SP2I 2026: The 6th International Workshop on Security and Privacy in Intelligent Infrastructures (SP2I 2026)

to be held in conjunction with the 21th International Conference on Availability, Reliability and Security (ARES 2026)
https://www.ares-conference.eu

August 24, 2026 in Linköping, Sweden

Workshop Description:

Recent years have seen the proliferation of Intelligent Infrastructures (IIs) in domains such as the Internet of Vehicles, Industrial IoT, Cyber Manufacturing, e-Healthcare, Smart City services, Smart Grids and Smart Home applications. Intelligent Infrastructure services consist of layers that capture, exchange and analyse data as well as invoke autonomic responses, sometimes supported by emerging Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. The goal of Intelligent Infrastructures is a higher level of convenience for mankind, but with those promises have come privacy and security issues and concerns. Therefore, increasing security and privacy in Intelligent Infrastructures by designing new efficient solutions is an important research direction. Moreover, quantum-resistant security and the connection of privacy to the law are also important research topics nowadays. The SP2I 2026 workshop aims to gather the most relevant ongoing research efforts in privacy and security for Intelligent Infrastructures. This workshop also welcomes submissions that deal with interdisciplinary research connecting privacy to law, formal modelling, policy, and data privacy management. The SP2I also serves as a forum for relevant research projects to disseminate their privacy and security-related results and boost future cooperation.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Applied Cryptography and Security in Intelligent Infrastructures
• Applied Post-Quantum Cryptography in Intelligent Infrastructures
• Authentication, Access Control, Identity and Trust Management
• Cybersecurity, Privacy and Law
• Blockchain Security and Privacy
• Security and Privacy with/in Artificial Intelligence (Machine/Deep/Federated Learning)
• Cloud Computing and Privacy
• Data Privacy and Personal Information Management
• Hardware Security
• Internet of Things (IoT) Security and Privacy
• Cyber Physical System Security and Privacy
• Lightweight Cryptography
• Network and Wireless Security and Privacy
• Operating Systems Security in Intelligent Infrastructures
• Privacy- Enhancing Technologies and Privacy Protection
• Quantum Resistant Privacy Enhancing Technologies
• Security and Privacy by Design
• Security of Digital Twins


Important Dates:

Submission Deadline May 14, 2026 (final extension)
Author Notification May 29, 2026 (final extension)
Proceedings Version June 13, 2026
Conference August 24 – 27, 2026

Program Chair/ Workshop Chair:

• Lukas Malina, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• Raimundas Matulevičius, University of Tartu, Estonia


Program Committee:

• Jakub Breier, TTControl GmbH, Vienna, Austria
• Gabriele Costa, CINI, Italy
• Lukas Daubner, University of Tartu, Estonia
• George Drosatos, Athena Research and Innovation Centre, Greece
• Petr Dzurenda, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• Alireza Esfahani, University of Greenwich, United Kingdom
• Lothar Fritsch, Oslo Metropolitan University, Norway
• Simon Hacks, Stockholm University, Sweden
• Jan Hajny, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• Xiaolu Hou, Slovak University of Technology, Slovakia
• Mubashar Iqbal, University of Tartu, Estonia
• Alireza Jolfaei, Flinders University, Australia
• Liina Kamm, Cybernetica, Estonia
• Maryline Laurent, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France
• Pavel Loutocky, Institute of Law and Technology, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
• Zdenek Martinasek, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• Jakub Misek, Institute of Law and Technology, Masaryk University, Czech Republic
• Aleksandr Ometov, Tampere University, Finland
• Arnis Paršovs, University of Tartu, Estonia
• Sara Ricci, Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic
• Branka Stojanovic, Joanneum Research, Austria
• Aimilia Tasidou, CESI, Nantes, France
• Luca Verderame, University of Genova, Italy

Submission Guidelines:

The submission guidelines valid for the workshop are the same as for the ARES conference. The workshop paper: max. 18 pages, including references. The guidelines can be found at https://www.ares-conference.eu/.

Acknowledgement:

The workshop is supported by the European Union under Grant Agreement No. 101087529 CHESS, No. 101225691 QARC and No. 101217315 SECURE-NET. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or European Research Executive Agency. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.