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IEEE ICCST2021: 54th IEEE International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology - online

Online, hosted by the University of Hertfordshire

Hatfield, UK, October 11-15, 2021

Conference website	https://site.ieee.org/iccst/
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeeiccst2021
Conference program	https://easychair.org/smart-program/IEEEICCST2021/
Submission deadline	September 17, 2021

Topics: biometrics cybersecurity physical security human computer interaction

The IEEE International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology (ICCST2021) has been rescheduled from September 1-3 and will now be held during 11-15 October 2021. As before, it will be held online. We have changed the nature of the conference. We are now asking authors to prepare a PowerPoint presentation, with a voice over, which we will make available to all delegates. The online conference will comprise programmed question and answer sessions only. Detailed instructions are given below.

The International Carnahan Conference on Security Technology, sponsored by IEEE, is one of the longest running international technical symposia. This conference has a broad scope and invites papers on advanced security technologies including physical, cyber and electronic security research, development, systems engineering, testing, evaluation, case studies and new research lines to face current and future challenges. All papers will be carefully subjected to a blind review process. The conference proceedings will be submitted to the IEEE Xplore® digital library.

The conference proceedings will be published in the IEEE Xplore® digital library.

Authors of the best 8-10 papers will be invited by the editorial committee to prepare an extended version (with at least 30% more content) which will be blind peer reviewed and published in a special issue of the open access journal Sensors (impact factor 3.3)

Contacts: Soodamani Ramalingam s.ramalingam@herts.ac.uk; Gordon Thomas gordonl.thomas@virgin.net

Conference Topics

1. Access control and identity management 16. Inspection and forensic technologies

2. Advanced video systems, automatic monitoring, threat recognition 17. Less-than-lethal weapons technology

3. Aerospace security 18. Local, state and national interoperability

4. Alarm monitoring, command and control systems, including human factors management 19. Network-centric systems, deployment, operations and life-cycle

5. Airport and transportation security 20. Network security

6. Biometrics including voice, hand, finger, face and other characteristics 21. Operator training and performance

7. Blockchain 22. Safety critical systems

8. Counter-proliferation of weapons of mass destruction 23. Security education, GDPR

9. Cyber security and malware protection 24. Security human factors

10. Emergency operations and management fusion 25. Sensor and detection technology, including sensor webs and signal

11. Impact of security technology on society 26. System engineering and modelling

12. Infrastructure security systems including testing 27. Threat identification and modelling

13. Information security, encryption, privacy 28. User experiences of operating security

14. Inspection and forensics technologies 29. Vulnerability analysis and modelling

15. IoT security 30. Wireless communications security

Submission and Presentation Guidelines

Papers must be submitted according to the IEEE templates (Please use letter size paper and 6 pages maximum) through Easychair (https://easychair.org/cfp/ieee-iccst2021). Authors paper must conform to the IEEE Manuscript Template for Conference Proceedings.

Pre-recorded Presentation

Authors of accepted papers will be requested to submit their presentation on a Microsoft PowerPoint (.pptx) file no later than one week before the start of the conference – by 4 October. The presentation should include a voice-over by the presenter and should last between 10-15 minutes. Your aim should be to make your presentation as easy as possible to follow:

Include the name of your presentation, your name and the conference name and date on the first slide. Your organisation’s name should be placed at the bottom corner of each slide along with your own name.

Live Streamed Q&A Session Authors of accepted papers will be expected to be present during the livestreamed Q&A session on the day of their presentation. Q&A sessions will take place around 12pm – 2pm BST each day of the conference. Authors will be informed of the presentation programme the week before event.

Submit it through EasyChair submission link, to be published soon.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON HOW TO ADD VOICE-OVER AND VIDEO TO YOUR PRESENTATION If you have the latest version of Microsoft Power point, you can follow these simple steps to add voice and video to your presentation:

In PowerPoint, click ‘Slide Show’; Click on ‘Record Slide Show’ You can either record a video of you speaking in the bottom right hand corner of the PowerPoint presentation with the audio, or record audio only. To switch off the video click the camera icon which is in the bottom right hand corner of the screen; To start recording the video / audio, press the ‘Record’ button in the top left hand corner and start speaking. You can record all the presentation in one go or slide by slide. Press ‘Pause’ if necessary, and ‘Stop’ when you are finished. Once you have finished, you can replay the entire presentation and re-record audio /video for a particular slide if you wish by simply clicking ‘Record’ on that particular slide, start speaking, and ‘Stop’ to finish. Should you require any help, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Camera Ready Paper

On acceptance, full papers must be submitted before 1 October 2021 according to the IEEE templates for publication in the conference proceedings. Steps to follow:

Make sure sure each of the following file submissions have your paper ID number in the file name at the end.
Camera ready paper: Submit it through EasyChair submission link, under Author, select make a new submission and choose IEEE ICCST2021: IEEE PDF File (Camera Ready Only).
Instructions to generate and submit an IEEE compliant PDF file will be published shortly.
The link to complete an online IEEE copyright form per paper will be sent to you in due course. Be sure to visit IEEE Author Rights to Posting FAQ.

Committees

Program Committee

Adrian Schwaninger, Switzerland Mala John, India

Alfonso Bilboa, Spain Miguel Angel Ferrer, Spain

Brian G. Rich, Canada Milos Klima, Czech Republic

Daniel A. Pritchard, USA Pu Chang En, Taiwan, ROC

Fabio Garzia, Italy Shufei He, Netherlands

Francisco Vargas, Colombia Soodamani Ramalingam, UK

Gordon L. Thomas, UK, (Chair) Virginia Espinosa-Duró, Spain

Han Lin, USA William R. Claycomb, USA

Jack Glover, USA Yen Hsyang Chu, Taiwan, ROC

Organizing committee

Dr Soodamani Ramalingam, Conference General Chair, s.ramalingam@herts.ac.uk
Dr Gordon Thomas, Technical Program Chair, gordonl.thomas@virgin.net
Dr Pandelis Kourtessis, Conference Treasurer, p.kourtessis@herts.ac.uk
Dr Zoe Jeffrey, Publications and Submissions System Chair, z.j.jeffrey@herts.ac.uk
Mr Colin Mallett, Industry, Marketing and Communications, colin.mallett@btinternet.com

Invited Speakers

Date, Time	Speakers and Links	Organisation	Topics
Mon 11 October, 12.05 - 12.10	Prof. Farshid Amirabdollahian	University of Hertfordshire	Inaugural Address
Mon 11 October, 12-12.35 pm	3 speakers	IBM, South Africa	Trading in Identities – Darknet Stories API Protection in a Zero Trust Framework An Application of IOT Security Standards to the Fast-Moving Consumer Goods Industry
Tuesday, 12 October, 12.05 to 12.35pm	Prof. Ian Johnston	University of Hertfordshire	Biosensing for Security and Resilience
Wednesday 13 October, 12.30 to 1pm	Prof. Richard Guest	University of Kent	Biometrics on Mobile Devices: Current Research and Future Issues
Thursday, 14 October, 12.05 to 12.35	Michael Samson	Omniolytics, SA	Hatching Nextgen Innovation in the Poultry Industry
Friday, 15 October, 12-12.35?	Colin Mallett	Trusted Renewables, UK	Trustworthy Energy Ecosystems Using Emerging IoT and Blockchain Architectures

Technical Program

A week before the conference the Organising Committee will issue and publish a programme of times and topics for the Q and A sessions.

Important Dates

Full paper submission:	September 17, 2021
Decision to authors:	September 27, 2021
Camera Ready submission:	October 1, 2021
PowerPoint submission:	October 4, 2021
Early Bird Registration:	from September 27 to October 3, 2021
Late Registration:	from October 4 until October 11, 2021 onwards
Conference Dates:	October 11-15, 2021

Registration is compulsory to include papers in the IEEE Xplore® conference proceedings.

Registration

	Early Bird Registration, October 3, 2021	Late Registration from October 4, 2021 onwards	Multiple Papers and Joint Authors
Non-IEEE Member	£100	£120	£30 reduction for each additional paper
IEEE Member	£90	£110	£30 reduction for each additional paper
Student	£65	£75	£30 reduction for each additional paper provided all authors are students only

Registration fee applies to each participant attending the conference.

Registration Fee Payment Options

Visit registration link.

Note:

Participants should have registered for a main paper first before registering for additional papers.
Additional papers must be registered under the same membership as the main paper. For example, if your main paper falls under Non-IEEE membership, then your additional paper is expected to be registered as a non-IEEE member. If this does not apply, please contact us.
Participants are requested to provide proof of membership by emailing 'Contact' members.

Contact

Dr Soodamani Ramalingam: s.ramalingam@herts.ac.uk

Dr Gordon Thomas: gordonl.thomas@virgin.net

Dr Zoe Jeffrey: z.j.jeffrey@herts.ac.uk