Call for Papers

The 11th International Conference on Data Science in Cyberspace (DSC 2026)

Scope

The 11th International Conference on Data Science in Cyberspace (DSC 2026) is scheduled to take place in Qingdao, China, on September 11-13, 2026. Organized by Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, the conference serves as a forum for data science research and cyberspace applications. DSC 2026 highlights the role of data science in cyberspace development and welcomes interdisciplinary contributions.

Conference Areas

DSC 2026 invites submissions on a wide range of topics, including but not limited to:

Data science
Big data and cloud computing
Typical applications in cyberspace
New technologies in cyberspace
Data mining and knowledge discovery
Information retrieval and intelligent search
Artificial intelligence
Cyberspace security
Network intelligence
Privacy protection
Embodied intelligence

Paper Submission

Submissions must be in English and prepared in PDF format using the Springer LNCS style. Each submitted paper is limited to 16 pages in length (including references, appendices, etc.) in LNCS (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) format.

A paper submitted to DSC 2026 must not be under review for any other conference or journal while it is being considered for DSC 2026, and must be substantially different from any previously published work. Submissions will be reviewed in a single-blind manner unless otherwise specified by the organizers.

Submission system: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ICDSC2026/Submission/Index

Templates

Authors should prepare manuscripts using the Springer Computer Science proceedings format for Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). The official Springer author instructions and templates are mirrored locally for traceability.

The local template files under reference/ were compared with the current Springer official downloads on 2026-06-17 and matched byte-for-byte. If Springer later updates its templates, the LNCS authors/editors page should be treated as authoritative and the local reference copies should be refreshed from that page.

The official Microsoft Word template ZIP contains macro-enabled template files for authoring. Word users should save the final manuscript in .docx format and should not submit .docm files as final paper sources.

Publications

Accepted and presented papers are planned to be published by Springer Nature in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) proceedings series and made available through Springer Nature Link. LNCS submits proceedings content and bibliographic metadata to major abstracting and indexing services, including CPCI, DBLP, Scopus, EI Compendex, INSPEC, ACM Digital Library, and Google Scholar.

Important Dates

Full paper due: July 16, 2026
Acceptance notification: August 16, 2026
Camera-ready copy: September 1, 2026
Conference date: September 11-13, 2026

Workshops, Panels, Tutorials, and Industry Presentations

DSC 2026 welcomes proposals for workshops, panels, tutorials, and industry presentations. Proposal procedures and deadlines will be announced by the organizing committee.