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The 28th International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS 2026) is an international forum for researchers and practitioners to present novel contributions related to information and communication security, held in Fukui, Japan.

Important Dates

Sat, Feb 28, 2026
First Round Submission
Tue, Apr 28, 2026
Notification for first round
Sat, May 23, 2026
Second submission deadline
Tue, Jul 21, 2026
Notification for second round

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Digital forensics
Access control
Applied cryptography
Critical infrastructure protection
Digital rights management
Identity management
Intrusion detection and prevention
Network security
Authentication and authorization
Data Security and Privacy
Data privacy
Cyber security
Cyber threat intelligence
Hardware Security
Privacy enhancing technologies
Cyber-physical systems security
Embedded systems security
AI for Security
Security in ai
AI-based security and privacy
Anonymity
Attestation
Biometrics security
Blockchain security and privacy
Cloud computing security
Digital watermarking
Distributed systems security
Edge and fog computing security
Formal methods for security
Information security management
Malware and unwanted software
Mobile security and privacy
Online safety and child protection
Online social media security, privacy, and trust
Operating systems security
Secure communication protocols
Secure information flow
Secure systems design and architectures
Security and privacy for the (Industrial) Internet of Things

Call for Papers Description

The conference seeks submissions presenting novel contributions related to information and communication security. Submissions should be in English, as a PDF file in the Springer-Verlag LNCS format, not exceeding 18 pages.

Committee

Steering Committee Chair

Jianying Zhou

Singapore University of Technology and Design, Singapore

Steering Committee Members

Robert Deng

Singapore Management University, Singapore

Dieter Gollmann

Hamburg University of Technology, Germany

Javier Lopez

University of Malaga, Spain

Qingni Shen

Peking University, China

Zhen Xu

Institute of Information Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

General Chairs

Kazumasa Omote

Tsukuba University, Japan

Yang Cao

Institute of Science Tokyo, Japan

Program Chairs

Mauro Conti

University of Padua, Italy

Chunhua Su

The University of Aizu, Japan

Publication Chair

Hong Zhao

North University of China, China

Web Chair

Zhuotao Lian

Hiroshima University, Japan

Organizing Chairs

Akihito Nakamura

The University of Aizu, Japan

Shoichi Hirose

University of Fukui, Japan

Lu Zhou

Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, China

Publicity Chairs

Weizhi Meng

Lancaster University, UK

Hui Qi

Changchun University of Science and Technology, China

Yuntao Wang

The University of Electro-Communications, Japan

Rashed Mazumder

Jahangirnagar University, Bangladesh

Registration Chairs

Taku Jiromaru

Kurume University, Japan

Yasuyuki Kachi

The University of Aizu, Japan

Program Committee

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