Call for Proposal/Paper
11th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks
(SIN-2018)

10th-12th September 2018  
Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales
 
Proceedings by ACM International Conference Proceeding Series (ICPS). All accepted papers will be included in the ACM Digital Library
 
Scope
The 11th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN-2018) organised by Cardiff University, School of Computer Science and Informatics, provides an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and results in theory, methodology and applications of Security in information and networks. Papers, special sessions, tutorials, and workshops addressing all aspects and issues of security in information and networks are being pursued. The conference invites significant contributions from researchers and industrial working on the development of cryptographic algorithms, security schemes, cryptanalysis, application security, system security, cloud security and network security. The conference aims to provide a platform to the researchers and practitioners from both academia as well as industry to meet and share cutting-edge advancements in the field of information and network security.
 
Topic of Interest
Authors are solicited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, project outputs, surveys and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the following areas, but are not limited to:
 
•    Network defence     
•    Tools and development platforms
•    Malware analysis      
•    Security in cyber-physical systems
•    Security in space science     
•    Key management and distribution
•    Virus and worm analysis     
•    Big-data trust, security and privacy
•    Security in mobile devices      
•    Security and privacy social networks
•    Cloud and system security     
•    Security-aware software engineering
•    Artificial intelligence security     
•    Security in embedded systems and IoT  
•    Web and application security     
•    Security education and innovative curriculum
•    Security in biometric systems     
•    Symmetric and asymmetric key cryptography
•    Privacy and trust management     
•    Computational intelligence techniques in Security

Proposal/Paper Submission
•    Papers     must     be     submitted     electronically     via     the     SIN-2018     submission site. All papers should be written according     to     double-column     ACM     conference format. Title, author's name(s), affiliation, mailing address, telephone, fax and email of the principal author should be included.  
•    All accepted papers will be published by ACM Press in a conference proceeding and placed into ACM Digital Library. Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for possible publication in a special issue of the International Journal. Each accepted paper must be registered to be included in the proceedings
•    All proposals for organising workshops, tutorials, demos, and special sessions are to be shared to the conference e-mail sin2018@  
 
Important Dates

Submission Deadline    May 21st, 2018  
Notification to Authors    July 2nd, 2018  
Final Manuscript Due    July 16th, 2018  
Paper Registration Deadline    July 30th, 2018

              
Paper Categories
•    Research Contributions: - Submissions must not substantially duplicate work that any of the authors has published elsewhere or has submitted simultaneously to any other conference or workshop that has published proceedings. The maximum length for the proceedings is eight pages for full papers, six pages for short papers.  
•    Student Contributions: - Doctoral / Masters Students are encouraged to propose papers on ongoing research. Please add "(Student contribution)" to the title. The maximum length for the proceedings is six pages for student papers.  
•    Industrial Contributions: - Authors from industry and government enterprises are welcome to submit original papers that describe their experiences, challenges, and applications in security. The maximum length for the proceedings is eight pages
•    Position Papers / Fast Abstracts / Poster Paper: - Authors are also encouraged to propose position papers / fast abstracts on practical studies and experiments, critiques of existing work, emerging issues, and novel ideas under development. The maximum length for the proceedings is 4 pages for fast abstracts and position statements.  
•    Tool Demos: - Enterprises and research centres developing, implementing, or using security tools and frameworks are encouraged to propose application/tool demos. The maximum length for the proceedings is 4 pages for tool demos.