IEICE ICSS 2020 : IEICE ICSS2020: IEICE Trans. Special Section on Information and Communication System Security

IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems
Special Section on Information and Communication System Security

The IEICE Transactions on Information and Systems, which is included in SCIE (Science Citation Index Expanded),
announces that it will publish a special section entitled “Special Section on Information and Communication System
Security” in July, 2020.

1. Scope
Topics related to information security for information and communication system are welcome. In particular, the major
topics include, but are not limited to:
‐ Security Technologies on IoT, AI, Big Data, Blockchain, AdHoc Network, P2P, Sensor Network, RFID, Wireless
Network, Mobile Network, Home Network, Edge/Fog/Cloud Computing, Database System, SNS.
‐ Access Control, Content Security, DRM, CDN, Privacy Protection, E-Commerce, PKI, Security Architecture, Security
Protocol, Tamper Resistance Technology, Secure OS, Security Evaluation/Authentication.

2. Submission Instructions
The standard number of pages is 8 for a PAPER and 2 for a LETTER. The maximum number of pages for the initial
submission of a LETTER is 4. The page charges are considerably higher for extra pages. Manuscripts should be prepared
according to the guideline in the “Information for Authors”. The latest version is available at the web site,
http://www.ieice.org/eng/shiori/mokuji_iss.html. The length of the paper should not exceed 8 printed pages in principle.
The term for revising the manuscript after acknowledgement of conditional acceptance for this special section could be
shorter than that for regular issues (60 days) because of the tight review schedule.
This special section will accept only papers by electronic submission. Prospective authors are requested to follow carefully
the submission process described below.
Submit a manuscript and electronic files (TeX/Word files, figures, authors’ photos and biography) then transfer the copyright to the
IEICE via the IEICE Web site https://review.ieice.org/regist/regist_baseinfo_e.aspx by August 2, 2019 (JST). Authors
should choose the [Special-IC] Information and Communication System Security as a “Journal/Section” on the online
screen. Do not choose [Regular-ED].

For additional guidelines on manuscript preparation, please visit: http://www.ieice.org/eng/shiori/mokuji_iss.html
Inquiries:
Akira Kanaoka
Toho University
Email：[email protected]

3. Special Section Editorial Committee
Guest Editor-in-Chief: Kazuomi OISHI (Shizuoka Institute of Science and Technology)
Guest Editors: Akira KANAOKA (Toho Univ.), Yoshiaki SHIRAISHI (Kobe Univ.), Kuniyasu SUZAKI (AIST)
Guest Associate Editors: Chun-I FAN (National Sun Yat-sen Univ., Taiwan), Masayuki FUKUMITSU (Hokkaido
Information Univ.), Masaki HASHIMOTO (Institute of Information Security), Masanori HIROTOMO (Saga
Univ.), Yasunori ISHIHARA (Nanzan Univ.),Yoko KAMIDOI (Hiroshima City Univ.), Atsushi KANAI (Hosei
Univ.), Takahiro KASAMA (NICT), Hiroaki KIKUCHI (Meiji Univ.), Kazukuni KOBARA (AIST), Atsuko
MIYAJI (Osaka Univ.), Yutaka MIYAKE (KDDI Research, Inc.), Junji NAKAZATO (Fujitsu), Tatsuya MORI
(Waseda Univ.), Seiji MUNETOH (I.B.M. Research - Tokyo), Hiroki TAKAKURA (NII), Yoshifumi UESHIGE
(Nagasaki Univ.), Dai WATANABE (Hitachi), Takeshi YAGI (NTT Security (Japan)), Toshihiro YAMAUCHI
(Okayama Univ.), Chung-Huang YANG (National Kaohsiung Normal Univ., Taiwan), Katsunari YOSHIOKA
(Yokohama National Univ.), Heung Youl YOUM (Soonchunhyang Univ., Korea)

* Upon accepted for publication, all authors, including authors of invited papers, should pay the page charges covering partial cost
of publication around March 2020. If payment is not completed by 15 April, 2020 your manuscript will be handled as rejection.
* At least one of the authors must be an IEICE member when the manuscript is submitted for review. Invited papers are an exception.
We recommend that authors unaffiliated with IEICE apply for membership. For membership applications, please visit
http://www.ieice.org/eng/join_ieice/index.html
* Open Access Option: Papers published in January 2019 issue and following issues will be offered a trial basis option which can
make the papers open access if authors pay an additional charge on top of the usual page charge. For details on open access options,
please carefully refer to “The Information for Authors” (http://www.ieice.org/eng/shiori/mokuji_iss.html). Note that open access
option is still in the pre-trial stage, and it may be changed without notice.