ICICS 2025: Call for Papers

The 27th International Conference on Information and Communications Security (ICICS 2025) will be held in Nanjing, China, during October 29-31, 2025. The conference will be organized by Southeast University, China.

ICICS seeks submissions presenting novel contributions related to information and communication security.

Topics of Interest

Topics of particular interest include, but are not limited to:

• Access control
• AI-based security and privacy
• Anonymity
• Applied cryptography
• Attestation
• Authentication and authorization
• Biometrics security
• Blockchain security and privacy
• Cloud computing security
• Critical infrastructure protection
• Cyber-physical systems security
• Cyber threat intelligence
• Data security and privacy
• Digital forensics
• Digital rights management
• Digital watermarking
• Distributed systems security
• Edge and fog computing security
• Embedded systems security
• Formal methods for security
• Hardware security
• Identity management
• Information security management
• Intrusion detection and prevention
• Malware and unwanted software
• Mobile security and privacy
• Online safety and child protection
• Online social media security, privacy, and trust
• Operating systems security
• Network security
• Privacy enhancing technologies
• Secure communication protocols
• Secure information flow
• Secure systems design and architectures
• Security and privacy for the (Industrial) Internet of Things
• Security and privacy of AI
• Security visualization
• Software and application security
• Steganography and steganalysis
• Trusted computing
• Trust management and reputation
• Web security and privacy

Important Dates

All submissions must be received by 11:59 p.m. (Beijing Time: UTC/GMT +8.00) on the day of the corresponding deadline.

Paper Submission

• First round submission deadline: February 28, 2025

• First round notification: March 9, 2025

• Second round submission deadline: May 23, 2025

• Second round notification: July 21, 2025

Publication

Springer sponsors ICICS 2025 with 1000 EUR for a Best Paper Award and a Best Student Paper Award.

The conference proceedings are published by Springer in their Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series.

Registration

All general papers require a full registration.