The 1st Foundations & Practice of Security (FPS) Symposium was held in 2008, following the Canada-France Meeting on Security held at the Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, on December 06-08, 2007.  Since then, the FPS Symposium has been held annually, alternating Canadian and French locations. After the previous meetings took place in Grenoble, Toronto, Paris, Montréal, La Rochelle, Montréal, Clermont-Ferrand, Québec City, Nancy, Montréal, Toulouse, Montréal, Paris, this 15th edition of the FPS symposium will be held on December 12-14 2022 in Ottawa Canada. 

Protecting the communication and data infrastructure of an increasingly inter-connected world has become vital to the normal functioning of all aspects of our world. Security has emerged as an important scientific discipline whose many multifaceted complexities deserve the attention and synergy of the mathematical, computer science, and engineering communities. 

The aim of FPS is to discuss and exchange theoretical and practical ideas that address privacy and security issues in inter-connected systems. It aims to provide scientific presentations as well as to establish links, promote scientific collaborations, joint research programs, and student exchanges between institutions involved in this important and fast-moving research field. 

We welcome submissions spanning the full range of theoretical and applied work including user research, methods, tools, simulations, demos, and practical evaluations. We also invite papers from researchers and practitioners working in security, privacy, trustworthy data systems, and related areas to submit their original papers. Special care will be given this year to Artificial Intelligence and Cybersecurity. Moreover we are interested in data sharing, data disclosure, individual tracking, and fake news regarding their impacts on security and privacy.

Topics of Interest

The topics of interest include but are not limited to (alphabetically ordered): 

    Access control
    AI for security and privacy
    Blockchain-based systems security and security services
    Code reverse engineering and vulnerability exploitation
    Computer and network security
    Cryptography and cryptanalysis
    Data security
    Digital Currencies
    Ethical and social implications of privacy and security
    Hardware security
    Identity management and protection
    Information-theoretic security
    IoT security and privacy
    Malware, botnet, and advanced persistent threats
    Privacy and privacy enhancing technologies
    Privacy and security awareness
    Security and privacy in social networks
    Security and privacy management and policies
    Security and Privacy of AI
    Security in sensor networks and RFIDs
    Security mechanisms
    Security of cloud computing and grid computing
    Security of distributed embedded middleware
    Security of service-oriented architectures
    Security, privacy, and trust of industrial systems
    Side-channel and physical attacks
    Software security
    Systems forensics
    Threat analysis and trust management
    Web Security and Privacy