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)

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

1. AI for security of critical infrastructure systems
2. AI-based intrusion and anomaly detection for cyber-physical systems
3. Trustworthy, explainable, and robust AI for infrastructure security
4. Adversarial attacks and defenses in AI-enabled systems
5. AI for resilience and dependability of critical infrastructures
6. Privacy and secure data analytics for infrastructure systems
7. Risk assessment and threat modeling for AI-enabled infrastructures
8. AI security for IoT and industrial control systems
9. Secure AI applications in smart grids, healthcare, transportation, and smart cities
10. Federated and distributed learning for infrastructure security
11. AI-driven monitoring and predictive maintenance in critical infrastructures
12. Secure and reliable deployment of AI models in infrastructure environments
13. AI for incident detection and response in infrastructure systems
14. Case studies and real-world deployments in critical infrastructure security

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: May 01, 2026
Author Notification: Jun 01, 2026
Proceedings Version: Jun 13, 2026
Conference: Aug 24 - Aug 27, 2026

Submission Guidelines: https://www.ares-conference.eu/submission-guidelines

Workshop Chairs

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)

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)