[AISWorld] *CALL FOR PAPERS* - International Journal of Internet of Things and Cyber-Assurance [IJITCA]

[Tyson Brooks]

***Call for Papers**: The International Journal of Internet of Things and
Cyber-Assurance (IJITCA) - *
https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijitca



The objective of the IJITCA is to increase the visibility of current
research and emergent trends in Cyber-Assurance theory, application,
embedded security and machine-learning for the Internet of Things (IoT),
software-defined networks (SDN)/network function virtualization (NFV) and
Fog computing architectures based on theoretical aspects and studies of
practical applications. Cyber-assurance is the justified confidence that
networked systems are adequately secure to meet operational needs, even in
the presence of attacks, failures, accidents and unexpected events.
Cyber-assurance means that IoT systems, smart internet connected devices
(ICD) and networks provide the opportunity of automatically securing
themselves against cyber-attacks. The difference is that the concept of
cyber-assurance must provide embedded, secure microchips/processors in ICD
devices and virtual networks that can continue to operate correctly even
when subjected to an attack.



IoT devices using SDN/NFV and Fog computing systems and networks should be
able to resist the various security cyber-attacks such as hacking of
networks, devices, theft of information, disruption, etc. and be able to
continue performing under severe environmental conditions. Through embedded
processors and machine learning algorithms over the transmitted
information, the miscoding and leaking of information during transmission
channels has to monitor any loss, miscoding and leaking of data. Timely
adjustments of information with falling quality and automatic switching to
the best routing IoT systems by making uses of multi-directional routing is
also warranted. Cyber-assurance will need to provide the principles and
technologies to unify these systems to deliver the end-state goal of secure
IoT systems for greatly enhanced interoperability, scalability,
performance, and agility.



Recommended topics for the IJITCA include, but are not limited to, the
following:



*Cyber-Hacking and the IoT:*

   - Cyber-threats towards the IoT
   - Automated IoT vulnerability identification
   - IoT penetration testing methodologies
   - IoT detection and intrusion methodologies
   - IoT incident handling/response methodologies
   - IoT digital forensics techniques
   - IoT secure-by-design systems
   - IoT attack strategies

*IoT Wireless Information Assurance and Communications:*

   - Research on automated IoT vulnerability assessments
   - Genetic algorithms used to spawn and control intelligent agents for
   IoT devices
   - Information hiding in IoT images and text (steganography)
   - Key distribution and security in an IoT network
   - Wireless IoT network management and visualization tools

*Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) for the IoT:*

   - Synchronized cyber-attacks against the Smart Grid and/or SCADA systems
   - Modeling framework for CPS under cyber-attacks
   - Optimal network clustering for distributed procedures in CPS
   - SCADA testbeds for CPS
   - Secure CPS designs

*IoT Radio Frequency (RF) Signal Processing:*

   - IoT radar component technology
   - IoT RF extraction/avoidance techniques
   - IoT discrete RF event dynamical systems
   - Optimization of IoT RF algorithm codes

*Computational Mathematics for Secure IoT IA Solutions:*

   - IoT algorithmic problems for secure IoT networks and devices
   - IoT statistical models
   - Stochastic analysis and applied probabilities for IoT networks/systems
   - Discrete mathematics for IoT networks and devices


* PAPER SUBMISSION *Authors are invited to submit papers electronically in
PDF format. Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers
and may not exceed 10 letter-size (8.5 x 11) pages including all figures,
tables and references. A few essentials for publishing in this journal:

   - Submitted articles should not have been previously published or be
   currently under consideration for publication elsewhere.
   - Conference papers may only be submitted if the paper has been
   completely re-written and the author has cleared any necessary permissions
   with the copyright owner if it has been previously copyrighted.
   - All IJITCA articles are referred through a double-blind process.
   - All authors must declare they have read and agreed to the content of
   the submitted article.
   - Additional details on submitting your research can be found at the
   Inderscience Publishers author's submission site:
   http://www.inderscience.com/info/inauthors/author_submit.php

 The inaugural* 2018 Vol.1 No. 1 issue, is free of charge *and can be
accessed at the following location:
http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticletoc.php?jcode=ijitca&year=2018&vol=1&issue=1.




*Editor- in-Chief*

   - Tyson Brooks, Syracuse University, USA
   (ijitcaeditor at gmail.com; ttbrooks at syr.edu)

*Executive Editors*

   - Brij Gupta, National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra, India
   - Konstantinos Kotis, University of the Aegean, Greece
   - Angela Orebaugh, University of Virginia, USA

*Editorial Board Members*

   - Dharma P. Agrawal, University of Cincinnati, USA
   - Esraa Alomari, University of Wasit, Iraq
   - Eduard Babulak, Fort Hays State University, USA
   - Sergey Butakov, Concordia University of Edmonton, Canada
   - Ersin Dincelli, University of Colorado Denver, USA
   - Utku Köse, Suleyman Demirel University, Turkey
   - M. Bala Krishna, GGS Indraprastha University, India
   - Christopher Leberknight, Montclair State University, USA
   - Martin Murillo, University of Notre Dame, USA
   - Joon Park, Syracuse University, USA
   - Rasmus Ulslev Pedersen, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
   - Rajasekaran Rajkumar, Vellore Institute of Technology, India
   - Shwadhin Sharma, California State University, Monterey Bay, USA
   - Vijendra Singh, NorthCap University, India
   - Alireza Souri, Islamic Azad University, Iran
   - Suresh Veluru, United Technologies Research Center Ireland, Ireland
   - Shingo Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi University, Japan
   - Honbo Zhou, UbiLink Co. Ltd., China
   - Dimitris Zissis, University of the Aegean, Greece