Privacy-Preserving Data Analytics and Secure Computation

Dear Colleagues, 

This Special Issue is derived from the DSPP 2025, and it focuses on the discussion on the latest theory, algorithms, applications, and emergingtopics on data security and privacy protection. It aims to showcase extended versions of high-quality conference papers and invite submissions from authors outside the conference whose work aligns with the scope of this Special Issue.

As this Special Issue is associated with a conference, the authors of invited papers should note that the final submitted manuscript must contain a minimum of 50% new content and must not exceed 30% of the original conference proceedings.

The scope of this Special Issue includes, but is not limited to, the following topics:

• Applied Cryptography
• Authentication, Access Control, and Authorization
• Adversarial Machine Learning
• Attacks on Security and Privacy
• Big Data Security
• Big Data Protection, Integrity and Privacy
• Blockchain and Related Technologies
• Cyber Security
• Cryptography
• Database Security
• Data Encryption Applications
• Data Mining Security
• Formal Methods for Security and Privacy
• Metrics for Security and Privacy
• Network security and Malware
• Privacy and Trust
• Privacy Preserving/Enhancing Technologies
• Security of Deep Learning Systems
• Security and Privacy in Cloud
• Security and privacy Policies
• Usable Security and Privacy

Prof. Dr. Xiaofeng Chen
Prof. Dr. Elisa Bertino
Dr. Fuchun Guo
Prof. Dr. Willy Susilo
Guest Editors

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