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GenXSec’26

The 1st IEEE International Workshop on Generative and eXplainable AI for Security in Networking

August 3-5, 2026 – Lisbon, Portugal

Website: https://www.ieee-csr.org/csr-genxsec/

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The 1st IEEE International Workshop on Generative and eXplainable AI for Security in Networking (GenXSec‘26) will be held in conjunction with the 6th International Conference on Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) in Lisbon, Portugal, on August 3-5, 2026.

GenXSec’26 invites high-quality submissions of papers describing original and unpublished research results on the use of Generative AI (GenAI) and/or eXplainable AI (XAI) for Security in Networking.

We especially encourage submissions that integrate both GenAI and XAI, but also welcome focused studies on either area, provided they maintain a strong link to security in networking topics.

SUBMISSION AND IMPORTANT DATES

Submission site: https://www.ieee-csr.org/registration/landing-page.php

Paper Submission: April 13, 2026

Acceptance Notification: May 4, 2026


TOPICS OF INTEREST

Authors are invited to submit papers that fall into or are related to one or multiple topic areas listed below:

- Generative AI for network traffic modeling, synthesis, and cyber threat simulation
- GenAI-based network traffic analysis for intrusion and anomaly detection
- Explainable GenAI for real-time network traffic monitoring and security decision support
- Generative approaches for traffic-based attack detection, prediction, and forecasting
- XAI techniques for interpretable network traffic classification and security analytics
- GenAI-driven automation for traffic-aware and resilient network security management
- Generative AI for security log and flow data correlation in networked systems
- Robustness and resilience of traffic-based GenAI security models under adversarial conditions
- Explainable AI for traffic-level cyber resilience, fault diagnosis, and incident response
- Human-in-the-loop security systems for network traffic analysis and threat mitigation
- Privacy-preserving GenAI for secure network traffic analysis
- Trust, accountability, and transparency in AI-driven network traffic security


SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Submitted manuscripts should not exceed 6 pages (plus 2 extra pages, being subject to overlength page charges) and should be of sufficient detail to be evaluated by expert reviewers in the field. Accepted papers will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements. Detailed information about paper submission and guidelines for authors can be found at the workshop’s website https://www.ieee-csr.org/csr-genxsec/

The submission site is: https://www.ieee-csr.org/registration/landing-page.php

GENERAL CHAIRS

- Antonio Pescapè, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy (pescape at unina.it)

- Giampaolo Bovenzi, Telematic University Pegaso, Italy (giampaolo.bovenzi at unipegaso.it)

- Alfredo Nascita, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy (alfredo.nascita at unina.it)

- Francesco Cerasuolo, University of Napoli Federico II, Italy (francesco.cerasuolo at unina.it)

Note: if interested in being part of the TPC, please contact the workshop organizers.