WIFS 2016: The 8th IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security http://www.wifs2016.org Abu Dhabi, UAE December 4-7, 2016 Scope and Purpose: WIFS is the flagship workshop on information forensics and security organised by IEEE signal processing society. Its major objective is to bring together researchers from relevant disciplines to exchange latest results and to discuss emerging challenges in different areas of information security. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Forensics - Information and system security - Biometrics - Multimedia content security - Steganography and covert communications - Hardware security - Network traffic analysis - Surveillance - Sousvelliance and anti-sousveillance - Privacy in data analytics - Privacy in the Internet of everything Important Dates: * Full paper submission: 24 July 2016 * Notification of acceptance: 25 September 2016 * Camera-ready submission: 21 October 2016 Submission of Papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length, six-page papers, including figures and references. All submitted papers will go through double-blinded peer review process. The WIFS Technical Program Committee will select papers for the formal proceedings based on technical quality, relevance to the workshop, and ability to inspire new research. Accepted papers will be presented in either lecture tracks or poster sessions. All accepted papers will be published in the IEEE conference proceedings - provided they are presented at the workshop. Submissions will be handled through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wifs16 Conference Chairs: Nasir Memon, New York University, USA Ernesto Damiani, Khalifa University, UAE Technical Program Chairs: Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi, TU Darmstadt, Germany Husrev Taha Sencar, TOBB University, Turkey