As computer and communication systems alongside advanced paradigms such as Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS), the Internet of Things (IoT), and Autonomous Systems grow increasingly large and complex, their dependability and security become paramount for enabling next-generation science, engineering, and commercial applications. Designing, analyzing, evaluating, and enhancing the dependability and security of autonomic computing environments present persistent challenges. Dependable, Autonomic, and Secure Computing (DASC) systems demand interdisciplinary research that integrates natural sciences, engineering, and social sciences. This convergence necessitates advancements in scientific and technological methodologies, as well as the development of innovative software, architectures, communication, and data platform technologies to seamlessly integrate constituent technologies. Notably, advanced AI techniques, such as Large Language Models (LLMs), play a pivotal role in autonomic systems, with embodied AI enabling adaptation, autonomous decision-making, and self-management. Ensuring AI-driven solutions are trustworthy, dependable, and secure is equally essential. IEEE DASC 2025 invites researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to submit papers exploring theoretical and practical advancements in dependable, autonomic, trustworthy, and secure computing, autonomous systems, and AI-driven solutions. The conference seeks to unite experts to exchange innovative ideas, discuss novel designs, share work-in-progress, and present case studies on emerging trends in these domains.

Tracks and Topics

Track 1: Dependability, Reliability and Fault Tolerance- Fault-tolerant HW and SW architectures- HW and SW reliability, verification and testing- Reliability modeling and prediction for complex systems- Highly Reliable Systems achieving stable performance- Resilience engineering in CPS- Redundancy design for critical infrastructure- Dependability metrics and evaluation frameworks

Track 2: Security, Privacy, and Trust in Systems and Networks- Intrusion detection, prevention and mitigation in networked  environments- Security modeling, auditing and compliance in safety-critical  systems- Self-adaptive security architecture, techniques, and  algorithms- Security protocols for CPS, IoT, and autonomous systems  (e.g., vehicles, drones, robots)- Data protection for networked systems and storage systems- Privacy-preserving techniques for distributed and autonomous  systems- Blockchain for trustworthy and secure system design- Cryptographic methods for secure computing, storage and  communication

Track 3: Autonomic Computing and Self-Adaptive Systems- Self-adaptive SW architectures for autonomic computing- Adaptive computing, communication, and resource allocation  for autonomic systems  - Self-healing mechanisms for autonomic systems- Autonomic decision-making under uncertainty- Embodied AI for physical system adaptation- Self-optimization for energy-efficient autonomic systems- Modeling and SVT & V of self-adaptive behaviors

Track 4: AI, Machine Learning, and Advanced ComputationalMethods- AI-driven threat prediction, anomaly detection, fault   detection and diagnosis  - Large Language Models (LLMs) for system specification and   verification- Data platforms leveraging and powering AI- Quantum computing applications in dependability analysis- Generative AI for synthetic test case generation- Explainable AI for trustworthy autonomic computing- Trustworthy and safe AI-empowered systems

Track 5: Industrial Applications and Case Studies- Dependability and security solutions in safety-critical  control systems in transportation and aerospace industries- Autonomous systems in industrial IoT deployments- Case studies on CPS reliability in manufacturing- Lessons learned from autonomous vehicle system deployments- Real-world applications of trustworthy AI in various  industrial sectors

Important Dates

• Workshop/SS Proposal Due: May  20, 2025
• Regular Paper Submission Due: Jun. 10, 2025
• WiP/Workshop/SS Paper Due: Jun. 20, 2025
• Author Notification: Aug. 11, 2025
• Paper Registration: Sep. 05, 2025
• Camera-ready Submission Due: Sep. 12, 2025

Submission Instruction

Authors are invited to submit their original research work that has not previously been submitted or published in any other venue. Regular, work-in-progress (WiP), workshop, and special session papers need to be submitted in IEEE CS Proceedings format. IEEE formatting info:

http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html

All the accepted papers will be published by IEEE in the Conference Proceedings (IEEE-DL and EI indexed). Best Paper Awards will be presented to high-quality papers. Selected papers will be recommended to prestigious journal Special Issues.

Some papers originally submitted as full papers can be accepted as short papers during the review process. In such cases, the authors will need to reduce the paper accordingly when preparing the camera-ready version. At least one of the authors of any accepted paper is requested to register and present the paper at the conference.

- 6-8 pages for Regular papers- 4-6 pages for WiP/Workshop/Special Session papers- 2-4 pages for Poster papers

Organizing Committee

Honorary Chairs

• Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan

General Chairs

• Naohiro Hayashibara, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
• Moayad Aloqaily, Mohamed Bin Zayed University, UAE

Honorary Chairs

• Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan

General Chairs

• Naohiro Hayashibara, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
• Moayad Aloqaily, Mohamed Bin Zayed University, UAE

General Executive Chairs

• Bernady O. Apduhan, Kyushu Sangyo University, Japan
• Xiaohong Jiang, Future University Hakodate, Japan

Program Chairs

• Takaki Nakamura, Tohoku University, Japan
• Zonghua Zhang, CRSC Co., China

Program Co-chairs

• Junjun Zheng, Hiroshima University, Japan
• Luis Guillen, Tohoku University, Japan
• Thomas TY Win, University of Sunderland, UK

WiP/LBI/Poster Session Chairs

• Junichi Funasaka, Hiroshima City University, Japan
• Songpon Teerakanok, Mahidol University, Thailand

Workshop & Special Session Chairs

• Noriaki Kamiyama, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
• Paramin Sangwongngam, NECTEC, Thailand

Publicity Chairs

• Anna Kobusinska, Poznan University of Technology, Poland
• Liqiang Wang, University of Central Florida, USA
• Toshiyuki Miyachi, NICT, Japan
• Zhuotao Lian, Hiroshima University, Japan

Steering Committee

• Jianhua Ma, Hosei University, Japan
• Laurence T. Yang, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada
• Yuanshun Dai, Univ. of Elec. Sci. & Tech. of China
• Tadashi Dohi, Hiroshima University, Japan
• Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Fordham University, USA

Program Committee

Please check the "Program Committee" web page on the conference website for details:
http://cyber-science.org/2025/dasc/tpc/

Contact

Please email inquiries concerning DASC 2025 to Dr. Luis Guillen: lguillen AT tohoku DOT ac DOT jp.