2024 CFP
We solicit research and experience papers on a broad range of topics relating to secure systems development. Examples of topics that are in scope include: development libraries, tools, or processes to produce systems resilient to certain attacks; formal foundations that underpin a language, tool, or testing strategy that improves security; techniques that drastically improve the scalability of security solutions for practical deployment; and experience, designs, or applications showing how to apply cryptographic techniques effectively to secure systems.
SecDev also seeks hands-on and interactive tutorials on processes, frameworks, languages, and tools for building security in. The goal is to share knowledge on the art and science of secure systems development.
SecDev also has calls for other types of contributions such as posters and tool demos, and abstracts from practitioners.
Information on these solicitations are available on the SecDev website https://secdev.ieee.org/2024/
- Security/resiliency-focused system designs (HW/SW/architecture)
- Tools and methodology for secure code development
- Risk management and testing strategies to improve security
- Security engineering processes, from requirements to maintenance
- Security benchmarks
- Comparative experimental evaluation
- From research to practice – gaps and transitions
- Programming languages, development tools, and ecosystems supporting security
- Static program analysis for software security
- Dynamic analysis and runtime approaches for software security
- Automation of programming, deployment, and maintenance tasks for security
- Software ecosystem and software supply chain security
- Distributed systems design and implementation for security
- Privacy by design
- Human-centered design for systems security
- Formal verification and other high-assurance methods for security
- Code reviews, red teams, and other human-centered assurance
Note that SecDev is an in-person conference. Hence, for authors of all accepted papers and tutorials, we expect them to register for, and attend the conference in person. Thus, if you can foresee that this will be problematic for you, please do not submit.
Submission Details
- The website for submissions:
- Submissions must use the two-column IEEE Proceedings style:
https://hotcrp.secdev24-research.ieee-security.org/
Submissions must be one of three categories:
- Long (up to 10 pages), or Short (up to 6 pages) Research Papers, excluding references and well-marked appendices. These must be well-argued and worthy of publication and citation, on the topics above. Research papers must present new work, evidence, or ideas. Position papers with exceptional visions will also be considered.
- Long (up to 10 pages), or Short (up to 6 pages, may be shorter) Experience Papers, excluding references and well-marked appendices. These submissions should be reporting experience on the application of some tool(s) or methodology in a non-trivial setting. Papers in this category must include a discussion on the positive/negative results and the lessons learned.
Authors of accepted Research/Experience papers will present their work at the conference (e.g., in a 30-minute slot) and their papers will appear in the conference’s formal IEEE proceedings.
To improve the fairness of the reviewing process, SecDev will follow a light-weight double-blind reviewing process. Submitted papers must (a) omit any reference to the authors’ names or the names of their institutions, and (b) reference the authors’ own related work in the third person (e.g., not “We build on our previous work …” but rather “We build on the work of …”). Nothing should be done in the name of anonymity that weakens the submission or makes the job of reviewing the paper more difficult (e.g., important background references should not be omitted or anonymized). Please see the double-blind FAQ for the answers to many common concerns about SecDev’s double-blind reviewing process. When in doubt, contact the program chairs.
- Tutorial proposals, up to 2 pages and cover (a) the topic; (b) a summary of the tutorial format highlighting hands-on aspects and possibly pointers to relevant materials; (c) the expected audience and expected learning outcomes; (d) prior tutorials or talks on similar topics by the authors (and audience size), if any. The title of the submission should be prefixed with “Tutorial:”. Tutorial proposals do not need to be anonymized.
Accepted tutorials should aim to be either 90 minutes or 180 minutes long. We strongly encourage tutorials to have hands-on components and audience interactions. We do not recommend simply slide presentations. Accepted tutorials may have their two-page abstract appear in the conference’s formal IEEE proceedings. Tutorials will occur on the first day of the conference (Monday, October 7). Note that if an accepted tutorial requires special materials or environments for hands-on participation, we expect the authors to provide necessary preparation instructions for the attendees.
At least one author of each accepted paper and tutorial must register for the conference and present the paper/tutorial.
We are devoted to seeking broad representation in the program and may take this into account when reviewing multiple submissions from the same authors.
If you have any questions, please email secdev24-pc@ieee.org.
Important Dates
- Paper and tutorial submission deadline: May 14, 2024
Note that this year this is a firm deadline, there will be no extensions! - Author notification: July 17, 2024
- Camera-ready: August 15, 2024
- Conference: October 7-10, 2024