Final Call for DependSys 2019 Late-Breaking Innovation (LBI) Papers with 10+ Keynotes, 19+ Special Issues, and 13+ Co-Located Conferences/Symposiums/Workshops.

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The 5th International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud, and Big Data Systems and Applications (DependSys 2019)
November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China

http://www.dependsys.org/DependSys2019/

Late-Breaking Innovation (LBI) Paper Submission Deadline: August 10, 2019 (Firm Deadline)

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The 5th International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud, and Big Data Systems and Applications (DependSys 2019) will provide a forum for both academia and industry professionals to present their latest research findings in different aspects of dependability issues. For authors who may not have caught up with submitting papers to Regular Tracks, we also welcome Late-Breaking Innovation (LBI) papers reporting on the latest research, design and implementation of applications and systems in the areas of Dependability Issues. Submissions from both industry and academia are strongly encouraged.

The LBI session will provide a forum to discuss novel ideas and emerging results, presenting innovative applications and tools, and bring about novel research questions, approaches, and directions.

Submission Guidelines

LBI papers may be no more than 14 pages in length, or at most 6 additional pages with the pages overlength charge, including figures, tables, and references. If accepted, LBI papers will be considered for possible publication as Regular Papers, with the tracks to be determined by Program Chairs in author notifications around August 20, 2019.

The submitted manuscripts will be reviewed by members of the DependSys 2019 Technical Program Committee. All selected papers will be orally presented in a special conference session. At least one author of each accepted paper must register and attend the conference to present the work. The accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings by Springer LNCS (EI Indexed), and will be included in the Digital Library in Springer.

Authors are requested to submit original, unpublished manuscripts in standard Springer LNCS proceedings format (https://www.springer.com/cn/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines) through the conference website (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dependsys2019) with PDF format. When submitting, please select the appropriate Track for your paper (i.e., LBI). Submitted papers must include the contact information of all the authors. Please make sure you use the latest version of the templates to prepare your submissions. Due to the short interval between the notification of acceptance and the camera-ready deadline, we strongly encourage authors to follow the camera-ready formatting guidelines as close as possible.

Best Late-Breaking Innovation Paper Award

The DependSys 2019 conference will be offering an award recognizing the Best Late-Breading Innovation Paper presented at the conference. During the Late-Breaking Innovation session, your paper will be reviewed by a judging panel selected from the conference organizing and program committee. Your paper will be judged based on the novelty, quality of research undertaken and clarity of presentation. The Best Late-Breading Innovation Paper will receive an Award Certificate.

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Keynote Speeches Section*

You are welcome to attend 10+ Keynote Speeches offerred by world-renowned professors and industry leaders, which will be shared by the co-located conferences (iSCI 2019 and DependSys 2019) and associated symposiums, workshops and special sessions (TrustData, AEIT, IWCSS, Blockchain, NOPE, INSERT-IoT, BDSC-IoT, FogCom, ITSC, EAIC, CNC, etc).

Keynote Speaker 1: Prof. Geoffrey Fox, Indiana University, USA (Fellow of APS (Physics) and Fellow of ACM (Computing))

https://sice.indiana.edu/contact/profile/?profile_id=203

Keynote Speaker 2: Prof. Jie Wu, Temple University, USA (IEEE Fellow)

https://cis.temple.edu/~wu/

Keynote Speaker 3: Prof. Jiannong Cao, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong (IEEE Fellow)

https://www4.comp.polyu.edu.hk/~csjcao/

Keynote Speaker 4: Prof. Sy-Yen Kuo, National Taiwan University (NTU), Taipei, Taiwan (IEEE Fellow)

http://homepage.ntu.edu.tw/~sykuo/

Keynote Speaker 5: Prof. Minyi Guo, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China (IEEE Fellow)

http://www.cs.sjtu.edu.cn/~guo-my/

Keynote Speaker 6: Prof. Weijia Jia, University of Macau and Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

https://www.fst.um.edu.mo/en/staff/jiawj.html

Keynote Speaker 7: Prof. Wanlei Zhou, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia

https://www.uts.edu.au/staff/wanlei.zhou

Keynote Speaker 8: Prof. Richard Hill, University of Huddersfield, UK (IET Fellow)

https://pure.hud.ac.uk/en/persons/richard-hill

Keynote Speaker 9: Prof. Frank Hsu, Fordham University, USA

https://www.fordham.edu/info/25112/cis_faculty_and_administration/7484/frank_hsu

Keynote Speaker 10: Prof. Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), USA

https://business.utsa.edu/faculty/kim-kwang-raymond-choo/

* More Keynote Speeches will be added later.

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Special Issues Section**

Distinguished papers, after further revisions, will be published in 19+ SCI & ESCI & EI indexed special issues. Special issues will be shared by co-located conferences (iSCI 2019 and DependSys 2019) and associated symposiums, workshops and special sessions (TrustData, AEIT, IWCSS, Blockchain, NOPE, INSERT-IoT, BDSC-IoT, FogCom, ITSC, EAIC, CNC, etc):

(1) IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (TII) (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 5.43)
Special Issue on Trustworthiness in Industrial IoT Systems and Applications
http://www.ieee-ies.org/images/files/tii/ss/2019/Trustworthiness_in_Industrial_IoT_Systems_and_Applications_2019-5-22.pdf

(2) IEEE Internet of Things Journal (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 5.863)
Special Issue on Trust-Oriented Designs of Internet-of-Things for Smart Cities
http://ieee-iotj.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/SI_Proposal_Trust_IOT_190508.pdf

(3) IEEE Access (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.557)
Special Issue on Deep Learning: Security and Forensics Research Advances and Challenges
https://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/special-sections/deep-learning-security-and-forensics-research-advances-and-challenges/

(4) IEEE Access (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.557)
Special Issue on Communication and Fog/Edge Computing Towards Intelligent Connected Vehicles (ICVs)
https://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/special-sections/communication-and-fog-edge-computing-towards-intelligent-connected-vehicles-icvs

(5) ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications, and Applications (TOMM) (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.019)
Special Issue on Trusted Multimedia for Smart Digital Environments
https://tomm.acm.org/Trusted%20Multimedia%20for%20Smart%20Digital%20Environments.pdf

(6) Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 4.639)
Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence: The Security & Privacy Opportunities and Challenges for Emerging Applications
Guest Editors: Qin Liu, Guojun Wang, Jiankun Hu, and Jie Wu
http://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/
(The webpage hosting this special issue will be available soon.)

(7) Computer Communications (COMCOM) - Elsevier (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.613)
Special Issue on Software-Defined Disaster Area UAV Communication Networks for Extreme Surveillance
https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-communications/call-for-papers/uav-communication-networks

(8) Transactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies (ETT) - Wiley (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.61)
Special Issue on Intelligent Resource Management in Cloud Computing and Networking
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/21613915

(9) Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, IOS Press (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.114)
Special Issue on Recent Advance in Security and Privacy for Smart Society RASPSS19
http://www.cc-pe.net/journalinfo/issues/2019.html#RASPSS19

(10) MDPI Sensors (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.475)
Special Issue on Vehicular Sensor Networks: Applications, Advances and Challenges
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Vehicular_Sensor_Networks

(11) MDPI Sensors (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.475)
Special Issue on Fog/Edge Computing-Based Smart Sensing System
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/FCSCS

(12) MDPI Sensors (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.475)
Special Issue on Smart Agricultural Applications with Internet of Things
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Agricultural_IoT

(13) MDPI Sensors (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.475)
Special Issue on Threat Identification and Defence for Internet-of-Things
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/sensors/special_issues/Threat_Identification

(14) MDPI Electronics (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 2.110)
Special Issue on New Advances of Vehicular ad hoc Networks (VANETs)
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/electronics/special_issues/VANET

(15) MDPI Symmetry (SCI & EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.256)
Special Issue on Symmetry and Asymmetry Applications for Internet of Things Security and Privacy
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/symmetry/special_issues/Symmetry-Asymmetry-Applications-Internet-Things-Security-Privacy

(16) MDPI Information (ESCI & EI Indexed)
Special Issue on Botnets
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/botnets

(17) MDPI Information (ESCI & EI Indexed)
Special Issue on Emerging Security and Privacy Issues in IoT-based Smart Networks
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/information/special_issues/IoT-based_Smart_Networks

(18) International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering (IJCSE) - INDERSCIENCE (ESCI & EI Indexed)
http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=IJCSE

(19) Journal of High Speed Networks (JHSN), IOS Press (ESCI & EI Indexed)
Special Issue on Smart and Secure Integration of Heterogeneous 5G-enabled Industrial IoT Applications
https://www.iospress.nl/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/SI_JHSN_2.pdf

** More special issues will be added later.

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Co-located Conferences and associated Symposiums/Workshops/Special Sessions Section***

(1) The 7th International Conference on Smart City and Informatization (iSCI 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.isci-conf.org/iSCI2019/

(2) The 5th International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud, and Big Data Systems and Applications (DependSys 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.dependsys.org/DependSys2019/

(3) The 10th International Workshop on Trust, Security and Privacy for Big Data (TrustData 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.spaccs.org/trustdata2019/

(4) The 9th International Workshop on Assistive Engineering and Information Technology (AEIT 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.isci-conf.org/AEIT2019/

(5) The 3rd International Workshop on Cyberspace Security (IWCSS 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.isci-conf.org/IWCSS2019/

(6) The 2nd International Workshop on Blockchain and its Applications (Blockchain 2018), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.isci-conf.org/Blockchain2019/

(7) The 7th International Workshop on Network Optimization and Performance Evaluation (NOPE 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://www.spaccs.org/NOPE2019/

(8) The 2019 International Symposium on Emerging Technologies in the Era of 5G-based Internet of Things (INSERT-IoT 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
https://computing.derby.ac.uk/c/insert-2019/

(9) The 2019 International Workshop on Big Data and Secure Communications in IoT (BDSC-IoT 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China
http://home.sejong.ac.kr/~nkenyereyele/6.html

(10) The 2019 International Workshop on Fog Computing Technologies and Applications (FogCom 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China.
http://blockchain.whu.edu.cn/fc2019/

(11) The 2019 International Workshop on Intelligent Transportation and Smart City (ITSC 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China.
http://www.ritechs.org/ITSC2019/index.html

(12) The 2019 International Workshop on Explainable Artificial Intelligence for Cyberspace (EAIC 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China.
http://wyy.gzhu.edu.cn/EAIC.html

(13) The 2019 International Workshop on Emerging Technologies in Computer Networks and Communications (CNC 2019), November 12-15, 2019, Guangzhou, China.
http://www.dependsys.org/CNC2019/

*** More Symposiums/Workshops/Special Sessions will be added later.

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Dependability in Sensor, Cloud, and Big Data Systems and Applications

The focus of the 5th International Conference on Dependability in Sensor, Cloud, and Big Data Systems and Applications (DependSys 2019) is to create a forum for individuals, academics, practitioners, and organizations, who are developing or procuring sophisticated computer systems on whose dependability of services they need to place great confidence. Future systems need to close the dependability gap in face of challenges in different circumstances. The emphasis will be on differing properties of such services, e.g., continuity, effective performance, real-time responsiveness, ability to overcome data fault/corruption/anomaly, ability to avoid catastrophic failures, prevention of deliberate privacy intrusions, reliability, availability, sustainability, adaptability, heterogeneity, security, safety, and so on. Two outstanding papers will be selected to receive the Best Paper Awards.

DependSys 2019 topics include, but are not limited to the following:

Track 1: Dependability and Security Fundamentals and Technologies
+Concepts, theory, principles, standardization and modelling, and methodologies for dependability
+Security and privacy
+Anomaly detection and protection
+Dependability of sensor, wireless, and Ad-hoc networks dependability in mobile computing
+Dependability of software defined networks (SDN)
+Dependability issues in clouds (e.g., cloud storage, computing)
+Software and hardware dependability
+Reliability and fault-tolerant computing
+Dependability by virtualization
+Dependability in distributed scheduling and resource management
+Dependability issues in parallel and distributed databases
+Dependability issues in autonomic computing
+Dependable Biocomputing, Quantum computing, etc.
+Dependable big data foundation and management
+Big data privacy and security
+Dependable IoT supporting technologies
+Social networks and crowdsensing

Track 2: Dependable and Secure Systems
+Dependable sensor systems
+Dependability and availability issues in distributed systems
+Cyber-physical systems (e.g. networked embedded systems, automotive, aerospace, healthcare, smart grid systems)
+Dependability issues in socio-technical systems
+Dependability issues in database and transaction processing systems
+Safety and security in distributed computing systems
+Self-healing, self-protecting, and fault-tolerant systems
+IoT smart sensors and systems
+RFID systems
+Reliability issues in long-distance telemetry of distributed sensor
systems
+Dependability in automotive systems
+Dependable computing clouds for cyber-physical systems
+Dependable integration between sensor systems and the cloud
+Dependability in big data systems
+Safety-critical systems and software
+Software system security

Track 3: Dependable and Secure Applications
+Sensor and robot applications, sensor network applications
+Big data applications
+Cloud computing applications
+Datacenter monitoring
+Safety care, medical care and services, IoT-based healthcare
+Aerospace, industrial, and transportation applications
+IoT Energy, smart grid, and utility applications
+Scientific applications
+e-commerce and e-government
+Activity monitoring
+Mobile sensing applications, detection and tracking

Track 4: Dependability and Security Measures and Assessments
+Dependability metrics and measures for safety, trust, faith, amenity, easiness, comfort, and worry
+Dependability levels and relations, assessment criteria and authority
+Dependability assessment standards
+Dependability measurement, modeling, evaluation, and tools
+Dependability evaluation of parallel, distributed systems
+Software and hardware reliability, testing, verification and validation
+Evaluation of fault-tolerant systems
+Evaluations and tools of anomaly detection and protection in sensor, cloud, big data systems
+Experimental performance of parallel & distributed systems
+Practical experiences and prototypesalysis and Social Life Informatization

IMPORTANT DATES
WiP Paper Submission Deadline: August 10, 2019 (Firm Deadline)
Paper Submission Deadline: July 15, 2019 (Closed)
Author Notification: August 15, 2019
Camera-Ready Paper Due: September 15, 2019
Conference Dates: November 12-15, 2019

PAPER SUBMISSION
All papers in PDF format need to be submitted electronically through the conference website (https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dependsys2019) Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings.Papers must be clearly presented in English, must not exceed 14 pages in Springer LNCS format (or up to 20 pages with the pages over length charge), including tables, figures, references and appendices. Papers will be evaluated based on their originality, significance, relevance, and clarity of presentation assessed by at least three reviewers from respective research areas.

PAPER PUBLICATION
DependSys 2019 reserves the right to exclude a paper from distribution after the conference (e.g., removal from the digital library and indexing services), if the paper is not presented at the conference. All accepted papers will be published by Springer LNCS (EI Indexed). Two outstanding papers will be selected to receive the Best Paper Awards.

CALL FOR PROPOSALS for SYMPOSIUMS, WORKSHOPS and SPECIAL SESSIONS
The DependSys 2019 Workshops provide vibrant opportunities for academic researchers and industry practitioners to share their research experiences, original research achievements and practical development products on specific new challenges and emerging issues. The themes of the DependSys 2019 Symposiums, Workshops and Special Sessions should be related to the scopes of the DependSys 2019 main conference, reflecting to advances in all aspects of security, privacy and anonymity of computing systems, communication networks and storage services.
For submission guidelines see http://www.dependsys.org/DependSys2019/

General Chairs
Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy
Witold Pedrycz, University of Alberta, Canada
Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China

Program Chairs
Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham Univesity, USA
Sabrina De Capitani di Vimercati, Universita degli Studi di Milano, Italy
Yizhi Ren, Hangzhou Dianzi University, China

Workshop Chairs
Debiao He, Wuhan University, China
Kevin I-Kai Wang, The University of Auckland, New Zealand
Syed Hassan ahmed, Georgia Southern University, USA

Local Organizing Committee Chair
Jianer Chen, Guangzhou University, China

Publicity Chairs
Kuan-Ching Li, Providence University, Taiwan
Saqib Ali, Guangzhou University, China
Yulei Wu, The University of Exeter, UK
Michele Nappi, Universita di Salerno, Italy

Publication Chairs
Shuhong Chen, Guangzhou University, China
Guihua Duan, Central South University, China

Journal Special Issue Chairs
Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Arcangelo Castiglione, University of Salerno, Italy
Chunhua Su, The University of Aizu, Japan

Registration Chairs
Xiaofei Xing, Guangzhou University, China
Pin Liu, Central South University, China

Conference Secretariat
Wenyin Yang, Foshan University, China

Steering Committee
Jie Wu, Temple University, USA (Chair)
Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA (Chair)
Guojun Wang, Guangzhou University, China
Vincenzo Piuri, University of Milan, Italy
Jiannong Cao, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Sy-Yen Kuo, National Taiwan University, Taiwan
Yi Pan, Georgia State University, USA
A. B. M Shawkat Ali, The University of Fiji, Fiji
Mohammed Atiquzzaman, University of Oklahoma, USA
Al-Sakib Khan Pathan, Southeast University, Bangladesh
Kenli Li, Hunan University, China
Shui Yu, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia
Yang Xiang, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia
Kim-Kwang Raymond Choo, The University of Texas at San Antonio, USA
Kamruzzaman Joarder, Federation University and Monash University, Australia

Webmasters
Xi Wen, Central South University, China
Junqiu Lai, Guangzhou University, China

Contact

Please email inquiries concerning DependSys 2019 to Conference Organizers: DependSys2019@googlegroups.com

Prof. Guojun Wang, General Chair of DependSys 2019

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Dr. Guojun Wang, Pearl River Scholarship Distinguished Professor
Director of Institute of Computer Networks,
Vice Dean of School of Computer Science,
Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province,
P. R. China, 510006
Tel/Fax: +86-20-39366920, Mobile: +86-13360581866
Email: csgjwang@gzhu.edu.cn; csgjwang@gmail.com
http://ieee-trustcom.org/faculty/~csgjwang/publications.html
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