Francesco Buccafurri
University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy.
Title: Security, Privacy, and Trust: From Social Networks to the Digital Society
Abstract:
Challenges such as detecting impersonation, safeguarding anonymity, and ensuring the reliability of interaction signals have driven the development of advanced models for trust, privacy, and security in social platforms. This keynote will connect different strands of research—from combining trust metrics with biometric signals to mitigate the risk of compromised profiles, to enabling anonymous yet secure communication in proximity-based services, to refining engagement indicators for greater informational value. These ideas extend naturally to contexts where digital interactions must be both secure and verifiable, including remote authentication and identity assurance for public services. The talk will conclude with a brief reflection on how advances in Artificial Intelligence, including Large Language Models, may influence these themes in the near future.
Biography:
Francesco Buccafurri is a Full Professor of Computer Science at the University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Calabria in 1995. In 1996, he was a visiting researcher at the Database and Knowledge Representation Group at the Vienna University of Technology. His research interests include cybersecurity, privacy, digital identity, applied cryptography, e-government, blockchain, social networks, deductive databases, knowledge representation and non-monotonic reasoning, model checking, data compression, data streams, intelligent agents, and peer-to-peer systems. He has published more than 220 papers in top-tier international journals and conference proceedings. He regularly serves as a referee for international journals and is a member of numerous conference program committees. Francesco Buccafurri is Associate Editor of the Journal of Information Security and Applications (Elsevier), Information Sciences (Elsevier), and IEEE Transactions on Industrial Informatics. He also serves on the editorial boards of several other international journals and has acted as program chair or committee member for many international conferences. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE Computer Society.
Jim Jansen
Principal Scientist, Qatar Computing Research Institute, Qatar
Title: The Journey of Journal Publishing
Abstract:
Publishing a research article is a journey! We will discuss challenges and advice on preparing, submitting, and revising research manuscripts to increase the probability of acceptance at a top-tier journal. The insights are based on my experiences as editor-in-chief (EIC) of three journals, the first being Internet Research (Emerald, Impact Factor of 3.0 at the end of my tenure), the second being the interim editor of International Journal of Information Management (Elsevier) and currently of Information Processing & Management (Elsevier, Impact Factor of 7.4). The focus will be on the mechanics of the journey, including cover letters, items on a manuscript checklist, what happens to your manuscript once submitted, handling communication with the EIC and other editors, the crafting of the response to the reviewers, the revising of the manuscript, and polishing the accepted article. We will also touch on the influence of citations, impact factors, and the contribution of reviewing the academic research process in what will hopefully be a discussion more than a presentation. The takeaways will be tactics to improve your chances for a top-tier journal acceptance.
Biography:
Jim Jansen is a Principal Scientist at the Qatar Computing Research Institute working on automatically visualizing user data. He is a West Point graduate with a Ph.D. in computer science from Texas A&M University. Professor Jansen is editor-in-chief of Information Processing & Management, former interim editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Information Management, and former editor-in-chief of Internet Research. He has received several awards and honors, including an ACM Research Award, six application development awards, a product innovation award, and a university-level teaching award, along with other writing, publishing, research, teaching, and leadership honors. Dr. Jansen has authored or co-authored nearly 400 research publications, with articles appearing in a multi- disciplinary range of journals and conferences. He is a co-author of the books Data-Driven Personas (Springer Nature) and Understanding Audiences, Customers, and Users via Analytics (Springer Nature). For more information, see https://www.bernardjjansen.com