Due to numerous requests, the deadline for paper submission to the special issue of Wiley Security and Communication Networks Journal devoted to Security in Smart Grid has been extended to October 1st.
Key Dates: Submission of Papers October 1, 2012 Notification of Acceptance December 15, 2012 Final Camera-Ready Submission February 15, 2013 Publication Date 2013 (per publisher's schedule) 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 - Trade-off 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. 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 _______________________________________________ IEEE Communications Society Tech. Committee on Computer Communications (TCCC) - for discussions on computer networking and communication. [email protected] https://lists.cs.columbia.edu/cucslists/listinfo/tccc
