ACM CCS 2019 - Call for Papers

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ACM CCS 2019

The 26th ACM Conference on Computer and Communications Security 
in London, UK, November 11-15, 2019

http://ccs2019.sigsac.org

CALL FOR PAPERS

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The Conference on Computer and Communications Security (CCS) seeks submissions 
presenting novel contributions related to all real-world aspects of computer 
security and privacy. Theoretical papers must make a convincing case for the 
relevance of their results to practice. Authors are encouraged to write the 
abstract and introduction of their paper in a way that makes the results 
accessible and compelling to a general computer-security researcher. In 
particular, authors should bear in mind that anyone on the program committee 
may be asked to give an opinion about any paper.

IMPORTANT: CCS will have three review cycles in 2019: the first with a 
submission deadline of January 31, the second with a submission deadline of May 
15, and the third with a tentative submission deadline of September 1. The 
third review cycle is only for papers invited for resubmission from the first 
two cycles; no new submissions will be considered. Papers rejected from the 
first review cycle may not be submitted again (even in revised form) to the 
second review cycle. 
 
Paper Submission Information
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All submissions must be received by 11:59 PM AoE (UTC-12) on the day of the 
corresponding deadline (January 31, May 15, and September 1) through a 
submission site to be announced. Submitted papers must not substantially 
overlap with papers that have been published, accepted for publication, or 
simultaneously in submission to a journal, conference, or workshop with 
published proceedings.  All submissions should be properly anonymized, removing 
all identifiable information whenever possible including obvious 
self-references.  Papers not properly anonymized may be rejected without review.

All submitted papers will be evaluated based upon their merits, particularly 
their importance to practical aspects of computer and communications security 
and privacy, novelty, quality of execution, and presentation. For papers that 
might raise ethical concerns, authors are expected to convince reviewers that 
proper procedures (such as IRB approval) have been followed and due diligence 
has been made to minimize potential harm. 

For each submission to one of the main review cycles, one of the following 
decisions will be made:
- Accept: Papers in this category will be accepted for publication in the 
proceedings and presentation at the conference, possibly after making minor 
changes with the oversight of a shepherd.
- Major Revision: Papers in this category are considered to be promising but 
need additional work (e.g., new experiments, proofs, or implementations), after 
which they will be re-evaluated. Authors may choose to resubmit such papers, 
with appropriate revisions, to another review cycle of this conference in 2019, 
in which case they should clearly explain how the revisions address the 
comments of the reviewers. 
- Reject: Papers in this category are not allowed to resubmit to CCS in 2019. 

Authors of accepted papers must ensure that their papers will be presented at 
the conference. 

Paper Format
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Submissions must be single PDF files, no more than 12 pages long in 
double-column ACM format (see 
https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template, with a simpler version 
at https://github.com/acmccs/format), excluding the bibliography, well-marked 
appendices, and supplementary material. Note that reviewers are not required to 
read the appendices or any supplementary material. Authors should not change 
the font or the margins of the ACM format. Submissions not following the 
required format may be rejected without review. 

Revised submissions should come with a summary to highlight the changes that 
have been made and explain how these changes address key review comments. 
  
Conflicts of Interest
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The conference requires cooperation from both authors and program-committee 
members to ensure a fair review process. For this purpose, authors must report 
all program-committee members who, in their opinion, have a conflict of 
interest and therefore may not be able to provide an unbiased review. Mandatory 
declared conflicts of interest include current or former doctoral 
advisor/advisee, members of the same organization, close family members and 
recent paper collaborators. For other CoI, authors are required to explain the 
nature of the conflicts in submissions, which are subject to the program 
co-chairs' reviews. The chairs also reserve the right to request further 
explanations and can remove the conflicts when necessary. 

Program-committee members who have a genuine conflict of interest with a paper, 
including the program co-chairs, will be excluded from evaluation and 
discussion of that paper. When a program co-chair is conflicted, the other 
co-chair will be responsible for managing that paper. When both program 
co-chairs are in conflict, a committee member will be appointed to handle the 
paper. Program co-chairs are not allowed to be authors or co-authors of any 
submissions. 


Important Dates
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January Deadline:
Paper submission deadline: Thursday, January 31, 2019 11:59 PM AoE (UTC-12)
Author notification: Monday, April 15, 2019
Final papers due: TBD
 
May Deadline:
Paper submission deadline: Wednesday, May 15, 2019 11:59 PM AoE (UTC-12)
Author notification: Tuesday, July 30, 2019
Final papers due: TBD
 
September Deadline (By Invitation Only):
Paper submission deadline: Sunday, September 1, 2019 11:59 PM AoE (UTC-12)
Author notification: TBD
Final papers due: TBD


AUTHORS TAKE NOTE: The official publication date is the date the proceedings 
are made available in the ACM Digital Library. This date may be up to two weeks 
prior to the first day of your conference. The official publication date 
affects the deadline for any patent filings related to published work. (For 
those rare conferences whose proceedings are published in the ACM Digital 
Library after the conference is over, the official publication date remains the 
first day of the conference.)