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The IEEE International Workshop on Information Forensics and Security (WIFS) is the primary annual event organized by the IEEE Information
Forensics and Security (IFS) Technical Committee. Its major objective is to bring together researchers from relevant disciplines to exchange new ideas
and the latest results and to discuss emerging challenges in different areas of information security. The 8th edition of WIFS will be held in Abu Dhabi,
UAE, from December 4, to December 7, 2016. WIFS 2016 will feature keynote lectures, tutorials, technical & special sessions, and also demo and
ongoing works sessions.

	
	
	

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:	
* Forensics

Evidence Recovery | Evidence Validation | Media Analysis | Source
Attribution | Incident Response | Counter Forensics

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Biometrics
Steganography and Covert Communications
Multimedia content security

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Privacy

Cryptography for multimedia | Hashing | Data Hiding
Privacy in Data Analytics |Privacy in Internet of Everything

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Information and System Security

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Hardware security

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Surveillance and Sousveillance

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Network Traffic Analysis

Authentication | Vulnerability Discovery | Malware Analysis| Anonymity |
Cyber-Physical Systems | Mobile and Intelligent Devices | PHY Fingerprinting
Hardware Trojans |PUFS | Anti-Counterfeiting

Tracking | Person (Re-)Identification | Crowd Analysis| Anti-Surveillance and Deidentification | Anti-Sousveillance

Submission of papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length, six-page papers, including figures and references. All submitted papers
will go through double-blinded peer review process. The WIFS Technical Program Committee will select papers for the formal proceedings based on
technical quality, relevance to the workshop, and ability to inspire new research. Accepted papers will be presented in either lecture tracks or poster
sessions. Authors of the accepted papers are required to present their papers at the conference. For all questions contact WIFS'16 Technical Program
Chairs at tpc@wifs2016.org.
Tutorial Proposals: Up to four tutorials will be scheduled for the first day of the conference, Sunday December 4, 2016. Prospective tutorial
contributors are encouraged to submit a tutorial proposal with the tutorial title, the presenters' name, affiliation, and brief CV, along with the detailed
structure of the tutorial to the Tutorials Chair at tutorials@wifs2016.org.
Demo and Ongoing Works Proposal: This session will provide both academic researchers and industrial exhibitors to showcase innovative
implementations, systems and technologies demonstrating new ideas in the field. We encourage both the submission of early research prototypes and
interesting mature systems. Formal proposals must be accompanied by a description of the work or demo to be presented. All material has to be
submitted to the Demo Session Chair at demo@wifs2016.org.
Submission of SPL and TIFS papers: Authors of IEEE Signal Processing Letters (SPL) and IEEE Transactions on Information Forensics and
Security (TIFS) papers will be given the opportunity to present their work at WIFS 2015, subject to space availability and approval by the WIFS
Technical Program Chairs. Proposals have to be submitted to the Technical Program Chairs at tpc@wifs2015.org.

Organizing Committee
General Chairs
- Ernesto Damiani
Khalifa University, UAE
- Nasir Memon
New York University, USA
Publications Chair
- Andrew Ker
University of Oxford, UK
Publicity Chair
- Stefan Katzenbeisser
TU Darmstadt, Germany
Finance Chair
- Florian Kerschbaum
SAP, Germany

Technical Program Chairs
- Hüsrev Taha Sencar
TOBB University, Turkey
- Ahmad-Reza Sadeghi
TU Darmstadt, Germany	
Tutorials Chairs
- Michail Maniatakos
New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE
Demo Session Chairs
- Yier Jin, University of Central Florida, USA
- Khaled Saleh, Khalifa University, UAE
Local Arrangements Chair
- Özgür Sinanoglu
New York University Abu Dhabi, UAE

Important Deadlines

Special session proposals:
May 16, 2016
Notification of special session acceptance:
May 27, 2016
Tutorial proposals:
May 27, 2016
Notification of tutorial acceptance:
July 1, 2016
Paper submission deadline:
July 24, 2016
Demo & on-going work proposals:
August 12, 2016
SPL and TIFS Paper Submissions:
August 26, 2016
Notification of paper acceptance: September 25, 2016
Notification of demo & ongoing works
September 25, 2016
proposals acceptance:
Submission of camera-ready papers:
October 21, 2016
End of advance registration:
October 21, 2016
Author's registration deadline: November 4, 2016

For further details, please visit the WIFS 2016 conference website: http://www.wifs2016.org
http://www.wifs2016.org
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