The Computer Journal
http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/  
 
Special Issue on
Security and Privacy in Innovative Communication and Services
 
 
Introduction
Now, various multimedia services are enriching human's daily life, such as 
multimedia message services, color rings, mobile TV, IPTV, User Generated 
Content (UGC), p2p sharing, etc. With the rapid development of communication 
technology, it becomes a reality to hear or watch anything, anywhere. For 
example, the convergence between Internet, digital TV and telecommunication 
(e.g., telephone, telegram, or mobile communication) pushes the development of 
TV services, such as interactive TV, IPTV, mobile TV, etc. The cloud computing 
techniques make it more and more attractive for remote users to work on one task 

together, e.g., collaborative drawing or writing. The machine-to-machine 
communication enriches users' experiences by fastening the wearable computing or 

ambient intelligence. Social networks (for linking friends or sharing multimedia 

contents) over Internet or mobile networks are attracting more and more users.
   This special issue focuses on the security and privacy issues arising in 
innovative communication or service systems, and aims to collect best papers 
contributed by leading experts, expose the readership to the latest research 
results on the countermeasures. It will include a number of related topics, 
demonstrate pioneer work in this field, investigate the novel solutions and 
discuss the future trends in this field.
 
Topics
Submitted papers may focus on theoretical model, architecture construction, 
algorithm design or hardware implementation. Both review papers and technical 
papers are expected. The topics include but are not limited to
Security and privacy in network convergence
Security and privacy in machine-to-machine communication
Security and privacy in collaborative computing
Security and privacy in cloud computing
Security and privacy in grid computing
Security and privacy in peer-to-peer computing
Security and privacy in wearable computing
Security and privacy in ambient intelligence
Security and privacy in ubiquitous communication
Security and privacy in mobile sensor networks
Security and privacy in mobile ad hoc networks
Security and privacy in information sharing social networks
Security and privacy in interactive multimedia services
Security and privacy in other innovative communication and services
 
Submission
The submitted papers must be written in English and describe original research 
which is not published nor currently under review by other journals or 
conferences. Author guidelines for preparation of manuscript can be found at 
http://comjnl.oxfordjournals.org/. All manuscripts and any supplementary 
material should be submitted through the online submission system: 
http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/compj, by mentioning the corresponding special 
issue. All papers will be rigorously reviewed based on their originality, high 
scientific quality, organization, clarity of writing, and support provided for 
assertions and conclusion.
 
Important Dates
Submission deadline:                June 5, 2011
First revision notification:         July 15, 2011
Final acceptance notification:           September 1, 2011
Final manuscript due:                        September 20, 2011
 
Guest Editors
Dr. Shiguo Lian
Orange Labs Beijing
E-mail: shiguo.lian@ieee.org
 
Prof. Gritzalis Stefanos
University of the Aegean
Email: sgritz@aegean.gr