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Emerging Trends in Blockchain and Its Applications

edited by Joseph K. Liu

submission deadline 10 Apr 2025 | Viewed by 346 | Submission Open

Keywords: blockchain architecture and design; cryptographic techniques for blockchain; blockchain applications; blockchain and Internet of Things (IoT); case studies and real-world deployments

(This special issue belongs to the Section Blockchain Security)

Advances in Authentication, Authorization and Privacy for Securing Smart Communications

edited by

and

Agbotiname Lucky Imoize

submission deadline 10 May 2025 | 9 articles | Viewed by 20169 | Submission Open

Keywords: information security; data privacy; cryptography; authentication; authorization; accounting; identification; post-quantum; digital signature; digital certificate; smart systems; internet of things; internet of everything

Interdisciplinary Cryptography

edited by

Behrouz Zolfaghari

and Khodakhast Bibak

submission deadline 30 Jun 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 401 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryptography; interdisciplinary cryptography; cryptographic functions; cryptographic hardware; perfectly secure cryptography; lattice-based cryptography

Advances in Symmetric Cryptography and Data Integrity

edited by

Omar Rojas

Guillermo Sosa

and

Luis Javier García Villalba

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | 1 articles | Viewed by 2442 | Submission Open

Keywords: symmetric cryptography; cryptanalysis; steganalysis; authentication; code theory

Cryptography and Network Security—CANS 2024

edited by Markulf Kohlweiss and Roberto Di Pietro

submission deadline 30 Jul 2025 | Viewed by 175 | Submission Open

Keywords: access control; applied cryptography; artificial intelligence; biometrics; hash functions; IoT security; key management; network security; trust management

AI Meets Encryption—Enhancing Cyber Security and Privacy in the AI Age

edited by Shancang Li and

Qindong Sun

submission deadline 31 Oct 2025 | Viewed by 505 | Submission Open

Keywords: encryption techniques; privacy-preserving AI; post-quantum cryptography; AI-powered cryptography

Information Security and Privacy—ACISP 2025

edited by Yudi Zhang,

Zhen Zhao

, Fuchun Guo and

Josef Pieprzyk

submission deadline 20 Nov 2025 | Viewed by 75 | Submission Open

Keywords: access control; AI security; authentication; blockchain technology; cryptology

Emerging Topics in Hardware Security

edited by

Jim Plusquellic

submission deadline 10 Dec 2025 | 7 articles | Viewed by 10345 | Submission Open

Keywords: hardware security and trust; physical unclonable functions; side channel attacks and countermeasures; microprocessor security

(This special issue belongs to the Section Hardware Security)

Recent Advances in Image/Signal Encryption and Decryption Techniques

edited by Hang Chen

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 460 | Submission Open

Keywords: optical information security; image encryption; remote sensing image; multi-source data fusion/encryption

Advances in Privacy, Security, and Trust: Cryptographic Perspectives from PST2025

edited by

Rongxing Lu

and Ali Ghorbani

submission deadline 31 Dec 2025 | Viewed by 29 | Submission Open

Keywords: cryptography; privacy-preserving technologies; cybersecurity; trust management

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