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<p class="MsoNormal"> CALL FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> ICISS 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> ----------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> The 17th International Conference on<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Information Systems Security<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> IIT Patna, India<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> December 17 - 19, 2021<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <a href="https://www.iitp.ac.in/~iciss2021">
https://www.iitp.ac.in/~iciss2021</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICISS solicits previously unpublished research in all areas of<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">security and privacy including building, experimenting with and<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">attacking secure systems, techniques & tools for security analysis,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and theoretical topics related to security. We encourage submissions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">from academia, industry, and government. Over the past several years,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the average acceptance rate is less than 30%. The past proceedings of<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the conference are published by Springer as part of LNCS series.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> ** Submission deadline: June 15, 2021 (AoE)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> ** Notifications: September 15, 2021 (AoE)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> ** Camera-ready: October 15, 2021 (AoE)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Topics of interest include but are not limited to:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Access control Distributed systems security<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Operating systems security Language-based security<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Network security Software security<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Application security Web security<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Privacy and anonymity PKI & Key management<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Security Audit Secure data streams<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Cyber-physical systems Malware analysis<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Authentication Authorization<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Vulnerability analysis Biometric security<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Cloud security Usable security<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> IoT Security Security testing<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Digital forensics Intrusion detection and recovery<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Smartphone security Digital rights management<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Threat modeling Identity management<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> AI/ML for security Security for AI<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Blockchains & Cryptocurrencies Digital payments<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Botnets and Honeypots Formal models of security<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Sensor, ad-hoc network security<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Submissions can be made in the following two categories:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">1) Regular papers: manuscripts under this category are complete,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> mature research works. The length of regular papers, including well<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> marked appendices, should not exceed 20-pages in LNCS style.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">2) WiP papers: work-in-progress manuscripts facilitate early<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> dissimination of work that are promising but yet not complete. The<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> length of WiP papers, including well marked appendices, should not<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> exceed 12-pages in LNCS style. WiP papers must clearly identify the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> goals of the work and the technical approach, and include enough<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> initial development to demonstrate viability of the approach. The<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> title must be prefixed with "WiP:" to clearly indicate that the<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> submission is a WiP paper.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Papers must be written in English and submitted in the Springer Verlag<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">LNCS Latex or Word style in PDF format, via the link given below. The<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">review process is single-blind, meaning that author names will be<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">visible to reviewers. The extended versions of selected and accepted<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">papers will be invited for publication in the Indian Academy of<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Sciences' journal - SADHANA. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Submission portal:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/User/Login?ReturnUrl=%2FICISS2021">https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/User/Login?ReturnUrl=%2FICISS2021</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">** ICISS will also have a BEST PAPER AWARD.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">General Chair:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- R.K. Shyamasundar, IIT Bombay, India<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Program Chairs:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Rajiv Ranjan, Newcastle University, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Somanath Tripathy, IIT Patna, India<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Publicity Chairs:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Devki Nandan Jha, University of Oxford, UK<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- N.V. Narendra Kumar, IDRBT Hyderabad, India<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">- Vishwas T Patil, IIT Bombay, India<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">ICISS 2021 Committees: <a href="http://www.iitp.ac.in/~iciss2021/committees.html">
www.iitp.ac.in/~iciss2021/committees.html</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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