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.
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:
- IoT-based secure edge networking for real-time communication systems
- Real-time communication protocols for secure edge networking
- Resource management and network optimization for secure edge network
- Secure edge networking and industrial IoT applications
- Digital twin (DT)-enabled secure edge networking
- Real-world Digital Twin (DT) simulations, prototypes, and testbed demonstrations for secure edge networks
- Attack detections/defences for secure edge networking
- Blockchain-driven secure edge networking
- Energy efficient secure edge networking
- Federated learning-based secure edge networking
- Modeling and performance analysis of secure edge networking
- Software-defined network (SDN) controlled secure edge networking
- AI as a service (AIaaS) for secure edge networking
- Wireless communications for cyber-physical edge network applications
- New security and privacy concepts within edge network applications
- LLMs in secure edge network
- Trustworthy secure edge network applications
- Secure edge network applications for smart cities
- AI-driven applications for secure edge networks
- Autonomous and context-aware secure edge networks
- Self-organizing secure edge networks and applications
- Sustainable AI-based secure edge network
- Secure edge network design for enhanced Mobile Broadband (eMBB), massive Machine Type Communications (mMTC), and Ultra Reliable Low Latency Communications (URLLC) applications
General Chairs
- Müge Erel-Özçevik, Manisa Celal Bayar University, Turkey (muge.ozcevik@cbu.edu.tr)
- Elif Bozkaya-Aras, National Defence University Turkish Naval Academy, Turkey (ebozkaya@dho.msu.edu.tr)
Honorary Chair
- Berk Canberk, Edinburgh Napier University, (B.Canberk@napier.ac.uk)
Industrial Chair
- Gökhan Yurdakul, GM of BTS Group (yurdakulg@btsgroup.com)
Technical Program Chairs
- Tuğçe Bilen, İstanbul Technical University (bilent@itu.edu.tr)
- Gökhan Seçinti, İstanbul Technical University (secinti@itu.edu.tr)
- Engin Zeydan, Centre Tecnologic de Telecomunicacions de Catalunya (CTTC) (engin.zeydan@ieee.org)
- Yusuf Özçevik, Manisa Celal Bayar University (yusuf.ozcevik@cbu.edu.tr)
- Abdullah Aydeğer, Florida Tech, (aaydeger@fit.edu)
Publicity Chairs
- Kübra Duran, Edinburgh Napier University (kubra.duran@napier.ac.uk)
- Yağmur Yiğit, Edinburgh Napier University (yagmur.yigit@napier.ac.uk)
- Burcu Bolat-Akça, National Defence University Turkish Naval Academy, Turkey (bolat.b@dho.msu.edu.tr)
- Elif Ak, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey (akeli@itu.edu.tr)
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
BCCA2024 Keynote at https://bcca-conference.org/2024/keynote.php
Authors Submission Guidelines:
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Paper format
Submitted papers (.pdf format) must use the A4 IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings. Please remember to add Keywords to your submission.
Length
The paper submission length according to each category (Overlength charges will be applied!):
- Long papers: (7-8 pages).
- Short papers: (5-6 pages).
- Poster papers: (1-2 pages).
Originality
Papers submitted must be the original work of the authors. The may not be simultaneously under review elsewhere. Publications that have been peer-reviewed and have appeared at other conferences or workshops may not be submitted. Authors should be aware that IEEE has a strict policy with regard to plagiarism https://www.ieee.org/publications/rights/plagiarism/plagiarism-faq.html The authors' prior work must be cited appropriately.
Author list
Please ensure that you submit your papers with the full and final list of authors in the correct order. The author list registered for each submission is not allowed to be changed in any way after the paper submission deadline.
Proofreading:
Please proofread your submission carefully. It is essential that the language use in the paper is clear and correct so that it is easily understandable. (Either US English or UK English spelling conventions are acceptable.)
Publication:
All accepted papers in the workshops colocated with BCCA 2024 will be submitted to IEEEXplore for possible publication.
Program
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