About ISPEC 2024

The 19th International Conference on Information Security Practice and Experience (ISPEC 2024) will be held on October 25-27, 2024 in Wuhan, organized by Wuhan University of Technology and Central China Normal University. The ISPEC conference is an established forum that brings together researchers and practitioners to provide a confluence of new information security technologies, including their applications and their integration with IT systems in various vertical sectors. The main goal of the conference is to promote research on new information security technologies, including their applications and their integration with IT systems in various vertical sectors. Previous ISPEC has taken place in Singapore (2005), Hangzhou, China (2006), Hong Kong (2007), Sydney, Australia (2008), Xi'an, China (2009), Seoul, Korea (2010), Guangzhou, China (2011), Hangzhou, China (2012), Lanzhou, China (2013), Fuzhou, China (2014), Beijing, China (2015), Zhangjiajie, China (2016), Melbourne, Australia (2017), Tokyo, Japan (2018), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (2019), Nanjing, China (2021) , Taiwan (2022) and Copenhagen, Denmark (2023) For all sessions, the conference proceedings were published by Springer in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series.

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Wuhan University of Technology, China

Central China Normal University, China

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Keynote Speakers

Note: The order of speakers is sorted according to the alphabetical order of surname.

Man Ho Allen Au, Professor
Affiliation:Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

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Abstract

Dr Man Ho Allen Au is a Full Professor at the Department of Computing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Before that, he was an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Hong Kong. Allen's research interests include Information Security, Applied Cryptography, Blockchain Technology, and their applications. He has been ranked as HKU Scholar in the Top 1% (by Clarivate Analytics in the top 1% worldwide by citations) in 2020 - 2022. He is also listed as the World's Top 2% Scientists by single-year impact and by career-long impact in the list published by Stanford University in Oct 2022. His research has generated significant social and economic impact. In the past 5 years, he as the principal investigator has attracted over HK$30M in research and high-level consultancy projects. He is currently an associate editor of IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, Journal of Information Security and Applications, and an editorial board member of Journal of Cryptologic Research.


Atsuko Miyaji, Professor
Affiliation: Osaka University, Japan

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ATSUKO MIYAJI (Member, IEEE) received the B.Sc., M.Sc., and D.Sc. degrees in mathematics from Osaka University, in 1988, 1990, and 1997, respectively. She joined Panasonic Company Ltd., from 1990 to 1998, and engaged in research and development for secure communication. She was an Associate Professor with the Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (JAIST), in 1998. She joined the Computer Science Department, University of California at Davis, from 2002 to 2003. She has been a Professor with the JAIST, since 2007. She has been a Professor with the Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University, since 2015. Her research interests include the application of number theory into cryptography and information security. She is a fellow of IPSJ. She is a member of the International Association for Cryptologic Research, the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, the Information Processing Society of Japan, and the Mathematical Society of Japan. She received the Young Paper Award of SCIS’93, in 1993, the Notable Invention Award of the Science and Technology Agency, in 1997, the IPSJ Sakai Special Researcher Award, in 2002, the Standardization Contribution Award, in 2003, the Award for the contribution to Culture of Security, in 2007, the Director-General of the Industrial Science and Technology Policy and Environment Bureau Award, in 2007, the DoCoMo Mobile Science Award, in 2008, the Advanced Data Mining and Applications (ADMA 2010) Best Paper Award, the Prizes for Science and Technology, the Commendation for Science and Technology by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the International Conference on Applications and Technologies in Information Security (ATIS 2016) Best Paper Award, the 16th IEEE Trustcom 2017 Best Paper Award, the IEICE Milestone Certification, in 2017, the 14th Asia Joint Conference on Information Security (AsiaJCIS 2019) Best Paper Award, the Information Security Applications-20th International Conference (WISA 2020) Best Paper Gold Award, and the Distinguished Educational Practitioners Award, in 2020.


Willy Susilo, Professor
Affiliation: University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia

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Willy Susilo is a Distinguished Professor at the School of Computing and Information Technology, Faculty of Engineering and Information Sciences at the University of Wollongong (UOW), Australia. He holds the most prestigious Australian Laureate Fellowship awarded by the Australian Research Council.  He is the director of Institute of Cybersecurity and Cryptology, School of Computing and Information Technology, UOW. He is an IEEE Fellow, an IET Fellow, an ACS Fellow and an AAIA Fellow. Previously, he was awarded the prestigious Australian Research Council Future Fellowship in 2009.  He has published more than 500 papers in journals and conference proceedings in cryptography and network security.  In 2016, he was awarded the ``Researcher of the Year” at UOW, due to his research excellence and contributions.   He is the Editor-in-Chief of the Information journal and the Special Content Editor of the Elsevier’s Computer Standards and Interfaces. He is also serving as an Associate Editors in several international journals. He has also served as the program committee member of several international conferences.


Call For Papers

Authors are invited to submit full papers presenting new research results related to information security technologies and applications. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Cryptology
  • Applied cryptography
  • Mobile security
  • Cloud security
  • Access control
  • Privacy enhanced technology
  • Viruses and malware
  • Software security
  • Database security
  • Web security
  • Operating system security
  • Intrusion detection
  • Big data security and privacy
  • Biometric Security
  • Implementation
  • Network security
  • Key management
  • Security and privacy in ubiquitous computing
  • Formal methods for security
  • Digital forensics
  • Security for critical infrastructures
  • Embedded systems security
  • Lightweight security
  • Smart grid security
  • Cyber security for urban transportation
  • Cyber-physical security
  • Cryptocurrency

Important Dates

Paper submission May 13, 2024
Acceptance Notification June 24, 2024
Camera-ready Version July 7, 2024

Author Instructions

Authors are invited to submit original papers: they must not substantially duplicate work that any of the authors have published elsewhere or have submitted in parallel to any other conferences that have proceedings or any journal. The submission must be anonymous, with no author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or obvious references. Original contributions are invited up to 16 pages in length (single column) excluding appendices and bibliography and up to 20 pages in total, using at least 11-point fonts and with reasonable margins. Submissions not meeting the submission guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits.

ISPEC 2024 Submission Link

Organising Committee

General Co-Chairs

Jianwen Xiang, Wuhan University of Technology
Xingpeng Jiang, Central China Normal University
Shitao Zuo, Topsec

Program Co-Chairs

Zhe Xia, Wuhan University of Technology
Jiageng Chen, Central China Normal University

Publication Co-chairs

Weizhi Meng, Technical University of Denmark
Pei Li, Central China Normal University

Local co-chairs

Liming Zhai, Central China Normal University
Cheng Tan, Wuhan University of Technology

Accepted Papers

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