DSC 2026

11th International Conference on Data Science in Cyberspace

Qingdao coastal skyline at May Fourth Square
 

3rd Symposium on Reliable Machine Learning and AI: Privacy, Security, Trustworthy, Fairness (PSTF-AI 2026)

Collocated with DSC 2026 in Qingdao, China.

Scope

Data is a foundational element in the era of big data and is central to the development of machine learning and artificial intelligence. ML and AI applications now appear across many cyberspace scenarios, using data that is large, diverse, heterogeneous, and often collected from complex real-world environments. These characteristics make effective and responsible data use an important research challenge.

Reliable machine learning and AI require attention to privacy, security, trustworthiness, and fairness. These issues affect how AI systems are designed, deployed, audited, and governed, from protecting data against misuse to reducing bias and improving accountability. PSTF-AI 2026 aims to bring together researchers and practitioners to share methods, systems, and applications that support reliable AI in cyberspace.

Workshop Areas

Topics of interest include but are not limited to:

  • Ethical AI design and implementation
  • Privacy-preserving machine learning
  • AI security
  • Trustworthy AI systems
  • Fairness in AI
  • Regulatory and policy frameworks for AI
  • Societal impacts of AI
  • Human-AI collaboration
  • Secure AI infrastructures
  • Innovative applications of ethical AI

Paper Submission

All submissions should be written in English and submitted through the DSC 2026 CMT submission system. A paper submitted to PSTF-AI 2026 must not be under review for any other conference or journal while it is being considered for PSTF-AI 2026, and must be substantially different from any previously published work. Submissions will be reviewed in a single-blind manner.

All manuscripts should follow the Springer LNCS proceedings format. Accepted and presented workshop papers are planned to be included in the DSC 2026 Springer LNCS proceedings, subject to final proceedings approval and organizer instructions.

PSTF-AI submission system: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ICDSC2026/Submission/Index
Please select the corresponding workshop track after entering CMT.

Important Dates

  • Full paper due: July 29, 2026
  • Acceptance notification: August 19, 2026
  • Camera-ready copy: August 29, 2026
  • Workshop date: September 11-13, 2026

Organization

GENERAL CHAIRS

  • Youyang Qu, Qilu University of Technology, China
  • Longxiang Gao, Qilu University of Technology, China
  • Keshav Sood, Deakin University, Australia
  • Schahram Dustdar, TU Wien, Austria

Contact

For questions about PSTF-AI 2026, please contact Youyang Qu: qyy220@gmail.com.

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