** CALL FOR PAPERS **


31st European Symposium on Research in Computer Security
(ESORICS) 2026, Rome, Italy (September 21-25, 2026)



ESORICS is the annual European research event in Computer Security.
The Symposium started in 1990 and has been held in several European
countries, attracting a wide international audience from both the
academic and industrial communities.

ESORICS 2026 at Rome invites you to submit your previously unpublished
research work for peer review. We are looking for papers with
high-quality, original, and unpublished research contributions. The
Symposium will start on September 21, 2026 with an exciting technical
program, including vetted papers, invited talks, and collocated
workshops. This year's symposium will have two review cycles.


*IMPORTANT DATES*
(All dates are in AoE; firm deadlines)

WINTER CYCLE:
Submission Deadline: January 09, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: March 10, 2026
Camera-Ready Submission: March 24, 2026

SPRING CYCLE:
Submission Deadline: April 21, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: June 12, 2026
Camera-Ready Submission: June 26, 2026



*TOPICS OF INTEREST*

Submissions are solicited in the following areas relating to computer
security, including but not limited to:

- Access Control

- Anonymity and Censorship Resistance

- Artificial Intelligence for Security

- Audit and Accountability

- Cyber Attack (e.g., APTs, botnets, DDoS) prevention, detection,
investigation, and response.

- Data and Computation Integrity

- Database Security

- Digital Content Protection

- Digital Forensics

- Disinformation, Fake News Detection

- Formal Methods for Security and Privacy

- Governance and Management

- Hardware Security

- Identity Management

- Information Flow Control

- Information Hiding

- Intrusion Detection

- Language-based Security

- Malware and Unwanted Software

- Network Security

- Phishing and Spam Prevention

- Privacy Technologies and Mechanisms

- Risk Analysis and Management

- Secure Electronic Voting

- Security Economics and Metrics

- Security and Privacy in Cloud / Fog Systems

- Security and Privacy of Systems based on Machine Learning and AI

- Security and Privacy in Crowdsourcing

- Security and Privacy in the IoT and Cyber-Physical Systems

- Security and Privacy in Location-based Services

- Security and Privacy for Mobile / Smartphone Platforms

- security and Privacy in Social Networks

- Security and Privacy in Wireless and Cellular Communications

- Security, Privacy, and Resilience for Large-Scale, Critical
Infrastructures (e.g., Smart Grid, AirPorts, Ports)

- Security for Emerging Networks (e.g., Home Networks, IoT, Body-Area
Networks, VANETs)

- Software Security

- Systems Security

- Trustworthy Computing

- Usable Security and Privacy

- Web Security



*SUBMISSION GUIDELINES*

Previously unpublished research works of high quality are invited for
review. Submissions are not required to be anonymous.

All submissions must be written in English and uploaded as a single
PDF with 16 pages in length (using 10pt font), and 20 pages at most
including references and appendices. Papers should be intelligible
without appendices as TPC members are not required to read them.

Authors should consult Springer’s Instructions for Authors of
Proceedings and use either the LaTeX or the Word templates provided on
the authors’ page, for the preparation of their papers.
https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

Authors are obliged to specify the Conflict of Interests at the time
of submission. Guidelines are available on the conference webiste.

Authors may submit up to a maximum of 6 papers for the Winter Cycle.

Submitted papers must not substantially overlap with papers that have
been published or that are simultaneously submitted to a journal or a
conference/workshop with proceedings.


*SUBMISSION PORTAL*

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=esorics2026

You can continue updating your submission until the deadline, i.e.,
January 09, 2026.


*PROCEEDINGS*

The symposium proceedings will be published by Springer in the Lecture
Notes in Computer Science series (LNCS).


*STUDENT GRANTS AVAILABLE*

Partial grants are available for student authors. You may get in touch
with the organizers once your paper is accepted.


*BEST PAPER AWARD*

ESORICS 2026 will present a Best Paper Award chosen by the Program
Committee. This award is generously sponsored by Springer.


Contact: esorics2026@easychair.org

Website: https://sites.google.com/di.uniroma1.it/esorics2026/home


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