Introduction

Since 1980, the IEEE Symposium on Security and Privacy has been the premier forum for presenting developments in computer security and electronic privacy, and for bringing together researchers and practitioners in the field. The 2018 Symposium will mark the 39th annual meeting of this flagship conference.

The Symposium will be held on May 21-23, 2018, and the Security and Privacy Workshops will be held on May 24, 2018. Both events will be in San Francisco, CA at the Hyatt Regency.

Call for paper

Important date

2017-11-16
Draft paper submission deadline
2018-02-11
Draft paper acceptance notification
2018-03-31
Final paper submission deadline

Topics of interest include:

  • Access control and authorization
  • Accountability
  • Anonymity
  • Application security
  • Attacks and defenses
  • Authentication
  • Censorship resistance
  • Cloud security
  • Distributed systems security
  • Economics of security and privacy
  • Embedded systems security
  • Forensics
  • Hardware security
  • Intrusion detection and prevention
  • Malware and unwanted software
  • Mobile and Web security and privacy
  • Language-based security
  • Network and systems security
  • Privacy technologies and mechanisms
  • Protocol security
  • Secure information flow
  • Security and privacy for the Internet of Things
  • Security and privacy metrics
  • Security and privacy policies
  • Security architectures
  • Usable security and privacy

This topic list is not meant to be exhaustive; S&P is interested in all aspects of computer security and privacy. Papers without a clear application to security or privacy, however, will be considered out of scope and may be rejected without full review.

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Important Date
  • Conference Date

    May 20

    2018

    to

    May 24

    2018

  • Nov 16 2017

    Draft paper submission deadline

  • Feb 11 2018

    Draft Paper Acceptance Notification

  • Mar 31 2018

    Final Paper Deadline

  • May 24 2018

    Registration deadline

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