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List of relevant upcoming conferences / workshops, ordered by submission deadlines. This is not an absolute reference (information might be outdated), but it can be useful to pick a conference to submit to.
"Class" refers to the classification of the conference by the Computing Research and Education Association of Australasia (CORE).
A* - flagship conference
A - excellent conference, determined by a mix of indicators
B - good conference, determined by a mix of indicators
C - other ranked conference venues
If you fail to find a fitting conference here, you can also check the calendar of the ProSec group, confsearch (ETH), WikiCFP or Cipher.
| Name - Unknown Date | Abstract | Deadline | Notification | Page limit | CFP | Class | Conf. Dates | Conf. Loc. | Notes |
| S&P - Symposium on Security & Privacy (IEEE) | - | rolling deadline 1st of month | 2 months after submission | 13+5, IEEE; US letter (2-col) | CFP | A* | 2019-05-20 - 2019-05-22 | San Francisco, CA | |
| SOSP - Symposium on Operating Systems Principles (ACM) | 2017-04-14 | 2017-04-21 | 2017-08-07 | CFP | A* | Only every second year (next one in 2019) | |||
| HASE - Int. Symposium on High Assurance Systems Engineering (IEEE) | - | 2016-09-12 | 2016-10-10 | 8, IEEE 2-col | CFP | B | None in 2018 | ||
| Name - January | Abstract | Deadline | Notification | Page limit | CFP | Class | Conf. Dates | Conf. Loc. | Notes |
| EuroSec - European Workshop on Systems Security | 2019-01-03 | 2019-02-07 | 6, 2-col (2017 ACM sigconf, 9pt) | CFP | - | 2019-03-25 | Dresden, Germany | Co-located with EuroSys | |
| IV - Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IEEE) | - | 2019-01-21 | 2019-03-29 | 6-8, IEEE 2-column (ieeeconf) | CFP | B | 2019-06-09 - 2019-06-12 | Paris, France | |
| ACNS - Applied Cryptography and Network Security | - | 2019-01-22 | 2019-03-22 | 18, LNCS | CFP | B | 2019-06-05 - 2019-06-07 | Bogota, Colombia | |
| CNS - Communications and Network Security (IEEE) | - | 2018-01-05 | 2018-02-27 | 9, IEEE 2-col | CFP | - | 2018-05-30 - 2018-06-01 | Beijing, China | |
| SIGCOMM - Conf. on Applications, Technologies, Architectures, and Protocols for Computer Communication | 2018-01-24 | 2018-01-31 | 2018-05-11 | 12, acm 2-column | CFP | A* | 2018-08-20 - 2018-08-24 | Budapest, Hungary | |
| CSF - Computer Security Foundations Symposium | 2018-01-30 | 2018-01-31 | 2018-03-31 | 12 (IEEE) | CFP | A | 2018-07-09 - 2018-07-12 | Oxford, UK | Co-located with |
| Name - February | Abstract | Deadline | Notification | Page limit | CFP | Class | Conf. Dates | Conf. Loc. | Notes |
| SAFECOMP - Int. Conf. on Computer Safety, Reliability and Security | 2019-02-14 | 2019-02-17 | 2019-04-10 | 14, LNCS | CFP | B | 2019-09-10 - 2019-09-13 | Turku, Finland | |
| DIMVA - Detection of Intrusions and Malware & Vulnerability Assessment | 2019-02-18 | 2019-04-12 | 20, LNCS | CFP | C | 2019-06-19 - 2019-06-20 | Gothenburg, Sweden | ||
| VTC Fall - Vehicular Technology Conf. (Fall Edition) (IEEE) | - | 2019-02-25 | 2019-05-30 | 5 - 7, 2-col IEEE | CFP | B | 2019-09-22 - 2019-09-25 | Honolulu, Hawaii | Strong focus on Radio and Wireless (almost no software, even less security) |
| ECRTS - EuroMicro Conf. on Real-Time Systems | - | 2018-02-01 | 2018-03-24 | 24, LIPIcs | CFP | A | 2018-07-03 - 2018-07-06 | Barcelona, Spain | |
| ATC - USENIX Annual Technical Conf. | 2018-01-30 | 2018-02-06 | 2018-04-18 | 11, 2-column | CFP | A | 2018-07-11 - 2018-07-13 | Boston, MA, USE | |
| USENIX Security Symposium | 2018-02-08 | 2018-05-04 | 13, Usenix, 2-col, 10pt | CFP | A* | 2018-08-15 - 2018-08-17 | Baltimore, MD, USA | ||
| CRYPTO - Advances in Cryptology | - | 2018-02-13 | 2018-04-29 | 30, LNCS | CFP | A* | 2018-08-19 - 2018-08-23 | Santa Barbara, USA | |
| PODC - Symposium on Principles of Distributed Computing (ACM) | 2018-02-11 | 2018-02-18 | 2018-04-28 | 10, 1 col | CFP | A* | 2018-07-23 - 2018-07-27 | London, UK | |
| Name - March | Abstract | Deadline | Notification | Page limit | CFP | Class | Conf. Dates | Conf. Loc. | Notes |
| CPSS - Cyber-Physical System Security Workshop | - | 2019-03-01 | 2019-04-10 | 12, acm 2-col | CFP | 2019-07-08 | Auckland, New Zealand | Co-located with AsiaCCS | |
| ARES - Int- Conf. on Availability, Reliability and Security | 2019-03-15 | 2019-05-24 | 10, 2-column IEEE | CFP | B | 2019-08-26 - 2019-08-29 | Canterbury, UK | ||
| EDCC - European Dependable Computing Conf. | 2019-03-20 | 2019-03-26 | 2019-06-04 | 8, 2-col IEEE | CFP | - | 2019-09-17 - 2019-09-20 | Naples, Italy | Merger of SERE (Int. Conf. on Software Security and Reliability) and QSIC (Int. Conf. on Quality Software, class B) |
| ICESS - Int. Conf. on Embedded Software and Systems (IEEE) | - | 2018-03-01 | 2018-03-31 | 8, IEEE 2-col | CFP | C | 2018-06-24 - 2018-06-25 | San Francisco, USA | Co-located with DAC |
| WiSec - Conf. on Security and Privacy in Wireless and Mobile Networks (ACM) | 2018-02-22 | 2018-03-08 | 2018-04-09 | 10 (+2 bib), ACM | CFP | - | 2018-06-18 - 2018-06-20 | Stockholm, Sweden | |
| ESSoS - Engineering Secure Software and Systems | - | 2018-03-09 | 2018-04-27 | 14, LNCS | CFP | 2018-06-26 - 2018-06-27 | Paris-Saclay, France | ||
| ICCCN - Int. Conf. on Computer Communication and Networks | 2018-03-05 | 2018-03-12 | 2018-04-21 | 9 - 11, IEEE 2-col | CFP | A | 2018-07-30 - 2018-08-02 | Hanzhou, China | |
| MobiCom - Int. Conf. on Mobile Computing and Networking (ACM) | 2018-03-06 | 2018-03-13 | 2018-05-24 | 12, ACM 2-col | CFP | A* | 2018-10-29 - 2018-11-02 | New Delhi, India | |
| TrustCom - Int. Conf. on Trust, Security and Privacy in Computing and Communications (IEEE) | - | 2018-03-20 | 2018-05-15 | 12, IEEE 2-col | CFP | A | 2018-08-01 - 2018-08-03 | New York, USA | |
| BigDataSE - Int. Conf. on Big Data Science and Engineering | - | 2018-03-20 | 2018-05-15 | 8, IEEE 2-col | CFP | ? | 2018-08-01 - 2018-08-03 | New York, USA | Co-located with TrustCom |
| SmartVehicles (Workshop) | 2018-03-20 | 2018-04-30 | 6, IEEE 2-col | CFP | 2018-06-12 - 2018-06-15 | Chania, Greece | Co-located at Int. Symposium on a World of Wireless, Mobile and Multimedia Networks | ||
| QRS - Software Quality, Reliability and Security (IEEE) | 2018-03-08 | 2018-03-22 | 2018-05-15 | 10, 2-col IEEE | CFP | ? | 2018-07-16 - 2018-07-20 | Lisbon, Portugal | |
| RAID - Research in Attacks, Intrusions and Defenses | 2018-03-27 | 2018-05-29 | 20, LNCS | CFP | A | 2018-09-10 - 2018-09-12 | Heraklion, Crete, Greece | http://www.raid-symposium.org/ | |
| ICS-CSR - Int. Symposium for ICS & SCADA Cyber Security Research | 2018-03-30 | 2018-05-29 | CFP | - | 2018-08-29 - 2018-08-30 | Hamburg, Germany | Co-located with ARES | ||
| DBSec - Working Conf. on Data and Applications Security and Privacy | 2018-03-30 | 2018-05-21 | 16, LNCS | CFP | A | 2018-07-16 - 2018-07-18 | Bergamo, Italy | ||
| Name - April | Abstract | Deadline | Notification | Page limit | CFP | Class | Conf. Dates | Conf. Loc. | Notes |
| ITSC - Int. Conf. on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE) | - | 2019-03-31 | 2019-06-30 | 6, IEEE 2-col | CFP | ? | 2019-10-28 - 2019-10-30 | Auckland, New Zealand | |
| SSIV - Workshop on Safety and Security of Intelligent Vehicles | - | 2018-04-01 | 2018-04-?? | 8, IEEE 2-col | CFP | ? | 2018-06-15 | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | Co-located with DSN |
| SECRYPT - Internationl Conf. on Security and Cryptography | - | 2018-04-03 | 2018-05-14 | - | CFP | B | 2018-07-26 - 2018-07-28 | Porto, Portugal | |
| EMSOFT - Int. Conf. on Embedded Software (ACM) | 2018-03-27 | 2018-04-03 | 2018-06-?? | 10, ACM 2-col | CFP | A | 2018-09-30 - 2018-10-05 | Torina, Italy | |
| SenSys - Conf. on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems (ACM) | 2018-04-01 | 2018-04-08 | 2018-07-20 | 14, acm 2-col | CFP | A* | 2018-11-04 - 2018-11-07 | Shenzhen, China | |
| SEC - Int. Conf. on ICT Systems Security and Privacy Protection (IFIP) | - | 2018-04-09 | 2018-05-21 | 14, LNCS | CFP | B | 2018-09-18 - 2018-09-20 | Poznan, Poland | |
| NSPW - New Security Paradigms Workshop | 2018-04-13 | 2018-06-11 | 10, ACM | CFP | C | 2018-08-28 - 2018-08-31 | Cumberland Lodge, Windsor, UK | ||
| OSPERT - Operating Systems Platforms for Embedded Real-Time applications Workshop | - | 2018-04-17 | 2018-05-08 | 6, 2-col IEEE | CFP | 2018-06-03 | Barcleona, Spain | Co-located with ECRTS | |
| ESORICS - European Symp. on Research in Computer Security | 2018-04-18 | 2018-06-15 | 16, LNCS (+4 ref) | CFP | A | 2018-09-03 - 2018-09-07 | Barcelona, Spain | http://conf.laas.fr/esorics/ | |
| RTCSA - Int. Conf. on Embedded and Real-Time Computing Systems and Applications (IEEE) | - | 2018-04-20 | 2018-06-01 | 10, IEEE 2-col | CFP | B | 2018-08-28 - 2018-08-31 | Hokkaido, Japan | |
| SRDS - Int. Symposium on Reliable Distributed Systems (IEEE) | 2018-04-15 | 2018-04-22 | 2018-06-22 | 10, IEEE 2-col | CFP | A | 2018-10-02 - 2018-10-05 | Salvador, Brazil | |
| PST - Annual Conf. on Privacy, Security and Trust | 2018-04-23 | 2018-06-18 | 10, IEEE 2-col | CFP | C | 2018-08-28 - 2018-08-30 | Belfast, Northern Ireland | ||
| ICCAD - Int. Conf. on Computer Aided Design (IEEE/ACM) | 2018-04-16 | 2018-04-24 | 2018-06-27 | 8, 2-col IEEE | CFP | A | 2018-11-05 - 2018-11-09 | San Diego, CA, USA | |
| ICVES - Int. Conf. on Vehicular Electronics and Safety | 2018-04-30 | 2018-06-30 | 6, IEEEtran 2-col | CFP | 2018-09-12 - 2018-09-14 | Madrid, Spain | |||
| CRITIS - Int. Conf. on Critical Information Infrastructures Security | - | 2018-04-30 | 2018-06-18 | 12, LNCS | CFP | C | 2018-09-24 - 2018-09-26 | Kaunas, Lithuania | |
| Name - May | Abstract | Deadline | Notification | Page limit | CFP | Class | Conf. Dates | Conf. Loc. | Notes |
| OSDI - Usenix Symposium on Operating Systems Design and Implementation | 2018-04-26 | 2018-05-03 | 2018-07-13 | 14 2-col | CFP | A* | 2018-08-08 - 2018-08-10 | Carlsbad, CA, USA | Next one in 2020. |
| ISSRE - Int. Symposium on Software Reliability Engineering | 2018-05-01 | 2018-05-05 | 2018-07-13 | 10 + 2, IEEE 2-col | CFP | A | 2018-10-15 - 2018-10-18 | Memphis, TN, USA | |
| CCS - Computer and Communications Security (ACM) | - | 2018-05-08 | 2018-07-23 | 12, acm 2-col | CFP | A* | 2018-10-15 - 2018-10-19 | Toronto, Canada | |
| RTSS - Real-Time Systems Symposium (IEEE) | - | 2018-05-31 | 2018-08-03 | 10 (+x refs), IEEE 2-col | CFP | A* | 2018-12-11 - 2018-12-14 | Nashville, Tennessee, USA | |
| Name - June | Abstract | Deadline | Notification | Page limit | CFP | Class | Conf. Dates | Conf. Loc. | Notes |
| PRDC - Pacific Rim Int. Symposium on Dependable Computing | 2018-06-01 | 2018-08-15 | 10, IEEE 2-col | CFP | B | 2018-12-04 - 2018-12-07 | Taipei, Taiwan | ||
| ACSAC - Annual Computer Security Applications Conference | - | 2018-06-08 | 2018-08-23 | 10, ACM 2-col | CFP | A | 2018-12-03 - 2018-12-07 | San Juan, Puerto Rico, USA | |
| Name - July | Abstract | Deadline | Notification | Page limit | CFP | Class | Conf. Dates | Conf. Loc. | Notes |
| EUC - Int. Conf. on Embedded and Ubiquitous Computing (IEEE/IFIP) | - | 2018-07-01 | 2018-08-19 | 8 - 12, IEEE 2-col | CFP | C | 2018-10-24 - 2018-10-26 | Bucharest, Romania | |
| CRiSIS - Int. Conf. on Risks and Security of Internet and Systems | - | 2018-07-06 | 2018-08-17 | 16, LNCS | CFP | C | 2018-10-16 - 2018-10-18 | Arcachon, France | |
| Name - August | Abstract | Deadline | Notification | Page limit | CFP | Class | Conf. Dates | Conf. Loc. | Notes |
| NordSec - Nordic Conf. on Secure IT Systems | - | 2018-08-10 | 2018-09-10 | 16, LNCS | CFP | C | 2018-11-28 - 2018-11-30 | Oslo, Norway | |
| NDSS - Networks and Distributed System Security Symposium | - | 2017-08-11 | 2017-10-26 | - | CFP | A* | 2018-02-18 - 2018-02-21 | San Diego, CA, USA | |
| Euro S&P - European Symposium on Security and Privacy (IEEE) | - | 2017-08-15 | 2017-09-25 | 15, IEEE; US letter | CFP | 2018-04-24 - 2018-04-26 | London, UK | ||
| VNC - Vehicular Networking Conf. (IEEE) | - | 2017-08-14 | 2017-10-02 | 8, IEEE 2-column | CFP | 2017-11-27 - 2017-11-29 | Torino, Italy | ||
| Name - September | Abstract | Deadline | Notification | Page limit | CFP | Class | Conf. Dates | Conf. Loc. | Notes |
| IAS - Int. Conf. on Information Assurance and Security | 2018-09-30 | 2018-10-31 | 10, LNCS | CFP | C | 2018-12-13 - 2018-12-15 | Porto, Portugal | ||
| DATE - Design, Automation and Test in Europe | - | 2017-09-10 | 2017-11-10 | 6, IEEE 2-column | CFP | B | 2018-03-19 - 2018-03-23 | Dresden, Germany | |
| CODASPY - Conf. on Data and Application Security and Privacy (ACM) | 2017-09-05 | 2017-09-12 | 2017-11-21 | 10, acm 2-col | CFP | 2018-03-19 - 2018-03-21 | Tempe, AZ, USA | ||
| SAC - Symposium on Applied Computing (ACM) | - | 2017-09-15 | 2017-11-10 | 6, acm 2-col | CFP | B | 2018-04-09 -2018-04-13 | Pau, France | Check the tracks for specific topics |
| SAC: OS - Operating Systems Track | - | 2017-09-15 | 2017-11-10 | 6, acm 2-col | CFP | B | 2018-04-09 -2018-04-13 | Pau, France | |
| SAC: DADS - Dependable and Adaptive Distributed Systems Track | - | 2017-09-15 | 2017-11-10 | 6, acm 2-col | CFP | B | 2018-04-09 -2018-04-13 | Pau, France | |
| SAC: SEC - Security Track | - | 2017-09-15 | 2017-11-10 | 6, acm 2-col | CFP | B | 2018-04-09 -2018-04-13 | Pau, France | |
| SAC: EMBS - Embedded Systems Track | - | 2017-09-15 | 2017-11-10 | 6, acm 2-col | CFP | B | 2018-04-09 -2018-04-13 | Pau, France | |
| SAC: CPS - Cyber-Physical Systems Track | - | 2017-09-15 | 2017-11-10 | 6, acm 2-col | CFP | B | 2018-04-09 -2018-04-13 | Pau, France | |
| VTC Spring - Vehicular Technology Conf. (Spring Edition) (IEEE) | - | 2017-09-16 | 2018-01-30 | 5 - 7, IEEE 2-column | CFP | B | 2018-06-03 - 2018-06-06 | Porto, Portugal | |
| NSDI - USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation | 2017-09-18 | 2017-09-25 | 2017-12-11 | 12, USENIX 2-col | CFP | B | 2018-04-09 - 2018-04-11 | Renton, WA, USA | |
| Name - October | Abstract | Deadline | Notification | Page limit | CFP | Class | Conf. Dates | Conf. Loc. | Notes |
| ICCPS - Int. Conf. on Cyber-Physical Systems (ACM/IEEE) | - | 2017-10-06 | 2017-12-18 | 10, acm 2-col | CFP | 2018-04-11 2018-04-13 | Porto, Portugal | Co-located with CPS Week | |
| HSCC - Int. Conf. on Hybrid Systems: Computation and Control (ACM) | - | 2017-10-06 | 2017-12-18 | 10, acm 2-col | CFP | 2018-04-11 2018-04-13 | Porto, Portugal | Co-located with CPS Week | |
| RTAS - Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium | - | 2017-10-06 | 2017-12-18 | 10, IEEE 2-col | CFP | A | 2018-04-11 2018-04-13 | Porto, Portugal | Co-located with CPS Week |
| IoTDI - Int. Conf. on Internet-of-Things Design and Implementation (IEEE) | 2017-10-06 | 2017-10-13 | 2018-01-15 | 12, IEEE 2-col | CFP | - | 2017-04-17 - 2017-04-20 | Orlando, Florida, USA | |
| ETAPS - European Joint Conf.s on Theory & Practice of Software | 2017-10-13 | 2017-10-20 | 2017-12-22 | 20, LNCS | CFP | 2018-04-14 - 2018-04-20 | Thessaloniki, Greece | includes POST (see website for more info) | |
| EUROSYS - European Conf. on Computer Systems | 2017-10-20 | 2017-10-27 | 2018-01-22 | 12, acm 2-col | CFP | A | 2018-04-23 - 2018-04-26 | Porto, Portugal | |
| Name - November | Abstract | Deadline | Notification | Page limit | CFP | Class | Conf. Dates | Conf. Loc. | Notes |
| Name - December | Abstract | Deadline | Notification | Page limit | CFP | Class | Conf. Dates | Conf. Loc. | Notes |
| VEHITS - Int. Conf. on Vehicle Technology and Intelligent Transport Systems | - | 2018-12-10 | 2019-02-07 | 10, SCITEPRESS 2-col | CFP | 2019-05-03 - 2019-05-05 | Crete, Greece | ||
| DSN - Dependable Systems and Networks (IFIP/IEEE) | 2017-11-27 | 2017-12-04 | 2018-03-05 | 12, 2-column IEEE | CFP | A | 2018-06-25 - 2018-06-28 | Luxembourg City, Luxembourg | |
| ICDCS - Int. Conf. on Distributed Computing Systems | 2017-12-05 | 2017-12-12 | 2018-03-28 | - | CFP | A | 2018-07-02 - 2018-07-05 | Vienna, Austria | |
| AsiaCCS - ACM Symposium on Information, Computer and Communications Security | - | 2017-12-19 | 2018-03-03 | 12, ACM (2-col) | CFP | B | 2018-06-04 - 2018-06-08 | Songdo, Incheon, Korea |
Non-scientific conferences
| Name | Website | Conference Date | Conference Location | Notes |
| CCC's Chaos Communication Congress | 31c3 | 2014-12-27 - 2014-12-30 | Hamburg, Germany | - |
| ESCAR - Embedded Security in Cars Conf. | ESCAR | 2014-11-18 - 2014-11-19 | Hamburg, Germany | - |
| OWASP AppSecResearch ASIA | AppSec ASIA | - | - | - |
| OWASP AppSecResearch EU | AppSec EU | 2015-05-19 - 2015-05-22 | Amsterdam, Netherlands | - |
| OWASP AppSecResearch USA | AppSec USA | 2015-09-22 - 2015-09-25 | San Francisco, USA | - |
| Critical Infrastructure Protection and Resilience Europe | CIPRE | 2015-03-04 - 2015-03-05 | The Hague, Netherlands | - |
| CyCon - Int. Conf. on Cyber Conflict (NATO) | CyCon | 2015-05-26 - 2015-05-29 | Tallinn, Estonia | - |
| DEFCON | DEFCON | 2015-08-06 - 2015-08-09 | Las Vegas, USA | - |
| BlackHat USA | BH USA | 2015-08-01 - 2015-08-06 | Las Vegas, USA | - |
| BlackHat Europe | BH Europe | 2015-11-10 - 2015-11-13 | Amsterdam, The Netherlands | - |
| BlackHat Asia | BH Asia | 2015-03-24 - 2015-03-27 | Singapore | - |