About us

The 1st International Conference on Intelligent Digital Forensics and Cybersecurity (IDFC 2026) brings together leading researchers, practitioners, and policymakers to share advances in forensic science, cybersecurity defense, and intelligence analytics. With the proliferation of AI, including the recent rise of generative AI, IoT, blockchain, and cloud technologies, the boundaries between cybersecurity and forensics are increasingly blurred. IDFC 2026 explores next-generation approaches, tools, and frameworks for a secure and trustworthy digital future.

Important Dates

Tue, Jun 30, 2026
Submission deadline

Call For Paper

Advanced Digital Forensics (computer, mobile, network, cloud, and IoT forensics; blockchain investigations; evidence acquisition and validation)
Cybersecurity and Cyber Defense (threat intelligence; incident response; Intrusion and anomaly detection; malware and ransomware forensics; Zero-trust architectures)
AI/ML for Security and Forensics (automated forensic analysis; explainable and trustworthy AI; privacy-preserving federated learning; AI for threat prediction)
Generative AI and Emerging Technologies (deepfake detection; LLMs for forensic intelligence; synthetic data; generative AI in cyber threat modeling)
Privacy-Preserving Forensics (privacy-aware forensic methods; differential privacy; secure computation for digital evidence)
Blockchain and Financial Crime (cryptocurrency forensics; smart contract analysis; decentralized evidence handling)
IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems (embedded device forensics; industrial control system security; automotive and drone forensics)
Human and Social Dimensions (social engineering; insider threats; user behavior analytics; cybercrime victimology)
Legal, Ethical, and Policy (digital evidence admissibility; ethics in cyber investigations; GDPR compliance; jurisdictional challenges)
Applied Systems and Case Studies (real-world forensic tool evaluations; industry case studies; forensic workflow automation)

The following paper categories are welcome: Full papers (up to 10 pages) describing complete research contributions, Demo & Artifact papers (up to 6 pages), Short papers (2-4 pages) describing exploratory or early-stage research, and Poster papers (2 pages).

Committee

General Chairs

Lei Chen

Georgia Southern University, USA

Victor R. Kebande

Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

Program Committee

Kayode Sakariyah Adewole

Malmö University, Sweden

Sherif Saad

University of Windsor, Canada

Addi Ait-Mlouk

University of Skovde, Sweden

Lixin Li

Georgia Southern University, USA

Jongyeop Kim

Georgia Southern University, USA

Abu Chowdhury

Georgia Southern University, USA

Frank Breitinger

University of Augsburg, Germany

Erdal Akin

Malmö University, Sweden

Francesco Quaglia

Universita di Roma Tor Vergata, Italy

Mario Lemes Proenca Jr.

State University of Londrina, Brazil

Majed Ayyad

Birzeit University, Palestine

Jafar Alzubi

Al Balqa Applied University, Jordan

Sonika Arora

Salesforce, USA

Omar Achbarou

University of Cadi Ayyad, Morocco

Pedro Guijas Bravo

Universidad da Coruna, Spain

Manuel Fernandez Delgado

Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, Spain

Luisa Mich

University of Trento, Italy

Omar Alzubi

Al Balqa Applied University, Jordan

Corrado Cali

University of Trento, Italy

Umair Khadam

Denmark Technical University, Denmark

Nael Abu Halaweh

Al-Quds University, Palestine

Davide Moroni

ISTI-CNR, Italy

Sudhanshu Sekhar Tripathy

C.V. Raman Global University, India

Zhipeng Yin

Florida International University, USA

Abdelaziz Amara Korba

GUtech, Oman

Oluwafemi Osho

Clemson University, USA

Aditya Vilas Deshpande

University of the Cumberlands, USA

Sara Ramezanian

Karlstad University, Sweden

Martin Serror

Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany

Ankur Mahida

Barclays, UK

Raymond Choo

University of Texas at San Antonio, USA

Tommy Morris

University of Alabama in Huntsville, USA

Nickson Karie

Curtin University, Australia

Sherif Saad

University of Windsor, Canada

Vatsal Gupta

Apple Inc., USA

Giampaolo Bella

University of Catania, Italy

Gianpietro Castiglione

Newcastle University, UK

Sergio Esposito

University of Catania, Italy

Organizing Committee

Enrico Saccon

University of Trento, Italy

Chiara Camilla Rambaldi Migliore

University of Trento, Italy

Sherif Saad

University of Windsor, Canada

Addi Ait-Mlouk

University of Skovde, Sweden

Raymond Choo

University of Texas at San Antonio, USA