ISSN: 2308-3980
ISBN: 978-1-61208-652-1

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ICIMP 2018 is colocated with the following events as part of DataSys 2018 Congress:

• AICT 2018, The Fourteenth Advanced International Conference on Telecommunications
• ICIW 2018, The Thirteenth International Conference on Internet and Web Applications and Services
• ICIMP 2018, The Thirteenth International Conference on Internet Monitoring and Protection
• SMART 2018, The Seventh International Conference on Smart Cities, Systems, Devices and Technologies
• IMMM 2018, The Eighth International Conference on Advances in Information Mining and Management
• INFOCOMP 2018, The Eighth International Conference on Advanced Communications and Computation
• MODOPT 2018, The International Symposium on Modeling and Optimization
• MOBILITY 2018, The Eighth International Conference on Mobile Services, Resources, and Users
• SPWID 2018, The Fourth International Conference on Smart Portable, Wearable, Implantable and Disability-oriented Devices and Systems
• ACCSE 2018, The Third International Conference on Advances in Computation, Communications and Services

ICIMP 2018 conference tracks:

TRENDS: Trends on monitoring with new technologies

Traffic in SND-based data centers; Risk control for shared-servers in data centers; Fraud prevention in Cloud networking; Discovering and monitoring Botnets in SDNs; 5G traffic measurement and monitoring; Monitoring challenges in Smart Cities; Monitoring Smart buildings; Smart metering and monitoring; Smart sensing for ral-time monitoring and control; Monitoring IoT (internet of Things)-based networks; Secure SDNs;  Secure IoTs;  Monitoring 5G LTE-Advanced networks; LTE-R measurements; Traffic with Big Data; QoE-aware traffic; QoS and QoE in LTE networks; Fraud detection Smart Cities networks; Cyber-attacks in device-to-device Internet; Safety on IoD (Internet of Drones); Monitoring digital health services; Monitoring mission-critical services; Preventing Cyber-systems attacks; Identity control and management; Predictive traffic assessment; Optimal balancing control

TRASI: Internet traffic surveillance and interception

Methods and context to classify legal and illegal traffic; Methods and procedure to classify wanted and undesired traffic; Overloads, attacks, and failures; Detection of attacks via protocols and applications; Undesired traffic evaluation; Traffic identification caused by malicious code (spam, virii, and worms, etc.); Traffic profile during disaster recovery; Traffic during active emergency services; Early warning on growing undesired traffic; Access control and audit detection points; Denial of service; Spoofing; Lawful interception; Multi-modal undesired traffic detection; Measurements and data mining correlation; Countermeasures on undesired traffic

IPERF: Internet performance

Performance-oriented design; Active and passive performance monitoring; Performance metrics and measurements; Measurement-based performance evaluation in Internet; System measurement and monitoring; Performance model verification and validation; Stochastic modeling (queues,  Petri nets, etc.); Statistical performance; Performance of Internet routing; Performance optimization; Internet performance prediction; Internet performance evaluation studies; Internet performance testbeds; Performance evaluation of Web search engines; Performance evaluation of P2P systems

RTSEC: Security for Internet-based real-time systems

Security and availability of Web Services; Security/Performance trade-off; Distributed systems security; Language-based security; Formalisms for security and protocol verification; Performance on firewall protected real-time systems; Security management in real-time systems; Metrics and techniques for security risk assessment; Internet monitoring and response security service; Protecting emergency communications from misuse and exploitation; Maintaining security in the face of disaster; Intrusion prevention and detection systems; Secure networks from web-based threats

DISAS: Disaster prevention and recovery

Survivable networks on chips; Intrusion detection and defense; Alerting systems based on outstanding network events; Recovery methods in various networks; Disaster diagnosis and continuity plans; Fighting mechanisms for disaster of networks and applications; Global positioning systems; Vehicle localization and navigation systems; Disaster relief agencies to perform recovery operations; Survivability-driven defense and do-it-yourself disaster recovery; Security during disaster recovery; Budgeting disaster recovery; Networks emergency services; Reliable emergency communications and applications; Response to the networks emergency services; Disaster prevention and recovery; Fighting mechanisms for disaster of networks and applications; Networks resiliency methods; Recovery in various networks; Theory on robust networks; Customer protection and serviceability perception; Cost models and business impact; Cultural and legal aspects; Future advanced network development and evolution; Standards and guidelines; Lawful interception and defense strategies; Security issues with emergency services and disaster recovery

EMERG: Networks and applications emergency services

Survivability architecture for e-commerce; Emergency and non-emergency services; Emergency coverage and intermittent services; PSAPs and emergency services; Future 911 PSAP message interfaces; Reliable emergency communications; Next generation of emergency communications; Response to the networks emergency services; Voice emergency notification services

MONIT: End-to-end sampling, measurement, and monitoring

Internet monitoring techniques and procedures; Monitoring tools, functions, and metrics; Combining, filtering, and reporting monitoring metrics; Theory and practice on sampling/inversion problem (accuracy, complexity, etc.); Distributed and adaptive sampling techniques; Sampling & inverting traffic with passive and active systems; Internet end-to-end measurements from a sampling perspective; Impact of sampling on anomaly detection; Mechanisms for sampling the Internet traffic or collected traces; On-line and off-line metrics and measurements; Incident estimation and monitoring; Internet access monitoring; Spy software; Internet monitoring, filtering and blocking software; Monitoring Internet traffic to optimize network bandwidth; Remote monitoring

REPORT: Experiences & lessons learnt in securing networks and applications

Platforms for electronic distribution of plane tickets; Platforms for electronic distribution of hotel booking; Data accuracy; E-trade strengths and weaknesses; Malicious spyware; Blocking without quarantining the systems/networks; Out-of-band intrusion prevention; Antivirus e-mail gateways software; Security and vulnerability engineering

USSAF: User safety, privacy, and protection over Internet

Countermeasures on fraud prevention; Trust, trust estimators, and trust mitigation in public e-business; Customer protection and serviceability perception; Privacy impacts of emergency presence services; Authentication/authorization; Biometric methodologies and ID Cards; Security on hardware and smart cards; Identity management; Automated security analysis; Electronic Privacy; Anonymity and pseudo-anonymity; Security compliance; Public safety, Instance messages; Presence protocols; Priority user service

SYVUL: Systems vulnerabilities

Vulnerability specification languages; System vulnerability assessment; Formal methods for safety-critical systems; Prediction capabilities of vulnerability discovery models; Highly vulnerable systems; Critical vulnerabilities; Errors and configurations leading to vulnerabilities; Incident reports and handling; Networks resiliency methods; Capacity planning for resilience and emergency; Operational resilience; Theory of disaster-tolerant systems; Web service vulnerability; Protocol vulnerability; Vulnerabilities in database systems; Vulnerability in control systems; Vulnerability analysis and. requirements for the security; Vulnerabilities by self-managed sensors; Recovery by disruption resource procedures; Common vulnerability scoring systems; Cost models and vulnerability business impact

SYDIA: Systems diagnosis

Diagnosis platforms; Diagnosis policy language; Diagnosis event formats; Process algebras for systems diagnosis; Probabilistic diagnosis of multiprocessor systems; Self-diagnosis in distributed systems; Cognitive system diagnosis; System diagnosis using propagation models; Technical intuition in systems diagnosis; Managing conflicts in systems diagnosis; Hybrid systems diagnosis; Diagnosis tools; End-to-end diagnosis; Remote system diagnosis; Diagnosis licensing; Real-time symptom detection and fixing actions; Forensic/real-time/anticipative diagnosis; Diagnosing mobility-oriented systems; Diagnosis of discrete event systems; Diagnosis of complex dynamical systems

CYBER-FRAUD: Cyber fraud

Epidemiological models for warware and cyber-crime propagation; Record and retrieval of cyber-crimes; Forensic analysis; Cyber-crime prevention; Cyber-crime vulnerabilities; Cyber-counterattack at source; Distributed cyber-attacks; Orchestrated cyber-attacks; Recursion attacks; Cyber-storm attacks; Spyware and malware; Cyber-pranks, hoaxes; Phishing/Pharming and anti-phishing; Cyber-terrorism; Online cyber-crime reporting; Accuracy and security of cyber-reports; Fighting cyber-crimes; Cyber-crime laws

BUSINESS: Business continuity

Regulatory compliance; Techniques for business continuity planning in the real world; Business contingency and resumption planning; Emotional continuity management; Semiotic engineering of online services; Emergency preparedness for industry and commerce; Updating, auditing and testing plans; Reduce downtime with continuous backup; Global connectivity and international formats; Web-based planning tools; Automatic high speed notification and response for business continuity; Centralized management; Businesses continuity planning software; On-demand business transformation

RISK: Risk assessment

Risk assessment information systems; Modeling risk assessment; Risk Assessment methods; Global risk assessment; Qualitative risk assessments; Quantitative risk assessment; Challenges in risk assessment; Risk assessment for economy; Risk assessment for security of communications systems; Safety risk assessment; Health system risk assessment; Integrated risk assessment; Planning tools for proactive risk assessment; Risk management; Risk factors and economic impact; Risk metrics and calibration; Precaution and risk balance; Risk and economic analysis of terrorism events; Risk analysis for extreme events; Life cycle assessment in decision making; Environmental risk assessment; Credit ratings risk assessment; Risk Assessment statistics & numerical data; Risk assessment standards; Risk assessment tools and support software

TRUST: Privacy and trust in pervasive communications

Trust development and management; Engineering requirements for trust management; Formalisms for trust specification, verification and validation; Logics for the analysis of trust and for reasoning about trust; Legal framework for online trust environments; Trust in semantic Web services; Reputation systems; Distributed trust management; Trust on anonymous documents; Privacy and trust; Trust in collaborative work and risk assessment; Risk analysis to assess user trust; Human behaviors in trusted environments; Trust in virtual communities; Trust mediation in knowledge management; Trust planning and evaluation metrics; Trust policies; Self-adaptable trust mechanisms; Identity Management in pervasive environments (requirements, levels of abstractions, context, protection, etc.); Assurance (compliance, assurance, audit, security requirements)

RIGHT: Digital rights management

Ontology and frameworks on digital rights management; Digital rights property languages; Semantic and encoding of digital rights; Rights granularity; Digital right technologies; Digital rights management schemes; Federated digital rights management; Distributed digital rights management; Copyright protection schemes; Digital rights management ands social norms; Faire use, innovation, and competition; Trading fair use for digital rights management; Digital rights management and open access; Privacy engineering for digital rights management; Value-centered design for digital rights management; Free software and digital rights management; P2P and digital rights management; Broadband/IPTV content protection and digital rights management; Digital right management and content licensing; Digital rights management issues in real-time and safety/mission systems; RFID tags for digital rights management; Digital rights management in learning systems; Legal policy and digital right management

BIOTEC: Biometric techniques

Models and techniques for biometric technologies; Finger, facial, iris, voice, and skin biometrics; Biometric security; Signature recognition; Multimodal biometrics; Verification and identification techniques; Accuracy of biometric technologies; Authentication smart cards and biometric metrics; Performance and assurance testing; Limitations of biometric technologies; Biometric card technologies; Biometric wireless technologies; Biometric software and hardware; Biometric standards

EMDRM: Enterprise & Media DRM

Digital Policy Management; Enterprise Rights Management (adoption and case studies); DRM Interoperability; Operational Risk Management; Compliance and Regulatory Frameworks (SOX, Basel II, HIPPA, etc.); Corporate Governance; Content and Knowledge Management (financial, CAD, IP, trade secrets, etc.); Interorganizational System (IOS); Retention Policies and Classification; Traceability, Monitoring, tracking, usage metering, audit trails

Deadlines:

Deadlines differ for special tracks. Please consult the conference home page for special tracks Call for Papers (if any).