[Commlist] call for papers - CMI conference 2021

  *CRITICAL ICT INFRASTRUCTURES AND PLATFORMS - CALL FOR PAPERS*

14TH CMI INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE 
https://www.conf.cmi.aau.dk/CMI+conference+2021/ 
<https://www.conf.cmi.aau.dk/CMI+conference+2021/>

25 - 26 NOVEMBER 2021 - HYBRID (ONLINE / IN-PERSON)

ICT infrastructures and platforms are increasingly pervasive and 
critical for societies, systems and organizations and for individuals. 
It is, therefore, of great importance that efficient and resilient 
infrastructures are developed and deployed and that disruptions of 
services caused by either cyber-attacks or other interruptions of 
services are mitigated. Also, as digital platforms constitute crucial 
communication infrastructures for societies, it is important that such 
platforms contribute to democratic processes and economic and social 
fairness.

The 14th CMI conference will be concerned with these topics from 
different complementary angles: The development and deployment of fast 
and efficient communication infrastructures including cloud and edge 
technologies; resilience of ICT systems in order to increase cyber 
security and mitigate cyber-attacks; institution of social practices and 
governance approaches that will promote democratic discussions and 
processes, contribute to economic and social development, equity and 
fairness, and protect privacy.

The conference focuses primarily on ICT infrastructures and platforms, 
but as ICT systems increasingly constitute essential foundations for 
other critical infrastructures such as energy, transportation, public 
administration, etc. papers on the relationships between ICT 
infrastructures and critical infrastructures in general will be most 
welcome. Technical papers as well as papers examining ICT 
infrastructures and platforms from social science and humanities 
perspectives are solicited. Furthermore, papers can be oriented towards 
theory development as well as empirically based analyses. The conference 
welcomes papers on research that has been concluded and work-in-progress.

Participants in the 14th CMI conference will be researchers from 
academia and other research institutions, industry players, and people 
working with policy development and regulation. Students are also very 
welcome.

TRACKS/TOPICS

Papers are invited in the following (not exclusive) tracks/topics:

WIRELESS COMMUNICATION AND NETWORKING

·Artificial intelligence and machine learning for wireless communication 
systems

·Massive machine-type communications (mMTC)

·IoT for smart manufacturing (industry 4.0)

·Underwater and underground sensor and IoT networks

·Wireless networking for autonomous vehicles in smart cities

·Age of information in real-time systems and networks

CYBER SECURITY

·Cyber security of cyber physical systems and industrial control systems

·IT and IoT security

·Critical infrastructures under cyberwarfare, cyberterrorism and 
nation-stated attacks

·Artificial intelligence for the protection of critical infrastructure

·Security architectures and secure modelling

·Security governance, risk analysis and management, security awareness 
of critical infrastructures

·Safety and security of critical infrastructures

·Digital twins, cyber ranges and cyber security training

DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION

·Critical infrastructures

·Public safety and emergency communications

·Governance of critical infrastructures

·Big Tech economics and regulation

·Data protection and privacy

·Smart cities

·Climate action, environment, resource efficiency and raw materials

·AI and work

·ICT4D

·AI and media developments

·Business models

Prospective authors are invited to submit original, unpublished work in 
any of the topics or related topics. All types of contributions whether 
academic papers, industrial research, case studies, implementation 
reviews, etc. are welcome. Selection of the papers to be presented at 
the conference will be based on abstracts and will be double-blind. If 
full papers are available already at the abstract deadline, please 
submit the full paper.  Following approval of abstracts, full papers to 
be presented at the conference have to be submitted at the subsequent 
full papers deadline.

Among the papers presented at the conference, selected papers will be 
submitted for inclusion to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library or will be 
published in a special issue of the Nordic Baltic Journal of ICT 
(Electronic publication, ISBN 1902-0988 - find information on NBICT 
here: *http://riverpublishers.com/journal.php?j=NBJICT/2014/1/jdes* 
<http://riverpublishers.com/journal.php?j=NBJICT/2014/1/jdes>). Selected 
papers concerned with information and communication technology 
developments will be submitted for inclusion to the IEEE Xplore Digital 
Library. Other selected papers will be published in the Nordic Baltic 
Journal of ICT.

All conference papers and presentations will be uploaded to a repository 
and shared with all registered conference participants.

IMPORTANT DATES

·September 1, 2021: Extended abstract (app. 1.5 pages)

·September 15, 2021: Notification on acceptance

·November 1, 2021: Full paper

·November 25-26, 2021: Presentation at the conference

·November 30, 2021: Notification of selection of papers for publication

·December 6, 2021: Submission of camera-ready versions of selected papers

SUBMISSION

Please submit your abstract to the *Easychair submission link* 
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=14thcmi>.

HOST

CMI, Aalborg University Copenhagen, Denmark

contact:

Anders Henten – (henten /at/ es.aau.dk) <mailto:(henten /at/ es.aau.dk)>

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