Organizers

National Aerospace University KhAI, Kharkiv, Ukraine
Hellenic Military Academy, Athens, Greece
University of Thessaly, Lamia, Greece
Leeds Beckett University, UK
Institute of Informatics and Telematics of the National Research Council (IIT CNR), Pisa, Italy
Lutsk National Technical University, Lutsk, Ukraine
IEEE Greece Section
IEEE Student Branch University of Thessaly – Lamia

Background & Key topics

The annual DESSERT conference began since 2006 and its primary focus has been on methodologies, techniques and tools for dependability, security and safety assessment and assurance of software, hardware, computer systems and IT-infrastructures. A lot of related DESSERT WSs covered different issues of dependable critical computing. DESSERT’2024 is responding to current major challenges relating to state-of-the-art information and communication technologies and paradigms such as Internet of Things, cloud and edge computing, AI and Big Data, robotics systems, etc. Relevant areas of interest encompass regulations, analysis, modeling, development, verification, operation and maintenance of computer systems, networks and infrastructures for safety-, secure-, mission- and business-critical applications.
DESSERT’2024 is addressing the main theoretical, methodological and technological challenges related to Dependable, Resilient and Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Everything and Robotic Systems, Big Data Analytics for a Safe and Secure World. Authors are invited to submit original manuscripts demonstrating recent advances in in all areas relevant to these challenges, including, but not limited to:

Fundamentals and methodologies

• Methodology and technologies of dependable and resilient computing
• Methodologies and technologies of smart and pervasive computing
• Methodologies and technologies of sustainable and green computing and communications
• Infrastructure safety and security regulation, assessment and assurance
• Multi-sectoral cybersecurity and safety analysis and assurance
• Safety, cybersecurity and resilience of Industry 4.0 and 5.0
• AI for design, safety and security of intelligent systems
• Cryptography and information security
• Privacy and personal & information society data protection
• Privacy and security ethical issues
• Big Data Analytics vs safety and security

Methods and technologies

• Dependable IoT for human and industry domains
• Trustworthy and explainable AI, AI as a Service, and resilient AI systems
• Methods and scenarios AI powered protection against AI powered attacks
• Human-machine interaction and cooperation for safety and security
• Dependability, security and resilience of web, cloud- and edge computing
• Big data and data mining techniques for business and critical domains
• Augmented, virtual and mixed reality for secure industrial and human applications
• Blockchain technology for critical and business domains
• Formal methods and assurance case-based techniques of development and assessment
• Quantum computing and post quantum cryptography
• Cryptography and steganography technologies
• Image processing and recognition for smart and dependable systems

Domains and applications

• Protecting critical infrastructures from cyberattacks
• Smart grid cybersecurity and resilience
• Reliability and safety of unmanned vehicles and UAV fleets
• UAV swarms/fleets for intellectual systems of monitoring critical objects
• Dependability of mission critical, aviation and space systems
• Safety and cybersecurity of industrial robots and robotics systems as a Service
• Cybersecurity and privacy of health systems
• Intellectual transport systems
• Biomedical Engineering and Informatics
• Ecology monitoring and decision making support
• Dependable communication and high-reliable electronics
• Covid-19 and global trusted dependability
• UI cooperation, networking, education and training for business and critical domains
• Collaborative networked organizations for security

The conference will include special events (workshops, tutorials, industrial panels) including sessions dedicated to special topics.