Submission Guidelines

Papers should be submitted through the EasyChair system, and have to comply with the Springer format (see Author’s kit section).

• Full/ Regular papers should be 12-20 pages in length. (Excluding appendices, references, appreciation, etc.)
• Short papers should be 6-11 pages in length. (Excluding appendices, references, appreciation, etc.)

*Please note that additional pages will be subject to an extra charge for each extra page uploaded.

All conference papers undergo a thorough peer review process prior to the final decision and publication. This process is facilitated by experts in the Technical Program Committee during a dedicated conference period.

A 50% discount on the second paper is available for participants registering two accepted papers, provided both papers are authored by the same individual who will also be the sole attendee.

How to Submit a Paper in EasyChair:

1. Go to EasyChair website.
2. Log in or sign up as a new user.
3. Click the “enter as an author” link and follow the instructions.

Submission Guidelines:

• All papers must be submitted in English.

• Submitted PDFs should be anonymized.

• Double-blind review process.

• Previously published work cannot be submitted, nor can it be concurrently submitted to any other conference or journal. These papers will be rejected without review.
• Papers must follow the Springer formatting guidelines (available in the Author’s Kit section).
• Authors must read and agree to the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.
• As per new EU accessibility requirements, going forward, all figures, illustrations, tables, and images should have descriptive text accompanying them. Please refer to the document below, which will assist you in crafting Alternative Text (Alt Text)

HOW TO WRITE GOOD ALT TEXT

List of Topics

• Security and privacy in computer networks (e.g., wired, wireless, mobile, hybrid, sensor, vehicular, satellite, 5G, 6G, ad hoc, peer-to-peer, and software-defined networks)
• Security and privacy in systems with a strong secure communication and networking element (e.g., security in cloud, IoT, cyber-physical systems, edge and fog computing, and teleconferencing)
• Security and privacy AI systems and Agentic AI services
• Security and privacy in Web3.0 and metaverse
• Distributed ledger technologies (e.g., blockchain, smart contracts, and cryptocurrencies) and decentralized applications (e.g., DeFi)
• Security protocols at all network layers and for different applications (e.g., for secure routing, naming/addressing, network management, remote authentication and attestation)
• Physical layer security (e.g., jamming, GPS spoofing)
• Network attacks (e.g., DDoS, MitM, malware, botnets, side-channel attacks, phishing/pharming, cybersquatting), defenses (e.g., network intrusion detection and prevention, firewalls, packet filters, moving target defence) and forensics
• Cybercrime investigation and attribution
• Cyber threat intelligence and cyber incident responses
• Anonymous and privacy-aware communications (e.g., Tor, darknet)
• Internet censorship and circumvention
• Secure communication and networking applications (e.g., industry 4.0, energy, transportation, smart cities)
• Quantum key distribution and other quantum-based secure communications
• Visualization of secure communications and networking
• Privacy-preserving computing in secure communication and networking (e.g., privacy-preserving machine learning)
• Resilience of computer networks and critical infrastructures
• Web and mobile security and privacy
• Defending false information online (e.g., mis-, dis- and mal-information)
• Socio-technical aspects of secure communications and networking (e.g., usability, human behaviours, legal issues, cybercrime, economics)

Committees

Steering Committee

• Xiapu Luo, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China

• Peng Liu, Pennsylvania State University, USA

• Sencun Zhu, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Program Committee

• Program Chair

  Shujun Li

  University of Kent, UK

• Program Chair

  Fangyu Zheng

  University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Organizing Committee

• General Chair

  Jingqiang Lin

  University of Science and Technology of China, China

• General Co-Chair

  Haoyu Wang

  Huazhong University of Science and Technology, China

Publication

Conference Proceedings

All registered and presented papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer – LNICST series and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library: SecureComm proceedings. This series is indexed in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, Inspec, SCImago and Zentralblatt MATH. Depending on the focus of the particular indexing services, they may decide to only include selected volumes of the series.

Available journals

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to:

• Wireless Networks (WINET) Journal [IF: 2.5 (2025)]
• Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal [IF: 2.3 (2025)]

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:

• EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety

Authors have the opportunity to submit an extended version of their paper in the EAI Endorsed Transactions journal selected by the conference (indexed in Scopus, Ei Compendex, and ESCI/Web of Science, depending on the journal). Conference authors are eligible for a discounted Article Processing Charge (APC). Current APC rates and discount information are available on the respective EAI Endorsed Transactions journal website.

• EAI Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems (ESCI-WoS, Compendex)

The article’s publication is subject to the following requirements:

• It must be an extended version of the conference paper with a different title and abstract. In general, 30% of new content must be added.
• The article will be processed once the conference proceedings have been published.
• The article will be processed using the fast-track option.
• Once the conference proceedings are published, the corresponding author should contact us at publications@eai.eu with the details of their article to begin processing.

Additional publication opportunities

• EAI Transactions series (Open Access)
• EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing Book Series
  (titles in this series are indexed in Ei Compendex, Web of Science & Scopus)

EAI is an open community dedicated to creating an environment where every member receives the same opportunities, benefits and opportunities to develop and grow their research mission and career. As the largest free professional research society in the world EAI offers a complete range of conference proceedings publication opportunities. Based on the qualification of the conference and the conference scope EAI provides the possibility to publish the proceedings for every sponsored conference. Consistent with its mission to support developing communities all EAI sponsored conferences appear in EUDL, the European Union Digital Library (EUDL). EUDL is Open Access and free for EAI members reaching a community of 250,000 subscribers and providing the visibility that allows the conference organizers to develop the conference into a fully fledged indexed proceedings publication in subsequent years.

Contact

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