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 Congress 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 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 Leicester, UK in 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. Multi 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The materials presented in the papers should not be published or under submission elsewhere.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. The 8^th International Workshop on Applications of AI, Cyber Security and Economics Data Analytics (ACE2025).

All the accepted papers must be presented in the workshop. They will be included in the IEEE HICCP2025 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

• A. Emrouznejad, Surrey University, UK

Publicity Chair

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

Program Committee

• F. Dong, Strathclyde University, UK
• M. Conrad, University of Bedfordshire, UK
• R. Weerasinghe, University of Bedfordshire, UK
• O. Lin, Athabasca University, Alberta, Canada.
• Z. Sun, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
• P. Wang, Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China
• X. Wang, Xi'an University of Technology, China
• S. Tomasiello, University of Salerno
• L. Uden Staffordshire University.