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Special Session · PDP 2027

SPDNBC: Security in Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Computing

Part of PDP 2027 · Barcelona
Dates 17–19 March 2027
Proceedings IEEE CPS · Scopus-indexed
Barcelona — host city, PDP 2027
SPDNBC Session

About this session

Special Session on "Security in Parallel, Distributed and Network-Based Computing" aims to bring together researchers and practitioners involved in multiple disciplines concerning security in distributed systems to exchange ideas and to learn the latest developments in this important field. The session focuses on issues related to network and distributed system security, such as authentication, access control, confidentiality, integrity, availability, privacy, dependability and sustainability of distributed systems, and AI in cybersecurity.

Previously unpublished papers offering novel research contributions to the theoretical and practical aspects of security in distributed systems are solicited for submission. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

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Adaptive security

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AI in cybersecurity

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Applied cryptography

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Authentication, authorization & access control

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Big data for security

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Cloud security

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Computer & network forensics

08

Data mining, ML & bio-inspired security

09

Digital rights management

10

Embedded system security

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Internet & web security

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Intrusion & malware detection/prevention

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Risk analysis & risk management

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Security & privacy in pervasive computing

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Security evaluation

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Security of emerging technologies

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Security modeling & simulation

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Security policies

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Security protocols

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Software security

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Survivability

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Tamper resistance

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Trust management

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Trusted computing

Chairs
Session Chair
Igor Kotenko
St. Petersburg Federal Research Center of the Russian Academy of Sciences (SPC RAS), Russia
Program committee
Fabrizio BaiardiPisa University, Italy
Cataldo BasilePolitecnico di Torino, Italy
Dumitru Dan BurdescuUniversity of Craiova, Romania
Andrey ChechulinITMO University, Russia
Yannick ChevalierUniversité de Toulouse - IRIT, France
Luigi CoppolinoUniversity of Naples "Parthenope", Italy
Hervé DebarTélécom SudParis, France
Dieter GollmannHamburg University of Technology, Germany
Ming-Yuh HuangThe Boeing Company, USA
Spyros KokolakisUniversity of the Aegean, Greece
Christoph KraußDarmstadt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Abhinav KumarIIT Hyderabad, India
Vireshwar KumarIIT Delhi, India
Dmitry LevshunBonch-Bruevich Saint-Petersburg State University of Telecommunications, Russia
Antonio MañaUniversity of Malaga, Spain
Felix Gomez MarmolUniversity of Murcia, Spain
Fabio MartinelliIIT-CNR, Italy
Nikolay MoldovyanSPC RAS, Russia
Nuno NevesDI FC UL, Portugal
Evgenia NovikovaSaint-Petersburg Electrotechnical University "LETI", ETU, Russia
Vladimir OleshchukUniversity of Agder, Norway
Roland RiekeFraunhofer, Germany
Luigi RomanoUniversity of Naples "Parthenope", Italy
Igor SaenkoSPC RAS, Russia
Rajeev ShoreyIIIT Surat, India
Martin StreckerUniversité de Toulouse, France
Peter TeuflIAIK / Graz University of Technology, Austria
Ilsun YouSoonchunhyang University, Republic of Korea

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