Navigating the Digital Age: Security, Ethics and Trust in Emerging Technologies

Dear Colleagues,

In today's digital landscape, security, ethics, and trust are crucial for the successful integration and sustainability of new technologies, such as advanced security algorithms, blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI), generative AI, quantum computing, and the Internet of things (IoT). These elements are essential in ensuring that technological advancements benefit society without compromising individual privacy, equity, or social values. Security remains essential in protecting sensitive information and strengthening our systems against an array of cyber threats. Ethical strategies in digital applications are critical, such as in designing algorithms to detect bias in AI and transparent systems to maintain integrity across applications. Trust represents a user's trust in the digital age, relying on transparent communication, consistent performance, and stringent accountability in terms of technological advancements.

This Special Issue invites discussions and research that not only push technological boundaries but also address the challenges related to ethics, security, and trust. This Specia Issue aims to spark a multidisciplinary conversation, contributing to the development of a digital environment that is innovative, secure, ethical, and trusted by all.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Advanced security algorithms and their applications in protecting digital infrastructure.
• Blockchain technology: implications for transparency, security, and trust.
• Implementing security, ethics, and trust frameworks or systems in digital applications.
• Challenges and opportunities for cybersecurity and data protection.
• Trust-building mechanisms in Internet of things (IoT) ecosystems.
• Privacy-preserving technologies and their role in enhancing user trust.
• Surveying the emerging technologies in enhancing security, trust, and ethics in digital applications.
• Robustness and reliability of AI systems in critical applications.
• Applying technological innovations to foster equity, diversity, and inclusion.
• Practical applications of technologies in advancing sustainability.
• User-centric approaches to technology design and implementation.
• Decentralized systems and their implications for security and privacy.
• Innovations in digital identity and access management.

Dr. Liyuan Liu
Dr. Tong Qiao
Dr. Zhuojun Duan
Dr. Meng Han
Dr. Amin Pouriyeh
Guest Editors

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• trustworthiness
• security
• privacy
• data ethics
• emerging technologies