** Second Call for Papers - please circulate this CFP to your colleagues and networks **

-- 18th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS 2022) --

http://www.mirlabs.org/ias22
http://www.mirlabs.net/ias22

On the World Wide Web

December 13-15,2022

** Plenary Speakers **

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Catarina Silva, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Chuan-Kang Ting, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
Joanna Kolodziej, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
Kaisa Miettinen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Kaspar Riesen, University of Bern, Switzerland
Katherine Malan, University of South Africa, South Africa
Maki Sakamoto, The University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
Mário Antunes, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
Patricia Melin, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Tijuana, Mexico
René Natowicz, ESIEE-Paris - Université Gustave Eiffel, France
Yifei Pu, Sichuan University, China

Proceedings of IAS'22 will be published with Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems (LNNS) series. (https://www.springer.com/series/15179) (Approval Pending)

Proceedings of IAS'21: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-96305-7
Indexed by: SCOPUS, INSPEC, WTI Frankfurt eG, zbMATH, SCImago, DBLP, EI Compendex, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), SpringerLink

History of IAS series: http://www.mirlabs.net/ias22/previous.php

**Important Dates**
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Paper submission due: September 30, 2022
Notification of paper acceptance: October 31, 2022
Registration and Final manuscript due: November 15, 2022
Conference: December 13-15, 2022

**About IAS 2022**
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Information assurance and security have become important research issues 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. The 18th International Conference on Information Assurance and Security (IAS) aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, developers, and policymakers involved in various information assurance and security disciplines to exchange ideas and learn the latest development in this crucial field.

**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
Image Engineering, Multimedia Signal Processing and Communication Security

**Submission Guidelines**
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Submission of a 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:
https://www.springer.com/de/authors-editors/book-authors-editors/manuscript-preparation/5636#c3324

IAS’22 Submission Link:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ias20220

** IAS 2022 Organization **
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General Chairs
Ajith Abraham, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA
Tzung-Pei Hong, National University of Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Artūras Kaklauskas, Vilnius Gediminas Technical University, Lithuania

Program Chairs
Ketan Kotecha, Symbiosis International University, India
Ganeshsree Selvachandran, UCSI University, Malaysia

Publication Chairs
Niketa Gandhi, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA
Kun Ma, University of Jinan, China

Special Session Chair
Gabriella Casalino, University of Bari, Italy

Publicity Chairs
Pooja Manghirmalani Mishra, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, India
Anu Bajaj, Machine Intelligence Research Labs, USA

If you would like to propose a special session, please email Dr. Gabriella Casalino <gabriella.casalino@uniba.it>

**Technical Contact**
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Dr. Ajith Abraham
Email: ajith.abraham@ieee.org