy Mathieu Cunche, INSA Lyon, France Sophia D'antoine, Trails of bits, USA Roberto Di Pietro, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, USA Adam Doupe , Arizona State University, USA Karim Eldefrawy, SRI International, USA William Enck, NC State University, USA Yanick Fratantonio, EURECOM, France Paolo Gasti, New York Institute of Technology, USA Jun Han, National University of Singapore, Singapore Matthias Hollick, Technical University Darmstadt , Germany Yier Jin, University of Florida, USA Sneha Kasera, University of Utah, USA Nicola Laurenti, University of Padua, Italy Loukas Lazos, University of Arizona, USA Vincent Lenders, armasuisse, Switzerland Ming (Fred) Li, University of Arizona, USA Wenjing Lou, Virginia Tech, USA Di Ma, University of Michigan, USA Michail Maniatakos, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE Ivan Martinovic, University of Oxford, UK Collin Mulliner , Cruise Automation, USA Divya Muthukumaran, Imperial College London, UK Adwait Nadkarni, William & Mary, USA Guevara Noubir, Northeastern University, USA Christina Poepper, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE Aanjhan Ranganathan, Northeastern University, USA Kasper Bonne Rasmussen, University of Oxford, UK Bradley Reaves, NC State University, USA Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany Merve Sahin, SAP Labs, France Nitesh Saxena, University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA Jens Schmitt, TU Kaiserslautern, Germany Matthias Schunter, Intel Lab , Germany Claudio Soriente, NEC Labs, Spain Patrick Tague, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Nils Ole Tippenhauer, Cispa / CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security, Germany Patrick Traynor, University of Florida, USA Mathy Vanhoef, New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE Jie Yang, Florida State University, USA Daphne Yao, Virginia Tech, USA Yves Younan, Cisco Talos, Canada Fengwei Zhang, Wayne State University, USA Zhenghao Zhang, Florida State University, USA Yanchao Zhang, Arizona State University, USA

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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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