About us

The C2S3 2026 is the second C2S3 Symposium held at Esslingen University / Hochschule Esslingen. The symposium targets PhD candidates, industrial researchers, and professors in the field of Informatics. Accepted manuscripts will be published in Proceedings in Technology Transfer and must be presented in person.

Important Dates

Sun, Apr 19, 2026
Submission of Manuscripts (extended by one week)
Sun, May 3, 2026
Notification of Acceptance
Wed, May 20, 2026
Registration Deadline
Sun, May 24, 2026
Submission of Camera-ready Version
Thu, Jun 11, 2026
Symposium in Esslingen

Call For Paper

IT/OT Cybersecurity & Smart Systems (Zero Trust, network segmentation, threat modeling, secure-by-design, vulnerability research)
Secure Networking & Industrial Communication (TSN/DetNet, resilience, monitoring/telemetry, network automation)
Data Science, Analytics & Observability (logging pipelines, SIEM/SOAR, security analytics, incident detection/response)
AI & Security (ML-based anomaly/detection/triage, AI security & governance, robustness, prompt/model attacks)

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. All papers must be written in English. You can submit a short paper with 10 pages or a full paper with 18 pages, including references and appendix.

Committee

Organizing Committee

Lukas Bechtel

Tobias Heer

Technical Program Committee (TPC)

Tobias Heer

HS Esslingen

Markus Enzweiler

HS Esslingen

Thao Dang

HS Esslingen

Dominik Schoop

HS Esslingen

Michael Menth

Uni Tübingen

Lisa Maile

TU Eindhoven

Frank Dürr

Uni Stuttgart

Sebastian Gallenmüller

TU München

Marco Schuba

HS Aachen

Marcus Schöller

HS Reutlingen

Andreas Heinemann

HS Darmstadt

Tickets
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