5th Cyber Research Conference Ireland
(CRCI 2026)

Munster Technological University (Cork), December 10th, 2026

itag’s Cyber Research Conference Ireland (CRCI 2026) acts as a meeting point where researchers from academia, industry, research groups/centres, companies and public authorities working in the field of cybersecurity and related areas can exchange knowledge and experience with the shared goal of strengthening research and building networks in the field across the island of Ireland. The CRCI 2026 conference will accept high-quality regular research papers, as well as industrial papers promoting contributions on technology development, innovations and implementations. We encourage papers from industry and will provide guidance to those who request it. Guidance does not guarantee acceptance at the conference.

Although the majority of participants at the CRCI 2026 are expected to be currently based within the island of Ireland, submissions from outside Ireland are also welcome, provided that at least one of the authors was based on the island of Ireland at the time the research was conducted and/or the research was at least partially conducted within Ireland. We also encourage diversity across authors of our papers.

Tracks

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit previously unpublished contributions from a broad range of topics, which include but are not limited to the following broad tracks:

• Cybersecurity Technologies and Systems
• AI, Machine Learning and Cybersecurity
• Cybercrime, Digital Forensics and Threat Intelligence
• Cyber Resilience, Risk and Governance
• Human, Legal, Ethical and Societal Aspects
• Cybersecurity Education, Training and Awareness
• Infrastructure, IoT, CPS and Critical Systems
• Emerging Areas

We also welcome industry engagement for our special industry session. Please contact us at cyberrci@mtu.ie with your suggestions.

Please note that photographers will be working throughout the event. Photographs of speakers and paper authors will normally be taken throughout the day. If you are not happy to have your photograph taken you should contact us to discuss the matter. It may not be possible to exclude individuals from crowd photographs.

Author Instructions

Papers must follow the IEEE conference formatting guidelines and will be submitted via EasyChair.
Papers accepted for Cyber-RCI 2026 will be submitted to IEEE for consideration for inclusion in IEEE Xplore.

Submission deadline is open until 28th September, 2026.