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UbiComp 2025 Workshop on Privacy and Security in Smart Spaces (PaSSS)

Call for papers

People increasingly live, work, study, and play in smart spaces. These smart spaces are everyday spaces that include embedded computing devices — computational devices that interact with each other, with their surroundings and its occupants, and with Internet services. Many of these smart things can sense their physical surroundings to collect data about the physical space or its occupants; examples include the capability to measure sound, light, motion, image, temperature, air quality, or physical state (door open/close, water flow, vibration, etc.). Some smart things also have the ability to actuate on their surroundings, thus changing the physical state of their environment; examples include heating and cooling, unlocking doors, turning on/off lights, playing music or video, speaking text, and more.

Needless to say, these so-called smart spaces raise potentially serious risks for security of the spaces and privacy of their residents, visitors, and bystanders. This workshop will assemble a range of thought leaders — academics, industry product developers, and policy makers — to consider the latest research related to security and privacy of smart spaces, and to identify further research challenges that must be addressed. The workshop will include presentations of papers submitted through this Call for Papers; accepted papers will also be published in the ACM Digital Library and the Adjunct Proceedings.

Workshop details

Workshop paper submissions

Six-page papers are welcomed on a broad range of topics related to security and privacy issues that are unique to (or especially relevant in) smart spaces, including but not limited to

Submission instructions

All workshop papers must use the UbiComp/ISWC 2025 templates and formatting instructions.

Submit using Precision Conference. From the Submissions tab, choose Society=SIGCHI, Conference/Journal=UbiComp/ISWC 2025, Track=UbiComp/ISWC 2025 Privacy and Security in Smart Spaces (PaSSS).

Deadlines

June 15, 2025: Submission deadline
July 11, 2025: Notification date
July 31, 2025: Camera-ready version due

Organizing committee

Organizers

TPC

Contact

For inquiries, please contact us at passs25chairs@gmail.com.