2026 IEEE CSR Workshop on Decentralised AI for Secure and Resilient Networked Systems (DAISY)

 Call for Papers

The CSR DAISY workshop will accept high-quality research papers presenting strong theoretical contributions, applied research and innovation results obtained from funded cyber-security and resilience projects, and industrial papers that promote contributions on technology development and contemporary implementations.

Topics of Interest

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit previously unpublished contributions from a broad range of topics, which include but are not limited to the following:

› Secure and privacy-preserving distributed AI
› Decentralised learning for cybersecurity
› Decentralised learning for IoT, edge, and 5G/6G networks
› Robustness and resilience of decentralised AI systems
› AI-driven intrusion detection and anomaly detection in networks

› Data governance, compliance, and trust in collaborative learning
› Explainability and transparency in security-critical AI systems
› AI-driven forensic investigation and evidence analysis in distributed environments
› Legal, ethical, and regulatory challenges in decentralised AI
› Risk assessment, compliance, and governance frameworks for collaborative learning
› Real-world deployments and case studies

Important Dates

Paper submission deadline: April 13, 2026
Authors’ notification: May 4, 2026
Camera-ready submission: May 25, 2026
Registration deadline (authors): May 25, 2026
Workshop dates: August 3–5, 2026

Submission Guidelines

Submitted manuscripts should not exceed 6 pages (plus 2 extra pages, being subject to overlength page charges) and should be of sufficient detail to be evaluated by expert reviewers in the field. The workshop’s proceedings will be published by IEEE and will be included in IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.

The guidelines for authors, manuscript preparation guidelines, and policies of the IEEE CSR conference are applicable to DAISY workshop. Please visit the authors’ instructions page for more details. When submitting your manuscript via the conference management system, please make sure that the workshop’s track 2T7 DAISY is selected in the Topic Areas drop down list.

Workshop Committees

Workshop Chairs

Contact Us

katerina.kanta@port.ac.uk
tijana.markovic@port.ac.uk

Organizing Committee

Aikaterini Kanta, University of Portsmouth (UK)
Tijana Markovic, University of Portsmouth (UK)
Bartlomiej Siniarski, University College Dublin (IE)
Qiang Tang, University of Luxembourg (LU)
Sasikumar Punnekkat, Mälardalens University (SE)

Technical Program Committee

Mark Scanlon, University College Dublin (IE)
An Braeken, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (BE)
Ana Rosa Cavalli, Montimage (FR)
Edgardo Montes de Oca, Montimage (FR)
Wissam Mallouli, Montimage (FR)
George Lazaridis, Centre for Research & Technology Hellas (GR)
Aikaterini Kanta, University of Portmouth (UK)
Tijana Markovic, University of Portmouth (UK)
Bartlomiej Siniarski, University College Dublin (IE)
Qiang Tang, Luxembourg institute of Science and Technology (LU)
Sasikumar Punnekkat, Mälardalen University (SE)
Gueltoum Bendiab, Univeristy of Portsmouth (UK)
Madhusanka Liyanage, University College Dublin (IE)
Ivan Knezevic, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung (DE)
Periklis Chatzimisios, International Hellenic University (GR)
Miguel Leon, Mälardalens University (SE)
Syed Rizvi, South East Technological University (IE)
Sean McKeown, Edinburgh Napier University (UK)
Weizhi Meng, Lancaster University (UK)
Janine Schneider, University of Augsburg (DE)
Bander Alrimy, University of Portsmouth (UK)
Fahad Ahmad, University of Portsmouth (UK)

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