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WIFS 2015

7th IEEE International Workshop on
Information Forensics and Security

Rome, Italy, 16-19 November, 2015

Call for Papers

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The IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (WIFS) is the annual flagship workshop organized by the IEEE Information Forensics and Security (IFS) Technical Committee. Its major goal is to bring together researchers in the field to foster ideas exchange and to allow cross-fertilization among researchers working in the different areas of information security. WIFS will serve as a powerful instrument for community building.

The 7th edition of WIFS will be held in Rome, Italy, hosted by Roma Tre University, from November 16 to November 19, 2015. The conference will feature three keynote lectures, up to four tutorials, lectures and poster sessions, and also demo and ongoing work activities sessions. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Amonymization & Data Privacy
  • Cryptography for multimedia
  • Biometrics
  • Surveillance
  • Forensic Analysis
  • Hardware Security
  • Information Theoretic Security
  • Multimedia Hashing
  • Network Security
  • Adversarial Signal Processing
  • Communication and Physical-Layer Security
  • Steganography and covert communications
  • Usability and Human Factors
  • Watermarking and Data Hiding

Submission of papers

Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length, six-page papers, including figures and references, to the WIFS Technical Program Committee. Papers will be accepted only by electronic submission through the conference website. The WIFS Technical Program Committee will select the best submitted papers to be presented at WIFS 2015. Accepted papers will be scheduled in lecture tracks or in poster sessions. Authors are expected to present their papers at the conference.

Notice

The IEEE Signal Processing Society enforces a “no-show” policy. Any accepted paper included in the final program is expected to have at least one author or qualified proxy attend and present the paper at the conference. Authors of the accepted papers included in the final program who do not attend the conference will be subscribed to a “no-show” list, compiled by the Society. The “no-show” papers will not be published by IEEE on IEEEXplore or other public access forums, but these papers will be distributed as part of the on-site electronic proceedings and the copyright of these papers will belong to the IEEE.

Submission of SPL and TIFS papers

Authors of IEEE Signal Processing Letters (SPL) and IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and Security (TIFS) papers will be given the opportunity to present their work at WIFS 2015, subject to space availability and approval by the WIFS Technical Program Chairs. Proposals have to be submitted to the Technical Program Chairs at [email protected].

Tutorial proposals

Up to four tutorials will be scheduled for the first day of the conference. Tutorials will last three hours. Prospective tutorial contributors are asked to submit a proposal to Tutorials Chairs at at [email protected] with the tutorial title, the presenters' name, affiliation, and brief CV, along with the detailed structure of the tutorial.

Demo proposals

Demo session is open to both academic researchers and industrial exhibitors. A formal proposal needs to be submitted to the Demo Session Chair at [email protected].

Ongoing work proposals

Ongoing session: researchers will have the opportunity to present their on-going activity to the general audience. A formal proposal needs to be submitted to the Demo Session Chair at [email protected].

Important dates

April 6, 2015: Tutorial proposals/Special Session proposals
April 20, 2015: Notification of tutorial/special session acceptance
June 26, 23:59 HAST: Regular paper submission
July 6, 2015: Demo/ongoing work proposals
July 31, 2015: SPL/TIFS papers submission
August 31, 2015: Notification of demo/ongoing work proposals acceptance
August 31, 2015: Notification of paper acceptance
September 21, 2015: Camera-ready paper submission
October 9, 2015: Early registration deadline
October 16, 2015: Author registration deadline

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Important Dates

  • Proposals Deadlines
  • Regular Paper July 19, 2015
  • Demo Sept. 6, 2015
                              July 6, 2015
  • Ongoing work Sept. 6, 2015
                              July 6, 2015
  • SPL/TIFS Paper Sept. 6, 2015
                              July 6, 2015
  • Camera-ready Sept. 21, 2015
  • Notifications
  • Paper Aug. 31, 2015
  • Demo Sept. 20, 2015
  • Ongoing work Sept. 20, 2015
  • Registration Deadlines
  • Early registr. Oct. 9, 2015
  • Author registr. Oct. 16, 2015

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