EDCC 2026
21st European Dependable Computing Conference
7-10 April 2026
Canterbury, UK
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Mark Wheadon
Student Forum
The EDCC 2026 Student Forum is a vibrant and friendly environment where students can present and discuss their work, and exchange ideas and experiences with other students, researchers and industry. Students are invited to submit papers describing their potential and ongoing research at any stage, from ideas to results. One of the key goals of the Forum is to provide students with feedback on their preliminary results that might help with their future research directions.
Topics of interests include, but are not limited to:
- Hardware and software architecture of dependable systems;
- Dependability and security modelling, evaluation, benchmarking, and tools;
- Safety-critical systems design and analysis;
- Artificial Intelligence for dependability and security;
- Fault-tolerant networks, protocols and systems;
- Time-sensitive networks and ultra-reliable low-latency communication;
- Mixed-criticality systems design and evaluation;
- Testing and validation methods;
- Dependability and security of:
- Artificial Intelligence systems;
- Cyber-physical systems, e.g. smart grids, intelligent vehicles, (Industrial) Internet of Things;
- Cloud, fog, and edge computing systems;
- Data analytics application;
- Databases and distributed ledgers (including blockchains);
- Data protection and data privacy;
Submission
The first author of the paper must be a student. Submitted papers must be written in English and should conform to the IEEE format (https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html) with a maximum of 4 pages (references included). Student Forum papers will be reviewed by the members of the Student Forum Program Committee. The selection will be based on the following criteria:
- Relevance to the technical content of EDCC 2026
- Originality
- Technical soundness
- Quality and clarity of the written presentation
Students with accepted papers are expected to attend the conference and present the paper.
The Organizing Committee will provide certificates of attendance for students upon request.
Submit your paper by email and in pdf format to the Student Forum Chair, Vinícius Vielmo Cogo (vvcogo@fc.ul.pt). Please phrase the subject as: "[EDCC-26] Student Forum Submission (paper title)"
Presentation at the Conference
All Student Forum papers will be presented in a dedicated session and after which there is time to discuss details at a poster during coffee-breaks.
Student Forum authors should make a poster of their papers to be presented during the conference. Instructions to Posters' submission are available here.
Publication and Post-Conference
Accepted papers are anticipated to be included in the conference companion proceedings, which are expected to be managed by the Conference Publishing Services (CPS) and submitted to Xplore and the CSDL. Instructions regarding the procedure will be sent to authors of accepted papers in due course.
Important dates
The submission deadline for the Student Forum is purposely set after the Notification deadline of the main track of the conference and Workshops.
This allows revising and resubmitting a rejected paper in the Student Forum track.
| Paper Submission | 27th January, 2026 | |
| Paper notification | 24th Febuary, 2026 | |
| Camera-ready paper (HARD deadline) | 5th March, 2026 | |
| Conference | 7th April - 10th April, 2026 |
If you have any questions, please contact the Student Forum Chair by email: vvcogo@fc.ul.pt