[AISWorld] CfP: MarCaS 2024 - 2nd IEEE LCN Special Track on Maritime Communication and Security (co-located with IEEE LCN 2024)

[Jan Bauer]

Dear Colleagues,

We are delighted to invite you to submit papers to the LCN Special Track on
Maritime Communication and Security (MarCaS 2024).

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CFP.

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Call for Papers:
2nd IEEE LCN Special Track on Maritime Communication and Security 
(MarCaS 2024)
in conjunction with the
49th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (IEEE LCN 2024)
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Caen, Normandy, France, October 8-10, 2024
https://garykessler.net/lcn_marcas/

## MarCaS Special Track Synopsis

The ongoing digital transformation of the worldwide maritime transportation
system (MTS) is moving from previously isolated legacy systems to fully
interconnected, globally available, and remotely controllable maritime 
systems.
This transformation has a huge impact on most global supply chains that 
depend
existentially upon maritime. Ultimately, it has also the potential to 
pave the
way for autonomous, smart, and green shipping, improving the efficiency and
sustainability of the MTS.

However, in light of the growing threat of cyberattacks and malicious 
electro-
magnetic activities, protecting our maritime transportation and 
communication
systems must be a top priority not only from an economic view, but also 
from a
social and political perspective. The Ever Given’s Suez Canal 
obstruction in
March 2021 has made the world community noticeably aware of how fragile and
vulnerable our global supply chains are. But even beyond merchant ships and
shipping lanes, port facilities and cargo terminals, as well as many other
infrastructures such as oil and gas platforms, offshore wind farms, and 
subsea
pipelines and cables, must be secured, especially in view of the current
geopolitical conflicts. The recent attacks on gas pipelines in the 
Baltic Sea
and the attacks on merchant ships off the Yemeni coast in the Red Sea by 
the
Houthi militia further demonstrate the need for more networked surveillance
systems in this respect.

The LCN’s MarCaS 2024 Special Track is the continuation of the 
successful MarCaS
workshop from the previous year. Its scope are innovations from research
necessary for the digital transformation, focusing on maritime information
technology (IT) and operational technology (OT) on board vessels and 
maritime
industrial control systems, but also on shore at ports, terminals, and 
other
maritime infrastructures. Maritime communication, satellite navigation, 
radio-
based situational awareness systems, and maritime cloud services are of
particular interest of MarCaS, combined with novel cybersecurity 
approaches for
a safer and more resilient MTS.


## Topics

The topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Maritime IT/OT systems, architectures, and communication technologies
* Multi-sensor networks and Cyber-Physical Systems
* Underwater communication, networks, and surveillance
* On-shore and intermodal communication systems
* Maritime cybersecurity and vulnerability analysis
* Safe and secure navigation, GPS interference technique, and 
GNSS-independent
localization
* AIS and radar protocol security
* Security assessments, threat analyses, and cyber risk management
* (Open source) test and simulation environments and maritime datasets
* Autonomous systems and shipping
* Smart ships, smart ports, and maritime IoT technologies
* Maritime (security) education and training
* Machine learning / artificial intelligence
* Maritime blockchain use cases


## Submission Guidelines

* via EDAS: https://edas.info/N32137
* Paper submissions may be up to six (6) pages, excluding bibliography,
   (Contact the MarCaS chairs if you need more pages)
* formatted in 10pt font, two-column IEEE conference style,
* must be prepared for a double-blind review process,
* and must describe original, previously unpublished research and 
developments,
not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal.
* Detailed instructions can be found on the webpage.


## Important Dates

* Special Track Paper Registration:  April 12, 2024
* Special Track Paper Submission:    April 19, 2024
* Paper Acceptance Notification:     June 28,  2024
* Camera-ready Papers Due:           July 25,  2024


## MarCaS Chairs

* Jan Bauer, Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany
* Ulku Clark, University of North Carolina Wilmington, USA
* Gary C. Kessler, Gary Kessler Associates, USA

We look forward to your submissions!

Best regards,
Jan Bauer

On behalf of the MarCaS Organizer Committee,
contact: marcas at garykessler.net.

-- 
Dr. Jan Bauer
Fraunhofer FKIE, Cyber Analysis & Defense
Zanderstraße 5, 53177 Bonn-Bad Godesberg
jan.bauer at fkie.fraunhofer.de
www.fkie.fraunhofer.de