CANS 2017: 16th International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security Hong Kong, Hong Kong, November 30-December 2, 2017 |
| Conference website | http://crypto.ie.cuhk.edu.hk/cans17 |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cans2017 |
| Submission deadline | August 5, 2017 |
*** For more details, see http://crypto.ie.cuhk.edu.hk/cans17. ***
The International Conference on Cryptology and Network Security (CANS) is a recognized annual conference, focusing on all aspects of cryptology, and of data, network, and computer security, attracting cutting-edge results from world-renowned scientists in the area.
CANS 2017 will be held in Hong Kong, organized by Department of Information Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Earlier editions were held in Taipei (01), San Francisco (02), Miami (03), Xiamen (05), Suzhou (06), Singapore (07), Hong Kong (08), Kanazawa (09), Kuala Lumpur (10), Sanya (11), Darmstadt (12), Parary (13), Crete (14), Marrakesh (15), and Milan (16). CANS 2017 is held in cooperation with the International Association of Cryptologic Research (IACR).
The conference date of CANS 2017 puts it before IACR AsiaCrypt 2017 in Hong Kong. ICITS 2017 (International Conference on Information Theoretic Security) will be held in Hong Kong around the same time. This is a wonderful opportunity to attend three excellent conferences in a trip!
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Papers offering original, high quality, unpublished research and implementation experiences are solicited for submission.
All submissions should follow the formatting instructions of the Springer's Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), since the time of submission.
Submitted papers should be at most 18 pages (using 10-point font), excluding the bibliography and well-marked appendices, and at most 22 pages total.
Submissions must be anonymous (no author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, obvious references).
The conference will also consider short submissions of up to 8 pages for results that are preliminary or that simply require few pages to describe.
Papers must be submitted through www.easychair.org. All submissions must be written in English.
At least one author of every accepted paper must register to the conference by the early registration deadline indicated by the organizers. Authors have to present their own paper. Papers without a registered author will be removed from the proceedings. Accepted papers will be published in LNCS and will be available at the conference.
Areas of interest for CANS 2017 include, but are not limited to:
List of Topics
- Access Control
- Anonymity & Pseudonymity
- Applied Cryptography
- Attacks & Malicious Code
- Authentication, Identification
- Biometrics
- Block & Stream Ciphers
- Cryptographic Algorithms
- Cryptographic Protocols
- Cyberphysical Security
- Data and Application Security
- Data and Computation Integrity
- Data Protection
- Denial of Service Protection
- Distributed Systems Security
- Embedded System Security
- Formal Methods for Security
- Hash Functions
- Identity Management
- (Future) Internet Security
- Key Management
- Language-Based Security
- Malware Analysis and Detection
- Mobile Security
- Multicast Security
- Network Security
- Peer-to-Peer Security Privacy
- Public Key Cryptography
- Security Architectures
- Security Metrics
- Security Models
- Security Policies
- Security and Privacy for Big Data
- Security and Privacy in the Cloud
- Security in Content Delivery
- Security in Crowdsourcing
- Security in Grid Computing
- Security in the Internet of Things
- Security in Location Services
- Security in Pervasive Systems
- Security in Social Networks
- Sensor Network Security
- Spam & SPIT Protection
- Trust Management
- Usable Security
- Virtual Private Networks
- Wireless and Mobile Security
- Security in FinTech
Special Track: Security in FinTech
As happening in one of the world's most significant financial centres, CANS 2017 aims to bring together the people working on the security aspect of FinTech. Topics include but are not limited to the following are especially welcomed:
- Consensus protocols
- Anonymity for Cryptocurrencies and signatures
- Cryptographic protocols for FinTech
- Smart contracts
- Proof of work / Proof of stake
- FinTech application
- Permissioned and permissionless blockchain
- Novel attacks on existing protocols and platforms
- Improvements to core cryptographic primitives
Special Issues
Selected papers will be invited for submission to a special issue of some journals. Now we have:
- IET Information Security
Guest Editors: Sherman S.M. Chow, Srđan Čapkun, and others (T.B.C.)
(The authors should clearly state what part of the paper corresponds to the 30% new material,
e.g., one may refer to Selected papers from PKC 2015 as a reference.)
We are discussing with other journals (in "CCF list" / with high impact factor) regarding special issues. More details will be announced later.
Committees
Organizing Committee
- Srđan Čapkun (Program Co-Chair)
- Sherman S.M. Chow (Program Co-Chair)
- Kehuan Zhang (General Chair)
Steering Committee
- Yvo Desmedt
- Juan A. Garay
- Amir Herzberg
- Yi Mu
- David Pointcheval
- Huaxiong Wang
Publication
Accepted papers with paid registration will be published by Springer in CANS 2017 proceedings in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science.
Venue
The conference will be held in Hong Kong. The typical temperature range in winter is around 14-24°C.