Security and Safety in the Presence of Pervasive and Networked Devices

Dear Colleagues,

In the near future, many more devices will be deployed in urban infrastructures and connected to the ubiquitous Internet, thanks to the technological advances in 5G networks and in smart systems and sensors. Such connected devices will interact with the physical world to gather data and to regulate urban infrastructures.

The large-scale deployment of devices, including smartphones acquiring biometric signatures, city cameras, sensors, moving autonomous systems, etc., will be able to help detect human features and the identity of people, thereby affecting privacy. Moreover, such devices could leak data to external unknown agents, possibly having an impact on the privacy, security, and safety of people. Additionally, some devices (switches, cameras, microphones, small drones, etc.) could be compromised and programmed to annoy people and/or harm them.

The main goal of the proposed Special Issue is to provide a venue for contributions addressing correctness, privacy, security, and safety concerns of systems resulting from the communication of widely spread personal and industrial devices.

Papers are invited on methodologies, and applications of large complex systems consisting of a mix of personal, mostly thrusted devices, holding personal data, and other unknown parts, such as server hosts, sensors, and actuators, receiving data to carry out transactions, deliver messages, commands, etc.

Applications to the following areas are welcome:

- Security for smart personal devices;

- Cyber physical systems: IoT, smart cities;

- Safety, reliability of systems;

- Data analytics concerning privacy;

- Robustness and testability of systems;

- Detection of cyber-attacks and defense mechanisms;

- Privacy in sensor-rich urban environments;

- Safety in the presence of drones.

Prof. Emiliano Tramontana
Guest Editor

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