[ecrea] e-Democracy 2017 call for papers

7th International Conference on e-Democracy


e-Democracy 2017: Privacy-Preserving, Secure, Intelligente-Government

Services


CALL FOR PAPERS


December 14-15, 2017, Athens, Greece


http://www.edemocracy2017.eu <http://www.edemocracy2017.eu/>


ICT innovations such as Big Data, Internet of Things, Cloud Computing as

well as Intelligent Systems employed in e-Government services raise

issues relating to Security, Privacy and Data Protection. Governments

want to integrate more services and enhance participation, but they have

to convince the users that they can be trusted. At the same time

e-Government services need to improve their efficiency and to do so they

need to reengineer their back office processes, to support them with

intelligent systems, but also improve openness, collaboration and

citizen participation. This last point can be hugely enhanced by

offering citizens participation in devolved decision making and e-voting

facilities for elections. Such services are often quoted as being

dependent on political will, but are the systems and services ready? Are

they privacy-friendly and secure to withstand attacks and malicious or

even terrorist activities in cyberspace? Are they trustworthy to be

embraced by the citizens in a digital world that is moving fast and

becoming more intelligent? And finally, where should be drawn the

“golden line” between anonymity and confidentiality, and accountability

and certification?


These are the questions and the focus of the 7th occasion of the

International Conference on e-Democracy that will be held in Athens, the

cradle of democracy, on December 14-15, 2017. The conference is

organized by the Scientific Council for the Information Society, in

co-operation with the Hellenic Data Protection Authority and a number of

European and Greek Universities, Academia and Research. It is intended,

similarly to previous occasions, to provide a forum for presenting and

debating the latest developments in the field, from a technical,

political, legal and regulatory point of view.


The conference will include keynote addresses, tutorials, panels, Ph.D.

colloquia and sessions, workshops, special, regular and poster sessions.

All submitted papers to the conference will be peer reviewed, while

acceptance will be based on quality, relevance, and originality.

Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings and

selected papers will be invited to participate (after the necessary

enhancements) to the evaluation process for inclusion in special issues

of peer-reviewed journals.


The working language of the 7th International Conference on “e-Democracy

2017: Privacy-Preserving, Secure, Intelligent e-Government Services”  is

English. It is possible though, that Greek Law cases on e-Democracy

issues can be presented in Greek.


Topics of interest


The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:


e-Democracy and e-Participation


       e-Campaigning, e-Politics

       Tools for supporting freedom of expression, opinion, assembly and

association

       e-Justice

       e-Voting

       Supporting children’s rights online

       Information and Consultation Platforms

       Collaborative working environments for e-Democracy

       Social computing and e-Democracy

       Citizen-sourcing and Policy Informatics

       Value Co-creation

       Citizen centered applications

       Smart Cities


e-Government


       Open and Big Data for e-Government

       Cloud computing for e-Government

       Intelligent Systems in e-Government Services

       Artificial Intelligence Applications in e-Government

       Blockchain Technologies for e-Government

       Machine Learning Techniques in e-Government Systems

       Robots in e-Government Systems

       m-Government

       e-Government services and administrative burdens

       Business process modeling for e-Government systems

       Tools and models for e-Government development

      Human rights enhancing technologies

       Case studies and European projects


Security, Privacy and Trust


       Security, Privacy and Trust in e-Business services

       Security, Privacy and Trust in e-Government services

       Security, Privacy and Trust in Online Social Network Services

       Cloud Computing Security and Privacy

       CyberPhysical Systems Security

       Identity Management, Identity Theft and Trust Management

       Information Audit and Trust

       Intelligent Systems for Data Protection or/and Security

       Artificial Intelligence for Security or/and Data Protection

       Machine Learning Techniques in Security or/and Data Protection

       Trust and Reputation in Digital Environments

       Cyber attacks and Advances on Network Security

       Cryptographic Technologies

       Anonymisation Methodologies and Best Practices

       Privacy by Design and Default Methodologies

       Tracking Technologies and Do-Not-Track Systems

       Privacy Impact Assessment Methodologies

       Privacy Enhancing Location and Mobility Management

       Security and Privacy Audit, Risk and Governance

       Security and Data Protection Education

       Tradeoffs between security and efficiency, usability, reliability

and cost

       Biometrics and privacy


e-Crime, e-Fraud and Digital Forensics


       Cyber Crime Detection and Prevention

       Internet Fraud, Cyber War

       Computer Forensics and Anti-forensics


Social, legal and ethical issues


       Transparency and Accountability in Data Protection

       Ethics in Digital Societies

       Surveillance Technologies and Legal Implications

       Freedom of Expression and Privacy

       Freedom of Information and Privacy

       Social factors of collaborative creativity

       Right to anonymity vs accountability



Important Dates


Full paper submission deadline: 16 June 2017


Notification of decision: 3 September 2017


Camera-ready deadline: 17 September 2017



Instructions for Authors


Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have

been published or that have been simultaneously submitted to a journal

or a conference with proceedings. Papers should be at most 15 pages

long, including the bibliography and well-marked appendices, and should

follow the LNCS style

(http://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines).

Submissions are to be made to the submission web site at

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=edemocracy17. Only pdf files

will be accepted. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk

rejection without consideration of their merits. Papers must be received

by the deadline of 16 June 2017 (11:59 p.m. American Samoa time).

Authors of accepted papers must guarantee that their papers will be

presented at the conference. Conference proceedings will be published in

the Springer’s Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS)

series (http://www.springer.com/series/7899) .


The authors of selected accepted papers will be invited to extend their

work for further publication in special issues of well known Scientific

Journals.


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