<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt">We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFPs.<u></u><u></u></p><div style="border-top:none;border-right:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:2.25pt double windowtext;padding:0cm 0cm 1pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10pt;border:none;padding:0cm">We appreciate your help to contribute & forward this CFPs to your friends.<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><b><u></u> <u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center"><b>Call for Papers<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:10pt;text-align:center">The First International Workshop on<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>Secure Edge Networking and Applications (SENA)<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>In Conjunction with</i><b><u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>IEEE Sixth International Conference on Blockchain Computing and Applications<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>(IEEE BCCA 2024)<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">26-29 November 2024 (Dubai, UAE)<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="https://ismail-a-darwish-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2-2EkbffcbkTKEIv6gKEvbQcSA5fj5xEbGeWNa9Xj7P3r3_ONkQFs_Own8BEB__h7KmvE_mxRyWF8P9rC3yXYUU1UNghv1Ugt4lnWyh96gdblLq_15mQ5gPnowSsCHszKnHUf0psd1k0aq83rXF7KBxvdUdw_M9GRWpnE84vkMD5IgBO4HdLwLF5MBQuhsoFT3y7w2-bgBYlnA78o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://bcca-conference.org/2024/Workshops/SENA2024.php</a><span class="m_-903895335466837677MsoHyperlink" style="color:rgb(5,99,193);text-decoration-line:underline"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:14pt;color:rgb(251,0,7)">Hybrid Conference</span></i><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Edge networking plays a significant role in shaping the future of Internet of Things (IoT) networks by processing high volumes of data at the network edge and meeting the desired latency demand. Although edge computing is regarded as a promising technology for these features as well as its decentralization and supportive functionalities, there is a need to develop systems to protect data security and privacy since users can face the risk of data leakage when they offload data to the edge/cloud server. Secure edge networking is continuously becoming a top strategic technology that connects the physical and blockchain-secured worlds, assisted by next-generation networks. Moreover, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Digital Twin (DT) driven secure edge-network can deliver seamless analysis, monitoring, and predictions when it is used together with next-generation mobile communications (5G/6G), Internet of Things (IoT), Software-Defined Networking (SDN), Federated Learning (FL), distributed computing, and intelligent smart city applications.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">The workshop will invite authors to submit papers presenting new research related to all aspects of secure edge networks and applications. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<u></u><u></u></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black;text-align:justify">IoT-based secure edge<span style="color:windowtext"> </span>networking<span style="color:windowtext"> for</span> real-time communication systems<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black;text-align:justify">Real-time communication protocols for secure edge networking<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">Resource management and network optimization<span style="color:windowtext"> for secure edge network</span><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black;text-align:justify">Secure edge networking and industrial IoT applications<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">Digital twin (DT)-enabled secure edge networking<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt">Real-world Digital Twin (DT) simulations, prototypes, and testbed demonstrations for secure edge networks<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt">Attack detections/defences for secure edge networking<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">Blockchain-driven secure edge networking<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">Energy efficient secure edge networking<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">Federated learning-based secure edge networking<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">Modeling and performance analysis of secure edge networking<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">Software-defined network (SDN) controlled secure edge networking<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">AI as a service (AIaaS) for secure edge networking<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">Wireless communications for cyber-physical edge network applications<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">New security and privacy concepts within edge network applications<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">LLMs in secure edge network<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">Trustworthy secure edge network applications<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">Secure edge network applications for smart cities<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">AI-driven applications for secure edge networks<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">Autonomous and context-aware secure edge networks<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">Self-organizing secure edge networks and applications<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black">Sustainable AI-based secure edge network<u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:18pt;color:black;text-align:justify">Secure edge network design <span style="color:windowtext">for enhanced Mobile Broadb</span><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34)">and (eMBB), massive Machine Type Communications (mMTC), and Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC) applications</span><u></u><u></u></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:red"><u></u> <u></u></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>General Chairs:<u></u><u></u></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Müge Erel-Özçevik, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Turkey </span><a href="mailto:muge.ozcevik@cbu.edu.tr" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none">(muge.ozcevik@cbu.edu.tr)</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Elif Bozkaya-Aras, National Defence University Turkish Naval Academy, Turkey (<a href="mailto:ebozkaya@dho.msu.edu.tr" target="_blank">ebozkaya@dho.msu.edu.tr</a>)<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b><span style="color:black">Honorary Chair:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Berk Canberk, Edinburgh Napier University (<a href="mailto:B.Canberk@napier.ac.uk" target="_blank">B.Canberk@napier.ac.uk</a>)<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Industrial Chair:<u></u><u></u></span></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraph" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Gökhan Yurdakul, GM of BTS Group (<a href="mailto:yurdakulg@btsgroup.com" target="_blank">yurdakulg@btsgroup.com</a>)<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>Technical Program Chairs<u></u><u></u></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tuğçe Bilen, İstanbul Technical University (</span><a href="mailto:bilent@itu.edu.tr" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">bilent@itu.edu.tr</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Gökhan Seçinti, İstanbul Technical University (</span><a href="mailto:secinti@itu.edu.tr" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">secinti@itu.edu.tr</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Engin Zeydan, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC) (</span><a href="mailto:engin.zeydan@ieee.org" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">engin.zeydan@ieee.org</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Yusuf Özçevik, Manisa Celal Bayar University (<a href="mailto:yusuf.ozcevik@cbu.edu.tr" target="_blank">yusuf.ozcevik@cbu.edu.tr</a>)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;text-align:justify"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Abdullah Aydeğer, Florida Tech, (</span><a href="mailto:aaydeger@fit.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;text-decoration-line:none">aaydeger@fit.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">)<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Publicity Chairs<u></u><u></u></b></p><ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0cm;margin-top:0cm"><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Kübra Duran, Edinburgh Napier University (<a href="mailto:kubra.duran@napier.ac.uk" target="_blank">kubra.duran@napier.ac.uk</a>) <u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Yağmur Yiğit, Edinburgh Napier University (<a href="mailto:yagmur.yigit@napier.ac.uk" target="_blank">yagmur.yigit@napier.ac.uk</a>)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><span class="gmail-il">Burcu</span> <span class="gmail-il">Bolat</span>-Akça, National Defence University Turkish Naval Academy, Turkey (<a href="mailto:bolat.b@dho.msu.edu.tr" target="_blank"><span class="gmail-il">bolat</span>.b@dho.msu.edu.tr</a>)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Elif Ak, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey (</span><a href="mailto:akeli@itu.edu.tr" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext">akeli@itu.edu.tr</span></a><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">)<u></u><u></u></span></li><li class="m_-903895335466837677MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;line-height:15.5467px;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:16.96px;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Ismail Darwish, Edinburgh, Scotland (<a href="mailto:ismail.a.darwish@gmail.com" target="_blank">ismail.a.darwish@gmail.com</a>)<u></u><u></u></span></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Important Dates:<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify"><b>Submission Due:</b> <s>August 1, 2024</s> <span style="color:red">September 1, 2024 (Extended)</span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify"><b>Notification:</b> October 1, 2024<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:35.4pt;text-align:justify"><b>Camera Ready:</b> October 20, 2024<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Submission:<u></u><u></u></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Prospective authors are invited to submit a long paper (7-8 pages), short paper (5-6 pages) and poster (1-2 pages) including results, figures, and references in the standard IEEE two-column conference format. Papers should be submitted via the submission link: <a href="https://ismail-a-darwish-dot-yamm-track.appspot.com/2oUyhSNr9oTq7YW0D-mK4hIbJ7QQMNcYH_uzgUTtfbab03_ONkQFEYjUCV2mvEKn-ZT8EDfhM4TPNWkEYcQPsqC7Xrn-bQYjWSIgeGe1JXiy3cywRXNLPKc8BPIGwDuxtHPF19FvzZXg3LpjjCIZooyZ_kEr9hwAxWbTiuNnfxVbb6Uy6B-o" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://edas.info/N32442</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Best regards,</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">Ismail A. Darwish</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify">MEng Student, University of Edinburgh</p></div>
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