The IEEE Conference on Dependable and Secure Computing solicits papers, posters, practices, and experiences for presenting innovative research results, problem solutions, and new challenges in the field of dependable and secure computing. The whole spectrum of IT systems and application areas, including hardware design and software systems, with stringent relevance to dependability and security concerns, are of interest to DSC. Authors are invited to submit original works on research and practice of creating, validating, deploying, and maintaining dependable and secure systems.

The scope of DSC includes, but is not limited to, the following topics.

Main Track: Computer Systems, Networks, and Software/Hardware

    Advanced Persistent Threat (APT)
    Big Data Analysis
    Botnet and Intrusion Detection
    Cryptographic Methods and Toolkits
    Cyber attacks
    Data/Information Reliability
    Database Security and Privacy
    Embedded Systems and IoT Devices
    Experimentation, Measurement, and Assessment
    Mobile and Cloud Computing
    Software vulnerabilities
    Malware analysis
    SDN and NFV
    Security and Privacy for AI
    Hardware security and reliability
    CAD Algorithms and Tools
    Electronic Circuits and Systems
    Fault-Tolerant Architectures and Designs
    Industrial Design Experiences
    Noise-Aware Designs
    Power-Aware Designs
    Soft-Error Analysis and Models
    Stochastic Circuits and Systems
    Temperature-Aware Designs
    Variable-Latency Designs
    Security Circuits, Designs, and Detection

Experience and Practice Track

The DSC conference will also include a submission category for experience and practice papers on new findings in the aforementioned topics. The PC will evaluate a submission to the experience and practice track with the understanding that it predominantly contributes to design know-how or the extension of the community’s knowledge about how the security protection of known techniques fares in real-world operations. Authors have to submit a 2-page paper along with a supplemental 3-min video to demonstrate the implementation and/or the practicability of the work. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

    Attacks on Information Systems and/or Digital Information Storage
    CSIRTs, Incident Analysis, and Response
    Honeypots/Honeynets
    Malware Analysis and Reversing
    Mobile Communications Security and Vulnerabilities
    Newly discovered vulnerabilities in software and hardware
    Offensive (and Counter-Offensive) Information Technology
    Reverse Engineering, Forensics, and Anti-Forensics
    Spyware, Phishing and Distributed Attacks
    VLSI/CAD Design Knowhow
    Data Security and Privacy