DCDS'20: 2nd Workshop on Data-Centric Dependability and Security (Co-located with DSN) Universitat Politècnica de València València, Spain, June 29-July 2, 2020 |
Conference website | http://dcds.lasige.di.fc.ul.pt |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dcds20 |
Submission deadline | March 27, 2020 |
Workshop Description
Today’s computing systems are increasingly networked, complex and diverse, integrating multiple distinct components with different configurations. They operate under increasing scales and in dynamic operating environments, generating more and more functional and non-functional data. Along with open source intelligence, these data can be fused and exploited to improve the security and dependability of systems, making them more resilient to cyberattacks, accident faults and unexpected operating conditions. Additionally, as systems grow in complexity and size, they become harder to manage and report on. This calls for solutions combining the latest advances in areas such as large-scale data processing, data science, visualization and machine and statistical learning.
DCDS’20 aims at providing researchers with a forum to exchange and discuss scientific contributions and open challenges, both theoretical and practical, related to the use of data-centric approaches that promote the dependability and cybersecurity of computing systems. We want to foster joint work and knowledge exchange between the dependability and security communities, and researchers and practitioners from areas such as machine and statistical learning, and data science and visualization. The workshop provides a forum for discussing novel trends in data-centric processing technologies and the role of such technologies in the development of resilient systems. It aims to discuss novel approaches for processing and analysing data generated by the systems as well as information gathered from open sources, leveraging from data science, machine and statistical learning techniques, and visualization. The workshop shall contribute to identify new application areas as well as open and future research problems, for data-centric approaches to system dependability and security.
Topics of Interest
The list of DCDS thematic areas includes, but is not limited to, the following areas where authors are invited to submit original papers:
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Data-driven dependability and security
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Machine/statistical learning for dependability and security
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Informed machine learning for security
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Data modelling and Visualization
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Threat detection and prevention
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Open source intelligence (OSINT) based threat awareness
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Data-driven improvements for SIEM’s
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Risk modeling and assessment
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Fault tolerance
Paper Submission
DCDS welcomes both research papers reporting results from mature work, as well as more speculative papers describing new ideas or preliminary exploratory work. Papers reporting industry experiences and case studies will also be encouraged. Submissions are accepted in two formats conforming to the IEEE two-column conference style:
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Regular research papers of at most 8 pages including references.
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Short research statements of 2 pages until at most 4 pages, including references. Research statements aim at fostering discussion and collaboration. They may review research published previously or outline new emerging ideas.
Research papers should be work that is not previously published or concurrently submitted elsewhere and will be published in the proceedings.
All submissions should be made in PDF and must adhere to the IEEE Computer Society 8.5″x11″ two-column camera-ready format (using a 10-point font on 12-point single-spaced leading). Templates are available here:
https://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html
Reviewing is single-blind. The names and affiliations of authors must appear in the submitted papers. Submissions not respecting format requirements may be rejected without review.
Organizing Committee
Ibéria Medeiros, University of Lisboa, Portugal
Ilir Gashi, City, University of London, UK
Michael Kamp, Fraunhofer IAIS and University of Bonn, Germany
Pedro Ferreira, University of Lisboa, Portugal
Important Dates
Workshop Submission:March 18, 2020
Notification of Acceptance: April 6, 2020
Camera Ready: April 20, 2020
Workshop:June 29, 2020
Conference: June 29-July 2, 2020
Submission Site
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dcds20
Publication
Authors of accepted full papers will have 30 minutes for presentation and discussion during the workshop, while authors of short papers will have 15 minutes.
At least one author of an accepted paper must register at the workshop.
Accepted papers (regular and short) will be published in the DSN supplemental volume and made available in IEEE Xplore.