CROSS-SEC 2026, The First International Conference on Cross-Domain Security in Distributed, Intelligent and Critical Systems

The First International Conference on Cross-Domain Security in Distributed, Intelligent and Critical Systems

CROSS-SEC 2026

April 19, 2026 to April 23, 2026 - Lisbon, Portugal

Deadlines

Submission	Jan 24, 2026
Notification	Feb 15, 2026
Registration	Mar 01, 2026
Camera ready	Mar 15, 2026

Deadlines differ for special tracks. Please consult the conference home page for special tracks Call for Papers (if any).

Publication

Published by IARIA Press (operated by Xpert Publishing Services)
Archived in the Open Access IARIA ThinkMind Digital Library
Prints available at Curran Associates, Inc.
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to a IARIA Journal
Indexing Procedure

Affiliated Journals

CROSS-SEC 2026 - The First International Conference on Cross-Domain Security in Distributed, Intelligent and Critical Systems

April 19, 2026 - April 23, 2026

CROSS-SEC 2026: Committees

Onsite and Online Options: In order to accommodate various situations, we are offering the option for either physical presence or virtual participation (pdf slides or pre-recorded videos).

CROSS-SEC 2026 General Chair

Andreas Aßmuth
Kiel University of Applied Sciences
Germany

CROSS-SEC 2026 Steering Committee

		Christoph P. Neumann Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden Germany			Sebastian Fischer Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg Germany
		Aspen Olmsted Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston USA			Steve Chan Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory USA
		Carla Merkle Westphall UFSC Brazil			Manmeet Kaur Mahinderjit Singh University Sains Malaysia Malaysia
		Hiroki Kuzuno Kobe University Japan			Mussa Ally Dida Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology Tanzania
		Fred Kaggwa Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) Uganda

		Christoph P. Neumann Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden Germany
		Sebastian Fischer Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg Germany
		Aspen Olmsted Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston USA
		Steve Chan Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory USA
		Carla Merkle Westphall UFSC Brazil
		Manmeet Kaur Mahinderjit Singh University Sains Malaysia Malaysia
		Hiroki Kuzuno Kobe University Japan
		Mussa Ally Dida Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology Tanzania
		Fred Kaggwa Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST) Uganda

CROSS-SEC 2026 Technical Program Committee

Ali Abdelli, University of Monastir, Tunisia
Florian Adamsky, Hof University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Dewan Mohammed Abdul Ahad, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA
Liron Ahmeti, Central Office for Information Technology in the Security Sector, Germany
Mussa Ally Dida, Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology, Tanzania
Halil Arslan, Sivas Cumhuriyet University, Turkey
Andreas Aßmuth, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Tobias J. Bauer, Fraunhofer AISEC, Germany
Sebastian Berndt, Technische Hochschule Lübeck, Germany
Stefano Braghin, IBM Research, Dublin, Ireland
Elif Calik, University of Galway, Ireland
Steve Chan, Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, USA
Pitpimon Choorod, King Mongkut's University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand
Tobias Eggendorfer, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, Germany
Ian Ferguson, Abertay University, UK
Sebastian Fischer, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule - Regensburg, Germany
Richard Frank, Simon Fraser University, Canada
Philipp Fuxen, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg, Germany
Marcus Gelderie, Hochschule Aalen, Germany
Mathias Gerstner, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg, Germany
Julian Graf, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg, Germany
Oliver Hahm, Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Fu-Hau Hsu, National Central University, Taiwan
Felichesmi lyakurwa, Mzumbe University, Tanzania
Wenqiang Jin, Hunan University, China
Ruben Jubeh, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg, Germany
Fred Kaggwa, Mbarara University of Science and Technology (MUST), Uganda
Razib Hayat Khan, Independent University Bangladesh (IUB), Dhaka, Bangladesh
Hiroki Kuzuno, Kobe University, Japan
Klaas Ole Kürtz, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Patrick Levi, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Amberg-Weiden, Germany
Simon Liebl, Emgarde/Siemens AG, Germany
Jens Lüssem, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Carla Merkle Westphall, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Brazil
Weizhi Meng, Lancaster University, UK
Nader Mohamed, Pennsylvania Western University, USA
Christoph P. Neumann, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule - Amberg-Weiden, Germany
Aggrey Obbo, Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda
Jamie O’Hare, Abertay University, UK
Aspen Olmsted, Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston, USA
Malte Prieß, Kiel University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Karen Renaud, University of Strathclyde, UK
Leo Schiller, Ostbayerische Technische Hochschule Regensburg, Germany
Josef Schmid, Technische Hochschule Deggendorf, Germany
Klaus-Günther Schmidt, AUMOVIO SE, Germany
Falko Schönteich, Nordakademie, Germany
Gerhard Schwarz, Bundeswehr, Germany
Manmeet Kaur Mahinderjit Singh, University Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
Jens-Henrik Söldner, Hochschule Ansbach, Germany
Peter Trommler, Technische Hochschule Nürnberg, Germany
Juan Wang, Wuhan University, China
Konstantin Ziegler, Hochschule Landshut, Germany

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