About ACNS 2021

The 19th International Conference on Applied Cryptography and Network Security (ACNS 2021) will be held in Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan on 21-24 June 2021. The proceedings of ACNS 2021 will be published by Springer in the LNCS series. ACNS is an annual conference focusing on current developments that advance the areas of applied cryptography, cyber security (including network and computer security) and privacy. The goal is to represent both academic research works as well as developments in industrial and technical frontiers. Submissions may focus on the modelling, design, analysis (including security proofs and attacks), development (e.g. implementations), deployment (e.g. system integration), and maintenance (e.g. performance measurements, usability studies) of algorithms, protocols, standards, implementations, technologies devices, systems standing in relation with applied cryptography, cyber security and privacy, while advancing or bringing new insights to the state of the art.

ACNS 2021 is the next event in a series of highly successful events of Applied Cryptography and Network Security. Previous editions were held in: Rome, Italy (2020), Bogota, Colombia (2019), Leuven, Belgium (2018), Kanazawa, Japan (2017), London, UK (2016), New York, USA (2015), Lausanne, Switzerland (2014), Banff, Canada (2013), Singapore (2012), Malaga, Spain (2011), Beijing, China (2010), Paris, France (2009), New York, USA (2008), Zhuhai, China (2007), Singapore (2006), New York, USA (2005), Yellow Mountain, China (2004), Kunming, China (2003).

Proceedings

Free access to the ACNS 2021 proceedings will be available to participants for 4 weeks during the conference. Please access through the following link.

ACNS 2021 Proceedings

Registration

Registration payment is required by TBD for EACH accepted paper.

Registration Link

Awards

ACNS gives a best student paper award, to encourage promising students to publish their best results at this venue. Any paper with a student as an author is eligible for this award.

Registration

All the registration details will be announced by TBD.

Contacts

For any questions regarding the submission or the conference, please write to acns2021-contact@googlegroups.com.

Sponsors

ACNS is actively looking for third-party sponsors for the conference. More information for sponsoring ACNS can be found at the following link: ACNS Sponsorship

Important Dates

First Submission Deadline	4 Sept 2020 7 Sept 2020 AoE (Anytime on Earth) (Firm deadline)
First Submission Notification	9 Nov 2020
First Submission Camera-ready	27 Nov 2020
Second Submission Deadline	15 Jan 2021 AoE (Anytime on Earth) (Firm deadline)
Second Submission Notification	22 Mar 2021
Second Submission Camera-ready	9 Apr 2021
Workshop Proposal Submission Deadline	11 Nov 2020 AoE (Anytime on Earth) (Firm deadline)
Workshop Proposal Submission Notification	21 Nov 2020
Poster proposal submission deadline	Sometime in April 2021 (to be announced)
Poster proposal submission Notification	Sometime in May 2021 (to be announced)
Conference Date	21-24 June 2021

Papers rejected at the first round can be submitted at the second round, together with a response letter addressing the reviewer's points.