Conference
SMICS-2026
15th Jubilee All-Ukrainian Scientific and Practical Conference “State and Improvement of Security of Information and Telecommunication Systems (SITS’ 2026)”
Bringing together researchers, experts and practitioners to discuss the challenges of cybersecurity, AI and cryptology.
Organizing Institutions
Collaborative initiative backed by top academic universities, research institutes, and cybersecurity associations.
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv
University of the National Education Commission, Krakow
State University of Information and Communication Technologies
Science Entrepreneurship Technology University of Kyiv
Opole University of Technology
Rowan University
Halmstad University
NGO “Cybersecurity Specialists Association”
Cyber Defense Academy (CDA)
Our Partners
We thank our partners for their generous support








The project “AI-Driven Cybersecurity: Opportunities and Challenges” is funded by the Swedish Institute within the SI Baltic Sea Neighbourhood Programme (Project ref.number: 00285/2025).
Publication & Infrastructure Support Acknowledgment
The workshop proceedings ("Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity" & "Cryptology and Data Security") are planned to be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online open-access publication and indexing.
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft, bearing all expenses including Microsoft Azure cloud infrastructure costs.