There has been unprecedented advancement in information technology in the last two decades. In particular, Internet connectivity and Internet usage have seen tremendous growth. Recent statistics show 5.18 billion Internet users worldwide, close to 65% of the global population. In addition, there are close to 4.8 billion social media users. The advancement of technology is a double-edged sword. While we enjoy the benefits, people with malicious intent exploit these technological advances. Since most of the worldwide population is connected to the Internet, criminals are more interested in launching cybercrime than ever. Recent statistics show that cybercrime costs are projected to hit an annual $10.5 trillion annually by 2025.

Building on past successes, the 17th WiCON 2024 aims to tackle the challenges of Wireless Internet-related technologies, covering topics ranging from technology issues to new applications, mainly focusing on current, novel, and future next generation wireless Internet technologies, critical infrastructures and their security, and related topics. WiCON 2024 aims to bring together academic researchers, leading scientists, and industry practitioners to share their experiences and findings on all Wireless systems and security aspects. It also offers a leading interdisciplinary forum for academics, educators, and practitioners to present and discuss the latest technologies, developments, practical challenges, and approaches to attain a sustainable Internet ecosystem. Prospective authors are encouraged to participate in the conference by submitting their scholarly contributions to advancing various aspects of Wireless Internet and Cybersecurity. Several options include full-length research papers, work-in-progress papers, and idea papers or posters. In addition, interested parties can arrange workshops focusing on specific themes.

Industry experts from private and government sectors are also welcome to showcase state-of-the-art practices and participate in the round table discussion sessions. WiCON attendees will present novel ideas, exchange ideas, and foster international collaborations.

All registered papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library.

WiCON proceedings are indexed in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, Google Scholar, IO-Port, MathSciNet, Inspec, and Zentralblatt MATH.

Additional publication opportunities:

• EAI/Springer Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering – LNICST
  (titles in this series are indexed in Ei Compendex, Web of Science & Scopus)

By paying an additional $150, authors can publish their articles in the EAI Endorsed Transactions journal selected by the conference (Scopus and Ei-indexed).

The article’s publication is subject to the following requirements:
– It must be an extended version of the conference paper with a different title and abstract. In general, 30% of new content must be added.
– The article will be processed once the conference proceedings have been published.
– The article will be processed using the fast-track option.
– Once the conference proceedings are published, the corresponding author should contact us at [email protected] with the details of their article to begin processing.

1. Go to Confy+ website.
2. Log in or sign up as a new user.
3. Select your desired track.
4. Click the ‘Submit Paper’ link within the track and follow the instructions.

• All papers must be submitted in English. 
• Previously published work cannot be submitted, nor can it be concurrently submitted to any other conference or journal. These papers will be rejected without review. 
• Papers must follow the Springer formatting guidelines (available in the Author’s Kit section). 
• Authors must read and agree to the Publication Ethics and Malpractice Statement.
• As per new EU accessibility requirements, going forward, all figures, illustrations, tables, and images should have descriptive text accompanying them. Please refer to the document below, which will assist you in crafting Alternative Text (Alt Text)

HOW TO WRITE GOOD ALT TEXT

Papers should be submitted through EAI ‘Confy+‘ system, and have to comply with the Springer format (see Author’s kit section).

• Regular papers should be up to 12-15+ pages in length.
• Short papers should be 6-11 pages in length.

All conference papers undergo a thorough peer review process prior to the final decision and publication. This process is facilitated by experts in the Technical Program Committee during a dedicated conference period. Standard peer review is enhanced by EAI Community Review which allows EAI members to bid to review specific papers. All review assignments are ultimately decided by the responsible Technical Program Committee Members while the Technical Program Committee Chair is responsible for the final acceptance selection. You can learn more about Community Review here.

Papers must be formatted using the Springer LNICST Authors’ Kit.

Instructions and templates are available from Springer’s LNICST homepage:

• LaTeX2e Proceedings Templates (zip)
• Microsoft Word Proceedings Templates (zip)

Please make sure that your paper adheres to the format as specified in the instructions and templates.

When uploading the camera-ready copy of your paper, please be sure to upload both:

• a PDF copy of your paper formatted according to the above templates, and
• an archive file (e.g. zip, tar.gz) containing the both a PDF copy of your paper and LaTeX or Word source material prepared according to the above guidelines.