<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:6pt 0in;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:red;font-size:12pt">The Second International Workshop on Securing Next-Generation Connected Healthcare Systems Using Futuristic Technologies</span><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:6pt 0in;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="color:red;font-size:12pt">(</span></font><a href="https://globecom2022.ieee-globecom.org/workshop/ws22-securing-next-generation-connected-healthcare-systems-using-futuristic-technologies" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:10.5pt" target="_blank">https://globecom2022.ieee-globecom.org/workshop/ws22-securing-next-generation-connected-healthcare-systems-using-futuristic-technologies</a><span style="color:red;font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:12pt">)</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="times new roman, serif">In conjunction with</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="times new roman, serif">IEEE Global Communications Conference 2022</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:center;font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="times new roman, serif">4–8 December 2022 // Rio de Janeiro, Brazil</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:6pt 0in;font-size:10.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(47,84,150)"><font face="times new roman, serif"> </font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:6pt 0in;font-size:10.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#0000ff" face="times new roman, serif">Scope and topics of the workshop:</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:9pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif">Recent advancements in computing and communication technologies have allowed the development of connected healthcare systems that depend primarily on IoT and Edge technologies. However, the security and privacy of next-generation smart healthcare systems are major concerns, for the efficient rollout of connected healthcare. To help with the efficient rollout, <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">futuristic technologies like Blockchain and Machine Learning (ML) are pioneering system security solutions. In this context, this workshop will concentrate on the crucial aspects of IoT security in a connected healthcare environment, which will not only benefit from cutting-edge methodological approaches but also assist in the rapid scalability and improvement of these systems. It also aims to use blockchain technology for communication and data security, as well as trust management, in a smart city IoT environment. The aim of this workshop is to bring together developers, academics, and professionals interested in IoT/edge security and privacy developments and applications for the advancement of connected healthcare systems.</span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:9pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif">Participants are invited to present and address recent advances and challenges in securing the edge networks of healthcare systems using new technologies such as blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI). <span style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial">Original novel work, as well as advanced prototypes, systems, tools, equipment, and work-in-progress, are encouraged.</span></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:9pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"> </font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-indent:9pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif">Original research contributions are welcome in all major fields, including but not limited to:</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:16.1px;font-size:10.5pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">IoT healthcare security and privacy</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:16.1px;font-size:10.5pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Security and trust in smart city and healthcare IoT environments leveraging ultra-lightweight cryptography</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:16.1px;font-size:10.5pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">QoE/QoS in healthcare-IoT/edge</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:16.1px;font-size:10.5pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Healthcare IoT applications benefit from distributed and federated learning.</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:16.1px;font-size:10.5pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Cryptology: Theory and Applications in Healthcare IoT</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:16.1px;font-size:10.5pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Access management in connected healthcare IoT</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:16.1px;font-size:10.5pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Detection, Protection, and Prevention in a Cyber-threat-Free Healthcare IoT environment</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:16.1px;font-size:10.5pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Simulation and performance evaluation mechanisms for healthcare-IoT networks</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:16.1px;font-size:10.5pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">5G innovations for IoTs in healthcare</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:16.1px;font-size:10.5pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">ML-based healthcare IoT applications</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:16.1px;font-size:10.5pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Blockchain-based healthcare IoT infrastructures</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt 0.5in;line-height:16.1px;font-size:10.5pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Blockchain security connecting different IoT-healthcare protocols</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:0in 0in 10pt 0.5in;line-height:16.1px;font-size:10.5pt"><font color="#000000" face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">●<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal">      </span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:18.4px">Digital Twin for healthcare IoT systems</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="left" style="margin:6pt 0in;font-size:10.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#0000ff" face="times new roman, serif">Workshop Organizers:</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="times new roman, serif">General Co-Chair:</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:6pt 0in;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt">Prof. Hussein Mouftah</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt">, <i>University of Ottawa</i>, Ottawa, Canada</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><b><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="times new roman, serif">Technical Program Co-Chairs:</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="times new roman, serif">Dr. <b>Safa Otoum</b>, <i>Zayed University</i>, Abu Dhabi, UAE</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="times new roman, serif">Dr. <b>Bassem Ouni</b>, <i>Technology Innovation Institute</i>, Abu Dhabi, UAE.</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="times new roman, serif">Dr. <b>Nadra Guizani,</b> <i>Washington State University</i>, USA</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><b style="text-align:-webkit-left"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font color="#0000ff" face="times new roman, serif">Important Dates:</font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><b style="text-align:-webkit-left"><span style="font-size:12pt;color:rgb(47,84,150)"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:12pt">Workshop Paper Submission Deadline:</span></font><span style="font-family:"times new roman",serif;font-size:16px;background-color:rgb(0,255,255)">15 July 2022</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="times new roman, serif">Paper Acceptance Notification: 1 September 2022</font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><span style="font-size:16px">Camera Ready: </span><span style="font-size:16px">1 October 2022</span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;text-align:justify;font-size:10.5pt"><font face="times new roman, serif"><br></font></p><br></div>