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FSTTCS 2024 - Call for papers
by Shibashis Guha 31 May '24

31 May '24

December 16-18, 2023 at IIT Gandhinagar [1], India Website: https://www.fsttcs.org.in/2024/ FSTTCS 2024 is the 44th conference on Foundations of Software Technology and Theoretical Computer Science. It is organised by IARCS [2], the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science, in association with ACM India [3]. It is a forum for presenting original results in foundational aspects of Computer Science and Software Technology. INVITED SPEAKERS * Pankaj K Agarwal [4], Duke University * Suguman Bansal [5], Georgia Institute of Technology * Ioannis Caragiannis [6], Aarhus University * Dmitry Chistikov [7], University of Warwick * Uriel Feige [8], Weizmann Institute * Sebastian Siebertz [9], Universität Bremen IMPORTANT DATES (all dates are AoE) Abstract Submission: July 5, 2024 Paper Submission: July 12, 2024 Notification: September 16, 2024 Camera Ready: October 4, 2024 Conference: December 16-18, 2024 Workshops: TBA PAPER SUBMISSION Submissions must be in electronic form via EasyChair [10] using the LIPIcs LaTeX style file available here [11]. Submissions must not exceed 15 pages (excluding bibliography), but may include a clearly marked appendix containing technical details. The appendix will be read only at the discretion of the program committee. Simultaneous submissions to journals or other conferences with published proceedings are disallowed. Reviewing for FSTTCS 2024 is double-blind. Accepted papers will be published as proceedings of the conference in the Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics (LIPIcs) [12] as a free, open, electronic archive with access to all. Authors will retain full rights over their work. The accepted papers will be published under a CC-BY license [13]. For an accepted paper to be included in the proceedings, one of the authors must commit to presenting the paper in person at the conference. TOPICS TRACK A * Algebraic Complexity * Algorithms and Data Structures * Algorithmic Graph Theory and Combinatorics * Approximation Algorithms * Combinatorial Optimization * Communication Complexity * Computational Geometry * Computational Learning Theory * Cryptography and Security * Data Streaming and Sublinear algorithms * Economics and Computation * Parallel, Distributed and Online Algorithms * Parameterized Complexity * Proof Complexity * Quantum Computing * Randomness in Computing * Theoretical Aspects of Computational Biology * Theoretical Aspects of Mobile and High-Performance Computing TRACK B * Automata, Games and Formal Languages * Logic in Computer Science * Modal and Temporal Logics * Models of Concurrent, Distributed and Mobile Systems * Models of Timed, Reactive, Hybrid and Stochastic and Quantum Systems * Model Theory * Principles and Semantics of Programming Languages * Program Analysis and Transformation * Security protocols * Specification, Verification and Synthesis * Theorem Proving and Decision Procedures PROGRAM COMMITTEE TRACK A * Aritra Banik [14] (National Institute of Science Education and Research) * Siddharth Barman [15] (Indian Institute of Science) - Track A Chair * Umang Bhaskar [16] (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) * Diptarka Chakraborty [17] (National University of Singapore) * Debarati Das [18] (Pennsylvania State University) * Klim Efremenko [19] (Ben-Gurion University) * Sushmita Gupta [20] (The Institute of Mathematical Sciences) * Rohit Gurjar [21] (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) * Arindam Khan [22] (Indian Institute of Science) * Neeldhara Misra [23] (Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar) * Rajat Mittal [24] (Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur) * Kamesh Munagala [25] (Duke University) * Prajakta Nimbhorkar [26] (Chennai Mathematical Institute) * Manisha Padala [27] (Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar) * Jaikumar Radhakrishnan [28] (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) * Nidhi Rathi [29] (Max Planck Institute for Informatics, University of Saarland) * Ramprasad Saptharishi [30] (Tata Institute of Fundamental Research) * Sahil Singla [31] (Georgia Tech) * Makrand Sinha [32] (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) * Seeun William Umboh [33] (The University of Melbourne) * Santhoshini Velusamy [34] (Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago) * Michał Włodarczyk [35] (University of Warsaw) * Meirav Zehavi [36] (Ben-Gurion University) TRACK B * Parosh Aziz Abdulla [37] (Uppsala University) * C. Aiswarya [38] (Chennai Mathematical Institute) * S. Akshay [39] (Indian Institute of Technology Bombay) * Christel Baier [40] (Technical University Dresden) * Laure Daviaud [41] (University of East Anglia) * Sibylle Fröschle [42] (Technical University Hamburg) * Blaise Genest [43] (CNRS) * Stefan Haar [44] (INRIA, France) * Christoph Haase [45] (University of Oxford) * Petr Jančar [46] (Palacky University, Olomouc) * Ismaël Jecker [47] (University of Franche-Comté) * Edon Kelmendi [48] (Queen Mary University of London) * Sławomir Lasota [49] (University of Warsaw) - Track B Chair * Ranko Lazic [50] (University of Warwick) * Christof Löding [51] (RWTH Aachen) * Meena Mahajan [52] (The Institute of Mathematical Sciences) * Jean-Francois Raskin [53] (Université Libre de Bruxelles) * Nathalie Sznajder [54] (Sorbonne University) Links: ------ [1] https://iitgn.ac.in [2] http://www.iarcs.org.in [3] https://india.acm.org [4] https://users.cs.duke.edu/~pankaj/ [5] https://suguman.github.io [6] https://cs.au.dk/~iannis/ [7] https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/people/dmitry_chistikov/ [8] https://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~feige/ [9] https://www.uni-bremen.de/en/theorie/team/profiles/prof-dr-sebastian-sieber… [10] https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=fsttcs2024 [11] https://submission.dagstuhl.de/documentation/authors [12] https://www.dagstuhl.de/en/publications/lipics/ [13] https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ [14] https://www.niser.ac.in/~aritra/ [15] https://www.csa.iisc.ac.in/~barman/ [16] https://www.tcs.tifr.res.in/~umang/ [17] https://sites.google.com/view/diptarka [18] https://sites.google.com/view/debaratidas [19] https://www.cs.bgu.ac.il/~klim/ [20] https://sites.google.com/view/sushmitagupta/home [21] https://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~rgurjar/ [22] https://www.csa.iisc.ac.in/~arindamkhan/ [23] https://www.neeldhara.com [24] https://www.cse.iitk.ac.in/users/rmittal/ [25] https://www.kameshmunagala.org [26] https://www.cmi.ac.in/~prajakta/ [27] https://sites.google.com/view/manishapadala/home [28] https://www.tcs.tifr.res.in/~jaikumar/ [29] https://sites.google.com/view/nidhirathi/ [30] https://www.tcs.tifr.res.in/~ramprasad/ [31] https://faculty.cc.gatech.edu/~ssingla7/ [32] https://makrandsinha.github.io [33] https://williamumboh.com [34] https://sites.google.com/view/santhoshinivelusamy [35] https://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~mw277619/ [36] https://sites.google.com/site/zehavimeirav/ [37] https://user.it.uu.se/~parosh/ [38] https://www.cmi.ac.in/~aiswarya/ [39] https://www.cse.iitb.ac.in/~akshayss/ [40] https://wwwtcs.inf.tu-dresden.de/~baier/ [41] https://research-portal.uea.ac.uk/en/persons/laure-daviaud [42] https://www.sibylle-froeschle.de [43] https://perso.crans.org/genest/ [44] http://www.lsv.fr/~haar/ [45] https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/people/christoph.haase/home/ [46] https://www.inf.upol.cz/lide/petr-jancar [47] https://ismaeljecker.github.io [48] https://edon.github.io [49] https://www.mimuw.edu.pl/~sl/ [50] https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/sci/dcs/people/ranko_lazic/ [51] https://www.lics.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/ocsx/lidx/1 [52] https://www.imsc.res.in/~meena/ [53] https://verif.ulb.ac.be/jfr/ [54] https://lip6.fr/Nathalie.Sznajder/

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CBT 2024 - CFP - International Workshop on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology (co-located with ESORICS)
by Cristina Pérez Solà 31 May '24

31 May '24

Please, accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email. ********************************************************************* CALL FOR PAPERS ********************************************************************* 8th International Workshop on Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain Technology - CBT 2024 (in conjunction with ESORICS 2024 and DPM 2024) September 19, 2024, Bydgoszcz, Poland Website: http://cbtworkshop.org/ ********************************************************************* IMPORTANT DATES ================ * Submission deadline: June 6, 2024 * Notification to authors: July 22, 2024 * Camera-ready versions: August 19, 2024 ********************************************************************* ================= WORKSHOP HISTORY ================= Since the appearance of Bitcoin in 2009, a plethora of new cryptocurrencies and other blockchain based systems have been deployed with different success. While some of them are slightly different copies of Bitcoin, other ones propose interesting improvements or new usages of the underlying blockchain technology. However, the novelty of such technologies is often tied with rapid developments and proof-of-concept software, and rigorous scientific analyses of the proposed systems are often skipped. This workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers in this area to carefully analyze current systems and propose new ones in order to create a scientific background for a solid development of new cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology systems. The main topics include (but are not limited to): * Anonymity and privacy in cryptocurrencies * Privacy-preserving technologies * Cryptocurrency based trust systems * Security analysis of existing cryptocurrencies * Formal threat models in cryptocurrency systems * Improvement proposals for existing cryptocurrencies * Application and service cases of distributed ledgers technologies * P2P network cryptocurrencies analysis * Private transactions in blockchain based systems * New usages of the blockchain technology * Scalability solutions for blockchain systems * Blockchain-defined networking * Smart contracts * Distributed Identity Management * Distributed consensus and fault tolerance * Blockhain Protocols and algorithms * Transaction Monitoring and Analysis * Token Economy, finance and payments * Consensus mechanisms * On-chain and off-chain code synergies * Oracles, DeFi, and non-fungible tokens * Decentralized applications and protocols * Blockchain as a service =================== SUBMISSION DETAILS =================== Regular and short papers must be original and not submitted for publication elsewhere. Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts following the LNCS Proceedings Manuscript style. Papers are limited to 16 pages (full papers), or 8 pages (short papers) including references and appendices, and can be submitted as PDF via the CBT 2024 submission site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cbt2024 *Double blind review*: CBT requires anonymized submissions -- please make sure that submitted papers contain no author names or obvious self-references. Accepted regular papers will be published by Springer in the LNCS collection. At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and present their work at the workshop; otherwise the paper will not be included in the proceedings. ================== PROGRAM COMMITEE ================== PC Chairs: Sergi Delgado-Segura - Chaincode Labs Cristina Perez-Sola - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona PC Members: Lennart Ante - Blockchain Research Lab Daniel Augot - INRIA Saclay Alex Biryukov - University of Luxembourg Mauro Conti - University of Padua Vanesa Daza - Universitat Pompeu Fabra Victor Garcia - Universitat Oberta de Catalunya Hannes Hartenstein - KIT Jordi Herrera-Joancomarti - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Jiasun Li - George Mason University Shin'ichiro Matsuo - Virginia Tech and Georgetown University Jose Luis Munoz-Tapia - Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya Guillermo Navarro-Arribas - Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona Dongming Peng - University of Nebraska-Lincoln Matteo Signorini - Nokia Bell Labs Hitesh Tewari - Trinity College Dublin Florian Tschorsch - Technische Universitat Berlin Eirini Tsiropoulou - University of New Mexico Dimitrios Vasilopoulos - IMDEA Software Institute ================== VENUE/FORMAT ================== The workshop will be held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, in conjunction with the 29th annual European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS. 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Formal Methods Update Meeting 2024
by Ramchandra Phawade 30 May '24

30 May '24

Dear all, The Formal Methods Update Meeting 2024 will be held as a physical meeting at IIT Dharwad during 11th July - 13th July, 2024. Please visit the website https://fmindia.cmi.ac.in/update2024/ for registration and other details. The FM Update Meeting is an informal event organized by the FM community in India annually, with the aim of getting FM researchers together to present and discuss topical developments in their areas of interest. Everybody interested in the use of Formal Methods in Program Design and Verification and Theoretical Computer Science is welcome to join. If you would like to give a talk at the meeting, please send us a title and an abstract of your talk to fmupdatemeet2024(a)gmail.com. Best regards, Organizing Committee, FM Update Meeting 2024

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IARCS Verification Seminar Series -- Talk by Kartik Nagar on June 4 at 1900 hrs IST
by VSS IARCS 27 May '24

27 May '24

Dear all, The next talk in the IARCS Verification Seminar Series will be given by Kartik Nagar, an Assistant Professor at Department of CSE, IIT Madras. The talk is scheduled on Tuesday, June 04, at 1900 hrs IST (add to Google calendar <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=MWlzcXUyN2…> ). The details of the talk can be found on our webpage ( https://fmindia.cmi.ac.in/vss/) and also appended to the body of this email. The Verification Seminar Series, an initiative by the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), is a monthly, online talk-series, broadly in the area of Formal Methods and Programming Languages, with applications in Verification and Synthesis. The aim of this talk-series is to provide a platform for Formal Methods researchers to interact regularly. In addition, we hope that it will make it easier for researchers to explore newer problems/areas and collaborate on them, and for younger researchers to start working in these areas. All are welcome to join. Best regards, Akash, Deepak, Madhukar, Srivathsan ============================================================= Title: Specifying and Verifying Correctness of Mergeable Replicated Data Types Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89164094870?pwd=eUFNRWp0bHYxRVpwVVNoVUdHU0djQT09 (Meeting ID: 891 6409 4870, Passcode: 082194) Abstract: Modern decentralized applications often use multiple replicas/copies of data, each of which can be independently operated, to minimize data access latency, provide fault tolerance and improve scalability. Mergeable Replicated Data Types (MRDTs) have emerged as a systematic approach to the problem of ensuring that replicas remain eventually consistent despite concurrent conflicting updates. MRDTs draw inspiration from the Git version control system, where each update creates a new version and any two versions can be merged explicitly through a user-defined merge function. The full flexibility offered by MRDTs in terms of creating and merging arbitrary versions severely complicates the design and development of correct MRDT implementations. In this talk, I will present two orthogonal approaches for specification and verification of MRDTs: a highly expressive, axiomatic event-based specification approach supported by a semi-automated verification procedure, and a more intuitive (but restrictive) linearizability based specification approach supported by fully automated verification. Bio: Kartik Nagar is an Assistant Professor at Department of CSE, IIT Madras. He completed his PhD from IISc Bangalore, after which he was a postdoc at Purdue University. His research interests are in Automated Formal Verification, Program Analysis and Programming Languages, with emphasis on developing practical verification techniques for concurrent and distributed systems.

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Fwd: Post-doc position at National University of Singapore
by Abhik Roychoudhury 26 May '24

26 May '24

Applications are invited for one post-doctoral position at the National University of Singapore (NUS) focusing on *Automatic Programming**.* This position will be part of a Singapore Ministry of Education (MoE) Tier 3, multi-year research program named "Automated Program Repair" which has been funded 2022-2027. This is a large research program involving several research projects in analysis, verification, test generation and applications related to program repair and automatic programming. To find out about work done in the area of program repair at NUS, kindly see the webpage *https://nus-apr.github.io/* The work will involve assured autonomy in software engineering by expanding on the recent activity of the group in building *AutoCodeRover*, available in arxiv. Specfically the work will be a combination of genAI and formal methods. /https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05427 / /https://twitter.com/AbhikRoychoudh1/status/1777494000611852515/ Interested applicants are encouraged to start up a conversation with Abhik Roychoudhury by emailing their CV, see https://abhikrc.com/ for contact details. -- -Abhik Roychoudhury School of Computing National University of Singapore https://abhikrc.com

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DPM 2024 - cfp - Data Privacy Manamgement, co-located with ESORICS 2024, Sep 19
by Guillermo Navarro-Arribas 22 May '24

22 May '24

Please, accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this email. CALL FOR PAPERS ****************************************************** Data Privacy Management (DPM 2024 ) 18th International Workshop September 19, 2024, Bydgoszcz, Poland (co-located with ESORICS 2024) website: https://deic.uab.cat/dpm/dpm2024/ ****************************************************** IMPORTANT DATES ====================== Submission Deadline: -- June 6, 2024 Notification: -- July 7, 2024 Camera Ready: -- August 19, 2024 ====== SCOPE ====== DPM is an annual international workshop covering research in data privacy management. Organizations are increasingly concerned about the privacy of information that they manage (as witnessed, for example, by lawsuits filed against organizations for violating the privacy of customer's data). Thus, the management of privacy-sensitive information is very critical and important for every organization. This poses several challenging problems, such as how to translate the high-level business goals into system-level privacy policies, administration of privacy-sensitive data, privacy preserving data integration and engineering, privacy preserving access control mechanisms, information-oriented security, and query execution on privacy-sensitive data for partial answers. Starting from these observations, the aim of DPM is to discuss and exchange ideas related to data privacy management. We invite papers from researchers and practitioners working in privacy, security, trustworthy data systems and related areas to submit their original papers in this workshop. Submissions by PhD students as well as controversial ideas are encouraged. Case studies (successful or not) are also encouraged. TOPICS ======== Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Privacy in Machine Learning - Privacy Information Management - Privacy Policy-based Infrastructures and Architectures - Privacy-oriented Access Control Languages and Models - Privacy in Trust Management - Privacy in Cryptocurrencies - Privacy Data Integration - Privacy Risk Assessment and Assurance - Privacy Services - Privacy Policy Analysis - Data Protection Regulations in Practice - Cryptographic Protocols for Privacy - Query Execution over Privacy Sensitive Data - Privacy Preserving Data Mining - Privacy for Integrity-based Computing - Privacy Monitoring and Auditing - Privacy in Social Networks - Privacy in Ambient Intelligence (AmI) Applications - Individual Privacy vs. Corporate/National Security - Privacy in computer networks - Privacy and RFIDs - Privacy and Big Data - Privacy in sensor networks - Privacy in the Internet of Things PAPER SUBMISSIONS =================== Submitted papers must not substantially overlap papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Papers can be submitted as Full Papers or Short Papers. Full papers should be at most 16 pages in the LNCS format, including the bibliography and well-marked appendices. Short papers should be at most 8 pages in the LNCS format, including the bibliography and well-marked appendices. Program Committee members are not required to read the appendices, so papers should be intelligible without them. Authors should indicate whether their paper is a short paper to differentiate them from full papers. All submissions must be written in English. It is planned to have accepted papers published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series, the LNCS template can be found at http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs/lncs+authors. Authors must submit their papers by the indicated deadline, using the EasyChair web site: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dpm2024 Only PDF files will be accepted (a Latex source file will be required for the final version of the accepted papers). All papers will be refereed. Accepted papers must be presented at the Workshop. At least one author of each accepted paper must register to the workshop, by the early date indicated by the organizers, and present the paper. GENERAL CHAIR =============== Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro ((Institut Polytechnique de Paris) PROGRAM CHAIRS =============== Ken Barker (University of Calgary) Guillermo Navarro-Arribas (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) PROGRAM COMMITTEE ================= Esma Aïmeur (University of Montreal) Abderrahim Ait Wakrime (Mohammed V University) Jordi Casas-Roma (Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) Jordi Castellà-Roca (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) Depeng Chen (Anhui University) Mauro Conti (University of Padua) Mathieu Cunche (University of Lyon / Inria) Nora Cuppens-Boulahia (Polytechnique Montreal) Mila Dalla Preda (University of Verona) Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati (Universita degli Studi di Milano) Jose M. De Fuentes (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) Josep Domingo-Ferrer (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) Sebastien Gambs (Université du Québec à Montréal) Lorena González Manzano (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid) M. Emre Gursoy (Koç University) Guy-Vincent Jourdan (University of Ottawa) Marc Juarez (University of Edinburgh) Christos Kalloniatis (University of the Aegean) Bruce Kapron (University of Victoria) Sokratis Katsikas (Norwegian University of Science and Technology) Christophe Kiennert (Telecom SudParis) Romain Laborde (University Paul Sabatier Toulouse III) Patrick Lacharme (Ensicaen) Giovanni Livraga (University of Milan) Brad Malin (Vanderbilt University) Lukas Malina (Brno University of Technology) David Megias (Universitat Oberta de Catalunya) Chris Mitchell (Royal Holloway, University of London) Gerardo Pelosi (Politecnico di Milano) Cristina Perez-Sola (Universitat Utonoma de Barcelona) Kai Rannenberg (Goethe University Frankfurt) Isabel Praça (GECAD / ISEP) Ruben Rios (Universidad de Malaga) Pierangela Samarati (Universita degli Studi di Milano) Vicenç Torra (Umeå University) Alexandre Viejo (Universitat Rovira i Virgili) Isabel Wagner (University of Basel) Jens Weber (University of Victoria) Lena Wiese (University of Göttingen) Nicola Zannone (Eindhoven University of Technology) ================== VENUE/FORMAT ================== The workshop will be held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, in conjunction with the 29th annual European Symposium on Research in Computer Security, ESORICS. More information on accommodation and venue available from the ESORICS 2024 website at https://esorics2024.org/ This call for papers and additional information about DPM 2024 can be found at https://deic.uab.cat/dpm/dpm2024/ Kinldy contact dpm2024(a)easychair.org in case of doubts or questions.

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UbiSec 2024-Call for Papers-Deadline 15 July 2024
by Qin Liu 22 May '24

22 May '24

Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of UbiSec 2024 Preliminary CFPs with Deadline (July 15, 2024). ============================== UbiSec 2024 ============================== Call for Papers (CFPs) of The 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Security (UbiSec 2024) Changsha, China, December 29 - 31, 2024 Organizer: Central South University, China http://ubisecurity.org/2024/ ====================================================================== Keynote Speeches Section TBD. ====================================================================== Invited Talks Section TBD. ====================================================================== Panel Discussions Section TBD. ====================================================================== Special Issues Section TBD. ====================================================================== Welcome to participate in UbiSec 2024, Changsha, China, December 29 - 31, 2024! Changsha is a famous historical and cultural city with a variety of interest. This city has been an important grain production base in China since ancient times. The green and verdant Mt. Yuelu stands in the city and Xiangjiang River is clear as a mirror passing through the city. Orange Isle lies in the heart of the river. In particular, Changsha is very close to Chairman Mao's former residence within one-hour driving. Nowadays, being an intellectual center, Changsha has over 100 research institutions and engineering laboratories. Hybrid rice breeding and the Tianhe supercomputer are the main scientific research achievements. The 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Security (UbiSec 2024) stems from three conference/symposium/workshop series: (1) The well-established SpaCCS conference series with Springer LNCS: UbiSec is inspired by the SpaCCS style of three tracks (Security, Privacy, and Anonymity, "Spa" for short), which covers "Big Security" leveraging computation, communication and storage ("CCS" for short) systems and networks. UbiSec extends this style with three new tracks: Cyberspace Security, Cyberspace Privacy, and Cyberspace Anonymity. (2) The UbiSafe symposium series: UbiSec follows the UbiSafe vision on "Ubiquitous Safety", also meaning that "YOU (will) BE SAFE" (pronounced "UbiSafe"). UbiSec extends this vision to "Ubiquitous Security", using "Big Security" to embrace NOT ONLY security, privacy and anonymity, BUT ALSO safety, reliability, dependability, trustworthiness and more, also meaning that "YOU (will) BE SEC(ure)" (pronounced "UbiSec"). (3) The IWCSS workshop series: UbiSec follows the IWCSS theme on "Cyberspace Security", with "Cyberspace" as the 5th national sovereign space besides the traditional four domains of land, sea, air, and aerospace. UbiSec extends this theme to "Ubiquitous Security", meaning that cyberspace will be secure, physical world will be secure, social networking systems will be secure, and thus "YOU (will) BE SECure"! The UbiSec 2024 Conference ("The Conference" for short) is the fourth event in the series of conferences/symposia/workshops which are devoted to security, privacy and anonymity in cyberspace, physical world, and social networks. The Conference covers many dimensions including security algorithms and architectures, privacy-aware policies, regulations and techniques, anonymous computation and communication, encompassing fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental projects, and commercial application systems for cyberspace, physical world, and social networking systems. As applications of computer and information technology have permeated in every aspect of our daily life, the issues of security, privacy, and anonymity have become increasingly critical. The Conference will provide a forum for world-class researchers to gather and share their research achievements, emerging ideas and trends in the highly challenging research fields. UbiSec 2024 follows the UbiSec 2023 conference in Exeter, UbiSec 2022 conference in Zhangjiajie and the UbiSec 2021 in Guangzhou, and also the traditions of previous successful SpaCCS/UbiSafe/IWCSS conference/symposium/workshop series, held in Nanjing, China (SpaCCS 2020/UbiSafe 2020), Guangzhou,China (IWCSS 2020); Altanta, USA (SpaCCS 2019/UbiSafe 2019), Guangzhou, China (IWCSS 2019); Melbourne, Australia (SpaCCS 2018/UbiSafe 2018), Guangzhou China (IWCSS 2018); Guangzhou, China (SpaCCS 2017/UbiSafe 2017/IWCSS 2017); Zhangjiajie, China (SpaCCS 2016/UbiSafe 2016); Helsinki, Finland (UbiSafe 2015); Beijing, China (UbiSafe 2014); Melbourne, Australia (UbiSafe 2013); Liverpool, UK (UbiSafe 2012); Changsha, China (UbiSafe 2011); Chengdu China (UbiSafe 2009); and Niagara Falls, Canada (UbiSafe 2007). The conference aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners in the world working in the research fields of security, privacy, and anonymity aspects of computer systems and networks. The conference will focus on broad areas of architectures, algorithms, techniques, and applications for cyberspace security, cyberspace privacy, and cyberspace anonymity. UbiSec 2024 topics include, but are not limited to the following: Track 1: Cyberspace Security --Security Model and Architecture --Software and System Security --Trustworthy Computing --Security in Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing and Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing --Machine Learning and AI Security --Network Security --Attacks and Defenses --Intrusion Detection and Prevention --Security in Web Services --Security in Mobile Social Networks --Security in Internet of Things --Fraud and Cyber Crime --Accounting and Auditing --Applied Cryptography --Database Security --Authentication --Forensics and Diagnostics for Security --Information Hiding --Security in Big Data and its Applications --Blockchain and Distributed System Security --Security in Hardware, Side Channels, and CyberPhysical Systems --Security in Formal Methods and Programming Languages Track 2: Cyberspace Privacy --Economics, Policies, Metrics, and Mechanisms of Privacy --Privacy Modeling and Analysis --Privacy-Preserving Computing --Privacy-Preserving Data Mining --Privacy-enhancing Technologies and Anonymity --Privacy for the Internet of Things --Privacy in Big Data and its Applications --Privacy-Preserving in Blockchain --Privacy-Preserving in Mobile Social Networks --Privacy-Preserving Crowdsensing --Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning Track 3: Cyberspace Anonymity --Anonymous Data Mining and Data Sharing --Anonymous Management in Trust Relationships --Anonymous Video Analytics Technology --Anonymity Metrics, Measures and Evaluations --Anonymity Models, Hardware/Device of Anonymity --Anonymity in Wireless Communication Systems --Anonymous Communication Protocols --Anonymity in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Sensor Networks --Anonymous Communication and Internet --Anonymous Social Networks, Structural k-Anonymity in Social Networks --Authentication Protocol Providing User Anonymity --Anonymous Information Storage and Management --Private and Anonymous Data Storage --Anonymity, Pseudonymity & Identity Management --Anonymity in Big Data and Cloud Scenarios --Anonymity in Health and Medical Databases --Anonymity in Sensor-Cloud Systems --Anonymity in Edge Computing IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Deadline: July 15, 2024 Author Notification: August 15, 2024 Author Registration Due: September 15, 2024 Camera-Ready Paper Due: September 15, 2024 Conference Dates: December 29 - 31, 2024 SUBMISSION and PUBLICATION INFORMATION All presented papers in the conference will be published in the conference proceedings with Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 14 pages in Springer CCIS format (or up to 20 pages with the pages over length charge), including tables, figures, references and appendices. Notice that accepted papers less than 12 pages will be tagged as Short Papers. Papers should be submitted through the EasyChair paper submission system at the conference website. Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be considered for possible publication in SCI & EI indexed special issues of prestigious international journals. The program committee will select and give two or three "Best Paper Awards" for the conference. By submitting a paper to the conference, authors assure that if the paper is accepted, at least one author will attend the conference and present the paper. Excecutive General Chair Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China General Chairs Richard Hill, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom Tian Wang, Beijing Normal University, China Guihua Duan, Central South University, China Program Chairs Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China Zheng Yan, Xidian University, China Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan Yulei Wu, University of Bristol, United Kingdom Program Vice Chairs Track 1: Cyberspace Security Tariq Alsboui, University of Huddersfield United, Kingdom Muhammad Arif, Superior University Lahore, Pakistan Zhitao Guan, North China Electric Power University, China Qin Liu, Hunan University, China Yuxiang Ma, Henan University, China Junwei Zhou, Wuhan University of Technology, China Track 2: Cyberspace Privacy Saqib Ali, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan Bin Cao, Hebei University of Technology, China Songwen Pei, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China Asis Kumar Tripathy, VIT University, India Zehua Wang, The University of British Columbia, Canada Shigeng Zhang, Central South University, China Track 3: Cyberspace Anonymity Wenxiu Ding, Xidian University, China Antonio Esposito, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy Jiajia Jiao, Shanghai Maritime University, China Florin Pop, Polytechnic University of Bucharest (UPB), Romania Zhe Qu, Central South University, China Guohua Tian, Xidian University, China Publicity Chairs Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Scott Fowler, Linkoping University, Sweden Xiangyong Liu, Guangzhou University, China Wenjia Li, New York Institute of Technology, USA Guanghui Feng, Guangzhou University, China Registration Chair Pin Liu, Central South University, China Conference Secretariat Wenyin Yang, Foshan University, China Web Chairs Yonglin Liu, Foshan University, China Zhuoran Feng, Foshan University, China Steering Committee Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China (Chair) Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA (Chair) Saqib Ali, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan Valentina E. Balas, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA Jiannong Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Aniello Castiglione, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy Scott Fowler, Linkoping University, Sweden Oana Geman, University of Suceava, Romania Richard Hill, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom Ryan Ko, University of Queensland, Australia Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain Geyong Min, University of Exeter, UK Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan Sabu M. Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - KeralaKerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology (KUDSIT), India Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Jie Wu, Temple University, USA Yang Xu, Hunan University, China Zheng Yan, Xidian University, China/Aalto University, Finland Wenyin Yang, Foshan University, China Haojin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Program Committee Please check the "Program Committee" web page at the conference website for detail: http://ubisecurity.org/2024/ Previous Proceedings UbiSec 2023: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-97-1274-8 UbiSec 2022: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-0272-9 UbiSec 2021: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-0468-4 Contact Please email inquiries concerning UbiSec 2024 to Prof. Guojun Wang: csgjwang AT gmail DOT com and Conference Organizers: UbiSec2024 AT googlegroups.com. Prof. Guojun Wang, Executive General Chair of UbiSec 2024 http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/ *********************************************************************** Dr. Guojun Wang, Pearl River Scholarship Distinguished Professor Director of Institute of Computer Networks, School of Computer Science and Cyber Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China, 510006 Mobile: +86-13360581866 Email: csgjwang AT gzhu.edu.cn http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/ *********************************************************************** -- 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: https://qinliu-hnu.github.io/

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IEEE DASC 2024-Call for Papers-Deadline 15 Jun 2024
by Qin Liu 22 May '24

22 May '24

Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this DASC 2024 Preliminary Call for Papers (CFPs). =====================CALL FOR PAPERS============================= The 22nd IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing IEEE DASC 2024 http://cyber-science.org/2024/dasc/ joint conference IEEE DASC/PICom/CBDCom/CyberSciTech 2024 5-8 November 2024 - Boracay Island, Malay, Philippines =====================INTRODUCTION============================= As computer and communication systems, as well as other systems such as Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Internet of Things (IoT), and Autonomous Robotic Systems, become increasingly large and complex, their Dependability and Security play critical roles in supporting next-generation science, engineering, and commercial applications. It remains a challenge to design, analyze, evaluate, and improve the dependability and security of a large-scale computing environment. Trusted and autonomic computing/autonomous systems need synergistic research efforts covering many disciplines, from natural sciences to social sciences. It requires scientific and technological advances in a variety of fields, as well as new software, architectures, and communication technology that support the integration of the constituent technologies. IEEE DASC 2024 will be held during November 5-8, 2024, in Boracay Island, Malay, Philippines, co-located with IEEE CyberSciTech 2024, IEEE PICom 2024, and IEEE CBDCom 2024. It aims to bring together computer scientists, industrial engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange theoretical and implementation results, novel designs, work-in-progress, experience, case studies, and trend-setting ideas in the areas of dependability, security, trust, and/or autonomic computing, and autonomous systems. =====================TRACKS AND TOPICS============================= - Track 1: Dependable and Fault-tolerant Computing - Track 2: Network and System Security and Privacy - Track 3: Autonomic Computing and Autonomous Systems - Track 4: Industrial Applications and Emerging Techniques - Track 5: Autonomic and Secure Computing with AI/ML Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: - Self-Organization and Organic Computing - Cognitive Computing and Self-Aware Computing - Energy Management in Autonomic Computing and Autonomous Systems - Dependable & Fault-tolerant Computing in Big Data, CPS, IoT, SDN, and Real-time System - Hardware and Software Reliability, Verification and Testing - Security and Privacy in Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing, Mobile and Pervasive Computing, Big Data, CPS and IoT systems - Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Network and System Security and Privacy - Autonomic and Autonomous Issues in Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing, Mobile and Pervasive Computing, Big Data, CPS and IoT systems - Software/Apps/Tools Development for Dependable and Secure Applications - IoT and Sensor Network, Big Data, Smart Grid, Aerospace, Transportation Applications =====================IMPORTANT DATES========================== Paper Submission Due: 15 Jun 2024 Authors Notification: 15 Aug 2024 Camera-ready Submission: 15 Sep 2024 =====================SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION=================== Authors are invited to submit their original research work that has not previously been submitted or published in any other venue. Regular, work-in-progress (WiP), workshop, and special session papers need to be submitted in IEEE CS Proceedings format. IEEE formatting info: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html All the accepted papers will be published by IEEE in the Conference Proceedings (IEEE-DL and EI indexed). Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Selected papers will be recommended to prestigious journal Special Issues. Some papers originally submitted as full papers can be accepted as short papers 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. Regular Tracks: 6-8 pages - WiP/Workshop/Special Session Tracks: 4-6 pages =====================ORGANIZING COMMITTEE============================= -Honorary Chairs- - Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan - Mohammed Atiquzzaman, Univ. of Oklahoma, USA -General Chairs- - Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA - Kenichi Kourai, Kyushu Inst. of Tech., Japan -General Executive Chairs- - Moayad Aloqaily, Mohamad Bin Zayed Univ., UAE - Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo Univ., Japan -Program Chairs- - Wenjia Li, New York Institute of Technology, USA - Aniello Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy -Program Co-chairs- - Mohamed Rahouti, Fordham University, USA - Wei Wang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China - Adnan Anwar, Deakin University, Australia - Shan Jiang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong - Changqing Luo, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., USA - Lei Chen, Georgia Southern University, USA -Workshop & Special Session Chairs- - Preeti Mishra, Doon University, India - Arafatur Rahman, University of Wolverhampton, UK -WiP & LBI Chairs- - Saqib Ali, Univ. of Agri. Faisalabad, Pakistan - Mrinal Kanti Bhowmik, Tripura University, India -Publicity Chairs- - Mubashir Rehmani, Cork Inst. of Tech., Ireland - Junjun Zheng, Hiroshima University, Japan - Qin Liu, Hunan University, China - Senthil Kumar, Mepco Schlenk Eng. College, India - Yuhong Liu, Santa Clara University, USA -Steering Committee- - Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan - Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada - Yuanshun Dai, Univ. of Elec. Sci. & Tech. of China, China - Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan - Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA Program Committee: Please check the "Program Committee" web page on the conference website for details: http://cyber-science.org/2024/dasc/tpc/ Contact: Please email inquiries concerning DASC 2024 to Prof. Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan: zakirulalam AT gmail DOT com. -- 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: https://qinliu-hnu.github.io/

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Call for Participation: DFIR Streams 0xA & 0xB
by Andrew Zayine 19 May '24

19 May '24

Dear All, The Cyber Forensics & Threat Investigations Research Community invites you to join us for our next webinars: "DFIR Stream 0xA" on Tuesday, May 21,⋅2:00 – 3:00 pm (BST) UK Time Title: "Deconstructing the Analyst Mindset", by Dr. Chris Sanders, Founder of Applied Network Defense, United States Register@ https://www.acfti.org/news-events/dfir-stream-0xa "DFIR Stream 0xB" on Tuesday, May 28, 4:00 – 5:00 pm (BST) UK Time Title: How to Detect when Residential IP Proxies are Used as a Botnet, by Dr. Elisa Chiapponi, Amadeus IT Group, France Register@ https://www.acfti.org/news-events/dfir-stream-0xb - Note that this event is online only. Hence, You must register to receive a link to connect. Due to limited availability, we kindly ask you to register as soon as possible to ensure your participation in the webinar of your choice. - For Students, A certificate of successful participation in the event will be delivered upon request for free (after verifying attendance), indicating the number of hours of the seminar (please make sure that you add the correct name in the registration form). This should be sufficient for those participants who plan to request ECTS recognition from their home university. Join us &stay tuned! #CyberSecurity #AnalystMindset #MachineLearning #AnomalyDetection Finally, I would like to remind you that the call for speakers is currently open on the dedicated DFIR stream website, https://dfir.stream/call-for-guest-speakers This event is brought to you by CFTIRC (Cyber Forensics & Threat Investigations Research Community). Best regards, ACFTI Secretariat

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Call for paper: Workshop on Counting, Sampling, and Synthesis
by Priyanka Golia 17 May '24

17 May '24

Dear all, This is a call for papers for the Workshop on Counting, Sampling, and Synthesis (MCW) 2024. We invite you to submit your already published work or work in progress on model counting, sampling, and synthesis to this year's edition of MCW 2024. The workshop covers advanced topics such as weighted and projected counters/samplers, and various domains such as SAT, SMT, ASP, and CP. This year, the workshop has expanded its focus to include the role of model counters, samplers, and solvers in automated synthesis. The goal of the workshop is to facilitate the exchange of cutting-edge theoretical and practical insights, with a particular emphasis on innovative solver technologies and their real-world applications. It is a pre-conference workshop as part of SAT 2024, <http://satisfiability.org/SAT24/cfw.php> and will be held in Pune, India. For more information visit the website: https://mccompetition.org/2024/mcw_description.html Regards, Priyanka Golia – On behalf of the workshop organizers: Paulius Dilkas and Priyanka Golia

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UbiSec 2024-Call for Papers-Deadline 15 July 2024
by Qin Liu 16 May '24

16 May '24

Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of UbiSec 2024 Preliminary CFPs with Deadline (July 15, 2024). ============================== UbiSec 2024 ============================== Call for Papers (CFPs) of The 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Security (UbiSec 2024) Changsha, China, December 29 - 31, 2024 Organizer: Central South University, China http://ubisecurity.org/2024/ ====================================================================== Keynote Speeches Section TBD. ====================================================================== Invited Talks Section TBD. ====================================================================== Panel Discussions Section TBD. ====================================================================== Special Issues Section TBD. ====================================================================== Welcome to participate in UbiSec 2024, Changsha, China, December 29 - 31, 2024! Changsha is a famous historical and cultural city with a variety of interest. This city has been an important grain production base in China since ancient times. The green and verdant Mt. Yuelu stands in the city and Xiangjiang River is clear as a mirror passing through the city. Orange Isle lies in the heart of the river. In particular, Changsha is very close to Chairman Mao's former residence within one-hour driving. Nowadays, being an intellectual center, Changsha has over 100 research institutions and engineering laboratories. Hybrid rice breeding and the Tianhe supercomputer are the main scientific research achievements. The 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Security (UbiSec 2024) stems from three conference/symposium/workshop series: (1) The well-established SpaCCS conference series with Springer LNCS: UbiSec is inspired by the SpaCCS style of three tracks (Security, Privacy, and Anonymity, "Spa" for short), which covers "Big Security" leveraging computation, communication and storage ("CCS" for short) systems and networks. UbiSec extends this style with three new tracks: Cyberspace Security, Cyberspace Privacy, and Cyberspace Anonymity. (2) The UbiSafe symposium series: UbiSec follows the UbiSafe vision on "Ubiquitous Safety", also meaning that "YOU (will) BE SAFE" (pronounced "UbiSafe"). UbiSec extends this vision to "Ubiquitous Security", using "Big Security" to embrace NOT ONLY security, privacy and anonymity, BUT ALSO safety, reliability, dependability, trustworthiness and more, also meaning that "YOU (will) BE SEC(ure)" (pronounced "UbiSec"). (3) The IWCSS workshop series: UbiSec follows the IWCSS theme on "Cyberspace Security", with "Cyberspace" as the 5th national sovereign space besides the traditional four domains of land, sea, air, and aerospace. UbiSec extends this theme to "Ubiquitous Security", meaning that cyberspace will be secure, physical world will be secure, social networking systems will be secure, and thus "YOU (will) BE SECure"! The UbiSec 2024 Conference ("The Conference" for short) is the fourth event in the series of conferences/symposia/workshops which are devoted to security, privacy and anonymity in cyberspace, physical world, and social networks. The Conference covers many dimensions including security algorithms and architectures, privacy-aware policies, regulations and techniques, anonymous computation and communication, encompassing fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental projects, and commercial application systems for cyberspace, physical world, and social networking systems. As applications of computer and information technology have permeated in every aspect of our daily life, the issues of security, privacy, and anonymity have become increasingly critical. The Conference will provide a forum for world-class researchers to gather and share their research achievements, emerging ideas and trends in the highly challenging research fields. UbiSec 2024 follows the UbiSec 2023 conference in Exeter, UbiSec 2022 conference in Zhangjiajie and the UbiSec 2021 in Guangzhou, and also the traditions of previous successful SpaCCS/UbiSafe/IWCSS conference/symposium/workshop series, held in Nanjing, China (SpaCCS 2020/UbiSafe 2020), Guangzhou,China (IWCSS 2020); Altanta, USA (SpaCCS 2019/UbiSafe 2019), Guangzhou, China (IWCSS 2019); Melbourne, Australia (SpaCCS 2018/UbiSafe 2018), Guangzhou China (IWCSS 2018); Guangzhou, China (SpaCCS 2017/UbiSafe 2017/IWCSS 2017); Zhangjiajie, China (SpaCCS 2016/UbiSafe 2016); Helsinki, Finland (UbiSafe 2015); Beijing, China (UbiSafe 2014); Melbourne, Australia (UbiSafe 2013); Liverpool, UK (UbiSafe 2012); Changsha, China (UbiSafe 2011); Chengdu China (UbiSafe 2009); and Niagara Falls, Canada (UbiSafe 2007). The conference aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners in the world working in the research fields of security, privacy, and anonymity aspects of computer systems and networks. The conference will focus on broad areas of architectures, algorithms, techniques, and applications for cyberspace security, cyberspace privacy, and cyberspace anonymity. UbiSec 2024 topics include, but are not limited to the following: Track 1: Cyberspace Security --Security Model and Architecture --Software and System Security --Trustworthy Computing --Security in Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing and Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing --Machine Learning and AI Security --Network Security --Attacks and Defenses --Intrusion Detection and Prevention --Security in Web Services --Security in Mobile Social Networks --Security in Internet of Things --Fraud and Cyber Crime --Accounting and Auditing --Applied Cryptography --Database Security --Authentication --Forensics and Diagnostics for Security --Information Hiding --Security in Big Data and its Applications --Blockchain and Distributed System Security --Security in Hardware, Side Channels, and CyberPhysical Systems --Security in Formal Methods and Programming Languages Track 2: Cyberspace Privacy --Economics, Policies, Metrics, and Mechanisms of Privacy --Privacy Modeling and Analysis --Privacy-Preserving Computing --Privacy-Preserving Data Mining --Privacy-enhancing Technologies and Anonymity --Privacy for the Internet of Things --Privacy in Big Data and its Applications --Privacy-Preserving in Blockchain --Privacy-Preserving in Mobile Social Networks --Privacy-Preserving Crowdsensing --Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning Track 3: Cyberspace Anonymity --Anonymous Data Mining and Data Sharing --Anonymous Management in Trust Relationships --Anonymous Video Analytics Technology --Anonymity Metrics, Measures and Evaluations --Anonymity Models, Hardware/Device of Anonymity --Anonymity in Wireless Communication Systems --Anonymous Communication Protocols --Anonymity in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Sensor Networks --Anonymous Communication and Internet --Anonymous Social Networks, Structural k-Anonymity in Social Networks --Authentication Protocol Providing User Anonymity --Anonymous Information Storage and Management --Private and Anonymous Data Storage --Anonymity, Pseudonymity & Identity Management --Anonymity in Big Data and Cloud Scenarios --Anonymity in Health and Medical Databases --Anonymity in Sensor-Cloud Systems --Anonymity in Edge Computing IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Deadline: July 15, 2024 Author Notification: August 15, 2024 Author Registration Due: September 15, 2024 Camera-Ready Paper Due: September 15, 2024 Conference Dates: December 29 - 31, 2024 SUBMISSION and PUBLICATION INFORMATION All presented papers in the conference will be published in the conference proceedings with Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 14 pages in Springer CCIS format (or up to 20 pages with the pages over length charge), including tables, figures, references and appendices. Notice that accepted papers less than 12 pages will be tagged as Short Papers. Papers should be submitted through the EasyChair paper submission system at the conference website. Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be considered for possible publication in SCI & EI indexed special issues of prestigious international journals. The program committee will select and give two or three "Best Paper Awards" for the conference. By submitting a paper to the conference, authors assure that if the paper is accepted, at least one author will attend the conference and present the paper. Excecutive General Chair Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China General Chairs Richard Hill, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom Tian Wang, Beijing Normal University, China Guihua Duan, Central South University, China Program Chairs Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China Zheng Yan, Xidian University, China Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan Yulei Wu, University of Bristol, United Kingdom Program Vice Chairs Track 1: Cyberspace Security Tariq Alsboui, University of Huddersfield United, Kingdom Muhammad Arif, Superior University Lahore, Pakistan Zhitao Guan, North China Electric Power University, China Qin Liu, Hunan University, China Yuxiang Ma, Henan University, China Junwei Zhou, Wuhan University of Technology, China Track 2: Cyberspace Privacy Saqib Ali, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan Bin Cao, Hebei University of Technology, China Songwen Pei, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China Asis Kumar Tripathy, VIT University, India Zehua Wang, The University of British Columbia, Canada Shigeng Zhang, Central South University, China Track 3: Cyberspace Anonymity Wenxiu Ding, Xidian University, China Antonio Esposito, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy Jiajia Jiao, Shanghai Maritime University, China Florin Pop, Polytechnic University of Bucharest (UPB), Romania Zhe Qu, Central South University, China Guohua Tian, Xidian University, China Publicity Chairs Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Scott Fowler, Linkoping University, Sweden Xiangyong Liu, Guangzhou University, China Wenjia Li, New York Institute of Technology, USA Guanghui Feng, Guangzhou University, China Registration Chair Pin Liu, Central South University, China Conference Secretariat Wenyin Yang, Foshan University, China Web Chairs Yonglin Liu, Foshan University, China Zhuoran Feng, Foshan University, China Steering Committee Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China (Chair) Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA (Chair) Saqib Ali, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan Valentina E. Balas, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA Jiannong Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Aniello Castiglione, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy Scott Fowler, Linkoping University, Sweden Oana Geman, University of Suceava, Romania Richard Hill, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom Ryan Ko, University of Queensland, Australia Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain Geyong Min, University of Exeter, UK Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan Sabu M. Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - KeralaKerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology (KUDSIT), India Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Jie Wu, Temple University, USA Yang Xu, Hunan University, China Zheng Yan, Xidian University, China/Aalto University, Finland Wenyin Yang, Foshan University, China Haojin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Program Committee Please check the "Program Committee" web page at the conference website for detail: http://ubisecurity.org/2024/ Previous Proceedings UbiSec 2023: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-97-1274-8 UbiSec 2022: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-0272-9 UbiSec 2021: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-0468-4 Contact Please email inquiries concerning UbiSec 2024 to Prof. Guojun Wang: csgjwang AT gmail DOT com and Conference Organizers: UbiSec2024 AT googlegroups.com. Prof. Guojun Wang, Executive General Chair of UbiSec 2024 http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/ *********************************************************************** Dr. Guojun Wang, Pearl River Scholarship Distinguished Professor Director of Institute of Computer Networks, School of Computer Science and Cyber Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China, 510006 Mobile: +86-13360581866 Email: csgjwang AT gzhu.edu.cn http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/ *********************************************************************** -- 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: https://qinliu-hnu.github.io/

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IEEE DASC 2024-Call for Papers-Deadline 15 Jun 2024
by Qin Liu 16 May '24

16 May '24

Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this DASC 2024 Preliminary Call for Papers (CFPs). =====================CALL FOR PAPERS============================= The 22nd IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing IEEE DASC 2024 http://cyber-science.org/2024/dasc/ joint conference IEEE DASC/PICom/CBDCom/CyberSciTech 2024 5-8 November 2024 - Boracay Island, Malay, Philippines =====================INTRODUCTION============================= As computer and communication systems, as well as other systems such as Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Internet of Things (IoT), and Autonomous Robotic Systems, become increasingly large and complex, their Dependability and Security play critical roles in supporting next-generation science, engineering, and commercial applications. It remains a challenge to design, analyze, evaluate, and improve the dependability and security of a large-scale computing environment. Trusted and autonomic computing/autonomous systems need synergistic research efforts covering many disciplines, from natural sciences to social sciences. It requires scientific and technological advances in a variety of fields, as well as new software, architectures, and communication technology that support the integration of the constituent technologies. IEEE DASC 2024 will be held during November 5-8, 2024, in Boracay Island, Malay, Philippines, co-located with IEEE CyberSciTech 2024, IEEE PICom 2024, and IEEE CBDCom 2024. It aims to bring together computer scientists, industrial engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange theoretical and implementation results, novel designs, work-in-progress, experience, case studies, and trend-setting ideas in the areas of dependability, security, trust, and/or autonomic computing, and autonomous systems. =====================TRACKS AND TOPICS============================= - Track 1: Dependable and Fault-tolerant Computing - Track 2: Network and System Security and Privacy - Track 3: Autonomic Computing and Autonomous Systems - Track 4: Industrial Applications and Emerging Techniques - Track 5: Autonomic and Secure Computing with AI/ML Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: - Self-Organization and Organic Computing - Cognitive Computing and Self-Aware Computing - Energy Management in Autonomic Computing and Autonomous Systems - Dependable & Fault-tolerant Computing in Big Data, CPS, IoT, SDN, and Real-time System - Hardware and Software Reliability, Verification and Testing - Security and Privacy in Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing, Mobile and Pervasive Computing, Big Data, CPS and IoT systems - Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Network and System Security and Privacy - Autonomic and Autonomous Issues in Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing, Mobile and Pervasive Computing, Big Data, CPS and IoT systems - Software/Apps/Tools Development for Dependable and Secure Applications - IoT and Sensor Network, Big Data, Smart Grid, Aerospace, Transportation Applications =====================IMPORTANT DATES========================== Paper Submission Due: 15 Jun 2024 Authors Notification: 15 Aug 2024 Camera-ready Submission: 15 Sep 2024 =====================SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION=================== Authors are invited to submit their original research work that has not previously been submitted or published in any other venue. Regular, work-in-progress (WiP), workshop, and special session papers need to be submitted in IEEE CS Proceedings format. IEEE formatting info: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html All the accepted papers will be published by IEEE in the Conference Proceedings (IEEE-DL and EI indexed). Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Selected papers will be recommended to prestigious journal Special Issues. Some papers originally submitted as full papers can be accepted as short papers 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. Regular Tracks: 6-8 pages - WiP/Workshop/Special Session Tracks: 4-6 pages =====================ORGANIZING COMMITTEE============================= -Honorary Chairs- - Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan - Mohammed Atiquzzaman, Univ. of Oklahoma, USA -General Chairs- - Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA - Kenichi Kourai, Kyushu Inst. of Tech., Japan -General Executive Chairs- - Moayad Aloqaily, Mohamad Bin Zayed Univ., UAE - Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo Univ., Japan -Program Chairs- - Wenjia Li, New York Institute of Technology, USA - Aniello Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy -Program Co-chairs- - Mohamed Rahouti, Fordham University, USA - Wei Wang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China - Adnan Anwar, Deakin University, Australia - Shan Jiang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong - Changqing Luo, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., USA - Lei Chen, Georgia Southern University, USA -Workshop & Special Session Chairs- - Preeti Mishra, Doon University, India - Arafatur Rahman, University of Wolverhampton, UK -WiP & LBI Chairs- - Saqib Ali, Univ. of Agri. Faisalabad, Pakistan - Mrinal Kanti Bhowmik, Tripura University, India -Publicity Chairs- - Mubashir Rehmani, Cork Inst. of Tech., Ireland - Junjun Zheng, Hiroshima University, Japan - Qin Liu, Hunan University, China - Senthil Kumar, Mepco Schlenk Eng. College, India - Yuhong Liu, Santa Clara University, USA -Steering Committee- - Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan - Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada - Yuanshun Dai, Univ. of Elec. Sci. & Tech. of China, China - Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan - Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA Program Committee: Please check the "Program Committee" web page on the conference website for details: http://cyber-science.org/2024/dasc/tpc/ Contact: Please email inquiries concerning DASC 2024 to Prof. Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan: zakirulalam AT gmail DOT com. -- 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: https://qinliu-hnu.github.io/

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ISLA 2024 (Call for Participation)
by abhisekh.sankaran＠tcs.com 12 May '24

12 May '24

=================================================== 10th Indian School on Logic and its Applications (ISLA) (CALL FOR PARTICIPATION) =================================================== Dates: 3 - 7 June 2024 Venue: IIT Goa, India Website: https://iitgoa.ac.in/ISLA24/index.php The 10th Indian School on Logic and its Applications will take place at IIT Goa from 3rd to 7th June, 2024. The summer school's short classes will focus on Automata & Semigroups and on Infinite Game Theory. The registration is open and will be available until May 20, 2024. The school welcomes students from all over the world and from diverse fields of study, including Mathematics, Philosophy, Computer Science, Linguistics, and other related areas. The invited speakers are: Infinite Games: Dr. Juan P. Aguilera Project Leader Vienna University of Technology Scientific collaborator Department of Mathematics of Ghent University Automata & Semigroups: 1. Dr. K. Narayan Kumar Professor kumar{at}cmi.ac.in Chennai Mathematical Institute 2. Dr. Kamal Lodaya Retired Professor kamal{at}imsc.res.in The Institute of Mathematical Sciences 3. Dr. Amaldev Manuel Associate Professor amal{at}iitgoa.ac.in Indian Institute Of Technology, Goa ISLA is a biennial event of the Association for Logic in India (https://logicindia.org) Past editions of the school were held in IIT Kanpur, IISER Bhopal, IIEST Shibpur, VIT Vellore, Jadavpur University, PSG College of Technology, Tezpur University, Manipal University, University of Hyderabad and IIT Bombay.

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UbiSec 2024-Call for Papers-Deadline 15 July 2024
by Qin Liu 08 May '24

08 May '24

Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of UbiSec 2024 Preliminary CFPs with Deadline (July 15, 2024). ============================== UbiSec 2024 ============================== Call for Papers (CFPs) of The 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Security (UbiSec 2024) Changsha, China, December 29 - 31, 2024 Organizer: Central South University, China http://ubisecurity.org/2024/ ====================================================================== Keynote Speeches Section TBD. ====================================================================== Invited Talks Section TBD. ====================================================================== Panel Discussions Section TBD. ====================================================================== Special Issues Section TBD. ====================================================================== Welcome to participate in UbiSec 2024, Changsha, China, December 29 - 31, 2024! Changsha is a famous historical and cultural city with a variety of interest. This city has been an important grain production base in China since ancient times. The green and verdant Mt. Yuelu stands in the city and Xiangjiang River is clear as a mirror passing through the city. Orange Isle lies in the heart of the river. In particular, Changsha is very close to Chairman Mao's former residence within one-hour driving. Nowadays, being an intellectual center, Changsha has over 100 research institutions and engineering laboratories. Hybrid rice breeding and the Tianhe supercomputer are the main scientific research achievements. The 4th International Conference on Ubiquitous Security (UbiSec 2024) stems from three conference/symposium/workshop series: (1) The well-established SpaCCS conference series with Springer LNCS: UbiSec is inspired by the SpaCCS style of three tracks (Security, Privacy, and Anonymity, "Spa" for short), which covers "Big Security" leveraging computation, communication and storage ("CCS" for short) systems and networks. UbiSec extends this style with three new tracks: Cyberspace Security, Cyberspace Privacy, and Cyberspace Anonymity. (2) The UbiSafe symposium series: UbiSec follows the UbiSafe vision on "Ubiquitous Safety", also meaning that "YOU (will) BE SAFE" (pronounced "UbiSafe"). UbiSec extends this vision to "Ubiquitous Security", using "Big Security" to embrace NOT ONLY security, privacy and anonymity, BUT ALSO safety, reliability, dependability, trustworthiness and more, also meaning that "YOU (will) BE SEC(ure)" (pronounced "UbiSec"). (3) The IWCSS workshop series: UbiSec follows the IWCSS theme on "Cyberspace Security", with "Cyberspace" as the 5th national sovereign space besides the traditional four domains of land, sea, air, and aerospace. UbiSec extends this theme to "Ubiquitous Security", meaning that cyberspace will be secure, physical world will be secure, social networking systems will be secure, and thus "YOU (will) BE SECure"! The UbiSec 2024 Conference ("The Conference" for short) is the fourth event in the series of conferences/symposia/workshops which are devoted to security, privacy and anonymity in cyberspace, physical world, and social networks. The Conference covers many dimensions including security algorithms and architectures, privacy-aware policies, regulations and techniques, anonymous computation and communication, encompassing fundamental theoretical approaches, practical experimental projects, and commercial application systems for cyberspace, physical world, and social networking systems. As applications of computer and information technology have permeated in every aspect of our daily life, the issues of security, privacy, and anonymity have become increasingly critical. The Conference will provide a forum for world-class researchers to gather and share their research achievements, emerging ideas and trends in the highly challenging research fields. UbiSec 2024 follows the UbiSec 2023 conference in Exeter, UbiSec 2022 conference in Zhangjiajie and the UbiSec 2021 in Guangzhou, and also the traditions of previous successful SpaCCS/UbiSafe/IWCSS conference/symposium/workshop series, held in Nanjing, China (SpaCCS 2020/UbiSafe 2020), Guangzhou,China (IWCSS 2020); Altanta, USA (SpaCCS 2019/UbiSafe 2019), Guangzhou, China (IWCSS 2019); Melbourne, Australia (SpaCCS 2018/UbiSafe 2018), Guangzhou China (IWCSS 2018); Guangzhou, China (SpaCCS 2017/UbiSafe 2017/IWCSS 2017); Zhangjiajie, China (SpaCCS 2016/UbiSafe 2016); Helsinki, Finland (UbiSafe 2015); Beijing, China (UbiSafe 2014); Melbourne, Australia (UbiSafe 2013); Liverpool, UK (UbiSafe 2012); Changsha, China (UbiSafe 2011); Chengdu China (UbiSafe 2009); and Niagara Falls, Canada (UbiSafe 2007). The conference aims at bringing together researchers and practitioners in the world working in the research fields of security, privacy, and anonymity aspects of computer systems and networks. The conference will focus on broad areas of architectures, algorithms, techniques, and applications for cyberspace security, cyberspace privacy, and cyberspace anonymity. UbiSec 2024 topics include, but are not limited to the following: Track 1: Cyberspace Security --Security Model and Architecture --Software and System Security --Trustworthy Computing --Security in Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing and Pervasive/Ubiquitous Computing --Machine Learning and AI Security --Network Security --Attacks and Defenses --Intrusion Detection and Prevention --Security in Web Services --Security in Mobile Social Networks --Security in Internet of Things --Fraud and Cyber Crime --Accounting and Auditing --Applied Cryptography --Database Security --Authentication --Forensics and Diagnostics for Security --Information Hiding --Security in Big Data and its Applications --Blockchain and Distributed System Security --Security in Hardware, Side Channels, and CyberPhysical Systems --Security in Formal Methods and Programming Languages Track 2: Cyberspace Privacy --Economics, Policies, Metrics, and Mechanisms of Privacy --Privacy Modeling and Analysis --Privacy-Preserving Computing --Privacy-Preserving Data Mining --Privacy-enhancing Technologies and Anonymity --Privacy for the Internet of Things --Privacy in Big Data and its Applications --Privacy-Preserving in Blockchain --Privacy-Preserving in Mobile Social Networks --Privacy-Preserving Crowdsensing --Privacy-Preserving Deep Learning Track 3: Cyberspace Anonymity --Anonymous Data Mining and Data Sharing --Anonymous Management in Trust Relationships --Anonymous Video Analytics Technology --Anonymity Metrics, Measures and Evaluations --Anonymity Models, Hardware/Device of Anonymity --Anonymity in Wireless Communication Systems --Anonymous Communication Protocols --Anonymity in Mobile, Ad Hoc, and Wireless Sensor Networks --Anonymous Communication and Internet --Anonymous Social Networks, Structural k-Anonymity in Social Networks --Authentication Protocol Providing User Anonymity --Anonymous Information Storage and Management --Private and Anonymous Data Storage --Anonymity, Pseudonymity & Identity Management --Anonymity in Big Data and Cloud Scenarios --Anonymity in Health and Medical Databases --Anonymity in Sensor-Cloud Systems --Anonymity in Edge Computing IMPORTANT DATES Paper Submission Deadline: July 15, 2024 Author Notification: August 15, 2024 Author Registration Due: September 15, 2024 Camera-Ready Paper Due: September 15, 2024 Conference Dates: December 29 - 31, 2024 SUBMISSION and PUBLICATION INFORMATION All presented papers in the conference will be published in the conference proceedings with Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 14 pages in Springer CCIS format (or up to 20 pages with the pages over length charge), including tables, figures, references and appendices. Notice that accepted papers less than 12 pages will be tagged as Short Papers. Papers should be submitted through the EasyChair paper submission system at the conference website. Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be considered for possible publication in SCI & EI indexed special issues of prestigious international journals. The program committee will select and give two or three "Best Paper Awards" for the conference. By submitting a paper to the conference, authors assure that if the paper is accepted, at least one author will attend the conference and present the paper. Excecutive General Chair Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China General Chairs Richard Hill, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom Tian Wang, Beijing Normal University, China Guihua Duan, Central South University, China Program Chairs Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China Zheng Yan, Xidian University, China Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan Yulei Wu, University of Bristol, United Kingdom Program Vice Chairs Track 1: Cyberspace Security Tariq Alsboui, University of Huddersfield United, Kingdom Muhammad Arif, Superior University Lahore, Pakistan Zhitao Guan, North China Electric Power University, China Qin Liu, Hunan University, China Yuxiang Ma, Henan University, China Junwei Zhou, Wuhan University of Technology, China Track 2: Cyberspace Privacy Saqib Ali, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan Bin Cao, Hebei University of Technology, China Songwen Pei, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, China Asis Kumar Tripathy, VIT University, India Zehua Wang, The University of British Columbia, Canada Shigeng Zhang, Central South University, China Track 3: Cyberspace Anonymity Wenxiu Ding, Xidian University, China Antonio Esposito, Università degli Studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy Jiajia Jiao, Shanghai Maritime University, China Florin Pop, Polytechnic University of Bucharest (UPB), Romania Zhe Qu, Central South University, China Guohua Tian, Xidian University, China Publicity Chairs Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Scott Fowler, Linkoping University, Sweden Xiangyong Liu, Guangzhou University, China Wenjia Li, New York Institute of Technology, USA Guanghui Feng, Guangzhou University, China Registration Chair Pin Liu, Central South University, China Conference Secretariat Wenyin Yang, Foshan University, China Web Chairs Yonglin Liu, Foshan University, China Zhuoran Feng, Foshan University, China Steering Committee Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China (Chair) Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, University of Texas at San Antonio, USA (Chair) Saqib Ali, University of Agriculture Faisalabad, Pakistan Valentina E. Balas, Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA Jiannong Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong Aniello Castiglione, University of Naples Parthenope, Italy Scott Fowler, Linkoping University, Sweden Oana Geman, University of Suceava, Romania Richard Hill, University of Huddersfield, United Kingdom Ryan Ko, University of Queensland, Australia Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Gregorio Martinez, University of Murcia, Spain Geyong Min, University of Exeter, UK Peter Mueller, IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Switzerland Kouichi Sakurai, Kyushu University, Japan Sabu M. Thampi, Indian Institute of Information Technology and Management - KeralaKerala University of Digital Sciences, Innovation and Technology (KUDSIT), India Carlos Becker Westphall, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Jie Wu, Temple University, USA Yang Xu, Hunan University, China Zheng Yan, Xidian University, China/Aalto University, Finland Wenyin Yang, Foshan University, China Haojin Zhu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China Program Committee Please check the "Program Committee" web page at the conference website for detail: http://ubisecurity.org/2024/ Previous Proceedings UbiSec 2023: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-97-1274-8 UbiSec 2022: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-99-0272-9 UbiSec 2021: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-981-19-0468-4 Contact Please email inquiries concerning UbiSec 2024 to Prof. Guojun Wang: csgjwang AT gmail DOT com and Conference Organizers: UbiSec2024 AT googlegroups.com. Prof. Guojun Wang, Executive General Chair of UbiSec 2024 http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/ *********************************************************************** Dr. Guojun Wang, Pearl River Scholarship Distinguished Professor Director of Institute of Computer Networks, School of Computer Science and Cyber Engineering, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, P. R. China, 510006 Mobile: +86-13360581866 Email: csgjwang AT gzhu.edu.cn http://trust.gzhu.edu.cn/faculty/~csgjwang/ *********************************************************************** -- 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: https://qinliu-hnu.github.io/

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IEEE DASC 2024-Call for Papers-Deadline 15 Jun 2024
by Qin Liu 08 May '24

08 May '24

Please accept our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this DASC 2024 Preliminary Call for Papers (CFPs). =====================CALL FOR PAPERS============================= The 22nd IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing IEEE DASC 2024 http://cyber-science.org/2024/dasc/ joint conference IEEE DASC/PICom/CBDCom/CyberSciTech 2024 5-8 November 2024 - Boracay Island, Malay, Philippines =====================INTRODUCTION============================= As computer and communication systems, as well as other systems such as Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), Internet of Things (IoT), and Autonomous Robotic Systems, become increasingly large and complex, their Dependability and Security play critical roles in supporting next-generation science, engineering, and commercial applications. It remains a challenge to design, analyze, evaluate, and improve the dependability and security of a large-scale computing environment. Trusted and autonomic computing/autonomous systems need synergistic research efforts covering many disciplines, from natural sciences to social sciences. It requires scientific and technological advances in a variety of fields, as well as new software, architectures, and communication technology that support the integration of the constituent technologies. IEEE DASC 2024 will be held during November 5-8, 2024, in Boracay Island, Malay, Philippines, co-located with IEEE CyberSciTech 2024, IEEE PICom 2024, and IEEE CBDCom 2024. It aims to bring together computer scientists, industrial engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange theoretical and implementation results, novel designs, work-in-progress, experience, case studies, and trend-setting ideas in the areas of dependability, security, trust, and/or autonomic computing, and autonomous systems. =====================TRACKS AND TOPICS============================= - Track 1: Dependable and Fault-tolerant Computing - Track 2: Network and System Security and Privacy - Track 3: Autonomic Computing and Autonomous Systems - Track 4: Industrial Applications and Emerging Techniques - Track 5: Autonomic and Secure Computing with AI/ML Topics of interest include, but are not restricted to: - Self-Organization and Organic Computing - Cognitive Computing and Self-Aware Computing - Energy Management in Autonomic Computing and Autonomous Systems - Dependable & Fault-tolerant Computing in Big Data, CPS, IoT, SDN, and Real-time System - Hardware and Software Reliability, Verification and Testing - Security and Privacy in Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing, Mobile and Pervasive Computing, Big Data, CPS and IoT systems - Artificial Intelligence Techniques in Network and System Security and Privacy - Autonomic and Autonomous Issues in Cloud/Fog/Edge Computing, Mobile and Pervasive Computing, Big Data, CPS and IoT systems - Software/Apps/Tools Development for Dependable and Secure Applications - IoT and Sensor Network, Big Data, Smart Grid, Aerospace, Transportation Applications =====================IMPORTANT DATES========================== Paper Submission Due: 15 Jun 2024 Authors Notification: 15 Aug 2024 Camera-ready Submission: 15 Sep 2024 =====================SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION=================== Authors are invited to submit their original research work that has not previously been submitted or published in any other venue. Regular, work-in-progress (WiP), workshop, and special session papers need to be submitted in IEEE CS Proceedings format. IEEE formatting info: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html All the accepted papers will be published by IEEE in the Conference Proceedings (IEEE-DL and EI indexed). Best Paper Awards will be presented to high quality papers. Selected papers will be recommended to prestigious journal Special Issues. Some papers originally submitted as full papers can be accepted as short papers 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. Regular Tracks: 6-8 pages - WiP/Workshop/Special Session Tracks: 4-6 pages =====================ORGANIZING COMMITTEE============================= -Honorary Chairs- - Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan - Mohammed Atiquzzaman, Univ. of Oklahoma, USA -General Chairs- - Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA - Kenichi Kourai, Kyushu Inst. of Tech., Japan -General Executive Chairs- - Moayad Aloqaily, Mohamad Bin Zayed Univ., UAE - Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo Univ., Japan -Program Chairs- - Wenjia Li, New York Institute of Technology, USA - Aniello Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy -Program Co-chairs- - Mohamed Rahouti, Fordham University, USA - Wei Wang, Beijing Jiaotong University, China - Adnan Anwar, Deakin University, Australia - Shan Jiang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong - Changqing Luo, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., USA - Lei Chen, Georgia Southern University, USA -Workshop & Special Session Chairs- - Preeti Mishra, Doon University, India - Arafatur Rahman, University of Wolverhampton, UK -WiP & LBI Chairs- - Saqib Ali, Univ. of Agri. Faisalabad, Pakistan - Mrinal Kanti Bhowmik, Tripura University, India -Publicity Chairs- - Mubashir Rehmani, Cork Inst. of Tech., Ireland - Junjun Zheng, Hiroshima University, Japan - Qin Liu, Hunan University, China - Senthil Kumar, Mepco Schlenk Eng. College, India - Yuhong Liu, Santa Clara University, USA -Steering Committee- - Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan - Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier Univ., Canada - Yuanshun Dai, Univ. of Elec. Sci. & Tech. of China, China - Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan - Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA Program Committee: Please check the "Program Committee" web page on the conference website for details: http://cyber-science.org/2024/dasc/tpc/ Contact: Please email inquiries concerning DASC 2024 to Prof. Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan: zakirulalam AT gmail DOT com. -- 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: https://qinliu-hnu.github.io/

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IARCS Verification Seminar Series -- Talk by Sumanth Prabhu on May 7 at 1900 hrs IST
by VSS IARCS 06 May '24

06 May '24

Dear all, The next talk in the IARCS Verification Seminar Series will be given by Sumanth Prabhu, a scientist in the Foundations of Computing group at TCS Research. The talk is scheduled on Tuesday, May 07, at 1900 hrs IST (add to Google calendar <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NzZsODVrdD…> ). The details of the talk can be found on our webpage ( https://fmindia.cmi.ac.in/vss/) and also appended to the body of this email. The Verification Seminar Series, an initiative by the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), is a monthly, online talk-series, broadly in the area of Formal Methods and Programming Languages, with applications in Verification and Synthesis. The aim of this talk-series is to provide a platform for Formal Methods researchers to interact regularly. In addition, we hope that it will make it easier for researchers to explore newer problems/areas and collaborate on them, and for younger researchers to start working in these areas. All are welcome to join. Best regards, Akash, Deepak, Madhukar, Srivathsan ============================================================= Title: Weakest Precondition Inference for Linear Array Programs Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89164094870?pwd=eUFNRWp0bHYxRVpwVVNoVUdHU0djQT09 (Meeting ID: 891 6409 4870, Passcode: 082194) Abstract: The problem of precondition inference is to find a set of initial states from which all terminating executions of a given program reach states that satisfy a given postcondition. The weakest precondition refers to the largest such set of initial states. The weakest precondition is helpful in many practical problems around software development, verification, and testing. Hence, its automatic inference is an important problem and has received considerable attention. However, existing techniques find it challenging to handle programs with arrays. In this talk, I will present our technique to find quantified weakest preconditions for programs with arrays. Our technique is effective on a class of programs called linear array programs. We prove that linear array programs' weakest precondition computation is undecidable. Nevertheless, such programs often appear in practice. Hence, many array works target them but for verification, not precondition inference. We propose a precondition inference technique in the Infer-Check-Weaken framework. It first infers a precondition along with adequate inductive invariants. A maximality check follows to see whether the precondition is the weakest. If not, the precondition is weakened. In this framework, we present novel methods for each module. We experimentally show that our technique is significantly better than the state-of-the-art over a set of existing linear array programs. Bio: Sumanth Prabhu works as a scientist in the Foundations of Computing group at TCS Research. He did his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, where he was advised by Deepak D'Souza. His current research focuses on formal verification and automated synthesis using constrained horn clauses.

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IARCS Verification Seminar Series -- Talk by Sumanth Prabhu on May 7 at 1900 hrs IST
by VSS IARCS 01 May '24

01 May '24

Dear all, The next talk in the IARCS Verification Seminar Series will be given by Sumanth Prabhu, a scientist in the Foundations of Computing group at TCS Research. The talk is scheduled on Tuesday, May 07, at 1900 hrs IST (add to Google calendar <https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=TEMPLATE&tmeid=NzZsODVrdD…> ). The details of the talk can be found on our webpage ( https://fmindia.cmi.ac.in/vss/) and also appended to the body of this email. The Verification Seminar Series, an initiative by the Indian Association for Research in Computing Science (IARCS), is a monthly, online talk-series, broadly in the area of Formal Methods and Programming Languages, with applications in Verification and Synthesis. The aim of this talk-series is to provide a platform for Formal Methods researchers to interact regularly. In addition, we hope that it will make it easier for researchers to explore newer problems/areas and collaborate on them, and for younger researchers to start working in these areas. All are welcome to join. Best regards, Akash, Deepak, Madhukar, Srivathsan ============================================================= Title: Weakest Precondition Inference for Linear Array Programs Meeting Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89164094870?pwd=eUFNRWp0bHYxRVpwVVNoVUdHU0djQT09 (Meeting ID: 891 6409 4870, Passcode: 082194) Abstract: The problem of precondition inference is to find a set of initial states from which all terminating executions of a given program reach states that satisfy a given postcondition. The weakest precondition refers to the largest such set of initial states. The weakest precondition is helpful in many practical problems around software development, verification, and testing. Hence, its automatic inference is an important problem and has received considerable attention. However, existing techniques find it challenging to handle programs with arrays. In this talk, I will present our technique to find quantified weakest preconditions for programs with arrays. Our technique is effective on a class of programs called linear array programs. We prove that linear array programs' weakest precondition computation is undecidable. Nevertheless, such programs often appear in practice. Hence, many array works target them but for verification, not precondition inference. We propose a precondition inference technique in the Infer-Check-Weaken framework. It first infers a precondition along with adequate inductive invariants. A maximality check follows to see whether the precondition is the weakest. If not, the precondition is weakened. In this framework, we present novel methods for each module. We experimentally show that our technique is significantly better than the state-of-the-art over a set of existing linear array programs. Bio: Sumanth Prabhu works as a scientist in the Foundations of Computing group at TCS Research. He did his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, where he was advised by Deepak D'Souza. His current research focuses on formal verification and automated synthesis using constrained horn clauses.

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MEMOCODE 2024: Call for Papers
by Srinivas Pinisetty 01 May '24

01 May '24

–Call for Papers -- MEMOCODE 2024 22nd ACM/IEEE International Symposium on Formal Methods and Models for System Design October 03-04, 2024, RALEIGH, NC, USA - Part of ESWEEK 2024 - https://memocode2024.github.io/ https://esweek.org/memocode/ IMPORTANT DATES · Abstract submission deadline: May 06, 2024 · Paper submission deadline: May 20, 2024 · Notification of acceptance: Jul 08, 2024 · Final version of papers: Jul 29, 2024 · Conference: Oct 03-04, 2024 MEMOCODE brings together researchers and practitioners interested in formal methods for system design and development, to exchange ideas, research results and lessons learned. The symposium focuses on the foundations and applications of formal methods in the development of hardware, firmware, middleware, and application software for systems, ranging from single embedded devices to highly networked cyber-physical systems and the Internet of Things. MEMOCODE 2024 is a part of ESWEEK 2024, which will take place in RALEIGH, NC, USA. Registered attendees can attend sessions in any of the online events, including the conferences (CASES, CODES+ISSS, EMSOFT), symposia, tutorials, workshops, and education classes. Confirmed keynote speakers are Sanjit Seshia (University of California, Berkeley), and Taylor Johnson (Vanderbilt University). TOPICS OF INTEREST MEMOCODE solicits research papers on formal methods in system design that address the foundations, engineering methods, tools, or experimental case studies. Research areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Modeling Languages, Methods, and Tools Programming languages and models; software and system modeling languages; architecture and high-level hardware description languages; timing models; model and program synthesis methods; model transformation methods. * Formal Methods and Tools Correct-by-construction methods; contract-based design and verification; static, dynamic, and type theoretic analysis; verification; validation; probabilistic model checking; test generation; refinement-based and compositional approaches to design and verification. * Models and Methods for Developing Critical Systems Fault-tolerant systems; security-critical and safety-critical systems; cyber-physical systems; hybrid systems; autonomous systems; self-adapting systems; systems that merge humans, artificial intelligence, and cyber-physical systems; societal-scale cyber-physical systems, such as connected vehicles and smart grids. * Quantitative/Qualitative Reasoning Power/performance/cost/latency estimation methods; system models for quantitative design space exploration * Formal Methods/Models in Practice Design case studies; empirical case studies SUBMISSIONS MEMOCODE calls for three kinds of submissions: regular papers, work-in-progress papers, and tool presentations. All papers must be written in English and formatted according to the IEEE Computer Society guidelines. Submission of papers is handled via hotCPR (https://memocode24.hotcrp.com) * Regular papers are no longer than 10 pages, excluding bibliography and appendices. They should describe original work that does not overlap with another publication or a submission under review or accepted for publication by any other conference or journal. Reviewers will check regular papers for the soundness and novelty of the proposed solutions. * Tool papers are no longer than 8 pages, excluding bibliography and appendices. They should describe an existing and publicly available tool that implements relevant methods. The methods might have been published before, but the tool should not have been described in a tool paper previously. In addition to reviewing the paper, reviewers will assess the tool itself using inputs and a user's manual provided by the authors on the tool's web page. * Work-in-progress (WIP) papers are no longer than 4 pages, excluding bibliography and appendices. They should describe ongoing work. Reviewers will judge the novelty of the idea, but do not yet expect proofs for the envisioned results. For questions regarding technical submissions, feel free to contact one of the program committee co-chairs. All accepted papers (regular papers, WIP papers, and tool papers) will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore's scope and quality requirements. Publication in the proceedings is contingent on one author registering for and presenting the paper at the conference. We will also plan for a special issue of the ACM Transactions on Embedded Computing Systems for which selected papers will be invited for publication. The Program Committee will also select 1-2 papers for the Best Paper Award. . GENERAL CHAIRS Stephen A. Edwards, Columbia University, USA Claire Pagetti, ONERA, France PROGRAM CHAIRS Qi Zhu, Northwestern University, USA Srinivas Pinisetty, Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIR Jean-Pierre Talpin, Inria, France PROGRAM COMMITTEE Ansuman Banerjee, Indian Statistical Institute, India Chao Huang, University of Southampton, United Kingdom Doron Peled, Bar Ilan University, Israel Elizabeth Leonard, Naval Research Laboratory, United States Eunsuk Kang, Carnegie Mellon University, United States Inigo Incer, California Institute of Technology, United States Jean-Pierre Talpin, Inria, Rennes, France Jürgen Teich, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany Katell Morin-Allory, TIMA Laboratory, France Khaza Anuarul Hoque, University of Missouri, United States Klaus Schneider, University of Kaiserslautern, Germany Luan Nguyen, University of Dayton, United States Luciano Lavagno, Politecnico di Torino, Italy Marjan Sirjani, Malardalen University, Sweden Martin Fränzle, Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany Matthew Kuo, Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand Partha Roop, University of Auckland, New Zealand Patricia Derler, Zoox, United States Pavithra Prabhakar, Kansas State University, United States Pierluigi Nuzzo, University of Southern California, United States Purandar Bhaduri, IIT Guwahati, India Reinhard von Hanxleden, Kiel University, Germany Rick Kuhn, Natl Institute of Standards & Technology, United States Roberto Passerone, University of Trento, Italy Sandeep Shukla, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India Sanjiva Prasad, Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India Shuvra Bhattacharyya, University of Maryland, United States and INSA/IETR, France Stavros Tripakis, Northeastern University, United States Sven Schewe, University of Liverpool, United Kingdom Thao Dang, CNRS/VERIMAG, France Wenchao Li, Boston University, United States Xin Chen, University of New Mexico, United States Xuandong Li, Nanjing University, China ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Best Regards Dr. Srinivas Pinisetty Assistant Professor (CSE) School of Electrical Sciences Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar Odisha 752050, India https://www.iitbbs.ac.in/profile.php/srinivaspinisetty/

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