European Interdisciplinary Cybersecurity Conference

Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences [h_da]
Darmstadt, Germany

17–18 June 2026

About the conference

EICC 2026 aims at establishing a premium venue for the exchange of information and sharing of research findings on cybersecurity and its many aspects between academics and practitioners in Europe. EICC 2026 encourages the dialogue between computer scientists and researchers in all other fields related to cybersecurity, such as behavioral sciences, sociology, criminology, investigations and law. Interdisciplinary contributions are especially welcome.

EICC 2026 is the 10th edition of the conference, which until 2019 was known as the Central European Cybersecurity Conference – CECC, being rebranded to underscore the interdisciplinarity of the conference and broaden its reach.

EICC 2026 is planned as a face-to-face conference.

Call for papers

Scope

The conference is devoted to exploring and presenting original innovative applications, scientific and technological advancements in the field of cybersecurity. Topics for this conference include, but are not limited to:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) applied to cybersecurity
Artificial Intelligence (AI) trustworthiness
Big data and cybersecurity
Business continuity and disaster recovery
Child safety in the cyberspace
Cloud security
Critical infrastructure security
Cyber forensics
Cyber insurance
Cyber warfare
Cyber-physical systems security
Cybersecurity and cyber resilience
Digital currency, blockchains and cybercrime
Digital privacy
Embedded systems security
Healthcare information security
Information security governance
Internet of Things (IoT) security
Law, investigation, internet jurisdiction and ethics
Mobile security
Network security
Security management
Software development security
Surveillance, interception, blocking and sovereignty
Trust management

Publication

EICC 2026 proceedings will be published by an international publisher.

Proceedings from the previous conferences are available here:

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EICC 2025

published by Springer Nature

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EICC 2024, EICC 2023, EICC 2022, EICC 2021, EICC 2020

published by ACM

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CECC 2019, CECC 2018

Published by ACM

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CECC 2017

Published by University of Maribor Press

Submission Guidelines

The official language of the conference is English. Papers (references included) are limited to 16 pages and up to 4 additional pages with mandatory surcharges.

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Authors are expected to adhere to the best practices in terms of scientific integrity as mentioned in the Publishing Ethics section of the guidelines. The following paper categories are welcome:

Full papers reporting on original research findings

(12-15+ pages)

Short papers reporting on original research findings

(6-11 pages)

Papers submitted to EICC 2026 have to use the Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science Proceedings Template . Please, read template instructions carefully before submitting the paper. The use of the LaTeX template is strongly encouraged. Non-proficient LaTeX users are encouraged to use the Overleaf online collaborative Latex platform ( LaTeX2e Proceedings Templates on Overleaf ).

The quality of the research papers will be assessed based on its originality, significance and clarity.

All submitted research papers will undergo a single-blind reviewing process.

Each paper will be reviewed by at least three reviewers. Afterwards, a discussion will be held by the chairs and reviewers to determine the outcomes of the peer-review.

Submission of a paper implies that at least one of the authors will register and present the paper at the conference if the paper is accepted.

Submission of papers should be performed using the EasyChair EICC 2026 submission system.

Full papers can exceed the page limit by a maximum of 4 pages. Each additional page above the page limit will be charged on top of the registration fee.

Committees

Conference chair

Andreas Heinemann,
Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences (Germany)

Steering committee

Igor Bernik,
University of Maribor (Slovenia)

Bela Genge,
University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Sciences and Technology of Tg. Mures (Romania)

Jörg Keller,
FernUniversität in Hagen (Germany)

Blaž Markelj,
University of Maribor (Slovenia)

Aleksandra Mileva,
University Goce Delcev (North Macedonia)

Wojciech Mazurczyk,
Warsaw University of Technology (Poland)

Simon Vrhovec,
University of Maribor (Slovenia)