The 22nd International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS 2024) will be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, on 5–8 Mar 2024. ACNS is an annual conference focusing on current developments that advance the areas of applied cryptography and cyber security (including network and computer security) and privacy. The goal is to present both academic research works and advances on industrial and technical frontiers.
Submissions may focus on the modeling, design, analysis (including security proofs and attacks), development (e.g. implementations), deployment (e.g. system integration), and maintenance (e.g. performance measurements, usability studies) of algorithms, protocols, standards, implementations, technologies devices, systems standing in relation with applied cryptography, cyber security and privacy, while advancing or bringing new insights to the state of the art.
Areas of interest for ACNS 2024 include but are not limited to:
- Applied cryptography
- Artificial intelligence for security
- Automated security analysis
- Authentication and biometric security/privacy
- Blockchain security/privacy
- Cloud security/privacy
- Critical infrastructure (smart grids, airports, ports, etc.) security/privacy
- Cryptanalysis
- Cryptographic primitives and protocols
- Data protection
- Digital rights management
- Distributed security and consensus protocols
- Email, app and web security/privacy
- Future Internet security/privacy
- Lightweight cryptography
- Identity management
- IP protection
- Internet fraud, cybercrime
- Internet-of-Things (IoT) security/privacy
- Malicious code and unwanted software
- Mobile and wireless security (5G, nextG)
- Network security protocols
- Post-quantum cryptography
- Privacy/anonymity, privacy-enhancing technologies
- Secure electronic voting
- Security/privacy metrics
- Security/privacy of systems based on ML and AI
- Side-channel analysis and physical attacks
- Systems security/privacy
- Trust management and trustworthy computing in networks or systems
- Usable security/privacy
Besides the main conference, ACNS also seeks workshop proposals. Each satellite workshop will provide a forum to address a specific topic at the forefront of cybersecurity research. Papers accepted at the workshops will have post-proceedings published by Springer in the LNCS series as well.
Important Dates
All deadlines are on the given day, 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth).
First submission deadline:
- Submission: Thu, July 20th, 2023
- Notification: Thu, September 21st, 2023
- Camera-ready: Thu, October 12th, 2023
The ACNS’24 Cycle 1 paper submission page is ready and will now accept submissions: HotCRP-Cycle1
Second submission deadline:
- Submission: Fri, October 20th, 11:59 AoE, 2023
- Notification: Tue, December 12th, 2023
- Camera-ready: Tue, Jan 9th, 2024
The ACNS’24 Cycle 2 paper submission page is ready and will now accept submissions: HotCRP-Cycle2
Instructions for Authors
Submissions must be done via the HotCRP website. For first cycle please use the following link: https://acns24-cycle1.hotcrp.com/
ACNS 2024 will be an in-person conference. Since remote presentations or videos will not be accepted, authors submitting a paper should ensure that one of the authors can present the paper at the conference in person.
Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have been published (other than preprint) or accepted for publication or that are simultaneously in submission to a journal, conference, or workshop with published proceedings. Information about submissions may be shared with program chairs of other conferences for that purpose.
ACNS encourages promising students to submit and present their results at the conference. ACNS gives a best student paper award, with a 1500 EUR prize sponsored by Springer, to encourage promising students to publish their best results at this venue. To be eligible, the paper must be co-authored by at least one full-time student who will present the paper at the conference.
Submission Guidelines
Submissions must be anonymous, with no author names, affiliations, acknowledgments, or obvious references. Each submission must begin with a title, short abstract, and a list of keywords. The introduction should summarize the contributions of the paper at a level appropriate for a non-specialist reader.
All submissions must be submitted in PDF format, following the unmodified LNCS format (accessible on the Springer LCNS author guidelines webpage) and typeset using the corresponding LaTeX class file. They must fit within a page limit of 20 pages, including title and abstract, figures, etc., but excluding references. Optionally, any amount of clearly marked supplementary material may be supplied, following the main body of the paper; however, reviewers are not required to read or review any supplementary material, and submissions are expected to be intelligible without it. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits. To accommodate for changes requested in reviews, the page limit for the camera-ready proceedings versions is 30 pages, including references and appendices.
For papers that might raise ethical concerns, authors are expected to convince reviewers that proper procedures (such as IRB approval) have been followed and due diligence has been made to minimize potential harm.
ACNS 2024 has two submission deadlines (in July and October) that authors may choose to submit their papers to. Papers rejected after the July round may optionally be revised and resubmitted at the October round, provided that they are accompanied by a response letter detailing the changes and addressing the initial review comments.
We will publish our proceedings with Springer as a volume of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.
Conflicts of Interest
The program co-chairs require cooperation from both authors and program committee members to prevent submissions from being evaluated by reviewers who have a conflict of interest. During the submission process, we will ask authors to identify members of the program committee with whom they share a conflict of interest.
We regard the following relationships as conflicts of interest:
- Anyone who shares an institutional affiliation with an author at the time of submission,
- Anyone who was the advisor or advisee of an author at any time in the past,
- Anyone the author has collaborated or published within the prior two years,
- Anyone who is serving as the sponsor or administrator of a grant that funds your research, or
- close personal or family ties.
If they want to specify a conflict of another type than those listed above, authors must contact the chairs and explain the perceived conflict. Program committee members who are in a conflict of interest with a paper, including program co-chairs, will be excluded from the evaluation and discussion of the paper by default.
Diversity and Inclusion
ACNS is committed to promoting diversity and inclusion in our community. If you have suggestions, concerns, or complaints related to biases or sexual harassment, we encourage you to reach out to the Conference Co-Chairs. We are committed to protecting the anonymity of such reports and helping to address your concerns. We value your feedback and ideas to help us all build a healthier and more welcoming community.
We encourage authors to be mindful of not using language or examples that further the marginalization, stereotyping, or erasure of any group of people, especially historically marginalized and/or under-represented groups (URGs) in computing. Of course, exclusionary treatment can arise unintentionally. Be vigilant and actively guard against such issues in your writing. Reviewers will also be empowered to monitor and demand changes if such issues arise in your submissions.
