=============CALL FOR PAPERS==================================================== The 17th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (DASC 2019) August 5-8, 2019, Fukuoka, Japan http://cyber-science.org/2019/dasc/ ================================================================================ INTRODUCTION IEEE DASC 2019 will be held in August 5-8, 2019, Fukuoka, Japan, co-located with IEEE CyberSciTech 2019, IEEE DataCom 2019 and IEEE CBDCom 2019. IEEE DASC 2019 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. Topics of particular interests include the following tracks, but are not limited to: - Dependable, Autonomic, Secure Computing Systems, Architectures and Communications - Cloud Computing and Fog/edge Computing with Autonomic and Trusted Environment - Dependable Automatic Control Techniques and Systems - 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 - Biometric issue over Cloud, Context Aware Access Control and Mobile - Security, Dependability and Autonomic Issues in Big Data, CPS, SDN and IoT - QoS in Communications and Services and Service Oriented Architectures - 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 - Evaluation Platforms for Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing Systems - Trustworthy Data, Secured Data Collection Systems, Models, and Architectures - Smart City Security and Privacy Models and Architectures --------------------- IMPORTANT DATES --------------------- Workshop/Special Session Proposal Due: Feb 28, 2019 Paper Submission Due: Mar. 20, 2019 Demo/Poster/WiP Submission Due: Apr. 20, 2019 Author Notification: May 25, 2019 Camera-ready Paper Due June 20, 2019 --------------------------------------------------------- SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION INFORMATION --------------------------------------------------------- Authors are invited to submit their original research work using IEEE CS Proceedings format via DASC 2019 website: http://cyber-science.org/2019/dasc/sub/. Research paper (8 pages) should explore a specific technology problem and propose a complete solution to it, with experimental results. Work-in Progress (WiP) Papers (4~6 pages) and Demo/Poster papers (2~4 pages) must describe working systems within the scope of DASC. Workshop & Special Session papers (6 pages) need to be submitted to corresponding workshops & special sessions. * Accepted papers will be included into the 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 papers will be considered for fast-track publication in some prestige journals (SCI/EI indexed). * Best Paper Awards will be given for the best papers in DASC 2019. ----------------------------- Special Issues ----------------------------- Authors of high quality papers will be invited to publish extended papers in one of the following journals: + IEEE Access, Topic: "Deep Learning: Security and Forensics Research Advances and Challenges" + Journal of Systems Architecture, Topic: "Dependable Cyber Physical Systems" + International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering, Topic: Cybersecurity, Innovative Services and Emerging Technologies of Cloud and Big Data Computing + ACM Transactions on Multi. Comp., Comm., and Appli. (ACM TOMM), Topic: "Trusted Multimedia for Smart Digital Environments" * More will be added soon. ----------------------------- Organizing Committees -------------------------------- Honorary Chairs Nobuyasu Kanekawa, Hitachi, Ltd., Japan Rajkumar Buyya, University of Melbourne, Australia General Chairs Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA General Executive Chair Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo Univ., Japan Program Chair Tatsuhiro Tsuchiya, Osaka University, Japan Program Co-Chairs Naohiro Hayashibara, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan Aniello Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy Zheng Zheng, Beihang University, China Workshop/ Special Session Chairs Hiroshi Nakamura, University of Tokyo, Japan Qin Liu, Hunan University, China WiP/Poster/Demo Chairs Kenichi Kourai, Kyushu Institute of Technology, Japan Haider Abbas, National Univ. of Sci. & Tech., Pakistan International Liaison & Publicity Chairs Masayuki Arai, Nihonbashi University, Japan Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan Syed Hassan Ahmed, Georgia Southern University, USA Mamoun Alazab, Charles Darwin University, Australia Bo Yang, Univ. of Electronic Sci. & Tech. of China, China Michele Nappi, University of Salerno, Italy Advisory Committee Chairs Sy-Yen Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy Mohammad Zulkernine, Queen's University, Canada Steering Committee Chairs Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Please visit the DASC 2019 Website http://cyber-science.org/2019/dasc/ for the complete listing of organizing committee and TPC members.