ACE - 2025 Workshop

The 8^th International Workshop on
Applications of AI, Cyber Security and Economics Data Analytics (ACE-2025)

In conjunction and co-chair with
HPCC (The 27^th IEEE International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communications)

Exeter University, UK. 13 - 15, August 2025

Subject and Objectives

This international workshop provides a platform for IT experts and young researchers to present their Cyber related original research discoveries and updates. The workshop period is an opportunity to network with top researchers in the world to exchange ideas, inspire more creativity, as well as to obtain foresight and guidance for further explorations of Cyber space. The ACE workshop was held first with IEEE 2017 CyberSciTech in Orlando, USA, then held in Exeter, UK in 2018, in UK 2019, and 2023. ACE 2025 is the 8th edition with focus on innovative applications of AI, ML, DL, cyber security, data analytics and blockchain technology applications and integrations.

Scope and Topics

This workshop is broad in scope and invites original research contributions on topics that include, but are not limited to the following:

Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning, ICT Education & Pedagogy Research
AI Governance, Trust and explanation
VR, AR, Mixed Reality and Digital Twins
Smart City, AV and 6G Technology
Data Analytics, Information Retrieval and Data Science Applications
Digital Forensics and Cyber Security Monitoring and Analysis
Edge Computing, Hyper Intelligence and IoT Applications
Blockchain and Decentralised Ledger Technologies
Cryptography, Cryptanalysis and Steganography
Cyber-Stalking Cyber-Bullying and Computer Law
Cyber Economy and Finance.

All contributions are welcome.

Submission and Publication

Authors should submit a paper of up to 6 pages of their original work. Submitted papers need to abide by IEEE Computer Society formats, and must be formatted accordingly. Please send your submission draft via email link: Xiaohua.feng@beds.ac.uk or H.Yu@derby.ac.uk or jon.hitchcock@beds.ac.uk. with PDF format. The manuscript will be carefully reviewed by a number of experts. Multiple comments will send to you by the end of August.

IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings

The materials presented in the papers should not be published or under submission elsewhere. Each paper is limited to 6 pages (up to 10 pages with over length charge) including figures and references using IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscripts style (two columns, single-spaced, 10 fonts). Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings can be found at IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings with PDF format.

All the accepted papers must be presented in the workshop. They will be included in the IEEE HCCP2025 proceedings, which will be published by IEEE CPS (EI indexed, in IEEE DL).

Important Dates

Submission Due: April 30, 2025
Author Notification Due: June 15, 2025
Final Camera-ready Submission: July 15, 2025

Organising Committee

General Chair

Xiaohua Feng, University of Bedfordshire, UK (email: xiaohua.feng@beds.ac.uk)

General Co-Chairs

Emma Short, London Metropolitan University, UK (Email: e.short@londonmet.ac.uk)

Yuping Zhao, Peking University, China (Email: yuping.zhao@pku.edu.cn)

Liangxiu Han, Manchester Metropolitan University (email: L.Han@mmu.ac.uk)

Executive Chair

Jon Hitchcock, University of Bedfordshire, UK (Email: jon.hitchcock@beds.ac.uk)

Advisory Chairs

Wenbin Zhao, Cleveland State University, USA

Program Committee Chairs

Emrouznejad, Surrey University, UK

Publicity Chair

Yu, University of Derby, UK (Email: H.Yu@derby.ac.uk)

Program Committee

Dong, Strathclyde University, UK
Conrad, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Weerasinghe, University of Bedfordshire, UK
Lin, Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada.
Sun, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Wang, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
Wang, Xi'an University of Technology, China
Tomasiello, University of Salerno
Uden, Staffordshire University.