***Call for Papers***
Social Network Security
Special Issue in IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing (TDSC)
The emerging paradigm of social networks provides enormous novel approaches for efficiently adopting advanced networking
communications and data analysis schemas using the existing datasets, networks, and infrastructure. The implementation of social
networks has a great impact on humans’ daily life and global business, which has been addressed by recent research. However, the
security issue is also a critical concern when adopting social networking technologies in practice. Considering the uniqueness of the
social networks, using the mechanism is encountering a variety of security challenges from multiple dimensions, such as mobile apps,
wireless communications, cloud systems, big data, and security operations. Compare with traditional security issues, the applications of
social networks are operated in a dynamic circumstance involving different internal and external inputs or elements, in which requires
various security mechanisms in distinct operational scenarios. The complexity of the technical implementations may result in unexpected
consequences when adopting social networking technologies. It is remarkably significant for current researchers and practitioners to
address the security issues and seek out the efficient approaches to different hazards. For the purpose of preventing social networkingbased solutions from the threats of social networks, a variety of cyber security approaches or mechanism have been created. This special
issue will concentrates on the challenging topic – “Social Network Security” and aims to invite the updated academic achievements to be
submitted here.
Topics
This special issue calls for original, high-quality, high-impact research papers related to the following broad topics, but are not limited to:
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Security threats in new paradigms for social network
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Secure social network architecture with big data
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Secure mobile social network architecture
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Privacy protection in social network
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Security in virtualized social network
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Detection of security related anomalies
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Digital forensics in social network
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Secure social networking applications with big data
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Advanced persistent threats in social network
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Security design for social networks in big data
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Emergence response mechanism for social network
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Models, methods, and tools for testing social network security
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Trust and identity management in social networking applications
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Risk analysis and data governance in social network
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Social networking security in cloud systems
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Social network hacking and virus protections
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Wearable cyber physical systems adopting social network
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Next generation security technology in social network
Schedule
Submission due date: Feb. 28th, 2016
Notification of acceptance: Jun. 1st, 2016
Camera-ready Due: Sep. 1st, 2016
Submission & Major Guidelines
The special issue invites original research manuscripts, which have significant contributions to the various topics in “Social Network
Security”. The manuscripts submitted first time are encouraged and they must not have been previously published or submitted for
journal or conference elsewhere. Extended work must have significant number of "new and original" ideas/contributions along with more
than 49% brand "new" material. Every submitted paper will receive at least three reviews. The editorial review committee will include
well known experts in the area. Submissions must be directly submitted via the IEEE TDSC submission web site at
https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/tdsc-cs, and must follow instructions for formatting and length listed there.
For additional information, please contact mqiu@pace.edu.
Selection and Evaluation Criteria
- Relevance to the topics of this special issue
- Significance to the areas of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing
- Novelty, new techniques, and impact of the research
- Quality of the contents
- Readability of the article
- Sufficiency of references and related work
- New and original work, first submission
Editor-in-Chief
Elisa Bertino - Purdue University
Guest Editors
Meikang Qiu, mqiu@pace.edu, Pace University, New York, USA
Yang Xiang, yang.xiang@deakin.edu.au, Deakin University, Australia
Yan Zhang, yanzhang@ieee.org, Simula Research Laboratory & University of Oslo, Norway