CALL FOR WORKSHOP

The Joint National Conference on Cybersecurity organizing committee solicits proposals for full-day and half-day workshops to be held in conjunction with the main conference. The purpose of a workshop is to provide an opportunity for participants to present and discuss novel ideas on current and emerging topics relevant to cybersecurity.

Each workshop should be organized under a well-defined theme focusing on emerging research areas, challenging problems, and/or industrial/governmental/societal issues related to cybersecurity. Novel ideas, controversial issues, open problems, and multi-disciplinary issues are strongly encouraged as workshop topics.

Workshops are intended to allow projects or any other group of authors to present their own work.

Workshops may include invited speakers, papers, and panels. The structure of workshops is not fixed, and proposers may design it as they think best. Proposers are responsible for defining the full contents of the Workshop, announcing the workshop and disseminating calls for papers, making and maintaining the workshop website, gathering submissions, conducting the reviewing process, managing proceedings and their publication if any, and deciding upon the final workshop program. Workshops with only invited speakers are also possible.

Workshop Proposal Submission

Workshop Proposals should be submitted by filling out the form available at https://form.cybersecnatlab.it/index.php/734494?lang=en and providing the following information:

  • Workshop title and acronym;
  • An abstract outlining the aim,  scope, and topics covered by the workshop;
  • Proposed format, i.e, the workshop organizers can decide to have only invited speakers or have an open call for papers;
  • Program chair(s), organization committees, and tentative program (if available);
  • Biographical sketch for each program chair, describing relevant qualifications in research and conference/workshop organizing experience;
  • History of the past editions of the workshop, if any, including the number of submissions, number of accepted papers, and last year’s website;
  • Plan for publication of proceedings (if envisaged);
  • Whether the workshop is supposed to be a half-day or full-day workshop (mark both options if you have no preference).

Proposal Evaluation Criteria

The submitted proposal will be evaluated by the Chairs according to the following criteria (in order of importance):

  • Quality and completeness of proposal
  • Timeliness and suitability for the Italian Cybersecurity community
  • Interest and relevance of the topic
  • Organizers’ experience

Workshop Chairs:

Letterio Galletta
IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy

Marinella Petrocchi
IIT-CNR, Pisa, Italy

If you have any questions, please contact: [email protected]

Important Dates:

  • Workshop proposal submission deadline: 6 Oct 2024
  • Notification: 10 Oct 2024