IEIS is jointly initiated by China Center for Industrial Security Research of Beijing Jiaotong University, International Center for Informatics Research of Beijing Jiaotong University and University of California at Berkley. IEIS 2014-2017 were successfully held in Berkeley (USA), Barcelona (Spain), Sydney (Australia), Kyoto (Japan) and Beijing (China). In total, about 210 authors from more than 10 countries and areas attended the conference. The proceedings have been indexed by CPCI-S (former ISTP) or EI Compendex from 2015 to 2017. In 2016, IEIS was approved by IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers) to be one of IEEE conference series.

IEIS2018 will be hosted by IEEE Technical Committee on Logistics Informatics and Industrial Security Systems, China Center for Industrial Security Research of Beijing Jiaotong University, the International Center for Informatics Research of Beijing Jiaotong University, School of Economics and Management of Beijing Jiaotong University, in cooperation with University of Toronto, the University of Reading, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, and will be held during 3-6 August, 2018 in Toronto, Canada, with satellite sessions in Beijing, China. The conference proceeding will be included in IEEE Xplore Digital Library. The authors with excellent papers in the conference proceedings will be invited to publish their academic thoughts and methods in some international academic journals indexed by SSCI/SCI or EI with high priority.