Important Dates

Note: all dates are AoE (Anywhere on Earth).

	NSS 2023	SocialSec 2023
Paper Submission	March 3, 2023 March 18, 2023 (Extended, FIRM)	March 20, 2023 April 5, 2023 (Extended, FIRM)
Reviewer Discussion Start	April 25, 2023	April 25 May 3, 2023
Notification to Authors	May 5, 2023	May 5 May 12, 2023
Camera-ready Papers	June 12, 2023	June 12, 2023

Best Paper and Best Student Paper Awards

Both NSS 2023 and SocialSec 2023 will select one paper to receive a Best Paper Award and one paper whose first author is a student to receive a Best Student Paper Award. Each award will come with a certificate and a cash prize sponsored by the Institute of Cyber Security for Society (iCSS), University of Kent, UK.

Conference Topics of NSS 2023

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Intrusion Detection and Prevention
• Network Infrastructure Security
• NFV/SDN Security
• Network Attacks and Defenses
• Wireless Security
• Secure Networked Systems
• Distributed Systems Security
• Cloud Security
• Mobile Security
• Malware/Ransomware Analysis and Detection
• Digital Forensics
• Analysis of Network Security Protocols
• Program and Binary Analysis
• Formal Verification for Network Systems and Protocols
• Fuzzy Testing
• Privacy-enhancing Techniques and Anonymity
• Cryptographic Protocols with Networks and Systems
• Blockchain Protocols and Systems
• Smart Contract Security
• Blockchain Powered Applications and Services
• Digital Forensics
• Trustworthy Machine Learning and AI
• Privacy-preserving Machine Learning
• Federated Learning Protocols and Systems
• Hardware Security
• Cyber-Physical Systems Security
• Internet of Things Security
• Side-Channel Attacks and Countermeasures
• Confidential Computing and Its Applications
• Watermarking and Digital Rights Management
• Security and Privacy For Digital Health
• Human Factors in Network and System Security

Conference Topics of SocialSec 2023

The symposium seeks submissions from academia, industry, and government presenting novel research on all theoretical and practical aspects of security and privacy in Social Networks and Big Data. Papers describing case studies, implementation experiences, and lessons learned are also encouraged. Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

• Attacks in/via social networks
• Information control and detection
• Malicious behavior modeling in social networks
• Malicious information propagation via social networks
• Phishing problems in social networks
• Privacy protection in social networks
• Big data analytics for threats and attacks prediction
• Spam problems in social networks
• Trust and reputations in social networks
• Big data outsourcing
• Big data forensics
• Security and privacy in big databases
• Applied cryptography for big data
• Big data system security
• Mobile social networks security
• Security and privacy in cloud
• Forensics in social networks and big data
• Privacy and Security of AI
• AI for Privacy and Security
• Security of blockchain
• Privacy and Security in Cooperative AI

Author Instructions of NSS 2023

Submissions must be made through the Conference's EasyChair system available at the following link:

NSS 2023 Submission Link

We will publish our proceedings with Springer as a volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Authors are invited to submit original papers: they must not substantially duplicate work that any of the authors have published elsewhere or have submitted in parallel to any other conferences that have proceedings or any journal. The submission must be anonymous, with no author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or obvious references. Submitted papers should be written in English, and can have up to 16 pages in length (single column) excluding well-marked appendices and bibliography, and up to 20 pages in total, following the official Word or LaTeX template from Springer for LNCS papers and using the default settings for fontsize, fontface and page margins. Detailed author instructions and LaTeX/Word templates for LNCS publications can be found via the following link:

Springer LNCS Author Information

Submitted papers may risk being rejected directly without consideration of their merits if they do not follow all the above submission instructions.

Author Instructions of SocialSec 2023

Submissions must be made through the Conference's EasyChair system available at the following link:

SocialSec 2023 Submission Link

We will publish our proceedings with Springer as a volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. Authors are invited to submit original papers: they must not substantially duplicate work that any of the authors have published elsewhere or have submitted in parallel to any other conferences that have proceedings or any journal. The submission must be anonymous, with no author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or obvious references. Original contributions should be prepared in English and structured in accordance with the Springer LNCS requirements. Author instructions, style files, and the copyright form are all available for download here:

Springer LNCS Author Information

In this format, papers can be up to 16 pages long (single column), excluding well-marked appendices and bibliography and up to 20 pages in total.

Submissions not meeting the submission guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits.