[Tccc] Cfp: Security and Communication Networks, SI on Security in Smart Grid

Vojislav Misic vmisic
Wed Mar 14 10:36:04 EDT 2012


Call for papers for a special issue of
Wiley Security and Communication Networks Journal
devoted to
Security in Smart Grid

Guest editors:   Jelena Misic, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
                        Miroslav M. Begovic, Georgia Institute of 
Technology, Atlanta, GA
                        Nei Kato, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan
                        Tarik Taleb, NEC Europe Ltd., Heidelberg, Germany
                        Vojislav B. Misic, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, 
Canada

Introduction
The smart grid initiative is already transforming the energy industry 
through a combination of advanced and intelligent power generation, 
transmission, and distribution techniques. Yet a number of substantial 
challenges remain to be addressed, not least of which are related to the 
smart grid communication infrastructure. Namely, the smart grid 
communications infrastructure is expected to incorporate many different 
communications technologies, including smart meters, sensors of various 
kinds, and both wired and wireless networks. At the same time, it must 
support a number of diverse smart grid applications such as distributed 
power generation, intelligent fault detection and recovery, electric vehicle 
charging, and energy storage, to name just a few. The diversity of 
applications and the heterogeneity of networks, together with the vast 
geographical size of the smart grid, makes the infrastructure, and by 
extension the smart grid itself, vulnerable to a number of attacks. As the 
result, advanced security solutions are needed that are specifically geared 
to protect the smart grid, its communications, and the data that must be 
collected and delivered in order for the smart grid to fulfill its purpose.

Topics
The main purpose of this Special Issue is to promote further research 
interests and activities related to the security of the smart grid in view 
of its vast geographical span, multiple networking technologies, and 
multiple applications with heterogeneous requirements. To this end, we are 
soliciting analytical, experimental, and systems-related papers in all 
aspects of smart grid security. The topics of interest include, but are not 
limited to, the following:
Security policies for the smart grid
Security architectures and scalability of the smart grid
Security aspects of smart metering infrastructure and applications
Security aspects of power generation, transmission and distribution, and the 
role of sensing and monitoring systems
Balance between user's and provider's security (integrity, confidentiality, 
availability and privacy)
Vulnerability analysis of smart grid systems
Study of attack strategies, attack modeling, and countermeasures
Intrusion detection, response and tolerance
Tradeoffs between security and system performance

Paper Submission
Only original and unpublished research papers will be considered in this 
special issue. All submissions will be reviewed based on technical merit and 
relevance. Guidelines for prospective authors can be found on-line at 
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/security). Prospective authors 
should submit their paper online at http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/scn. 
When submitting the papers, the authors MUST make sure to select Manuscript 
type as "Special Issue", enter the "Running Head" and the "Special Issue 
title" as "SCN-SI-051" and "Smartgrid Security", respectively. Failure to do 
so may result in reject of your submission without review
In addition to the paper in PDF format, your submission should include the 
title of the paper, the names of the authors and their affiliations, postal 
address, phone, fax, and e-mail address of the corresponding author, an 
abstract with up to 200-250 words, and up to five keywords describing the 
contents of the paper.

Key Dates:
Submission of Papers                                        July 1, 2012
Notification of Acceptance                                October 1, 2012
Final Camera-Ready Submission                       December 1, 2012
Publication Date                                               2013 (per 
publisher's schedule)


Guest Editor Bios

Jelena Misic received the PhD degree in computer engineering from the 
University of Belgrade, Serbia, in 1993. She is currently a professor of 
computer science at the Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada. Her current 
research interests include performance of wireless networks (including 
wireless sensor networks, cellular networks such as LTE, and wireless 
personal area networks), dynamic spectrum access and cognitive wireless 
networks, network security, and cloud computing. She has published over 80 
journal papers and over 130 conference papers in these areas, and she has 
authored or co-authored two books and more than 20 book chapters as well. 
Her work has been supported by NSERC Strategic Grant, NSERC CRD grant, 
AUTO21, CFI New Opportunities grant, and other industrial and academic 
granting agencies. Prof. Misic serves as Associate editor for IEEE 
Transactions on Vehicular Technology (where she has received Top Editor of 
the Year awards in 2010 and 2011), Elsevier journals Communication Networks 
and Ad hoc Networks (where she has been awarded Editor of the Year award in 
2009), Wiley Security and Communication Networks, Int. Journal of Sensor 
Networks, Int. J. of Telemedicine and Applications, and Ad Hoc & Sensor 
Wireless Networks. She has guest-edited a number of special issues of 
journals such as EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, 
Journal of Communications and Networks, Ad hoc Networks, ACM/Baltzer Mobile 
Networks (MONET), Int. J. of Sensor Networks, Computer Communications, and 
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing. She has chaired or co-chaired 
a number of international conferences including IEEE GlobeCom, WiMob, MASS, 
BodyNets, MSWiM, IWCMC, QShine, and others. Prof. Misic is Senior Member of 
the IEEE and Member of the ACM.

Miroslav M. Begovic received his B.S. and M.S. degrees, both in Electrical 
Engineering, from Belgrade University, Yugoslavia. He received the Ph.D. 
degree in Electrical Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and 
State University in Blacksburg, VA, and joined the faculty of the School of 
Electrical Engineering at Georgia Tech, where he now holds the position of 
professor and chair of the Electrical Energy Technical Interest Group. His 
studies focus on analysis, monitoring, and control of voltage stability in 
electrical power systems. His research is concentrated on real-time 
monitoring systems for control of power system dynamics, protective 
relaying, distribution network operation, and distributed resources in 
energy systems. He was actively involved in the design and construction of 
the 340 kW photovoltaic system on the roof of the Georgia Tech Aquatic 
Center, which was the largest roof-mounted PV system in the world at the 
time of its construction in 1996. He has been the project director, or 
principal investigator, in research projects with total funding of well over 
$12 million. Dr. Begovic consults with industry in the areas of wide area 
protection and distribution system operation, especially photovoltaic 
systems. He is an IEEE Fellow, IEEE PES Distinguished Lecturer and currently 
serves as President-Elect of the IEEE Power and Energy Society.

Nei Kato received his M.S. and Ph.D. Degrees in information engineering from 
Tohoku University, Japan, in 1988 and 1991, respectively. He joined Computer 
Center of Tohoku University at 1991, and has been a full professor with the 
Graduate School of Information Sciences since 2003. He has been engaged in 
research on satellite communications, computer networking, wireless mobile 
communications, smart grid, image processing and neural networks. He has 
published more than 300 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference 
proceedings. He currently serves as the Chair of IEEE Satellite and Space 
Communications Technical Committee, the Vice Chair of IEEE Ad Hoc & Sensor 
Networks Technical Committee, the Chair of the IEICE Satellite 
Communications Technical Committee, a technical editor of IEEE Wireless 
Communications (from 2006), an editor of IEEE Transactions on Wireless 
Communications (from 2008), an editor of IEEE Trans. on Parallel and 
Distributed Systems, a co-guest-editor of several special issues of IEEE 
Wireless Communications Magazine. He has served as a symposium co-chair 
ofGLOBECOM'07,ICC'10, ICC'11, ICC'12, Vice Chair of IEEE WCNC'10, WCNC'11, 
ChinaCom'08,ChinaCom'09, Symposia co-chair of GLOBECOM'12, and workshop 
co-chair of VTC2010.His awards include Minoru Ishida Foundation Research 
Encouragement Prize (2003), Distinguished Contributions to Satellite 
Communications Award from the IEEE Communications Society, Satellite and 
Space Communications Technical Committee (2005), the FUNAI information 
Science Award (2007), the TELCOM System Technology Award from Foundation for 
Electrical Communications Diffusion (2008), the IEICE Network System 
Research Award (2009), and IEEE GLOBECOM Best Paper Award (twice). Besides 
his academic activities, he also serves on the expert committee of 
Telecommunications Council, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, 
and as the chairperson of ITU-R SG4and SG7, Japan. Prof. Kato is a 
Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Communications Society (2012-213) and the PI 
of JSPS A3 Foresight Program (2011-2014).

Tarik Taleb is currently working as Senior Researcher and 3GPP 
Standardization Engineer at NEC Europe Ltd, Heidelberg, Germany. Prior to 
his current position and till Mar. 2009, he worked as assistant professor at 
the Graduate School of Information Sciences, Tohoku University, Japan. From 
Oct. 2005 till Mar. 2006, he was working as research fellow with the 
Intelligent Cosmos Research Institute, Sendai, Japan. He received his B. E 
degree in Information Engineering with distinction, MSc and PhD degrees in 
Information Sciences from GSIS, Tohoku Univ., in 2001, 2003, and 2005, 
respectively. His research interests lie in the field of architectural 
enhancements to 3GPP networks (i.e., LTE), mobile cloud networking, mobile 
multimedia streaming, wireless and ad-hoc networking, inter-vehicular 
communications, satellite and space communications, congestion control 
protocols, handoff and mobility management, and network security. His recent 
research has also focused on on-demand media transmission in multicast 
environments. Dr. Taleb is also directly engaged in the development and 
standardization of the Evolved Packet System as a member of 3GPP's System 
Architecture Working Group. Dr. Taleb is on the editorial board of the IEEE 
Transactions on Vehicular Technology, IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, 
IEEE Communications Surveys & Tutorials, and a number of Wiley journals. He 
is serving as secretary of the Wireless Communications Technical Committee, 
the largest in IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc). He also served as 
Secretary and then as Vice Chair of the Satellite and Space Communications 
Technical Committee of the IEEE Communication Society (ComSoc) (2006 - 
2010). He has been on the technical program committee of different IEEE 
conferences, including Globecom, ICC, and WCNC, and chaired some of their 
symposia. He is the recipient of the 2009 IEEE ComSoc Asia-Pacific Young 
Researcher award (Jun. 2009), the 2008 TELECOM System Technology Award from 
the Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (Mar. 2008), the 2007 Funai 
Foundation Science Promotion Award (Apr. 2007), the 2006 IEEE Computer 
Society Japan Chapter Young Author Award (Dec. 2006), the Niwa Yasujirou 
Memorial Award (Feb. 2005), and the Young Researcher's Encouragement Award 
from the Japan chapter of the IEEE Vehicular Technology Society (VTS) (Oct. 
2003). Dr. Taleb is a Senior member of IEEE.

Vojislav B. Misic received his PhD degree in Computer Science from 
University of Belgrade, Serbia. He is currently a professor of computer 
science at Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. His research 
interests include performance evaluation of wireless networks and systems, 
including cognitive networks and sensor networks; and software engineering, 
including software metrics, metamodeling, and cloud computing. He has 
published around 60 journal papers and more than 130 conference papers in 
these areas, in addition to six books and nearly twenty book chapters. Prof. 
Misic serves on editorial boards of IEEE Trans. Parallel and Distributed 
Systems, Elsevier Ad hoc Networks, Peer-to-Peer Networks and Applications 
journal, and Int. Journal on Parallel, Emergent Distributed Systems. He has 
guest-edited more than ten special issues of journals like EURASIP Journal 
on Wireless Communications and Networking, Ad Hoc Networks, International 
Journal of Parallel, Emergent, and Distributed Systems, Ad Hoc & Sensor 
Wireless Networks, International Journal of Sensor Networks (IJSNet), and 
Computer Communications. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, and Member of 
ACM and AIS. 




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