***FINAL CALL*** Hello Colleagues - please see the attached call for papers below: *Call for Papers for the Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences–55 (HICSS-55), **January 4-7, 2022: Hyatt Regency, Maui * (https://hicss.hawaii.edu) *Mini-Track: Internet of Things Security: Cyber-Assurance for Edge, Software-Defined Networks and Fog Computing Architectures * (https://hicss.hawaii.edu/tracks-55/software-technology/) *Minitrack Chairs: * Dr. Tyson Brooks, Syracuse University Dr. Shiu-Kai Chin, Syracuse University The Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) – has been known worldwide as one of the longest standing scientific communities in the information systems and technology fields. Since 1968, it has become a respected destination that attracts high-caliber scholars and professionals in academia, industry and government agencies around the world to discuss their cutting-edge research. The objective of this minitrack is to increase the visibility of current research and emergent trends in Cyber-Assurance theory, application, embedded security, and machine-learning for the Internet of Things (IoT), software-defined networks (SDN)/network function virtualization (NFV), Edge computing, and Fog computing architectures based on theoretical aspects and studies of practical applications. The target audience of this mini-track will be composed of researchers, professionals, and students working in the field of cyber-security, wireless technologies, information system theory, systems engineering, information security architecture, and security system design along with university professors and researchers involved in information assurance, cyber-security, IoT, SDN/NFV, and Fog computing related security computing. This mini-track will focus on the security needs of these environments, highlighting key issues, identifying the associated security implications so that the general participants can readily grasp the core ideas in this area of research. Recommended topics for this track include, but are not limited to, the following: - Hacking IoT/Edge/Fog computing networks/devices - SDN/NFV security architectures and designs - Vulnerabilities and exploits in SDN/NFV, Edge architectures - Automated IoT/Edge/Fog computing vulnerability identification - Research on automated IoT/Edge/Fog computing vulnerability assessment and intrusion detection tools and techniques - Genetic algorithms used to spawn and control intelligent agents for information assurance for IoT/Edge/Fog computing devices - Network management and visualization tools that support real time planning and control of tactical nets as well as tools for intrusion detection and forensic analysis in hybrid IoT/Fog computing networks - IoT/Edge/Fog Computing frameworks which allow diverse input data streams to be transformed into a unified information fusion space for processing using more unified and tractable procedures - Development of secure design methods, architectures, and implementations to minimize IoT/Edge/Fog computing power dissipation - IoT/Edge/Fog Computing sensor networking systems, including signal processing and communications interactions, distributed detection and estimation, and networking protocols - High frequency IoT/Edge/Fog Computing devices and modules to enhance situational analysis and increase the communication functionality *Important Dates for Paper Submissions* **April 15, 2021:* Paper Submission System Opens **July 15, 2021* | 11:59 pm HST: Paper Submission Deadline **August 17, 2021*: Notification of Acceptance/Rejection **September 22, 2021*: Deadline for Authors to Submit Final Manuscript for Publication **October 1, 2021*: Deadline for at least one author of each paper to register for HICSS-55 *PAPER SUBMISSION * Authors are invited to submit papers electronically in PDF format. Submitted manuscripts should be structured as technical papers and may not exceed 10 letter-size (8.5 x 11) pages including all figures, tables and references (https://hicss.hawaii.edu/authors/). Submissions not conforming to these guidelines may be returned without review. The official language of the conference is English. All manuscripts will be reviewed and judged on technical strength, originality, significance, quality of presentation, and interest and relevance to the conference attendees. The proceedings will be published through HICSS conference proceedings. Submitted papers must represent original unpublished research that is not currently under review for any other conference or journal. Papers not following these guidelines will be rejected without review and further action may be taken, including (but not limited to) notifications sent to the heads of the institutions of the authors and sponsors of the conference. Submissions received after the due date, exceeding the page limit, or not appropriately structured may not be considered. *PUBLICATION* Proceedings will be published through the HICSS-55 conference proceedings. Papers submitted could be accepted as REGULAR papers (10 pages) or SHORT papers (6 pages), depending on the review scores. *FAST TRACK JOURNAL OPPORTUNITY* Authors of papers accepted for presentation in the mini-track will be offered the opportunity to submit an *extended version *of their papers for consideration for fast-track publication in the *International Journal of Internet of Things and Cyber-Assurance [IJITCA] *( https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijitca). * For more details: http://hicss.hawaii.edu/ <http://hicss.hawaii.edu/> Or, contact the Minitrack Co-Chairs: *Tyson Brooks (Primary Contact) Syracuse University ttbrooks@syr.edu Shiu-Kai Chin Syracuse University skchin@syr.edu *~ ~ IJITCA Call for Papers ~ ~* *Regular Paper Submissions* * <http://www.inderscience.com/info/inarticletoc.php?jcode=ijitca&year=2018&vol=1&issue=1>https://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijitca#submitting-content <http://www.inderscience.com/jhome.php?jcode=ijitca> * ***Upcoming Special Issue Opportunity*** *Systems Security Engineering for Mission Assurance *- July 2021 https://www.inderscience.com/info/ingeneral/cfp.php?id=4766