Call For Papers
The IEEE International Workshop on Secure, Trustworthy, and Resilient Communication Networks for Critical Infrastructures will be held in conjunction with the 20th IEEE International Conference on the Design of Reliable Communication Networks (DRCN), May 6-9, 2024, in Montreal, Canada.
Critical infrastructures (CIs, e.g., energy, transportation, food, water, healthcare, etc.) are facing growing cyber security risks that threaten their essential systems and services. Despite extensive knowledge in network security, trustworthiness, and resilience, the unique operation environments, use cases, specialized protocols, resource limitations, and security requirements of mission-critical systems and processes in CI sectors have posed significant research challenges.
The workshop aims to provide a global venue to share and discuss recent research in this strategic area. We seek both theoretical and practical solutions, including architectures, protocols, algorithms, models, and technologies that address secure, trustworthy and/or resilient communication networks in all CI sectors. We welcome novel submissions on communication networks for all CI systems, including but not limited to cyber-physical systems (CPS), industrial control systems (ICS), industrial Internet-of-Things (IIoT), distributed control systems (DCS), advanced metering infrastructures (AMI), supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, and others. A submission may include applications to any CI sectors, including energy, transportation, healthcare, food and water, and manufacturing, among others. Submissions on related emerging technologies, including but not limited to 5G/B5G networks, cloud/edge computing, software-defining networking, and distributed machine learning, are welcome.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Secure architectures and protocols for CI communication networks
- Next-generation communication networks for CI sectors
- Key management for CI networks
- Trust management in CI networks
- Secure energy/resource management in CI networks
- Physical layer security for CI networks
- Threat hunting and security automation in CI networks
- Security monitoring, intrusion detection, and early warning for CI communication
- Resilient communication for networked control systems in CI sectors
- Hardware-in-the-loop simulation and digital twining for CI communication networks
- Secure and trustworthy machine learning in CI networks
- Network discovery and asset management for CI sectors
- Cyber threat modeling, intelligence, and hunting for CI sectors
- Incident response and emergency recovery for CI communication disruptions
- Security and resilience metrics for CI communication
- Emerging technologies in critical infrastructure cybersecurity
- Digital forensics, law enforcement, and regulatory considerations in CI security
- Interoperability challenges and solutions between CI sectors
- Security of smart homes and buildings
- Security and resilience in energy, transportation, healthcare, and other CI sectors
Organizers:
- Mohsen Ghafouri, Concordia University, Canada Email: mohsen.ghafouri@concordia.ca
- Amir Ameli, Lakehead University, Canada Email: aameli@lakeheadu.ca
- Yuhong Liu, Santa Clara University, United States Email: yhliu@scu.edu
- Jun Yan, Concordia University, Canada Email: jun.yan@concordia.ca
- Paria Shirani, University of Ottawa, Email: pshirani@uottawa.ca
Format:
The workshop will follow the DRCN workshop format as a one-day event with the following tentative agenda:
- 9:30 am – 10:15 am: Keynote/invited talk #1
- 10:15 am – 10:30 pm: Coffee break #1
- 10:30 am – 12:30 pm: Paper session #1
- 1:30 pm – 2:15 pm: Keynote/invited talk #2
- 2:15 pm – 2:30 pm: Coffee break #2
- 2:30 pm – 4:30 pm: Paper session #2
The timeline and agenda above will be adjusted to align with the final DRCN program.
SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submissions of original unpublished papers are solicited. Papers will be reviewed on novelty, significance and contribution to the body of knowledge, correctness, and clarity. We expect all papers to provide adequate detail to enable reproducibility of their experimental results. They should be in pdf IEEE 2-column conference style, limited to five (5) pages. The DRCN 2024 conference is technically Co-Sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society. All accepted and presented papers will be included in the DRCN 2024 proceedings and will be subsequently submitted to IEEE Xplore for publication. At least one author is required to register, at the full rate, to present accepted papers at the conference and for the paper to appear in the conference proceedings and in IEEE Xplore. Authors must submit their papers electronically through EDAS using the link: https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=32193
IMPORTANT DATES
- Deadline for workshop paper submission:
March 6th, 2024March 15, 2024 (extended) - Acceptance/rejection notification:
March 22, 2024April 1st , 2024 (extended) - Final workshop papers due:
March 25, 2024April 5th , 2024 (extended) - Conference: 6 May - 9 May 2024
