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IWSSS 2018 is organized in conjunction with the 10th International Conference on Electronics, Computers & Artificial Intelligence - ECAI 2018

IWSSS 2018 is the 6th edition of the International Workshop on Systems Safety & Security, a prestigious scientific event focused on topics of growing importance in the global political, military and economic context. The workshop topics are related to increasing the security and safety of the systems that are key components of critical infrastructures such as energy production and distribution, water and wastewater management, defence, healthcare providers, transportation systems and communications.
The previous editions of our workshop brought together renowned professors and researchers, practitioners and implementers from industry, young scientists and specialists from all over the world. IWSSS is a real bridge between academia and industry.
The quality and international visibility of the workshop are certified by the fact that the papers presented at the previous editions were published in IEEE Xplore and indexed by Clarivate Analytics Web of Science (ISI) (editions 2013 – 2016, edition 2017 is pending indexing).

Workshop Topics

  • Systems security & safety
  • Formal methods for security
  • Data security and privacy in critical systems
  • Physical and logical access control
  • Biometric identification of persons
  • Malware detection, modelling and analysis methods
  • Security assessment, pentesting, vulnerability evaluation
  • Wireless sensor networks security
  • Artificial intelligence used in the field of safety and security
  • Assets tracking, monitoring and surveillance solutions

5 yearly editions since 2013 having more than 30 participants each year

International environment, workshop attended by authors from more than 25 countries

All papers were published in IEEE Xplore

Papers from 2013 - 2017 editions were indexed by Clarivate ISI

Previous editions

  • IWSSS 2013 - 11.10-13.10.2013 - Sinaia, Romania - IEEE Xplore & ISI Indexed;
  • IWSSS 2014 - 23.10-25.10.2014 - Bucharest, Romania - IEEE Xplore & ISI Indexed;
  • IWSSS 2015 - 25.06-27.06.2015 - Bucharest, Romania - IEEE Xplore & ISI Indexed;
  • IWSSS 2016 - 30.06-02.07.2016 - Ploiesti, Romania - IEEE Xplore & ISI Indexed;
  • IWSSS 2017 - 29.06-01.07.2017 - Targoviste, Romania - IEEE Xplore Published & ISI Indexed;

Important Dates

21  31.05.2018

Paper submission deadline (extension)

05  08.06.2018

Notification of acceptance (extended)

12.06.2018

Camera-ready paper & registration

28 - 30.06.2018

ECAI Conference & IWSSS Workshop

Author Info

Prospective authors are invited to submit full papers electronically using EasyChair system.
Papers submitted for presentation should contain original research, not published or being considered for publication elsewhere.
All materials must be written in English.
The participants must prepare the full version of their paper following IEEE Conference Submission Standards.
The Word template can be downloaded from this link.

Maximum six pages A4 in double column format are allowed. Authors may upload longer manuscript up to a maximum of eight pages total. However, each page in excess of six will incur a supplementary charge.

The papers will undergo a peer review process, coordinated by the International Scientific Committee. The corresponding author of each paper will be notified of the result by e-mail.If the paper is accepted, at least one of the authors must attend the workshop and present the paper.
As a part of the procedure, authors of accepted papers must send us a signed Copyright Form for each paper. Missing this document may lead to paper unpublishing.

All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings which will be published in IEEE Xplore database and submitted for indexing to Clarivate Analytics Web of Science (ISI).

Registration Fees

  • 200 EUR (20% off for IEEE members; 40% off for IAS members);
  • 100 EUR - second paper fee;
  • 500 RON - Workshop Fee for Romanian participants;
  • 250 RON - Workshop Fee for Young Romanian researchers (PhD students).

Scientific & Organising Committees

IWSSS 2018 Scientific Committee

  • Anatoly Sachenko, Ternopil National Economic University, Ukraine
  • Dan Popescu, Politehnica University of Bucharest, Romania
  • Emil Pricop, Petroleum-Gas University, Ploiesti, Romania
  • Gabriel Radulescu, Petroleum-Gas University, Ploiesti, Romania
  • Grigore Stamatescu, Politehnica University of Bucharest
  • Jaouhar Fattahi, Laval University, Quebec, Canada
  • Loretta Ichim, Politehnica University of Bucharest
  • Octavian Ionescu, IMT Bucharest, Romania
  • Mariam Ibrahim, German Jordanian University, Amman, Jordania
  • Mihai Oproescu, University of Pitesti, Romania
  • Nicolae Paraschiv, Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti, Romania
  • Pavol Sokol, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University, Košice, Slovakia
  • Radu-Emil Precup, Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania
  • Reuven Cohen, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
  • Sanda-Florentina Mihalache, Petroleum-Gas University, Ploiesti, Romania

Workshop Program Committee

  • Nitul Dutta, Marwadi University, Rajkot, Gujarat, India
  • Gabriel Radulescu, Petroleum-Gas University, Ploiesti, Romania
  • Emil Pricop, Petroleum-Gas University, Ploiesti, Romania
  • Grigore Stamatescu, Politehnica University, Bucharest, Romania



Organising Committee Co-chairs

  • Emil Pricop, Petroleum-Gas University, Ploiesti, Romania
  • Grigore Stamatescu, Politehnica University, Bucharest, Romania

Workshop Location

"Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi
Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Information Technology

11, Carol I Blv.
Iasi, 700050, Romania

More information regarding conference location and accomodation can be found on ECAI Conference (host conference) Website.

Contact

If you have any questions regarding IWSSS 2018 you can use our contact form or the contact data below:

Emil PRICOP, PhD Eng.

Automatic Control, Computers and Electronics Department
Petroleum-Gas University of Ploiesti
București Blvd., nr. 39, RO-100680, Ploiești, România
E-mail: emil.pricop [at] upg-ploiesti [dot] ro

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