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-- The 14th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS ’18) --

http://www.mirlabs.net/ias18
http://www.mirlabs.org/ias18

Indexed by: SCOPUS, Thomson ISI Web of Science, DBLP etc.
History of IAS series: http://www.mirlabs.net/ias18/previous.php

IAS 2018: Scopus Proceedings
All accepted and registered papers will be published in AISC Series of Springer, indexed in ISI Proceedings, EI-Compendex, DBLP, SCOPUS, Google Scholar and Springerlink. Proceedings will be made available during the conference. Expanded versions of selected papers will be published in special issues of internationally referred journals (indexed by SCI) and edited volumes.

** Important Dates ** (Extended)
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Paper submission due: September 30, 2018
Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2018
Registration and Final manuscript due: November 15, 2018
Conference: December 13 - 15, 2018

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About IAS'18:
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The International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS) is a major international conference aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, developers, and policy makers involved in multiple disciplines of information security and assurance to exchange ideas and to learn the latest development in this important field. Information assurance and security has become an important research issue in the networked and distributed information sharing environments. Finding effective ways to protect information systems, networks and sensitive data within the critical information infrastructure is challenging even with the most advanced technology and trained professionals. All accepted and registered papers will be included in the conference proceedings to expected be published by Springer.

Topics (not limited to):
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Information Assurance, Security Mechanisms, Methodologies and Models
Authentication and Identity
Management Authorization and Access Control
Trust Negotiation, Establishment and Management
Anonymity and User Privacy
Data Integrity and Privacy
Network Security
Operating System Security
Database Security
Intrusion Detection
Security Attacks
Security Oriented System Design
Security and Performance trade-off
Security Management and Strategy
Security Verification, Evaluations and Measurements
Secure Software Technologies
New Ideas and Paradigms for Security
Cryptography
Cryptographic Protocols
Key Management and Recovery

Secure System Architectures and Security Application
Web Services Security
Grid Security
Ubiquitous Computing Security
Mobile Agent Security
Internet Security
Intellectual Property Protection
E-Commerce Security
E-Government Security
E-Health Security
Home System Security
Sensor Network Security
Ad hoc network security
Biometrics Security and Applications
Secure Hardware and Smartcards

Image Engineering, Multimedia Signal Processing and Communication Security
Multimedia Security
Multimedia Forensic
Digital Watermarking and DRM
Communication Security
Biometrics
Information Fusion
Image Registration
Image Mosaic
Image Indexing and Retrieval
Image and Video Coding
Multiscale Geometric Analysis
Motion Detection and Tracing
Feature Extraction
3G Communication
Embedded System Design

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Submission Guidelines:
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Submission of paper should be made through the submission page from the conference web page. Please refer to the conference website for guidelines to prepare your manuscript.

Paper format templates:
http://www.springer.com/series/11156

IAS’18 Submission Link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ias2018

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* Organizing Committee *
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General Chairs:
Ana Maria Madureira, Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto, Portugal
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA

Technical Committee (Please refer website):
http://www.mirlabs.net/ias17/committees.php

For technical contact:
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Ajith Abraham
Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org