[Tccc] Deadline Approaching -- CFP: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid Special Issue on Cyber, Physical, and System Security for Smart Grid

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Call for Papers: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid
Special Issue on Cyber, Physical, and System Security for Smart Grid

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Smart Grid technology aims at facilitating the reliable and efficient
delivery of electricity to consumers using two-way digital technology,
which allows utility providers and consumers to constantly monitor and
adjust electricity use for the purpose of energy saving, cost
reduction, and reliability enhancement. The development and deployment
of Smart Grid technology has become an urgent global priority as its
envisioned economic, environmental, and social benefits will be
enjoyed not only now but also by generations to come. Numerous
worldwide science foundations and governments are currently supporting
the development and deployment of Smart Grid technology.

The vision of Smart Grid relies heavily on the information and
communications technologies as they will empower today's power grid
with the unprecedented capability of supporting two-way energy and
information flow, isolating and restoring power outages more quickly,
facilitating the integration of renewable energy sources into the
grid, and empowering the consumer with tools for optimized energy
consumption. One critical aspect of the Smart Grid related information
and communications technologies is the cyber, physical and system
security. Cyber, physical and system security includes the protection
of networks and servers from unauthorized accesses and malicious
attacks. Cyber, physical and system security also covers the
protection of compromised control and measurement units from doing
harm to the system, physical security, secure state estimation,
intrusion detection, etc. Although critical, cyber and system security
of Smart Grid are still largely remaining unaddressed, and many
important questions need to be answered and critical problems need to
be solved.

This special issue is intended to bring together the most recent
advances in the field of cyber, physical and system security of Smart
Grid from industry, government, and academia. This special issue
covers all aspects of cyber, physical and system security of Smart
Grid that are involved in providing a reliable and robust security
environment for the operation of Smart Grid to realize its envisioned
economic, environmental, and social benefits.

Topics of Interest include but not limited to:

- Communication security in Smart Grid
- Attacks and defenses mechanisms in Smart Grid
- Intrusion detection in Smart Grid
- Physical and Infrastructure Security in Smart Grid
- Secure key management and access control in Smart Grid
- Consumer privacy protection in Smart Grid
- System security architecture for Smart Grid
- Wireless security in Smart Grid
- Software security relevant to Smart Grid
- Security standard for Smart Grid
- Authentication and authorization in Smart Grid
- Vulnerability analysis in Smart Grid
- Security of Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system
- Security of electric grid state estimation

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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This special issue solicits original work that must not be under
consideration for publication in other venues. Two-page extended
abstracts are solicited for the first round of review. Authors of
selected abstracts will be invited to submit the full papers in the
second round. Authors should refer to the IEEE Transactions on Smart
Grid author guidelines at http://www.ieee-pes.org/publications/information-for-authors
for information about content and formatting of submissions.

Please submit a PDF version of the abstracts including a cover letter
with author contact information via e-mail to kuiren@gmail.com before
the deadlines.

IMPORTANT DATES
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Jun 15th, 2010: Deadline for extended abstract submission
Jul 15th, 2010: Completion for first-round of reviews
Oct 1st, 2010: Deadline for full paper submission
Jan 1st, 2010: Final decision notification
Mar 15th, 2011: Publication materials due

GUEST EDITORS
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Kui Ren, Department of ECE, Illinois Institute of Technology
Email: kui.ren@iit.edu

Zuyi Li, Department of ECE, Illinois Institute of Technology
Email: zuyi.li@iit.edu

Robert Qiu, Department of ECE, Tennessee Technological University
Email: rqiu@tntech.edu
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Kui Ren
Assistant Professor
ECE Dept., Illinois Institute of Technology
Web: www.ece.iit.edu/~kren

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