5th IEEE LCN Special Track on Maritime Communication and Security (MarCaS 2027)
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The ongoing digital transformation in the maritime transportation system (MTS) has the potential to eventually pave the way for autonomous, smart, and sustainable shipping and to further increase its efficiency. The connection of ships to the Internet, ship-to-shore communication required by fleet operation centers, satellite navigation and radio-based situational awareness systems, shipboard communications, and maritime cloud services are of particular interest of the planned special track. However, given the importance of MTS on the one hand, and the growing threat of cyberattacks and malicious electromagnetic activity on the other, protecting our MTS and its communication systems must be a top priority not only from an economic view, but also from a social and political perspective. Backlogs at ports during the pandemic in 2020, EVER GIVEN's Suez Canal obstruction in March 2021, and attacks on merchant ships off the Yemeni coast in the Red Sea by Houthi rebels starting in October 2024 have made the world community acutely aware of how vulnerable our global supply chains are. In addition to merchant ships and shipping lanes, physical infrastructure that needs to be secured also includes port facilities, and passenger and cargo terminals, as well as related infrastructures that include oil and gas platforms, offshore wind farms, and subsea pipelines and cables. Moreover, fueled by the current geopolitical situation, increased state-level and military-directed attacks from cyber and electromagnetic space have been observed, raising concerns and forcing responsible authorities to act. Finally, the attacks on gas pipelines in the Baltic Sea, which occurred in September 2022, highlight the need for more networked monitoring and surveillance systems, both on the surface and underwater.  The MarCaS special track at LCN will bring together research groups working at the intersection of maritime applications, communications technologies, and protocols, as well as information technology and network security, to share and discuss ideas, novel solutions, challenges, and recent developments. The special track organizers solicit high quality and previously unpublished work in the maritime domain and the research field of the LCN to stimulate novel approaches for a safer and more resilient shipping. The topics of interest at MarCaS include, but are not limited to:
Paper submissions may be up to six (6) pages excluding bibliography, formatted in two-column, 10pt font IEEE format, must be prepared for a double-blind review process, and must describe original, previously unpublished research and developments, not currently under review by another conference, workshop, or journal. Detailed instructions can be found in the Author Instructions page at the MarCaS Web site. Important dates (AoE):
MarCaS 2027 will be a special track of the 52nd Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks (IEEE LCN). Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings published in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, showing their affiliation with IEEE LCN 2027. Click here to download the PDF version of the MarCaS Call for Papers
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