1st INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BIG DATA AND CYBER-SECURITY INTELLIGENCE (BDCSIntell’2018)
Hadath, Lebanon
December 13-15, 2018
Website: http://www.cognitus.fr/BDCSIntell2018/

The 1st edition of International Conference on Big Data and Cybersecurity Intelligence (BDSCIntell'2018) will be hosted in Beirut, Lebanon - one of the most prominent technology hub in the Middle-East for startups, talents, and education. BDSCIntell'2018 is a pioneering conference in Lebanon aiming at accelerating research, innovation, and industrial practices of Big Data and Cybersecurity intelligence.

The conference is organized by Lebanese University - one of the top ranked universities in Lebanon - in connection with universities and a research and innovation accelerator in Europe. The main theme of the first edition is to increase the awareness of Cybersecurity and discuss the opportunities and disruptions brought about by Big Data within government and industries. BDSCIntell'2018 will be the platform to validate the applicability and impact of innovation in the field of Big Data and Cybersecurity.

The conference will bring experts from both Big Data and Cybersecurity and provide them an opportunity to share their innovation and thoughts of designing and developing next generation smart solutions for building highly secure Cyber-world and intelligent Big Data products. The mixing of Big Data and Cyber-Security opens the door for multidisciplinary contributions spanning a wide spectrum of domains like computer science, mathematics, data analysis, real-time data processing, security and privacy management, information system management, and many more. In addition, this conference will assemble a line of renowned speakers who will deliver their innovative thoughts to tackle challenges and build better world by leveraging the power of advanced technologies.


********Scope**********

BDSCIntell'2018 expects original and high-quality papers in all aspects of Big Data and Cyber-Security. The scope includes - but not limited to:

BIG DATA
o Foundation of Big Data
o Models and algorithms for Big Data intelligence
o Big Data Management
o Missing Data Imputation
o Big Data search, mining, and visualization
o Knowledge discovery and semantic based mining from Big Data
o Machine learning and Artificial intelligence for big data
o Deep learning for Big data
o Cloud based infrastructure for Big Data applications
o Information retrieval from massive scale data
o Big Data governance: Big Data quality
o Real-Time Big Data Analysis
o Algorithms, models, and tools of real-time data processing

CYBER-SECURITY:

o Threat models and attacker strategies of cyber-warfare
o Models of cyber terrorism
o Malware analytics
o Cyber forensics and threat intelligence
o Information security intelligence
o Intrusion detection and visualization
o Detecting security threats in social networks
o Algorithms and models for information and network security
o Monitoring and real-time cyber supervision
o Privacy policies
o Data Protection System
o Distributed access control
o Reliable security infrastructure
o Big Data architecture for cybersecurity
o Deep learning for cybersecurity
o Security and information assurance for Big Data
o Security, privacy and legal issues specific to big data

APPLICATION:
o Telecommunication
o Banking and Finance
o Smart City
o Public Services
o Healthcare
o Environment
o National Security/Defense Industry
o Energy
o Oil & Gas Mining
o Etc.

************* Guidelines and Submission Information ********

Language: English.

Paper size and format: US Letter; Two-column format in the IEEE style.
Page limit: Up to 8 pages for peer review.
Abstract length: Approximately 1500 characters.
File format: Limit the size of a single PDF file to be 6 MB.

All submitted manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 program committee members. Accepted papers with confirmed presentation will appear in the conference proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press. The conference will publicly announce the winners of its Best Paper Award.

The authors of the best selected papers will be invited to extend their works for publication to international journals: (a href="http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijbdi" target="_blank" rel="noopener")International Journal of Big Data Intelligence (/a) and (a href="http://www.mdpi.com/journal/computers" target="_blank" rel="noopener")Computer(/a) indexed by DBLP, SCOPUS, Inspec, and ESCI.


********************Key Dates*************************************

Full paper submission: 20/10/2018
Poster submission: 5/11/2018
Notification to authors: 15/11/2018.
Camera-ready papers due: 25/11/2018.
Conference date: December 13-15, 2018.
Visit Conference Website: http://www.cognitus.fr/BDCSIntell2018/

**********************Steering Committee*************************
Yehia Taher (UVSQ, France)
Mohamed Dbouk (LU, Lebanon)
Salim Hariri (UA, USA)
Mike P. Papazoglou (UvT, Netherlands)
Mohand-Said Hacid (UCBL, France)
Athman Bouguettaya (The University of Sydney, France)
Nashat Mansour (LAU, Lebanon)
Salima Benbernou (UPD, France)

********************* General Conference Chair **************************
Yehia Taher (UVSQ, France)
Mohamed Dbouk (LU, Lebanon)

********************* Technical Program Chairs **************************

Karine Zeitouni (UVSQ, France)
Ali Jaber (LU, Lebanon)
Jacques Demerjian (LU, Lebanon)


********************* Track Chair **************************
Bassem Haidar (LU, Lebanon)
Maguy Medlej LU, Lebanon)
Zoubida Kedad(UVSQ, France)
Hamid Mcheik(UQAC, Canada)

******************* Proceeding Chairs **************************
Beatrice Finance (UVSQ, France)
Cihan Tunc (UA, USA)

******************* Organizing Committee **************************
Siba Haidar (LU, Lebanon)
Antoun Yacoub (LU, Lebanon)
Zainab Assaghir (LU, Lebanon)
Marie-Rita Hojeij (USEK, Lebanon)
Kamal Beydoun (LU, Lebanon)
Zein El Abidin Ibrahim (LU, Lebanon)
Rima Kilany (USJ, Lebanon)

******************* Finance Chairs **************************
Dr. Ali Jaber (LU, Lebanon)
Ali Masri (Cognitus, France)
Raef Mousheimish (UVSQ, France)

******************* Publicity Chairs **************************
Nadine Abbas (AUB, Lebanon)
Houssein Dhayne (USJ, Lebanon)
Tilda Akiki (USEK, Lebanon)

******************* Web Chairs **************************
Mohammed AlShaer (LU, Lebanon/UCBL, France)

*****************Program Committee************************

Samir Amir (PressInov, France)
Carole Bassil (Lebanese University, Lebanon)
Salima Benbernou (Paris Descartes, France)
Amal Elgamal (Cairo University, Egypt)
Ahmad Fadlallah (Lebanese University, Lebanon)
Kaniz Fatema (University of Derby, UK)
Walid Gaaloul (Télécom SudParis, France)
Rizwan Khan (Barrett Hodgson University, Karachi)
Rahat Khan (IDEMIA, France)
Beatrice Finance (Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France)
Sohel Rahman (BUET, Bangladesh)
Mohand-Said Hacid (Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1, France)
Rafiqul Haque (Cognitus, France)
Shazzad Hosain (NSU, Bangladesh)
Ahmad Karawash (OCAD University, Canada)
Zakaria Maamar (Zayed University, Dubai)
Ali Masri (Cognitus, France)
Raef Moushiemesh (Cognitus, France)
Ihab Sbeity (Lebanese University, Lebanon)
Yehia Taher (Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France)

To be announced more..

************************* Questions and further information *******************

Detailed information could be found on: http://www.cognitus.fr/BDCSIntell2018/