Schedule
Conference Program
Day-by-day schedule and the full list of presentations for SMICS-2026.
Day Overview
24 September 2026
- 8.00–10.00Registration
- 10.00–11.00Opening of conference
- 11.00–13.00Plenary reports
- 13.00–14.00Coffee break, Dinner
- 14.00–17.30Parallel working Tracks and workshops groups
- 16.00–17.30Virtual Panel on Cybersecurity and Global Economy
- 17.30–19.30Welcome Party
25 September 2026
- 9.00–10.00Coffee break, Networking
- 10.00–13.00Parallel working Tracks and workshops groups
- 13.00Presentation of certificates
26 September 2026
- 9.00–12.00Departure of participants
Opening of Conference
8.00–10.00
Registration
Main building of University of National Education Commission, Podchorążych str 2, Kraków — hall in front of room A1
Moderators:
SEMENOV S. – University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, Poland
VENHERSKYI P. – Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Welcome Speeches
- 10:05–10:10
BAK W. — Deputy Rector of the University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, Poland
Innovative programs of the University of the National Education Commission
- 10:10–10:15
BUHRII O. — Vice-Rector for Research, Teaching, Social and Humanitarian Development, Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Ivan Franko National University of Lviv: tradition and innovation
- 10:15–10:20
ROGOZ M. — Vice-Rector for Science, University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, Poland
UKEN Kraków: Science and Innovation for a Secure Digital Future
- 10:20–10:25
NOVIKOV O. — Director of the Educational and Scientific Physics and Technology Institute, Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine
Scientific focus of the Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute
- 10:25–10:30
SHULGA V. — Rector of the State University of Information and Communication Technologies, Ukraine
Innovative programs of the State University of Information and Communication Technologies
- 10:30–10:35
TORSTENSON O. — Programme Director, Master’s Programme in Network Forensics, Halmstad University, Sweden
Innovative program Network Forensics of the Halmstad University
- 10:35–10:40
KROPYVA M. — Chief of the InfoSec department at SoftServe.
Application of artificial intelligence in projects
- 10:40–10:45
UDOVYK I. — Chairman of the Sectoral Expert Council, Ukraine
National Agency for Quality Assurance in Education
- 10:45–10:50
VASUTA O. — Director of the Institute of Security and Information Technology, University of the National Education Commission, Krakow, Poland
Education programs of the Institute of Security and Information Technology University of the National Education Commission
Plenary Reports
Moderators:
KOKOVSKA YA. – Ivan Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
VASUTA O. – University of the National Education Commission, Poland
Meeting ID: 335 294 349 172 73Passcode: Y7AZ9iE7
- 11:00–11:20
Cybersecurity: several major challenges
Mikolaj Karpinski (Head of Department of Software Engineering, University of the National Education Commission in Krakow, Poland)
- 11:20–11:40
On new postquantum stream ciphers of multivariate nature defined in terms of temporal algebraic graphs
Oleksandr Pustovit, Vasyl Ustimenko, Tymofii Svyrydenko (Royal Holloway University of London, United Kingdom)
- 11:40–12:00
A Set-Theoretic Approach to Assessing Cyber-Resilience of Critical Infrastructure Facilities in Smart Regions
Oleksandr Korchenko, Anatolii Davydenko (State University of Information and Communication Technologies), Yuliia Khokhlachova (State University of Trade and Economics), Ukraine
- 12:00–12:20
Data Concealment Increasing Method Based on LDPC Codes
Sergey Dunaev, Serhii Yevseiev, Olha Korol, Vladyslav Sokol (National Technical University ‘Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute’, Ukraine)
- 12:20–12:40
The necessity of controlling artificial intelligence at the level of basic networks when expanding its application
Oleksandr Korchenko, Anatolii Davydenko, Anton Herasymenko, Olena Vysotska, Mykhailo Prygara (State University of Information and Communication Technologies, Ukraine)
- 12:40–13:00
Dynamics of Knowledge Degradation in Recursive Language Model Ecosystems
Dmytro Lande, Viktoriia Polutsyhanova (National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Ukraine)
Parallel Sessions
Cyber Defense of Communication Systems and Cloud Infrastructure, Incident Management
Moderators:
Ivan Azarov, State University of Information and Communication Technologies
Valeriy Trushevskyy, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Secretary:
Sviatoslav Zlatous, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Ostap Hrytsyshyn, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Meeting ID: 317 758 669 227 058Passcode: nE77Hd3q
| Presentation | Title | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| Tr.1.1 | Cognitive Correlation of Cyber Threats across OSI Model Layers for Incident Response Support | Dmytro Prokopovych-Tkachenko |
| Tr.1.2 | A Blockchain-Oriented Method for Ensuring Integrity and Traceability of Cybersecurity Data | Kostiantyn Babenko |
| Tr.1.3 | Cognitive-Adaptive Protection of Government Digital Resources Based on Contextual Cyber-Risk Assessment | Borys Khrushkov |
| Tr.1.4 | Secure Hybrid Meta-Search of Cybersecurity Data for SOC Operations | Ihor Kozachenko |
| Tr.1.5 | Ground-Truth Anomaly Injection for Cloud Autoscaling: A Reproducible Evaluation Method and a Metastable Denial-of-Service Failure Mode | Pavlo O. KudrynskyiMaksym SashOleksandr S. Zvenihorodskyi |
| Tr.1.6 | Optimization of Enterprise Information System Resource Allocation Considering Cyber Resilience Requirements | Maksym KorepanovViktor Sahaidak |
| Tr.1.7 | Validation of the results of automated vulnerability detection and prediction in cybersecurity systems | Vladyslav Denysiuk |
| Tr.1.8 | Cost-Efficient Mutation-Guided Fuzzing for Security Assessment of Cyber-Physical Systems Software | Anton SamoylenkoIrina Shcherbyna |
| Tr.1.9 | Cross-Day Validation of FPR-Constrained Operating Thresholds for XGBoost-Based Botnet Detection | Vladyslav SamoilenkoSergii Gakhov |
| Tr.1.10 | Mathematical Method and Criteria for Assessing the Physical Security of Server Hardware in Cloud Services | Yevhenii PedchenkoYevheniia IvanchenkoIhor IvanchenkoMaryna PedchenkoYurii Korovaichenko |
| Tr.1.11 | Autonomous Defensive Agents for Continuous Detection of AI-Powered Attacks on Educational Systems | Stepan Prokipchyn |
| Tr.1.12 | Assessing the Ability of Large Language Models to Reproduce Expert Classification of User Identification Parameters by Anonymity Levels | Ivan AzarovOleksandr KorchenkoAnna KorchenkoIllia Azarov |
| Tr.1.13 | Differentiated Generalization of a Random Forest-Based Malicious Process Detection Method Across Novel Attack Categories | Yurii KorovaichenkoSergii GakhovYevhenii Pedchenko |
| Tr.1.14 | An Integrated Decision-Support Loop for Cyber-Incident Neutralization in Military Command and Control: From the Evaluation Image to an Admissible Response | Hennadii Rybachok |
| Tr.1.15 | Методика виявлення фішингових електронних повідомлень на основі гібридних алгоритмів машинного навчання | Ігор АверічевПетро Поночовний |
| Tr.1.16 | Design and Development of a LoRa-Based Emergency Communication System for Remote Areas | Sandhiya TSarasree SRamadevi C |
| Tr.1.17 | Empirical Validation of an Azure-Based Data Classification Pipeline for SOC 2 Type 2 Compliance: Benchmarking Eight Large Language Models | Oleh DeinekaOleh HarasymchukYevhen MartseniukAndrii Partyka |
| Tr.1.18 | Set-Theoretic Approach to Automating Cyber-Resilience Assessment of Critical Infrastructure Facilities | Yuliia KhokhlachovaKateryna Khokhlachova |
| Tr.1.19 | Acoustic Anomaly Detection for Indoor Intrusion Using Ray-Traced Room Impulse Responses | Oleksandr TerletskyyValeriy TrushevskyyOstap Hrytsyshyn |
| Tr.1.20 | Principles for SIEM-Based Information Security and Incident Management in IT Companies | Olexander BelejIryna ArtyshchukKostyantyn Kolesnyk |
Methods of Countering Disinformation Influence and Social Engineering
Moderators:
Serhij Kondratiuk, State University of Information and Communication Technologies, Ukraine
Olha Popadiuk, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Secretary:
Yurii Boberskyy, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Ostap Hrytsyshyn, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Meeting ID: 391 499 093 421 667Passcode: aW2Vb6qY
| Presentation | Title | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| Tr.2.1 | A Risk-Oriented Cybersecurity Architecture for Personal Data of Socially Vulnerable Populations | Oleh Poplavskyi |
| Tr.2.2 | Velocity Features as the Structural Invariant of Card-Testing Attacks in Online Payment Systems | Yurii KuzhiiYurii Furgala |
| Tr.2.3 | A Cognitive Protection Model against Hybrid Cyber Attacks | Peremetchyk Danylo |
| Tr.2.4 | Explainable AI-Assisted Hybrid Risk Scoring for Phishing and Social Engineering Email Detection | Dmytro Yurchyk |
| Tr.2.5 | Mechanism of Cognitive Warfare Impact and Potential Approaches to Effective Counteraction | Stanislav ShumlianskyiSerhiy KostyriaVolodymyr Budz |
| Tr.2.6 | Graph Centrality and Clustering Metrics for Identifyng Automated Accounts in Social Networks | Nataliia Kyrychenko |
| Tr.2.7 | Ethical and Legal Frameworks for AI Deployment in Government Analytical Systems: Neutralizing Social Engineering Threats | Andrii Salov |
| Tr.2.8 | Investigation and Testing of a Data Loss Prevention Method for LLM-Based Systems | Liliia PushkarValeriy Trushevskyy |
| Tr.2.9 | Attribution, liability, and emerging norms in AI-driven cyber operations | Myron PatsaiDanylo Shcherbyna |
| Tr.2.10 | C-Classically Prime Subsemimodules and Their Application to Semigroup Action Key Exchange | Ivanna MelnykAndriy Andrushko |
| Tr.2.11 | Eduard B. FLEIßNER and his textbook “Handbuch der Kryptographie” | Oleg GutikMykola ShcherbynaYurii Boberskyy |
| Tr.2.12 | Event-Driven Security Monitoring for Serverless Architectures: Behavioral Analysis of Function and Service Interactions | Sviatoslav ZlatousPetro Venherskyi |
| Tr.2.13 | Blockchain-based data integrity verification for multi-sensor flood prediction systems | Orest OnyshchenkoYaryna Kokovska |
| Tr.2.14 | Methods for optimizing resource allocation in cybersecurity systems | Olha Popadiuk |
| Tr.2.15 | A mathematical model for assessing the cyber resilience of an information resource with regard to input data adequacy | Oleksandra KovalchukEugenia Ivanchenko |
| Tr.2.16 | Application of Zero Trust Architecture for Access Control in Heterogeneous IoT Networks | Anton NikitinSerhii Zybin |
| Tr.2.17 | Predictive Cyber Threat Intelligence: Combining NLP-Based Entity Extraction with Graph Link Prediction | Yevheniia IvanchenkoIryna LozovaPolina Halushka |
| Tr.2.18 | AI-Driven Cybersecurity: Challenges and Research Directions | Olga TorstenssonDmytro Prokopovych-Tkachenko |
| Tr.2.19 | Human competencies as a risk mitigation factor in disinformation and social engineering attacks | Anna Kiełbus |
Security of IoT Devices, Cyber-Physical Systems Software, Technical Solutions for Information Security
Moderators:
Serhii Lupenko, Opole University of Technology, Poland
Mykola Shcherbyna, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Secretary:
Ivanna Melnyk, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Mykhailo Prygara, Uzhhorod National University, Ukraine
Meeting ID: 321 568 187 703 137Passcode: Ki2mC2ah
| Presentation | Title | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| Tr.3.1 | Information security and monitoring of the functioning processes of local information and communication systems | Oksana Onyshchuk |
| Tr.3.2 | A Cybersecurity Architecture for Production Data in the Digital Foundry Process | Dmytro Moroz |
| Tr.3.3 | A Methodology for Building Reproducible Cybersecurity Datasets for Internet of Things Devices | Cherkaskyi Oleksandr |
| Tr.3.4 | Digital-Twin-Referenced Physical-Layer Anomaly Detection for a 1-Bit RIS in 6G Networks | Andriy RiyMarian KyrykIvan DemydovSerhii Zablotskyi |
| Tr.3.5 | Integration of Cgan and Federated Learning to Pro Tect Decetralized SDN Networks from Adaptive EW | Stoyko M.M.Gnidenko M.P. |
| Tr.3.6 | Multi-level protection system and access rights separation in the mobile application | Liubomyr BotseniukMykhailo Rizak |
| Tr.3.7 | Adaptive Detection of Goal Conflics in Multi-Agent Smart Home Cyber-Physical Systems | Ihor Krestianinov |
| Tr.3.8 | Комбінований підхід до виділення опорних точок у стегонографії зображень | Ірина Борисенко |
| Tr.3.9 | On Modern Theoretical Aspects of the Security of Cyber-Physical Systems | Oksana KholyavkaNataliia BuhriiOleh Buhrii |
| Tr.3.10 | Адаптивний алгоритм гамування графічної інформації | Андрій СадченкоОлег Кушніренко |
| Tr.3.11 | GP4-WLTE 4G Controller Backdoor as an Example of Unauthorized Access Risks in Chinese Equipment | Mykola ShcherbynaPetro Venherskyi |
| Tr.3.12 | Simulation of Fault Injection Attacks on a Secure Bootloader for the RISC-V Soft-IP Core (MIV_RV32) in Renode Framework | Liliia MelnychukMykola Shcherbyna |
| Tr.3.13 | Mazewall: restricting application workers on Linux | Leanid Piliptsevich |
| Tr.3.14 | Modeling Cyber-Physical Consequences of Additive Attacks on the Control Channel of an Aerodynamic Levitation System | Oleksii NovikovMykola IlinIryna StopochkinaVolodymyr Duduladenko |
| Tr.3.15 | Modeling Critical States In Cyber System Elements Based On | Hennadii Shapovalov |
| Tr.3.16 | Integration of neural network detectors into visual odometry systems | Mykhailo Moroz |
| Tr.3.17 | A Resilience-Loss Model for Cloud-Oriented IoT Platforms with Resource-Constrained | V. I. VoitovychR. M. Lys |
| Tr.3.18 | Block Data Encryption Using Polynomial Modified Fibonacci Matrice | Pavlo GrytsiukYurii Hrytsiuk |
Cryptology and Data Security
Moderators:
Oleg Gutik, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Vladyslav Sokol, National Technical University ‘Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute’, Ukraine
Secretary:
Yuriy Kuzbyt, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Liliia Pushkar, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Meeting ID: 367 817 250 104 574Passcode: 7Vp6SD7b
| Presentation | Title | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| Tr.4.1 | Secure Processing of Open Marketing Data from Retailers’ Telegram Channels: Machine Learning, Disclosure Risk, and Differential Privacy | Ihor PonomarenkoOleksandr YakushevMaryna PetchenkoDmytro Ponomarenko |
| Tr.4.2 | A Prospective Cryptographic Transformation with High Avalanche Effects | Liudmila KovalchukSerhii YakovlievIhor Koriakov |
| Tr.4.3 | Modeling the Dynamics of Trust and Self-Reproduction of Distorted Knowledge in Multi-Agent Artificial Intelligence Systems | Dmytro LandeYuriy Danyk |
| Tr.4.4 | Generation of a Sequence of Modified Polynomial Fibonacci Matrices | Pavlo GrytsiukYurii Hrytsiuk |
| Tr.4.5 | Specific Features of Digital Forensics and Incident Response in Attacks on Critical Information Infrastructure | Dmytro PeleshkoMaksym RadchenkoPetro Venherskyi |
| Tr.4.6 | Ecosystem of Information and Digital Security of the National Economy within the Concept of Protecting the Strategic Interests of the StateJa | Julia Bondar |
| Tr.4.7 | Privacy-Preserving ECG Authentication via Additively Homomorphic Matching of Rhythm-Adaptive Cardiac-Cycle Templates | Roman ButsiiSerhii LupenkoMikalai LeanavetsNataliia Stadnyk |
| Tr.4.8 | On the Signed-decomposition cipher | Yurii KuzbytOleg GutikIvan Dyyak |
| Tr.4.9 | From Statistical Significance to Anomaly-Detection Evidence: Address-Level Behavioral Analysis of Ransomware-Related Bitcoin Addresses | Olena VynokurovaVictor StrelnikovYaryna Kokovska |
Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity
Moderators:
Roman Karpiuk, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Michael Kropyva, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Secretary:
Yaryna Kokovska, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Andrii Salyk, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Meeting ID: 399 908 611 470 549Passcode: s75St3M4
| Presentation | Title | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| Tr.5.114:00 | Development of a Causal-Temporal Model for Analyzing Dangerous Events in Web Applications Using Heterogeneous Graph Neural Networks | Oleksandr LaptievIryna ZamriiIvan Shakhmatov |
| Tr.5.214:15 | AI-Driven Multi-Context Trust Assessment for Detecting Anomalous Data in IoT Systems | Dmytro KarlovSerhii SemenovBeata KrzaczekAndriy KovalenkoOleksii Piskarov |
| Tr.5.314:30 | RAG-Augmented LLM Agents for Autonomous Penetration Testing in a Controlled Docker Environment | Olga Torstensson |
| Tr.5.414:45 | Failure-Aware Trace Triage for Cost-Efficient Evaluation of AI Agents in Recurring Production Workflows | Vasyl LyashkevychAndrii Salyk |
| Tr.5.515:00 | Machine Learning Methods for the Detection of Domains Generated by DGA Algorithms in Cyberattacks | Maryan KyrykYurii ShpakPetro Venherskyi |
| Tr.5.615:15 | Threat-Aware Adaptive Joint Source-Channel Coding under Jamming and Packet Injection | Olena Pyrch |
| Tr.5.715:30 | Adaptive physics-informed RBF neural networks for shallow water flow simulation | Valeriy TrushevskyyYuriy Shcherbyna |
| Tr.5.815:45 | Political-Systemic Criteria for the Use of Artificial Intelligence in Monitoring Information Operations During Election Campaigns | Serhii KondratiukYevheniia Ivanchenko |
Cybersecurity and Global Economy
Moderator:
Michael Kropyva, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Panel organizers:
Dr. Anna Shostya, Pace University, New York City, USA
Dr. Anatolii Davidenko, State University of Information and Communication Technologies, Kyiv, Ukraine
Panel Chair:
Dr. Darren Hayes, Pace University, New York City, USA
Meeting ID: 399 908 611 470 549Passcode: s75St3M4
| Presentation | Title | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| Tr.6.116:00 | The growing importance of AI for cybersecurity and criminal investigations | Dr. Darren Hayes (Cybersecurity Program, Seidenberg, Pace University) |
| Tr.6.216:15 | Agentic LoRA Adapter Scheduling for Multi-Step Language Model Tasks | Dmytro PeleshkoTymofii NasobkoOleksii PostovyiOlena Vynokurova |
| Tr.6.316:30 | Cybercrime and hacking “factories”, as an exploitative model | Prof. Michel Schidlow (Criminal Justice Department, Dyson, Pace University) |
| Tr.6.416:45 | AI-driven modeling of human mindfulness via biometric recognition | Olena VysotskaAnatolii DavydenkoOleksandr Potenko |
| Tr.6.517:00 | The impact of the 2023 SEC Regulation Item 1.05 on stock price reactions to data breach announcements | Hope Brizzi’26 (Economics Department, Dyson, Pace University) |
| Tr.6.617:15 | Risk Management of AI Jailbreaking | Alex Tsekhansky (Pace University, New York City, USA) |
Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity
Moderators:
Roman Karpiuk, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Michael Kropyva, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Secretary:
Yaryna Kokovska, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Andrii Salyk, Franko National University of Lviv, Ukraine
Meeting ID: 399 908 611 470 549Passcode: s75St3M4
| Presentation | Title | Authors |
|---|---|---|
| Tr.5.910:00 | Cross-Layer Inconsistencies in Anti-Detect Browsers: A Reproducible Measurement of Adversarial Evasion Against Layered Bot Detection | Vladyslav MiachkovPashko Anatolii |
| Tr.5.1010:15 | The multi-agent micro service architecture of AI based cyberdefense system for IoT device security with automated response and dynamic creation of counter-cyberattacks | Vadym MalinovskyiAndrii YarovyiLeonid Kuperstein |
| Tr.5.1110:30 | Schema-Valid JSON Is Not Sufficient for a Safe Cyber-Risk Record: Evidence-Anchored Semantic Validation and Fail-Closed Repair for Schema-Constrained LLM Pipelines | Volodymyr Artemchuk |
| Tr.5.1210:45 | On-Device Multi-Criteria Routing without an External Controller: Removing Control-Plane Exposure while Keeping Recovery Sub-Second | Yurii VladarchykKateryna Nesterenko |
| Tr.5.1311:00 | JD Detector: Benchmarking a Production AI-Generated Text Classifier Against Open-Source and Commercial Detectors | Borys MelnychukDmytro PeleshkoLiubov ZatolokinaMaksym Orlianskyi |
| Tr.5.1411:15 | Detecting Indirect Prompt Injection Attacks in Multi-Domain Documents Using Embedding-Based Chunk Aggregation | Bianca SusaAswathy Njettutharayil BabyMahmoud Rahat |
| Tr.5.1511:30 | From AI Governance to an Agentic Security Operations Centre: A Staged Reference Architecture for Trusted Security Automation | Oleksandr KorchenkoRoman KarpiukMichael KropyvaPetro Venherskyi |