SINCONF 2026

18th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SINCONF 2026)

Beykent University, Istanbul, Türkiye (Host)

Hasan Kalyoncu University, Gaziantep, Türkiye (Co-Host)

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Host

Hosted By

CFP

Call for Papers

The 18th International Conference on Security of Information and Networks (SINCONF 2026) provides an outstanding international forum for researchers, practitioners, and industry professionals to share original research results, practical experiences, and innovative ideas in the theory, methodology, and applications of security in information and networks. For more information please download the CFP file.

Papers

Submission

The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.

Dates

Important Dates

Paper Submission Deadline

Augest 1, 2026

Notification of Acceptance

September 15, 2026

Paper Registration due

September 30, 2026

Camera-Ready Submission

October 1, 2026

Conference Dates

14 - 16 October 2026

Keynotes

CHECK OUR Keynotes

Prof. Dr. Ümit Cali, University of York, UK

to be reconfirmed

Prof. Dr. Sedat Akleylek, University of Tartu, Estonia

to be reconfirmed

Institutions

Organizers

Sponsors

Supporter Institutions

  • IEEE Blockchain Technical Committee
  • IEEE Türkiye Section
  • Association of Information Security of Türkiye
  • Association of AI Ecosystem
  • Istanbul İstinye University
  • Association of Turkish Engineers
  • Chamber of Electrical Engineers (EMO) Ankara Branch

Committee

Organizing Committee

  • Prof. Dr. Şeref Sağiroğlu, Gazi University, Türkiye
  • Prof. Dr. Atilla Elçi, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Türkiye
  • Prof. Dr. Nizamettin Aydın, Istanbul Technical University, Türkiye
  • Prof. Dr. Sedat Akleykek, İstanbul İstinye University, Türkiye
  • Prof. Dr. H. İbrahim Bülbül, Gazi University, Türkiye
  • Prof. Dr. Murat Dener, Gazi University, Türkiye
  • Prof. Dr. Behnam Rahnama, Medis Startup Studio, Iran
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yavuz Canbay, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Türkiye
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saadin Oyucu, Gazi University, Türkiye
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Umut Demirezen, Huawei, Türkiye
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Tuncay Gençoğlu, Fırat University, Türkiye
  • Dr. Ali Öter, Gazi University, Türkiye
  • Dr. Elvan Duman, Mehmet Akif University, Türkiye
  • Dr. Güven Fidan, IEEE Blockchain Türkiye
  • Dr. Kübra Seyhan, 19 May University, Türkiye
  • Dr. Bilgehan Arslan, Gazi University, Türkiye
  • Zia Equbali, Gazi University, Türkiye
  • Furkan Pur, Gazi University, Türkiye

The organizing committee consists of academics committed to contributing their time and effort to make this event successful.

General Chairs

  • Prof. Dr. Şeref Sağıroğlu, Gazi University, Türkiye (SINCONF 2026 Chair)
  • Prof. Dr. Atilla Elçi, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Türkiye

Program Chair

  • Prof. Dr. Sedat Akleykek, Tartu University / İstinye University

Program Co-Chair

  • Prof. Dr. Berna Örs Yalçın, Istanbul Technical University

Proceedings Publication

  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Saadin Oyucu, Gazi University
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Yavuz Canbay, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Türkiye

Finance & Registration Committee

  • Dr. Güven Fidan, IEEE Blockchain Türkiye
  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. M. Tuncay Gençoğlu, Fırat University, Türkiye

Publicity & Public Relations Committee

  • Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ali Öter, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Türkiye
  • Muhammed Fatih Hasoğlu, Hasan Kalyoncu University

Technical & Logistic Committee

  • Beykent University

Local Event & Protocol Committee

  • Beykent University

E-presence, Website and Informatics Support

  • Amin Partow, Medis Startup Studio, Iran
  • Hanieh Nasirpour, Medis Startup Studio, Iran

Institutions

Co-Organizing Institutions

  • University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  • CES-Lab, Tunisia
  • Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom
  • Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu, India
  • Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
  • Macquarie University, Australia
  • Hasan Kalyoncu University, Türkiye
  • Manipal University Jaipur, India
  • Southern Federal University, Russia
  • Glasgow University, UK
  • Cardiff University, UK
  • Rutgers University, USA

Committee

Technical Program Committee

  • Qiang Wu, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  • Diep Nguyen, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  • Wenjing Jia, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  • Masimo Piccardi, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
  • Priyanka Singh, University of Queensland, Australia
  • Sandeep Chaurasia, Manipal University Jaipur, India
  • Manoj Kumar Bohra, Manipal University Jaipur, India
  • Parvez Faruki, AVPTI Rajkot, India
  • Omar Cheikhrouhou, ISIMA,Tunisia
  • Naghmeh Moradpoor, Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom
  • Andrei Petrovski, Robert Gordon University, United Kingdom
  • Berna Ors Yalcin, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
  • Theodoros Spyridopoulos, Cardiff University, Wales
  • Philipp Reinecke, Cardiff University, United Kingdom
  • Ludmila Babenko, Southern Federal University, Russia
  • Maxim Anikeev, Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology, Germany
  • Alexander Chefranov, Eastern Mediterranean University, TRNC
  • Hossain Shahriar, University of West Florida, USA
  • Jaideep Vaidya, Rutgers University, USA
  • Mehmet Orgun, Macquarie University, Australia
  • Josef Pieprzyk, CSIRO, Australia, and Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland
  • Behnam Rahnama, Medis Startup Studio, Iran
  • Jaidhar CD, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, India
  • Ramesh Babu Batula, Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur, India
  • Umesh Ch. Pati, National Institute of Technology, Rourkela, India
  • Sriram Sankaran, Amrita University, India
  • Yoshioka Masaharu, Hokkaido University, Japan
  • Muhammad Ikram, Macquarie University, Australia
  • Deepak Kumar, University of Cumberland, USA
  • Khaled Shabnam, Saudi Electronic University, Saudi Arabia
  • Ajay Lotan Thakur, Intel Corp Canada & Open Networking Foundations, Canada
  • Anmol Kumar, IIT Patna, India
  • Clementine Griti, INSA Lyon, France
  • Rajath Karangara, Intraedge, USA
  • Muthukumaran Vaithianathan, Samsung Semiconductor inc., USA
  • Ashish B Mathewes, Travancore Engineering College, India
  • Sujata Pal, IIT Ropar, India
  • Yazeed Alzahrani, Prince Sattam Bin Abdulaziz University, Saudi Arabia
  • Ahmad Kamal Ramli, Universiti Teknologi Mara, Malaysia
  • Vikash Kumar Singh, VIY-AP University, India
  • Ohood Alrohili, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia
  • Hadeel Alhosaini, University of Jedah, Saudi Arabia
  • Haitham Assiri, Jezan University, Saudi Arabia
  • Şeref Sağiroğlu, Gazi University, Türkiye
  • Atilla Elçi, Hasan Kalyoncu University, Türkiye
  • Sedat Akleykek, İstinye University, Türkiye
  • H. İbrahim Bülbül, Gazi University, Türkiye
  • Umit Cali, University of York, UK
  • Yavuz Canbay, Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University
  • Kübra Seyhan, 19 May University
  • Bilgehan Arslan, Gazi University, Türkiye
  • Uraz Yavanoğlu, Gazi University, Türkiye
  • Murat Akın, Yıldırım Beyazıt University, Türkiye
  • Ali Öter, Gazi University, Türkiye
  • Khoula Al Harthy, GCET, Oman

Advisory

Advisory Committee

  • Erol Gelenbe, Polish Academy of Sciences & University Cote d'Azur
  • Imed Romdhani, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
  • Anis Koubaa, Prince Sultan University, KSA
  • Faouzi Zarai, ENET’Com, Tunisia
  • Bart Preneel, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
  • Bülent Örencik, Beykent University, Turkey
  • Edward Dawson, Queensland University of Technology, Australia
  • Elisa Bertino, Purdue University, USA
  • N. Balakrishnan, IISc Bangalore, India
  • Willy Susilo, University of Wollongong, Australia
  • Alexander Shelupanov, Tomsk State University for Control Systems and Radio Electronics, Russia
  • Mustafa Alkan, Information Security Association of Türkiye

Contact

Contact Us

Venue Address

Istanbul Beykent University, Ayazağa, Hadım Koruyolu Cd. No:19, 34398 Sarıyer/İstanbul, Türkiye

Call Us

+90 4441997

Email Us

sinconf@sinconf.org

Past Events

Past Events & Special issues

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