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CALL FOR PAPERS - BRAINS’19
 
1st Blockchain, Robotics and AI for Networking Security Conference
March 27-29,2019
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 
https://brains.dnac.org/
 
Technically co-sponsored by IEEE & IEEE Communications Society
All accepted and presented papers will be published in IEEE Xplore Digital Library
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****** Paper submission deadline: November 23, 2018 *******
 
 
Solutions to secure network environments are changing rapidly with the arrival of blockchain technologies, artificial intelligence, big data and new AI approaches. The aim of this conference is to focus on these different technologies and to describe the new advances that should make the world of networks more secure. We will concentrate the presentations on blockchain-based solutions and the introduction of machine learning, deep learning, big date, analytics in networking security. 

Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:
. Blockchains
. Consensus for networking
. Blockchain as a Service
. Blockchain-Defined Networking
. Use cases
. Robots for network security
. Robots and cybersecurity
. Rogue robots and robot hackers
. Security of Cloud robotics
. Artificial intelligence for networking security
. Machine learning for network control and management
. Deep learning
. Big Data
. Analytics
. AI for firewall
. AI for DDOS
. Intra-Cloud vs Inter-Cloud Security
. SDN security
. Security and control of Mobile Internet applications
. Security of Virtual Machines
. Security, trust and privacy challenges
. Virtual firewalls
. Virtual identity management server
 
 
***Submission Instructions***

Submitted papers must represent original material that is not currently under review in any other conference or journal, and has not been previously published.

All submissions should be written in English with maximum of eight (8) printed pages (in Two-Column IEEE Conference Format), including text, figures and references. Papers should be submitted through EDAS: http://edas.info/N25008

Best papers will be considered for fast-track publication in the Annals of Telecommunications (Springer, ISI-indexed)

At least one author is required to register, at the full rate, to present accepted papers at the conference and for the paper to appear in the proceedings.
 
 
***Important  Dates***

. Paper Submission Due: Novembre 23, 2018
. Paper Review Feedback: January 17, 2019
. Final Papers Due: January 27, 2019
. Conference: March 27-29, 2019
 

 
General Chairs
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Otto Duarte (UFRJ, Brazil)
Pascal Urien (Institut Mines-Telecom, France)
 
TPC Co-Chairs
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Francine Krief (LABRI, France)
Diogo Mattos (UFF, Brazil)
 
 
Publications Chair
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Hassine Moungla (Paris Descartes University, France)
 
Steering Committee
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Prosper Chemouil (DNAC, France)
Guy Pujolle (Sorbonne Université, France)
Raouf Boutaba (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Noura Limam (University of Waterloo, Canada)
Olivier Festor (INRIA Nancy - Grand Est, France)
Wolfgang Kellerer (Technische Universität München, Germany)
 


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For further information, see https://brains.dnac.org/
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We welcome your contributions and look forward to your participation at BRAINS’19.