AI for Secure and Trustworthy Critical Infrastructure Systems (AI4TCI) to be held in the conjunction with the 21st International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES - 2026)

Submission Guidelines

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: May 01, 2026

Author Notification: Jun 01, 2026

Proceedings Version: Jun 13, 2026

Conference: Aug 24 - Aug 27, 2026

Please refer to the detailed submission guidelines available at: https://www.ares-conference.eu/submission-guidelines

List of Topics

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• AI for security of critical infrastructure systems
• AI-based intrusion and anomaly detection for cyber-physical systems
• Trustworthy, explainable, and robust AI for infrastructure security
• Adversarial attacks and defenses in AI-enabled systems
• AI for resilience and dependability of critical infrastructures
• Privacy and secure data analytics for infrastructure systems
• Risk assessment and threat modeling for AI-enabled infrastructures
• AI security for IoT and industrial control systems
• Secure AI applications in smart grids, healthcare, transportation, and smart cities
• Federated and distributed learning for infrastructure security
• AI-driven monitoring and predictive maintenance in critical infrastructures
• Secure and reliable deployment of AI models in infrastructure environments
• AI for incident detection and response in infrastructure systems
• Case studies and real-world deployments in critical infrastructure security

Committees

Program Committee

• Yu-Chen Hu (Providence University, Taiwan)
• Sindri Magnússon (Stockholm University, Sweden)
• Roshni Chakraborty (ABV IIITM Gwalior, India)
• Mounira Msahli (Telecom Paris, France)
• Maxime Devanne (Université de Haute Alsace, France)
• Prasun Chandra Tripathi (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom)
• Abishek Hazra (National University of Singapore, Singapore)
• Naveen Saini (Indian Institute of Information Technology Lucknow, India)
• Oumaima Jrad (Universite de Haute-Alsace, France)
• Himanshu Sharma (IILM University, India)
• Sandeep Singh Senger (Cardiff Metropolitan University, United Kingdom)
• Rafik Belloum (Université Polytechnique Hauts-de-France, France)
• Arash Habibi Lashkari (York University, Canada)
• Alexios Leikidis (University of Thessaly, Greece)
• Tailia Malloy (University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg)
• Mohan Baruwal Chhetri (CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation), Australia)

Organizing Committee

• Abdul Wahid (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad, India)
• Kainat Khan (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Information Technology Dharwad, India)
• Rimjhim (Department of Computer Science and Engineering, National Institute of Technology Warangal, India)
• Praveen Kumar Donta (Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Stockholm University, Sweden)
• Sabarathinam Chockalingam (Department of Risk and Security, Institute for Energy Technology (IFE), Norway)

Venue

The conference will be held in Linköping Konsert & Kongress, Konsistoriegatan 7, 582 22 Linköping, Sweden.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to abdul.wahid@iiitdwd.ac.in