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EAI PFSM 2021 will be held as a fully-fledged online conference

In 2020, EAI successfully launched an online conference format to ensure the safety, comfort and quality of experience for attendees and a successful course of the events, all while retaining fully live interaction, publication and indexing. Due to the unrelenting global pandemic, this will also be the case in 2021.
All matters related to publication and indexing will remain unchanged. Participants will still be able to enjoy unique interactive benefits – learn more.


Scope

PFSM – This international conference on Privacy and Forensics in Smart Mobility (PFSM) provides an excellent discussion platform for the state-of-the-art work in the areas of privacy-preserving and digital forensics for the emerging smart mobility systems and the wider Smart Cities. The purpose of this special conference programme is to highlight the cutting-edge technologies to help build privacy-aware, secure, safe and resilient smart mobility systems for smart cities.  It aims to promote scientific work on the topics suggested by the conference and encourage collaboration amongst researchers and practitioners from industry and academia. It also encourages participation from members of existing associations, professionals in general, including government departments and agencies.

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Topics

The works that will be presented at the conference will focus on the following topics but not limited to:

  • Privacy-Preservation in Smart Mobility; Smart Transport; Smart Cities
  • Privacy-enhancing technologies
  • Privacy-aware or Privacy-Preserving Computing
  • Trust and Trusted Computing for Smart Mobility and Smart Cities
  • Security and privacy issues in the Internet of Things (IoT)
  • Privacy-enhanced access controls or security for IoT
  • Trust and Identity Management in Smart Cities
  • Security and Privacy in Cooperative Intelligent Transportation Systems
  • Privacy in Connected Autonomous Vehicles
  • Secure Intelligent Transport and Mobility Systems
  • Privacy and Security in Cloud/Edge/Fog Computing
  • Federated Learning & Privacy-preserving AI
  • Privacy-preserving, Machine-learning-based Data Analytics
  • Anonymization Techniques of Location Traces
  • Malicious and Pervasive Tracking, De-anonymization
  • Data protection techniques for regulatory (GDPR) compliance
  • Human factors, usability, and user-centred design of privacy technologies
  • Digital Forensics for Smart Cities
  • Smart Vehicle Forensics
  • Mobile Forensics; IoT Forensics; Network Forensics; Cloud Forensics
  • Smart Mobile Systems Security and Forensics.
  • Incidence Response for Smart Mobility; Smart Transport; Smart Cities

Publication

All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library.

Proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, EI Engineering Index (Compendex and Inspec databases), DBLP, EU Digital Library, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Scopus, Zentralblatt MATH.

Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to:

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of:

Additional publication opportunities:

Paper submission

Papers should be submitted through EAI ‘Confy+‘ system, and have to comply with the Springer format (see Author’s kit section).

All conference papers undergo a thorough peer review process prior to the final decision and publication. This process is facilitated by experts in the Technical Program Committee during a dedicated conference period. Standard peer review is enhanced by EAI Community Review which allows EAI members to bid to review specific papers. All review assignments are ultimately decided by the responsible Technical Program Committee Members while the Technical Program Committee Chair is responsible for the final acceptance selection. You can learn more about Community Review here.

Important dates – Updates!

Main Track Deadlines

Full Paper Submission deadline
1 September 2021  15 September 2021 (extended)
Notification deadline
1 October 2021  15 October 2021
Camera-ready deadline  
25 October 2021  11 November 2021 (extended)
Start of Conference
24 November 2021
End of Conference
26 November 2021

Last Minute Track

Full Paper Submission deadline
10 October 2021
Notification deadline
17 October 2021
Camera-ready deadline
7 November 2021  11 November 2021 (extended)

Late Track Deadlines

Full Paper Submission deadline
3 October 2021
Notification deadline
17 October 2021
Camera-ready deadline 
7 November 2021   11 November 2021 (extended)