Call for Papers
The Silicon Valley Cybersecurity Conference (SVCC) 2027 brings together academic researchers, industry practitioners, and security professionals to foster collaboration and exchange of ideas on emerging cybersecurity challenges, with a particular emphasis on network and system security.
SVCC 2027, along with its co-located workshops and tutorials, will be held at the Northeastern University Silicon Valley Campus on June 17–19, 2027. The conference welcomes researchers and practitioners interested in the practical aspects of cybersecurity and aims to promote the development, application, deployment, and advancement of innovative security technologies. This Call for Papers invites high-quality technical papers presenting novel research, practical solutions, systems, methodologies, and empirical results that advance the state of the art in practical security. Authors are encouraged to present their abstracts and introductions in a clear and accessible manner that highlights the significance and broader relevance of their contributions to the security research community.
Summary of Important Submission Guidelines
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Formatting
IEEE Format: All Research Track submissions must follow the official IEEE conference paper format and page limits.
Anonymous Submission: Research Track papers must be submitted anonymously for double-blind review and must not contain author-identifying information.
Submission Limit: Each author may be listed on a maximum of six (6) Research Track submissions, with no limit for other tracks.
Author Changes: No authors may be added to a submission after the submission deadline.
Publicity During Review: Authors must not widely advertise or promote their paper during the review process in a manner that could compromise anonymity.
Withdrawal: A paper may be withdrawn before reviews are released to the authors, but cannot be withdrawn after reviews have been sent.
In-Person Presentation: SVCC 2027 will be an in-person conference, and at least one author of each accepted paper must attend and present the paper in person; in exceptional circumstances, a designated replacement presenter may present the paper on behalf of the authors with prior approval from the conference organizers.
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Ethics
SVCC 2027 strictly adheres to academic integrity and ethical research standards. Submissions must accurately represent the methods, data, and results, and must not include fabricated or falsified content. All necessary approvals (e.g., IRB, ethics boards) must be obtained where applicable.
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Paper Submission Information
The authors need to submit their original, unpublished papers along with an abstract of about 200 words to EasyChair. Submitted papers may not be accepted or under review elsewhere. Submissions should be in conference format (double-blind reviewing), should not use smaller than 10pt font size, and must be consistent with the IEEE conference format provided at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html.
Number of Pages for Each Submission:
• Research Papers: At least eight (8) pages but no more than twelve (12) pages.
• Workshop Papers: At least six (6) pages but no more than eight (8) pages.
• Poster Papers: At least two (2) pages but no more than three (3) pages.
• Industry Papers (Invited Only): At least two (2) pages but no more than three (3) pages.
Double-Blind Review: Only Research Track papers are subject to double-blind review; workshop, poster, and industry papers are not. Authors must remove all identifying information, including names, affiliations, acknowledgments, and document metadata. Non-compliant papers may be rejected without further review.
Areas and Topics of Interest
Submissions are solicited in, but are not limited to, the following areas:
1. Network, Wireless, and Internet Security
• Network attack detection, prevention, mitigation, and response
• Intrusion and anomaly detection
• DDoS, botnets, APTs, and emerging cyber threats
• Network protocols, routing, naming, and management security
• 5G/6G, wireless, mobile, and satellite network security
• Software-Defined Networking (SDN) and Intent-Based Networking
• Network privacy, anonymity, and traffic analysis
• Zero-trust networking and network resilience
2. AI, Machine Learning, and LLM Security
• Adversarial and robust machine learning
• Security and privacy of LLMs and generative AI
• Agentic AI and autonomous-agent security
• AI agent identity, authorization, tool use, and containment
• Prompt injection, data poisoning, model extraction, and jailbreaks
• AI-assisted cyber attacks and defense
• Federated learning and privacy-preserving AI
• Deepfakes, synthetic media, and AI-enabled misinformation
• AI safety, trustworthiness, and security evaluation
• Ethical, legal, and societal aspects of AI security
3. Software and Application Security
• Secure software design and architecture
• Vulnerability, threat, and risk analysis
• Program analysis, fuzzing, and automated vulnerability discovery
• Malware analysis and detection
• DevSecOps and secure software development
• Software supply-chain security and dependency management
• Web, API, browser, and mobile application security
• Security testing, verification, and validation
• Security automation and AI-assisted software security
4. Systems, Hardware, and Platform Security
• Side-channel and fault-injection attacks and countermeasures
• Hardware obfuscation, anti-counterfeiting, and anti-tampering
• FPGA, GPU, and hardware accelerator security
• Processor and memory security
• Firmware and embedded-system security
• Hardware-assisted security and memory safety
• Supply-chain security for hardware and firmware
• Secure boot, attestation, and platform integrity
• Cyber-physical and IoT system security
• Security of AI hardware and AI accelerators
5. Cloud, Edge, IoT, and Cyber-Physical Systems Security
• Cloud, edge, and fog computing security
• Container and Kubernetes security
• IoT and smart-home security
• Cyber-physical systems and industrial control systems
• Autonomous vehicles, robotics, and drone security
• Smart grid and critical-infrastructure security
• Security of embodied AI and AI-enabled physical systems
• Resilience and safety of interconnected cyber-physical systems
6. Blockchain, Web3, and Decentralized Security
• Blockchain security and privacy
• Smart-contract security and analysis
• Decentralized applications (dApps)
• Distributed consensus and blockchain protocols
• Decentralized identity and authentication
• Cryptocurrency security and fraud detection
• Cross-chain and interoperability security
• Privacy-preserving decentralized systems
7. Cryptography and Post-Quantum Security
• Applied cryptography and cryptographic protocols
• Public-key infrastructure and key management
• Post-quantum cryptography and migration
• Quantum attacks on classical cryptography
• Cryptographic agility and hybrid cryptographic systems
• Quantum key distribution and quantum communication security
• Privacy-preserving cryptography
• Lightweight cryptography and secure protocols
8. Privacy, Identity, and Usable Security
• Privacy-enhancing technologies
• Digital identity and decentralized identity
• Authentication, authorization, and access control
• Privacy in distributed and cloud systems
• Usable security and privacy
• Human-centered security
• Security, privacy, and trust in social platforms
• Surveillance, anonymity, and digital rights
9. Cybercrime, Digital Forensics, and Incident Response
• Digital and network forensics
• Cybercrime investigation and attribution
• Phishing, fraud, ransomware, and cyber extortion
• Incident detection, response, and recovery
• Threat intelligence and cyber threat hunting
• Security operations and automated response
• Evidence acquisition, analysis, and preservation
• AI-assisted digital forensics
10. Critical Infrastructure, Resilience, and Emerging Security
• Critical infrastructure protection
• Cyber resilience and cyber risk management
• Election and voting-system security
• Healthcare and medical-device security
• Transportation and smart-city security
• Autonomous systems and robotics security
• Security of emerging computing architectures
• Security economics, usability, ethics, and policy
• Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) and reproducibility studies
SVCC particularly welcomes research addressing emerging and cross-disciplinary security challenges, including AI and autonomous-agent security, software supply-chain security, confidential computing, zero-trust architectures, 5G/6G and IoT security, cyber-physical and embodied AI systems, and post-quantum security.
Double and Concurrent Submissions
Submissions to SVCC 2027 must not be under review at any other conference, journal, or workshop with published proceedings at the time of submission. Concurrent submission to multiple tracks within SVCC 2027 is also prohibited. Violation of this policy will result in immediate rejection of the submission.
Generative AI Use Policy
Authors may use generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Claude, Copilot, Gemini) to assist with writing, editing, brainstorming, coding, and research activities. Authors are fully responsible for the accuracy, originality, and integrity of all submitted content, including any AI-generated material. AI-generated content must not contain fabricated results, citations, data, experiments, or analyses. Any use of AI that materially contributes to the research methodology, data generation, analysis, code, experiments, or scientific conclusions must be disclosed in the paper.