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SAC 2021 Best Paper Awards
One best paper has been selected for each conference theme.
Theme: Artificial Intelligence and Agents
"Taxonomy Extraction Using Knowledge Graph Embeddings and Hierarchical Clustering" by Felix Martel and Amal Zouaq
from the KLP track
Theme: Distributed Systems
"Exploring the Storj Network: a Security Analysis" by Sammy De Figueiredo, Akash Madhusudan, Vincent Reniers, Svetla Nikova and Bart Preneel
from in the DAPP track
Theme: Information Systems
"GraphMDL+: Interleaving the Generation and MDL-based Selection of Graph Patterns" by Francesco Bariatti, Peggy Cellier and Sébastien Ferré
from the DM track
Theme: Software Design and Development
"An Exploratory Study on the Identification and Evaluation of Bad Smell Agglomerations" by Amanda Santana, Daniel Cruz and Eduardo Figueiredo
from the QASM track
Theme: System Software and Security
"Called Function Identification of IoT Devices by Network Traffic Analysis" by Daichi Koike, Shigemi Ishida and Yutaka Arakawa
from the IoT track
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SAC 2021 Best Poster Awards
Two best posters have been selected, along with two runner-ups.
Best posters:
"A Decentralized Document Management System using Blockchain and Secret Sharing" by Jonbeen Han, Heemin Kim, Hyeonsang Eom, Yongseok Son
from the DAPP track
"Heterogeneous Document Embeddings for Cross-Lingual Text Classification" by Alejandro Moreo, Andrea Pedrotti, Fabrizio Sebastiani
from the IAR track
Runner-ups:
"DeepTective: Detection of PHP Vulnerabilities Using Hybrid Graph Neural Networks" by Rishi Rabheru, Hazim Hanif, Sergio Maffeis
from the SEC track
"Detecting and categorizing Android malware with graph neural networks" by Peng Xu, Claudia Eckert, Apostolos Zarras
from the DM track
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Updates
- [Mar 10, 2021] Conference platform & INSTRUCTIONS has been emailed to authors.
- [Mar 04, 2021] SAC2021 Proceedings has been emailed to all registrant. Please contact the registrar if you do not receive it within a few days.
- [Feb 26, 2021] Sessions Schedule has been updated.
- [Feb 11, 2021] Program Announcement/Schedule have been posted.
- [Feb 04, 2021] Program - Keynote has been posted.
- [Jan 29, 2021] Proceedings Table of Content has been updated.
- [Jan 18, 2021] Proceedings Table of Content has been posted.
- [Dec 08, 2020] Online Registration link is ready.
- [Dec 07, 2020] The deadline of Author registration/Camera-ready submission has been extended to Dec 21, 2020.
- [Dec 02, 2020] Registration page is opened but the payment link is not ready yet. Please, wait a few more days.
- [Nov 30, 2020] Poster authors will be requested to upload the pdf of the poster and a short video presentation for the virtual conference.
- [Nov 25, 2020] SRC program has been cancelled.
- [Oct 24, 2020] Please, note that authors must agree to videotaping in their copyrights forms if they wish to participate virtually.
- [Oct 23, 2020] SAC'21 will be held virtually.
- [Sep 28, 2020] The deadline for submission of regular papers and SRC research abstracts has been extended to October 12th 2020, Mon, 11:59 pm UTC+0.00.
- [Sep 19, 2020] A second wave of COVID-19 hits the entire world.
By December 1, 2020, a decision on whether SAC'21 will be held virtually or in the ordinary in-person format will be posted.
Registration rates are expected to be $500~$700 (in-person) or $70~$100 (virtual), and detailed rates will be posted also.
Your cooperation will be highly appreciated.
- [Sep 13, 2020] The deadline for submission of regular papers and SRC research abstracts has been extended to September 28th 2020, Mon, 11:59 pm UTC+0.00.
- [Jul 28, 2020] Author kit has been posted.
- [Jul 28, 2020] Paper/SRC Submission page opened.
- [Jul 09, 2020] SAC No-Show Policy updated
- [Jun 23, 2020] SAC 2021 Technical Tracks posted
- [Jun 05, 2020] The deadline of Call for Track Proposals has been extended to June 12, 2020.
- [Jun 05, 2020] Call for Papers and Tutorials was posted.
- [Jun 05, 2020] Call for Student Research Abstracts was posted.
- [May 24, 2020] Track Proposals Submission opened.
- [May 12, 2020] Call for Track Proposals was posted.
- [Apr 09, 2020] SAC 2021: Website was open.
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ACM’s Key Policies
- Privacy Policy
- Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct
- Policy Against Harassment at ACM Activities
In participating SAC , you acknowledge ACM’s Policy Against Harassment at ACM Activities and agree that behavior such as the following will constitute grounds for actions against you:
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If you are involved in or witness any such incident, please inform the event organizers.
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SAC No-Show Policy
Paper registration is required, allowing the inclusion of the papers and posters in
the conference proceedings. An author or a proxy attending SAC MUST present the paper. This is a requirement
for all accepted papers, posters, and invited SRC submissions to be included in the ACM digital library.
No-show of scheduled papers, posters, and student research abstracts will result
in excluding them from the ACM digital library.
Authors who cannot make on-site presentations due to travel or health restrictions caused by COVID-19 will be allowed to present their materials online.
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Copyright Notice
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