Defence_Symposium_ASCI_2022: Sustainable Internet of Things (IoT) Applications for Building an Advanced Defence Industry in India: Scope, Analysis, Challenges, and Recommendations ​Administrative Staff College of India, Bella Vista, ​​Hyderabad-500082, Telangana, India Hyderabad, India, November 10-11, 2022

About Administrative Staff College of India

The Administrative Staff College of India (ASCI) is an institution of excellence and national importance. ASCI is a registered society by the constitution. It is an autonomous, self-supporting, public-purpose institution with the objectives of a think-tank for policy inputs and to build the capacities of practicing professionals in the management of government and business enterprises. ASCI equips corporate managers, administrators, entrepreneurs and academicians with the skills to synthesize managerial theory and practice; and respond to the ever-increasing complexity of managerial issues confronting government, industrial enterprises and non-government organizations. It provides opportunities to State and Central Government Departments and Ministries in India and abroad and the industry, to develop sustainable policies, devise inclusive strategies and deploy robust plans towards improved economic performance, human development and social progress.

About the Symposium

IoT applications are the most valuable and important entities of the current digital era. Further, the Internet of Military Things (IoMT), sometimes known as the Internet of Battlefield Things (IoBT), is a subset of the Internet of Things (IoT) designed for current battle operations and intelligent warfare. Furthermore, attacks on IoT applications, from the perspective of the defence industry, are more dangerous than attacks on normal information. The IoT applications security in the defence industry ensures the organization’s brand image and the customers’ trust. However, the challenges associated with IoT application security issues are massive and critical. The international symposium is a unique one because securing IoT applications from manipulation in a defence organisation with different approaches in order to maintain security has never been worked upon, especially from a defence industry perspective. As an outcome, the symposium will make an important contribution to the security and management of IoT applications. The main feature of this symposium is its narrowed-down approach. i.e., the symposium will provide the needs and importance of security and privacy for IoT applications in the defence industry, current issues and challenges, gaps in existing techniques and efforts, as well as recommendations for future researchers. Furthermore, securing IoT applications through the decision-making process plays a key role. So, this symposium will focus on all the basic, hybrid, and new ways of making decisions based on multiple criteria that will help secure and sustainable IoT applications.

Important Dates

Submission Started:                   Aug 05, 2022

Submission Deadline:                 Oct 20, 2022

Notification Date:                       Oct 25, 2022

Registration Deadline:                Oct 30, 2022

Camera Ready:                           Oct 30, 2022

Symposium Date:                       Nov 10-11, 2022

Payment Details

Participants are advised to fill the registration form and upload proof of payment (non-refundable), available on https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1vNo3Fe9ZVm12Dpco3XVxsAUWJ03sn4a5LRB5w23Q5JY/viewform?edit_requested=true on or before October 20, 2022. Bank details are given below:

Bank Account Number           62090698675

Beneficiary Name                   Administrative Staff College of India

IFSC Code                              SBIN0020063

Bank Name                             State Bank of India

Branch Address                      Bellavista Branch, Raj Bhavan Road, Somajiguda, Hyderabad-500082

Note: PG and UG Students are not allowed for this symposium.

Registration Fee Details (plus GST as applicable (presently 18%) per participant):

Attendee

Industry Persons                     :           10,000 INR

Scientist 'E' to ‘onwards’        :           8,000 INR

Academicians                          :           7,000 INR

Scientist 'B' to ‘D’                   :           6,000 INR

Post Doc Fellow                      :           5,000 INR

Research Associate/

Assistant/ Scholars etc.           :           4,000 INR

Author/Presenter

Industry Persons                     :           15,000 INR

Scientist 'E' to ‘onwards’        :           14,000 INR

Academicians                          :           13,000 INR

Scientist 'B' to ‘D’                   :           11,000 INR

Post Doc Fellow                      :           10,000 INR

Research Associate/

Assistant/ Scholars etc.           :           8,000 INR

Foreigners                             

Attendee                                 :           250 USD

Author/Presenter                     :           400 USD

Sponsor

Our previous events were sponsored by numerous business giants. Delegates from multiple organisations expressed satisfaction with their experiences at the events. Sponsoring a symposium will deliver a number of benefits for your organisation whilst contributing to our shared mission. The ASCI is committed to providing a compelling level of value for each of a limited number of symposium sponsors. All of the packages that we have put together are highly competitive and have significant benefits. In this row, we cordially invite you to:

Platinum Sponsor                   :     200,000 INR

(The Platinum Package offers a maximum level of exposure for your company’s brand, including prime-time speaking slots, an exhibition stand, chairing and panel moderation possibilities, multiple delegate passes, as well as logo placement on all the symposium materials. The list of benefits continues to go on, as this is the premier sponsorship tier.)

Gold Sponsor                         :     150,000 INR

(The Gold sponsorship program offers exclusive opportunities to present your brand and showcase your product to a diverse audience of potential customers. This package provides opportunities to have a welcome message in the event portal, as well as other exceptional benefits, including prime-time speaking and exhibiting spots.)

Silver Sponsor                       :      100,000 INR

(This package will help you increase your company’s visibility and brand recognition, thereby solidifying your company’s position in the marketplace. The package also includes a speaker slot and an exhibition stand, apart from other exclusive promotional opportunities.)

Bronze Sponsor                     :      75,000 INR

(The bronze sponsorship package allows you to take advantage of the chance to showcase your company’s innovative products and services to key decision-makers. This tier does not include any panel moderation slots and contains fewer delegate passes. However, it still offers significant exposure to your brand.)

Exhibiting Partner                 :      50,000 INR

(Exhibiting provides a chance to demonstrate your innovative industry solutions. The tier offers a one delegate pass with standard exhibition stand space, along with other promotional benefits.)

Presenting Partner                  :      35,000 INR

(A speaker slot at the symposium will provide you with the opportunity to share your expertise with other leading specialists in the field and position yourself as an industry insider. Becoming a presenting partner is an excellent way to push your business forward and stand out amongst your competitors.)

Cocktail Networking Sponsor:   25,000 INR

(This is an exclusive sponsorship package, placing you at the center of the networking sessions. The program features multiple delegate passes as well as an exclusive branding roll-up at the networking area. Other benefits of the package will help you significantly increase your brand awareness.)

A discount of 10% on the programme fee for three or more participants from the same organisation will be given, provided the payment is credited into our bank account by or before October 20, 2022.

Accommodation

Residential Fee: INR 10,000/-per participant. The fee covers board and lodging, courseware (in electronic form) and other facilities of the college, including internet usage.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

The preferred length of a full paper (including footnotes) is 10,000 words (maximum limit). In general, please confine your paper to between 15 and 25 pages (single column, single space), everything included. It must include an abstract (not more than 100-150 words) and 3-5 keywords.

High-quality papers focused on quantitative analysis, modelling, and management will be published in this symposium. Our goal is to provide an in-depth discussion of the current state of the art and to present new concepts or practises in this field. All of the following themes, but not limited to them, are open to submission:

Sustainable IoT Applications and Hybrid Computing

• Internet of Battlefield Things;
• Internet of Military Things;
• Ocean of Things;
• Emerging Army Technologies;
• Object Level Protection;
• Cryptographic Access Control;
• Key Role of Cloud and Edge Computing;
• Dependability of Fog Computing;

Sustainable IoT Applications and Computational Techniques

• Computational Intelligence in Defence Industry;
• AI/ML and Data Defence Sustainability;
• Decision Support Systems;
• Intelligent Information Retrieval;
• Multi Criteria Decision Making;

Sustainable IoT Applications and Cyber Security

• Cyber Warfare, Advances in Cyber Threats and Computer Crimes;
• Fault Tolerance and Diagnosis;
• Cyber Warfare;
• Secure Cyberspace;
• Cybernetics;
• Secure Cyber Physical Systems;

Sustainable IoT Applications and Data Analytics

• Data Analysis of Military;
• Defence Industry's Data Analytics of Cyber-Crimes;
• Modeling of Military Data Security Risks;
• Gathering Battlefield Data;
• Identifying the Enemy and Building Smart Bases through Data Analytics;

Sustainable IoT Applications and Control Systems

• System Modeling, Simulation and Optimization;
• Knowledge Extraction and Representation of IoT Security in Perspective of Defence Industry;
• Monitoring and Controlling Soldier’s Health;
• Equipment and Vehicle Fleet Management;
• Energy Management for Battlefield;
• Remote Training;
• Fire Control Systems.

Committees

Chief Patron

• Director General (I/C): Prof. Nirmalya Bagchi, Administrative Staff College of India.

Symposium Director

• Prof. Valli Manickam, Centre Director, Centre for Innovation and Technology, Administrative Staff College of India. 

Symposium Convener

• Dr. Rajeev Kumar, Assistant Professor, Centre for Innovation and Technology, Administrative Staff College of India.

Symposium Committee Members

• Dr. Gutha Jaya Krishna, Assistant Professor, Centre for Innovation and Technology, Administrative Staff College of India.
• Dr. N. V. Satyanarayana, Advisor, Centre for Innovation and Technology, Administrative Staff College of India.
• Ms. Katyayani P., IT Manager, Administrative Staff College of India.

Publication

The symposium aims to carry out a double-blind review process. The papers submitted by the authors will be assessed based on their technical suitability, the scope of work, plagiarism, novelty, clarity, completeness, relevance, significance, and research contribution. The research papers will be recommended for publication by very reputed publishers with SCOPUS/SCI etc., indexed journals or book proceedings.

Venue

The conference will be held at the Administrative Staff College of India, Bella Vista, Raj Bhavan Road, Hyderabad-500082, Telangana, India.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to defensesymposium.2022@gmail.com; Phone: (040)-66533083/ 66534210.