Message from IEEE TPS 2020 general chairs and PC chairs: TPS-ISA 2021

Recent advances in computing and information technologies such as IoT, mobile/edge/cloud computing, cyber-physical-social systems, and artificial intelligence/machine learning/deep learning have paved way for creating next generation smart and intelligent systems and applications that can have transformative impact in our society while accelerating rapid scientific discoveries and innovations. Such newer technologies and paradigms are getting increasingly embedded in the computing platforms and networked information systems/infrastructures that form the digital foundation for our personal, organizational, and social processes and activities. It is increasingly becoming critical that the trust, privacy, and security issues in such digital environments are holistically addressed to ensure the safety and well-being of individuals as well as our society.