CPS 2013 - Special Issue on Security and Networking for Cyber-Physical Systems

Wiley Security & Communications Networks Journal
Special Issue on
Security and Networking for Cyber-Physical Systems
Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are emerging research areas that involve multiple disciplines. Two critical components in CPS are networking technologies and security. Because of the multi- disciplinary nature, the networking and security of CPS expand beyond traditional computing domains and have to consider the impact of applied physical systems. Therefore, new innovations are required such as novel transmission technologies, networking protocols, architectures and security solutions. As a result, a significant amount of research work is expected for new models, performance analysis as well as evaluation, prototypes and testbeds. This special issue focuses on the security and networking in three specific CPS domains: Smart Grid, Transportation and Biomedical Systems.
The main purpose of this Special Issue (SI) is to promote further research interests and activities related to networking and security in Smart Grid, Transportation and Medical Systems. This SI solicits original analytical, experimental, and systems-related papers in these target domains. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
*Security research for CPS in Smart Grid
*Security approaches for CPS in Transportation
*Security areas for CPS in Biomedical System
*Models and performance analysis of networks and security frameworks
*Privacy issues in CPS
*Vulnerability analysis, attacks and countermeasures
*Study of attack strategies and attack modeling
*Intrusion detection, response and tolerance
*Cryptographic techniques over wired and wireless paths
*Performance analysis of secure protocols
*Trade-offs between security and system performance
*Aggravations with privacy
Only original and unpublished research papers will be considered in this Special Issue. All submissions will be reviewed based on technical merit and relevance. The paper should be in PDF format. The submission should include the title of the paper, the names of the authors and their affiliations, postal address, phone, fax, and e-mail address of the corresponding author, an abstract with up to 200-250 words, and up to five keywords describing the contents of the paper. Guidelines for prospective authors can be found on-line at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1002/(ISSN)1939-0122/homepage/ForAuthors.html. Prospective authors should submit their paper online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scn. When submitting the papers, the authors MUST make sure to select Manuscript type as "Special Issue", enter the "Running Head" as "SCN-SI-057" and the "Special Issue title" as "Security and Networking for Cyber-Physical Systems", respectively. Failure to do so may result in reject of your submission without review.
Deadlines:
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Manuscript Submission deadline (Extended): February 28, 2013
Notification of Acceptance: April 30, 2013
Final Manuscript Deadline: June 30, 2013
Tentative Publication Deadline: Third Quarter of 2013
Guest Editors:
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Dr. Shaoen Wu
School of Computing
University of Southern Mississippi
118 College Dr. Box 5106
Hattiesburg, MS, 39406
Email: shaoen.wu-AT-usm.edu
Dr. Honggang Wang
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
North Dartmouth, Massachusetts 02747
Email: hwang1-AT-umassd.edu
Dr. Dalei Wu
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Ave, Room 1-010
Cambridge, MA, USA 02139
Email: daleiwu-AT-mit.edu
Dr. Periklis Chatzimisios
Department of Informatics
Alexander Technological Educational Institute of Thessaloniki
P.O. Box. 141, 57400
Sindos?Thessaloniki, Greece
Email: peris-AT-it.teithe.gr
Dr. Zhigang Chen
School of Software
School of Information Science and Engineering
Central South University
Changsha, Hunan, China 410083
Email: czg-AT-csu.edu.cn.