Call for Papers for the Fourth International Conference on Ubiquitous Security

(UbiSec 2024)

 

Venue & Dates:

Changsha, China, December 29 - 31, 2024

 

Website:

http://ubisecurity.org/2024/

 

 

Introduction

 

The Fourth 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.

 

Scope and Interests

 

Topics of particular interest include, but not limited to:

 

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

 

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.

 

Important Dates

 

Extended Paper Submission Deadline:

First Batch: August 31, 2024 (Closed);

Second Batch: October 31, 2024 (Firm Deadline, No further extension will be granted)

Author Notification:

First Batch: September 30, 2024;
Second Batch: November 30, 2024

Author Registration Due:

First Batch: October 31, 2024;
Second Batch: Due: December 20, 2024

Camera-Ready Paper Due:

First Batch: October 31, 2024;
Second Batch: December 20, 2024

Conference Date:

Conference Dates: December 29 - 31, 2024

 

Contact

 

Please email inquiries concerning UbiSec 2024 to:

 

UbiSec2024 AT googlegroups DOT com

 

 

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