INTRODUCTION
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DependSys-2025 conference is the 11th event in the series of conferences which offers a timely venue for bringing together new ideas, techniques, and solutions for dependability and its issues in sensor, cloud, and big data systems and applications. As we are deep into the Information Age, huge amounts of data are generated every day from sensors, individual archives, social networks, Internet of Things, enterprises and Internet in various scales and format which will pose a major challenge to the dependability of our designed systems. As these systems often tend to become inert, fragile, and vulnerable after a period of running. Effectively improving the dependability of sensor, cloud, big data systems and applications has become increasingly critical.
This conference provides a forum for individuals, academics, practitioners, and organizations who are developing or procuring sophisticated computer systems on whose dependability of services they need to place great confidence. Future systems need to close the dependability gap in face of challenges in different circumstances. The emphasis will be on differing properties of such services, e.g., continuity, effective performance, real-time responsiveness, corruption, anomaly, ability to avoid catastrophic failures, prevention of deliberate privacy intrusions, reliability, availability, sustainability, adaptability, heterogeneity, security, safety, and so on.
DependSys-2025 will be hosted in Exeter, the capital city of Devon and provides the county with a central base for education, medicine, religion, commerce and culture. Prospective authors are invited to submit their papers to DependSys-2025. All accepted papers are expected to be included in IEEE Xplore and will be indexed by Engineering Index (EI). The authors of selected best papers will be invited post conference to extend their contributions for special issues of prestigious journals to be planned in conjunction with the conference.

SCOPE AND TOPICS
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Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Track 1: Dependability and Security Fundamentals and Technologies
Track 2: Dependable and Secure Systems
Track 3: Dependable and Secure Applications
Track 4: Dependability and Security Measures and Assessments

PAPER SUBMISSION GUIDELINE
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All papers need to be submitted electronically through the conference submission website (https://hpcn.exeter.ac.uk/dependsys/) with PDF format. The materials presented in the papers should not be published or under submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 8 pages (or 12 pages with over length charge) including figures and references using IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style (two columns, single-spaced, 10 fonts).
Once accepted, the paper will be included into the IEEE conference proceedings published by IEEE Computer Society Press (indexed by EI). At least one of the authors of any accepted paper is requested to register the paper at the conference.


CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS
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DependSys-2025 is inviting proposals for high-quality workshops to complement its scientific program. Workshop topics should fall within the broad area of Dependability in Sensor, Cloud, and Big Data Systems and Applications. The workshop organizers are highly encouraged to include interactive and hands-on working sessions.
The organizers of approved workshops are responsible for advertising their workshops, collecting papers, managing the review process, making accepted papers available to workshop participants (e.g., workshop website). Conference facilities such as meeting rooms, wireless Internet and meals will be provided by the main conference local organizers.

WORKSHOP PROPOSAL SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
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Workshop proposals should be formatted as a single PDF document of 1-2 pages, describing the following:
• The full name and acronym of the workshop
• A description of the theme of the workshop and its key topics
• A tentative list of workshop chairs
• A tentative CFP

To Submit: Please email your proposal to dependsys2025@googlegroups.com with the title “DependSys Workshop Proposal”.


IMPORTANT DATES
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• Workshop Proposal: 1 March 2025
• Submission Deadline: 30 April 2025
• Authors Notification: 15 June 2025
• Final Manuscript Due: 15 July 2025
• Registration Due: 15 July 2025
• Conference Date: 13-15 August 2025