The C2S3 2026 is the second C2S3 Symposium held at Esslingen University / Hochschule Esslingen. The symposium targets PhD candidates, industrial researchers, and professors in the field of Informatics. The Symposium will be held on June 11th, 2026. 

Every submission will undergo peer review by at least two reviewers. The accepted manuscripts will be published in Proceedings in Technology Transfer and must be presented in person at the Symposium in Esslingen on June 11th by one of the authors.

Submission Guidelines

For the symposium, you can submit papers following the Springer Nature template: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. All papers must be written in English. The presentation language is German or English.

Topics

• Cybersecurity for IT/OT & Smart Systems (Zero Trust, network segmentation, threat modeling, secure-by-design, vulnerability research)

• Secure Networking & Industrial Communication (TSN/DetNet, resilience, monitoring/telemetry, network automation)

• Data Science, Analytics & Observability (logging pipelines, SIEM/SOAR, security analytics, incident detection/response)

• AI & Security (ML-based anomaly/detection/triage, AI security & governance, robustness, prompt/model attacks)

Dates

• 12.04.2026: Submission of Manuscripts
• 03.05.2026: Submission of Reviews
• 20.05.2026: Registration Deadline
• 24.05.2026: Submission of Camera-ready Version
• 11.06.2026: Symposium in Esslingen

Organizing Committee

• Lukas Bechtel
• Tobias Heer

Technical Program Committee (TPC)

TPC will be published soon

Registration

The symposium is free of charge. Still, attendees need to register for organizational matters. For each accepted manuscript, at least one author must register and attend the symposium. Further guests are always welcome!

The registration link will be published soon.

Contact

All questions about submissions, registration, and organization should be emailed to lukas.bechtel@hs-esslingen.de

Previous C2S3 Events

2025: https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-10569-1