Mathematical Methods for Security and Privacy in Vehicular Digital Twin Networks
A special issue of Mathematics (ISSN 2227-7390). This special issue belongs to the section "E1: Mathematics and Computer Science".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2025 | Viewed by 47
Special Issue Editor
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Vehicular digital twin networks (VDTNs) represent a transformative paradigm in intelligent transportation systems, enabling real-time synchronization between physical vehicles and their virtual counterparts to optimize performance, enhance safety, and enable predictive maintenance. However, the integration of digital twin technology into vehicular networks introduces significant security and privacy challenges, including data integrity, confidentiality, and the risk of cyber-physical attacks. Ensuring the security and privacy of VDTNs is critical to safeguarding sensitive data, maintaining user trust, and preventing disruptions that could compromise vehicle safety and network reliability.
This Special Issue invites high-quality papers that explore how cryptographic technologies can be utilized to address the security and privacy challenges in VDTNs. We invite researchers to submit original research papers and reviews that contribute to the development of secure communication protocols, privacy-preserving mechanisms, and trust management frameworks tailored for VDTNs.
Submissions include but are not limited to theoretical innovations, technical improvements, applied research, studies at the intersection of cloud/edge computing, network security, and digital twin applications. Researchers, practitioners, and industry experts are invited to submit their cutting-edge work to advance the state of the art in the security and privacy of VDTNs.
Prof. Dr. Yang Ming
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- vehicular digital twin networks
- intelligent transportation systems
- digital twin threat model
- cybersecurity
- privacy protection
- secure communication paradigm
- secure data sharing
- data confidentiality and integrity
- digital twin authentication
- cryptographic protocols
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