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Emerging Topics in Hardware Security
edited by
submission deadline 10 Dec 2024 | 4 articles | Viewed by 5930 | Submission Open
Keywords: hardware security and trust; physical unclonable functions; side channel attacks and countermeasures; microprocessor security
(This special issue belongs to the Section Hardware Security)
Privacy-Preserving Blockchain-Based Authentication Scheme
edited by Lu Yu
submission deadline 30 Dec 2024 | Viewed by 198 | Submission Open
Keywords: privacy-preserving blockchain technology; privacy-preserving protocols; zero-knowledge proof; distributed systems; authorization and authentication; biometric authentication methods
(This special issue belongs to the Section Blockchain Security)
Advances in Authentication, Authorization and Privacy for Securing Smart Communications submission deadline 31 Dec 2024 | 7 articles | Viewed by 14008 | Submission Open
Keywords: information security; data privacy; cryptography; authentication; authorization; accounting; identification; post-quantum; digital signature; digital certificate; smart systems; internet of things; internet of everything
Recent Advanced in Image/Signal Encryption and Decryption Techniques
edited by Hang Chen
submission deadline 10 Feb 2025 | Viewed by 261 | Submission Open
Keywords: optical information security; image encryption; remote sensing image; multi-source data fusion/encryption
AI Meets Encryption—Enhancing Cyber Security and Privacy in the AI Age
edited by Shancang Li and
submission deadline 31 Mar 2025 | Viewed by 258 | Submission Open
Keywords: encryption techniques; privacy-preserving AI; post-quantum cryptography; AI-powered cryptography
Emerging Trends in Blockchain and Its Applications
edited by Joseph K. Liu
submission deadline 10 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 169 | Submission Open
Keywords: blockchain architecture and design; cryptographic techniques for blockchain; blockchain applications; blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT); case studies and real-world deployments
(This special issue belongs to the Section Blockchain Security)
Advances in Symmetric Cryptography and Data Integrity submission deadline 20 May 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 1321 | Submission Open
Keywords: symmetric cryptography; cryptanalysis; steganalysis; authentication; code theory
Interdisciplinary Cryptography
edited by and Khodakhast Bibak
submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | Viewed by 80 | Submission Open
Keywords: cryptography; interdisciplinary cryptography; cryptographic functions; cryptographic hardware; perfectly secure cryptography; lattice-based cryptography
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