[ecoop-info] IEEE DASC'17 (will hold close to the Walt Disney Wolrd, Florida) still accepting the Research Paper (July 27: Hard deadline)

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==============CALL FOR PAPERS=================The 15th IEEE International Conference on Dependable, Autonomic and Secure Computing (DASC 2017)http://cse.stfx.ca/~dasc2017/Orlando, Florida, USA, November 6-10, 2017==============================================
----------------Special Issues----------------Authors of selected, high-quality papers of the symposium would be invited to submit their improved versions to one of high-impact SCI, SCI-E, &EI indexed Journals' Special Issues (confirmed): 
(1) IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor:6.764)Special Issue on Applied Cryptography, Security, and Trust Computing for Industrial Internet-of-Thingshttp://tii.ieee-ies.org/
(2) Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor:3.997)Special Issue on Security and Privacy in Cyber Physical Systemshttps://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-security-and-privacy-in-cyber-physical-syst
(3) Security and Communication Networks (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 1.067)Special Issue on Privacy Issues in Big Data Mining Infrastructure, Platforms and Applicationshttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1939-0122/homepage/special_issues.htm
(4) Future Generation Computer Systems - Elsevier (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor:3.997)Special Issue on  Future Generation Computer Systemshttps://www.journals.elsevier.com/future-generation-computer-systems/call-for-papers/towards-smarter-cities-learning-from-internet-of-multimedia
(5) Information Sciences (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 4.832)Special Issue on Innovative Smart Methods for Security: Emerging Trends and Research Challengeshttps://www.journals.elsevier.com/information-sciences/call-for-papers/special-issue-on-innovative-smart-methods-for-security-emerg 
(6) IEEE Access (SCI&EI Indexed, Impact Factor: 3.22)Special Issue on Intelligent Systems for the Internet of Thingshttp://ieeeaccess.ieee.org/special-sections/intelligent-systems-internet-things/
(7) IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IoT Journal)http://iot-journal.weebly.com/
(8) IEEE Cloud Computinghttps://www.computer.org/cloud-computing---------------------------------------------------

-----------------------INTRODUCTION-----------------------IEEE DASC 2017 will be held in November 6-10, 2017 in Orlando, Florida, USA, co-located with CyberSciTech 2017, IEEE DataCom 2017 and IEEE PiCom 2017 (the event location is very close to the Walt Disney World, which is in walking distance). 
IEEE DASC 2017 aims to bring together computer scientists, industrial engineers, and researchers to discuss and exchange experimental and theoretical results, novel designs, work-in-progress, experience, case studies, and trend-setting ideas in the areas of dependability, security, trust and/or autonomic computing systems. 
---------------------------------SCOPE AND INTERESTS---------------------------------Topics of particular interests include the following tracks, but are not limited to:
- Autonomic Computing Theory, Models, Architectures and Communications- Cloud Computing and Fog/edge Computing with Autonomic and Trusted Environment- Dependable Automatic Control Techniques and Systems- Dependability Models and Evaluation Algorithms- Dependable Sensors, Devices, Embedded Systems- Dependable Electronic-Mechanical Systems, Optic-Electronic Systems- Self-improvement in Dependable Systems- Self-healing, Self-protection and Fault-tolerant Systems- Hardware and Software Reliability, Verification and Testing- Software Engineering for Dependable Systems- Safety-critical Systems in Transportation and Power System- Security Models and Quantifications- Trusted P2P, Web Service, SoA, SaaS, EaaS, and PaaS- Self-protection and Intrusion-detection in Security- DRM, Watermarking Technology, IP Protection- Context-aware Access Control- Virus Detections and Anti-Virus Techniques/Software- Cyber Attack, Crime and Cyber War- Human Interaction with Trusted and Autonomic Computing Systems- Security, Dependability and Autonomic Issues in Ubiquitous Computing- Security, Dependability and Autonomic Issues in Cyber-Physical System- Security, Dependability and Autonomic Issues in Big Data, SDN, and IoT Systems- QoS in Communications and Services- Information and System Security- Reliable Computing and Trusted Computing- Wireless Emergency and Security Systems- Information Technology in Biomedicine- Multimedia Security Issues over Mobile and Wireless Networks- Multimedia in Mobile Computing: Issues, System Design and Performance Evaluation- Software Architectures and Design for Emerging Systems- Software Engineering for Emerging Networks, Systems, and Mobile Systems
---------------------------IMPORTANT DATES---------------------------Paper Submission Due (Research Track): July 27, 2017 (HARD Deadline) WiP/Poster/Demo Paper Submission Due: August 17, 2017Special Session Paper Submission Due: August 17, 2017
Author Notification Due: August 27, 2017Paper / Author Registration Due: September 17, 2017Camera-ready Manuscript Due: September 21, 2017

-------------------------------------------------------------------SUBMISSION AND PUBLICATION INFORMATION-------------------------------------------------------------------Papers should be prepared in IEEE CS Proceedings format and submitted via DASC 2017 website: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=23308
- Research paper (8 pages) should explore a specific technology problem and propose a complete solution to it, with experimental results.- Demo/Poster papers (2~4 pages) must describe working systems and be within the scope of DASC and should be submitted to the Poster/Demo Chair. To submit a demo/poster abstract, please add “Poster/Demo:” at the beginning of the manuscript’s title.- WiP (work-in-progress) (2~4 pages). To submit a work in progress, please add “WiP:” at the beginning of the manuscript’s title.- Workshop and Special Session papers need to be submitted to the corresponding workshops and special sessions. 
* Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (EI indexed). * At least one of the authors of any accepted paper is required to register and present the paper at the conference. * Extended versions of selected excellent papers will be considered for fast-track publication in special issues of prestige journals (SCI/EI indexed). 
--------------------------------Organizing Committees--------------------------------Honorary ChairStephen S. Yau, Arizona State Univeristy, USA
General ChairsNobuyasu Kanekawa, Hitachi, Ltd., JapanMohammad Zulkernine, Queen's Uniersity, Canada 
General Executive ChairJun Wang, University of Central Florida, USA 
Program ChairMd Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA
Program Co-ChairsNaohiro Hayashibara, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan (Dependable Computing Track)Paulo Pires, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Autonomic Computing Track)Yier Jin, University of Central Florida, USA (Secure Computing Track) 
Workshop ChairsPeter J. Clarke, Florida International University, USAKommy Weldemariam, IBM Research, AfricaThaier Hayajneh, Fordham University, USA
Demo/Poster Session ChairsZhihan Lv, University College London, UKFarzana Rahman, James Madison University, USA
Publicity ChairsChristian Esposito, University of Napoli "Federico II", ItalyWenjia Li, New York Institute of Technology, USAJianwen Xiang, Wuhan University of Technology, ChinaJongmoon Baik, KAIST, KoreaKoji Iwata, Railway Technical Research Institute, Japan
Web MasterZihao Jiang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
Steering CommitteeJianhua Ma (Chair), Hosei University, Japan Laurence T. Yang (Chair), St. Francis Xavier University, Canada Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan Yuanshun Dai, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Stephen S. Yau, Arizona State University, USA 
Please visit the DASC 2017 Website http://cse.stfx.ca/~dasc2017/for the complete listing of organizing committee and TPC members.