EAI SmartSP 2026: 4th EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems and Smart Vehicles 2026 Detroit, MI, United States, November 5-6, 2026

4th EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems and Smart Vehicles (EAI SmartSP 2026)

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Recent proliferation of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT), edge-fog-cloud computing, and interconnected networks envisions that smart cyber-physical systems (CPS), especially smart vehicles (SV), are capable of innovative solutions to change our lifestyles. Unavoidably, the potential benefits come along with new challenges and concernsaboutn security and privacy. The 4th EAI International Conference on Security and Privacy in Cyber-Physical Systems and Smart Vehicles (EAI SmartSP 2026) is a global forum for researchers and developers from academia, industry, and government to present and discuss emerging ideas and trends in security and privacy issues in this exciting area. SmartSP 2026 seeks original/invited papers focusing on theoretical analysis, vulnerability discovery, novel system architecture construction and design, emerging applications, experimental studies, and social impacts of CPS and SV. Both review/survey papers and technical papers are encouraged. SmartSP 2026 also welcomes short papers that summarize speculative breakthroughs, work-in-progress, industry-featured projects, open problems, new application challenges, visionary ideas, and preliminary studies.

Key Deadlines

50% discount on the second paper

Cycle 1

Full Paper Submission deadline: 1st May 2026 - Submission Open

Notification deadline: 15th June 2026

Camera-ready deadline: 5th July 2026

Cycle 2

Full Paper Submission deadline: 16th July 2026

Notification deadline: 14th September 2026

Camera-ready deadline: 2nd October 2026

More details: https://smartsp.eai-conferences.org/2026/call-for-papers/ 

Topics

1. Accident prevention
2. Adaptive attack mitigation for CPS
3. Analytics for intelligent transportation
4. Authentication and access control for CPS and smart vehicles
5. Availability, recovery, and auditing for CPS and smart vehicles
6. Big data-based solutions for CPS security and privacy issues
7. Blockchain-based security and privacy solutions for CPS applications
8. Cooperative driving and traffic management
9. Data security and privacy for CPS and smart vehicles
10. Driver behavior analysis
11. Electric vehicle charging systems security and privacy
12. Embedded systems security and privacy
13. Efficient LLM models for vehicle applications
14. Intrusion detection for CPS
15. Legacy CPS system protection
16. Malware analysis for CPS and smart vehicles
17. Modeling and analysis of smart CPS
18. Security Test-bed for CPS and smart vehicles
19. Smart contract-based trustable and verifiable computations for CPS applications
20. Smart grid security and privacy
21. Threat modeling for CPS and smart vehicles
22. Traffic theory, modeling, and simulation
23. Urban transportation system security and privacy
24. V2V, V2I, and V2X: architectures and system design
25. Vehicle information systems
26. Vulnerability analysis for CPS and smart vehicles
27. Trustworthy AI for CPS and smart vehicles

Submission Guidelines

A 50% discount on the second paper is available for participants registering two accepted papers, provided both papers are authored by the same individual who will also be the sole attendee.

Papers should be submitted through the EasyChair system, and have to comply with the Springer format (see Author’s kit section).

• Full/ Regular papers should be 12-20 pages in length. (Excluding appendices, references, appreciation, etc.)
• Short papers should be 6-11 pages in length. (Excluding appendices, references, appreciation, etc.)

*Please note that additional pages will be subject to an extra charge for each extra page uploaded.

All conference papers undergo a thorough peer review process prior to the final decision and publication. This process is facilitated by experts in the Technical Program Committee during a dedicated conference period. 

Committees

Technical Program Committee Chairs

• Dave Tian, Purdue University, USA

• Habeeb Olufowobi, University of Texas at Arlington, USA

Organizing committee

• General Chair: Qiben Yan, Michigan State University, USA

• General Co-Chair: Mert D. Pesé, Clemson University, USA

Publication

Conference Proceedings

All registered and presented papers will be submitted for publishing by Springer – LNICST series and made available through SpringerLink Digital Library: SmartSP proceedings. This series is indexed in leading indexing services, such as Web of Science, Compendex, Scopus, DBLP, EU Digital Library, IO-Port, MatchSciNet, Inspec and Zentralblatt MATH.

Available journals

Authors of selected best accepted and presented papers will be invited to submit an extended version to:

• Mobile Networks and Applications (MONET) Journal [IF: 2.0 (2024)]

All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track :

• EAI Endorsed Transactions on Security and Safety

Authors have the opportunity to publish their articles in the EAI Endorsed Transactions journal selected by the conference (Scopus, Ei-indexed, ESCI-WoS, Compendex) by paying an additional $250, discounted from the standard $400 rate for conference authors.

• EAI Endorsed Transactions on Internet of Things (Scopus)

The article’s publication is subject to the following requirements:  

• It must be an extended version of the conference paper with a different title and abstract. In general, 30% of new content must be added.
• The article will be processed once the conference proceedings have been published.
• The article will be processed using the fast-track option.
• Once the conference proceedings are published, the corresponding author should contact us at publications@eai.eu with the details of their article to begin processing.

Additional publication opportunities:

• EAI Transactions series (Open Access)
• EAI/Springer Innovations in Communications and Computing Book Series(titles in this series are indexed in Ei Compendex, Web of Science, Scopus)

EAI is an open community dedicated to creating an environment where every member receives the same opportunities and benefits to develop and grow their research mission and career. As the largest free professional research society in the world, EAI offers a complete range of conference proceedings publication opportunities. Based on the qualification of the conference and its scope, EAI provides the opportunity to publish the proceedings for every sponsored conference. Consistent with its mission to support developing communities, all EAI-sponsored conferences are listed in EUDL, the European Union Digital Library (EUDL). EUDL is Open Access and free for EAI members, reaching a community of 250,000 subscribers and providing the visibility that allows the conference organisers to develop the conference into a fully fledged indexed proceedings publication in subsequent years. 

Contact

Conference contact: conferences@eai.eu

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Help

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