Call for Papers

The 29^th International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS 2027)

Chengdu, China; October 27-30, 2027.

Website: https://icics2027.github.io/ICICS-bot/

Established in 1997, ICICS is a long-running international forum for researchers and practitioners to present and discuss advances in information and communications security. ICICS 2027 continues this tradition with a focused technical programme and peer-reviewed research contributions. ICICS 2027 will be held in Chengdu, China, during October 27-30, 2027. The conference seeks submissions presenting novel contributions related to information and communication security. Topics of interest include bur are not limited to:

Topics include, but are not limited to:

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

Author Instructions

Authors are invited to submit original papers not previously published nor submitted in parallel for publication to any other conference, workshop or journal. All submitted papers must be anonymous, with no author names, affiliations, acknowledgements, or obvious references, for double blind reviews. Submissions should be in English, as a PDF file with all fonts embedded, in the Springer-Verlag LNCS format (details can be found here), typeset with reasonable spacing and margins. Papers should not exceed 18 pages in LNCS style including the bibliography, but excluding well-marked appendices (no more than 20 pages in total). Submissions not meeting the submission guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits.

Paper Preparation Guidelines

Authors must prepare their papers using either the LaTeX or Word templates provided by Springer. Please consult Springer's Instructions for Authors of Proceedings for detailed formatting guidelines.

Code of Conduct

All authors are required to adhere to Springer Nature's Code of Conduct for book authors.

Important Dates

• Submission Deadline (First Round): February 28, 2027 23:59 AoE
• Notification of First Round: April 30, 2027
• Submission Deadline (Second Round): May 30, 2027 23:59 AoE
• Notification of Second Round: July 31, 2027
• Camera ready: To be announced