The 15th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this DASC 2017 CFP. We appreciate your help if you forward this CFP to your colleague and email lists. ==============CALL FOR PAPERS================= The 15th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic Computing Theory (DASC 2017) http://cse.stfx.ca/~dasc2017/ Orlando, Florida, USA, November 6-10, 2017 ============================================== ----------------- IMPORTANT DATES ----------------- Paper Submission Due (Research Track): July 27, 2017 WiP/Poster Paper Submission Due: August 17, 2017 Special Session Paper Submission Due: August 17, 2017 Author Notification Due: August 27, 2017 Paper/Author Registration Due: September 17, 2017 Camera-ready Manuscript Due: September 21, 2017 ---------------- Special Issues ---------------- Authors of selected, high-quality papers of the symposium would be invited to submit their improved versions to one of high-impact SCI, SCI-E, &EI indexed ... Read more

We apologize in advance if you receive multiple copies of this DASC 2017 CFP. We appreciate your help if you forward this CFP to your colleague and email lists. ==============CALL FOR PAPERS================= The 15th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic Computing Theory (DASC 2017) http://cse.stfx.ca/~dasc2017/ Orlando, Florida, USA, November 6-10, 2017 ============================================== ----------------- IMPORTANT DATES ----------------- Paper Submission Due (Research Track): July 27, 2017 WiP/Poster Paper Submission Due: August 17, 2017 Special Session Paper Submission Due: August 17, 2017 Author Notification Due: August 27, 2017 Paper/Author Registration Due: September 17, 2017 Camera-ready Manuscript Due: September 21, 2017 ---------------- Special Issues ---------------- Authors of selected, high-quality papers of the symposium would be invited to submit their improved versions to one of high-impact SCI, SCI-E, &EI indexed Journals' Special Issues (confirmed): (1) IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 4.79) Special Issue on Applied Cryptography, Security, and Trust Computing for Industrial Internet-of-Things http://tii.ieee-ies.org/ (2) Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.786) Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Cyber Physical Systems https://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-security-and-privacy-in-cyber-physical-syst (3) Security and Communication Networks (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 0.806) Special Issue on Privacy Issues in Big Data Mining Infrastructure, Platforms and Applications http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1939-0122/homepage/special_issues.htm (4) Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.786) Special Issue on Future Generation Computer Systems https://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/call-for-papers/towards-smarter-cities-learning-from-internet-of-multimedia (5) Information Sciences (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.364) Special Issue on Innovative Smart Methods for Security: Emerging Trends and Research Challenges https://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-sciences/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-innovative-smart-methods-for-security-emerg (6) IEEE Access (SCI&EI Indexed) Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Things http://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/special-sections/intelligent-systems-internet-things/ (7) Computers & Electrical Engineering (IF: 1.084) Special Issue on Edge-of-Things Computing for Smart Healthcare Systems: Opportunities and Challenges https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computers-and-electrical-engineering/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-edge-of-things-computing-for-smart-healthca (8) Journal of Parallel and Distributed Computing (IF: 1.320 ) Special Issue on Cloud-of-Things and Edge Computing: Recent Advances and Future Trends https://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-parallel-and-distributed-computing/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-cloud-of-things-and-edge-computing-recent-a (9) Scalable Computing and Communications - Springer Special Issue on Engineering of highly adaptive large scale systems http://www.springer.com/computer/communication+networks/journal/41122 --------------------------------------------------- ----------------------- INTRODUCTION ----------------------- IEEE DASC 2017 will be held in November 6-10, 2017 in Orlando, Florida, USA, co-located with CyberSciTech 2017, IEEE DataCom 2017 and IEEE PiCom 2017 (the event location is very close to the Walt Disney World, which is in walking distance). IEEE DASC 2017 aims to bring together computer scientists, industrial engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange experimental and theoretical results, novel designs, work-in-progress, experience, case studies, and trend-setting ideas in the areas of dependability, security, trust and/or autonomic computing systems. --------------------------------- SCOPE AND INTERESTS --------------------------------- Topics of particular interests include the following tracks, but are not limited to: - Autonomic Computing Theory, Models, Architectures and Communications - Cloud Computing and Fog/edge Computing with Autonomic and Trusted Environment - Dependable Automatic Control Techniques and Systems - Dependability Models and Evaluation Algorithms - Dependable Sensors, Devices, Embedded Systems - Dependable Electronic-Mechanical Systems, Optic-Electronic Systems - Self-improvement in Dependable Systems - Self-healing, Self-protection and Fault-tolerant Systems - Hardware and Software Reliability, Verification and Testing - Software Engineering for Dependable Systems - Safety-critical Systems in Transportation and Power System - Security Models and Quantifications - Trusted P2P, Web Service, SoA, SaaS, EaaS, and PaaS - Self-protection and Intrusion-detection in Security - DRM, Watermarking Technology, IP Protection - Context-aware Access Control - Virus Detections and Anti-Virus Techniques/Software - Cyber Attack, Crime and Cyber War - Human Interaction with Trusted and Autonomic Computing Systems - Security, Dependability and Autonomic Issues in Ubiquitous Computing - Security, Dependability and Autonomic Issues in Cyber-Physical System - Security, Dependability and Autonomic Issues in Big Data, SDN, and IoT Systems - QoS in Communications and Services - Information and System Security - Reliable Computing and Trusted Computing - Wireless Emergency and Security Systems - Information Technology in Biomedicine - Multimedia Security Issues over Mobile and Wireless Networks - Multimedia in Mobile Computing: Issues, System Design and Performance Evaluation - Software Architectures and Design for Emerging Systems - Software Engineering for Emerging Networks, Systems, and Mobile Systems ------------------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION INFORMATION ------------------------------------------------------------------- Papers should be prepared in IEEE CS Proceedings format and submitted via DASC 2017 website: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=23308 - Research paper (8 pages) should explore a specific technology problem and propose a complete solution to it, with experimental results. - Work-in-Porgress (WiP) and special session papers (4~6 pages) are expected to report on early or ongoing research activities. - Demo/Poster papers (2~4 pages) must describe working systems and be within the scope of DASC and should be submitted to the Poster/Demo Chair. - Workshop and Special Session papers need to be submitted to the corresponding workshops and special sessions. * Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (EI indexed). * At least one of the authors of any accepted paper is required to register and present the paper at the conference. * Extended versions of selected excellent papers will be considered for fast-track publication in special issues of prestige journals (SCI/EI indexed). -------------------------------- Organizing Committees -------------------------------- Honorary Chair Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State Univeristy, USA General Chairs Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan Mohammad Zulkernine, Queen's Uniersity, Canada General Executive Chair Jun Wang, University of Central Florida, USA Program Chair Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA Program Co-Chairs Naohiro Hayashibara, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan (Dependable Computing Track) Paulo Pires, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Autonomic Computing Track) Yier Jin, University of Central Florida, USA (Secure Computing Track) Workshop Chairs Peter J. Clarke, Florida International University, USA Kommy Weldemariam, IBM Research, Africa Thaier Hayajneh, Fordham University, USA Demo/Poster Session Chairs Zhihan Lv, University College London, UK Farzana Rahman, James Madison University, USA Publicity Chairs Christian Esposito, University of Napoli "Federico II", Italy Wenjia Li, New York Institute of Technology, USA Jianwen Xiang, Wuhan University of Technology, China Jongmoon Baik, KAIST, Korea Koji Iwata, Railway Technical Research Institute, Japan Web Master Zihao Jiang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Steering Committee Jianhua Ma (Chair), Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan Yuanshun Dai, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA Please visit the DASC 2017 Website http://cse.stfx.ca/~dasc2017/ for the complete listing of organizing committee and TPC members.