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Call for Contributions
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10th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN-2017)
October 13-15, 2017
Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

http://www.sinconf.org

In Technical Cooperation with ACM Special Interest Group on Security, Audit and Control (SIGSAC) (confirmation pending)

Proceedings by ACM Press; all papers will be inserted into the ACM Digital Library.


Scope & Theme
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The 10th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SIN-2017) provides an excellent international forum for sharing knowledge and results in theory, methodology and applications of security in information and networks. Papers, special sessions, tutorials, and workshops addressing all aspects and issues of security in information and networks are being pursued. The conference invites significant contributions from researchers and industrial working on the development of cryptographic algorithms, security schemes, cryptanalysis, application security, system security, cloud security and network security. The aim of the conference is to provide a platform to the researchers and practitioners from both academia as well as industry to meet and share cutting-edge advancements in the field of information and network security.


Topics of Interest
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Authors are solicited to contribute to the conference by submitting articles that illustrate research results, project outputs, surveys and industrial experiences that describe significant advances in the following areas, but are not limited to:

- Network defense
- Tools and development platforms
- Malware analysis
- Security in cyber physical systems
- Security in space science
- Key management and distribution
- Virus and worm analysis
- Big-data trust, security and privacy
- Security in mobile devices
- Security and privacy social networks
- Cloud and system security
- Security-aware software engineering
- Artificial intelligence security
- Security in embedded systems and IoT
- Web and application security
- Security education and innovative curriculum
- Security in biometric systems
- Symmetric and asymmetric key cryptography
- Privacy and trust management
- Computational intelligence techniques in security
- Access control, firewall and IDS
- Security ontology, policies, protocols, models and certifications

SIN 2017 will feature the following keynote papers and talks:

- Akka Zemmari and Mohamed Mosbah, University of Bordeaux, France
Title: Machine Learning Aspects in Security

- Priyadarsi Nanda, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
Title: TBA

- Mauro Conti, University of Padua, Italy
Title: TBA


Proposal/Paper Submission
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- Papers must be submitted electronically via the SIN-2017 submission site at https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/SIN2017/. All papers should be written according to double column ACM conference format (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates). Title, author's name(s), affiliation, mailing address, telephone, fax and email of the principal author should be included.
- All accepted papers will be published by ACM Press in a conference proceedings and placed into ACM Digital Library. Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for possible publication in a special issue of the International Journal. Each accepted paper must be registered to be included in the proceedings.
- All proposals for organizing workshops, tutorials, demos, and special sessions are expected at the conference e-mail sin2017@muj.manipal.edu


Important Dates
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Submission Deadline : June 15, 2017 -) extended to July 17
Notification to Authors : July 16, 2017 -) extended to August 17
Final Manuscript Due : August 12, 2017 -) extended to September 17
Paper Registration Deadline : August 12, 2017


Paper Categories
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- Research Contributions :- Submissions must not substantially duplicate work that any of the authors has published elsewhere or has submitted simultaneously to any other conference or workshop that has published proceedings. Maximum length for the proceedings is 8 pages for full papers, 6 pages for short papers.
- Student Contributions :- Doctoral / Masters Students are encouraged to propose papers on ongoing research. Please add "(Student contribution)" to the title. Maximum length for the proceedings is 6 pages for student papers.
- Industrial Contributions :- Authors from industry and government enterprises are welcome to submit original papers that describe their experiences, challenges, and applications in security. Maximum length for the proceedings is 8 pages.
- Position Papers / Fast Abstracts / Poster Paper :- Authors are also encouraged to propose position papers / fast abstracts on practical studies and experiments, critiques of existing work, emerging issues, and novel ideas under development. Maximum length for the proceedings is 4 pages for fast abstracts and position statements.
- Tool Demos :- Enterprises and research centers developing, implementing, or using security tools and frameworks are encouraged to propose application / tool demos. Maximum length for the proceedings is 4 pages for tool demos.


Organizing Committee
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General Chair :
Rajveer S. Shekhawat, MUJ, India
General Co-Chair(s) :
Manoj S. Gaur, MNIT, India
Atilla Elci, Aksaray University, Turkey
Jaideep Vaidya, Rutgers University, USA
Oleg Makarevich, Southern Federal University, Russia
Ron Poet, University of Glasgow, UK
Mehmet Orgun, McQuarie Univ, Australia
Program Chair :
Vijaypal S. Dhaka, MUJ, India
Program Co-Chair(s) :
Vijay Laxmi, MNIT, India
Virendra Singh, IIT Bombay, India
Ludmila Babenko, Southern Federal University, Russia
Naghmeh M. Sheykhkanloo, Napier University, UK
Manoj K. Bohra, MUJ, India
Behnam Rahnama, Medis Inc., Iran
Organizing Chair :
Manoj K. Bohra, MUJ, India
Organizing Co-Chair(s) :
Seok-Bum Ko, University of Saskatchewan, Canada
M. Daneshtalab, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden
Parvez Faruki, MNIT, India


International Program Committee
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Full list of the IPC is available at www.sinconf.org.


Organized by
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- Manipal University Jaipur, India
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, USA
- Kennesaw State University, Georgia, USA
- Southern Federal University, Taganrog, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
- The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
- Aksaray University, Aksaray, Turkey
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India
- Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia


Hosted by
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- Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
- Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India

Future SIN Conference is scheduled to take place in the Cardiff Univ., UK (2018).

Dated 2017-04-11.