SafeComp 2026
SafeComp 2026


Call for Papers

 Established in 1979 by EWICS TC7, SafeComp is a premier annual event dedicated to the safety, security, and reliability of critical systems. This 45th edition offers a unique single-track environment, fostering focused debate and networking on the state-of-the-art and future challenges of safety engineering.

“ENGINEERING SAFE AND SUSTAINABLE COMPUTING SYSTEMS”

Society increasingly depends on interconnected systems of systems - combining cyber-physical infrastructures, industrial platforms, edge and cloud computing, and AI-enabled services - across domains such as mobility, healthcare, industry and agriculture. These smart solutions enhance our lives, so we do not wish to renounce their benefits, although they bring unprecedented safety challenges. SafeComp 2026 focuses on engineering approaches to manage safety amid complexity and sustainability requirements, ensuring that solutions remain viable and affordable in the long term.

The conference covers all aspects related to the development, assessment, operation, and maintenance of safety-critical computer systems. Major topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Distributed  and real-time monitoring and control
  • Fault-tolerant and resilient hardware and software architectures
  • Fault detection and recovery mechanisms
  • Security and privacy protection mechanisms for safety applications
  • Safety guidelines and standards
  • Safety/security co-engineering and tradeoffs
  • Safety and security qualification, quantification, assurance and certification
  • Threats and vulnerability analysis
  • Risk assessment in safe and secure systems
  • Dependability analysis using simulation and experimental measurement
  • Model-based analysis, design, and assessment
  • Formal methods for verification, validation, and fault tolerance
  • Testing, verification, and validation methodologies and tools
  • Multi-concern dependability assurance and standardization

Relevant domains of application are, but are not limited to:

  • Railways, automotive, space, avionics & process industries
  • Highly automated and autonomous systems
  • Telecommunication and networks
  • Safety-related applications of smart systems and IoT
The tradition of SafeComp is to act as a platform for bringing academic research and industrial needs together. Therefore, industrial contributions and real-world experience reports are explicitly invited. We solicit two types of paper submission:
  • Research papers address a research gap and illustrate how the contribution submitted can help improve the state-of-the-art by advancing current knowledge
  • Practical experience reports / tool descriptions provide new insights and valuable support to practitioners

Despite their submission category, all contributions can have a maximum extension of up to 14 pages including bibliography.

All paper submissions must be formatted according to the LNCS templates by Springer. Check also the information for authors, including the license to publish proceedings papers.

Abstracts and papers must be submitted in pdf through Easychair.

All papers will be reviewed by at least three members of the International Programme Committee. Papers must not have been previously published or concurrently submitted elsewhere.

PC Co-Chairs

  • Elena Troubitsyna, KTH, SE
  • David de Andrés, Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), ES

PC Members

  • Jaume Abella, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, ES
  • Magnus Albert, SICK AG, DE
  • Magnus Albert, SICK AG, DE
  • Ignacio Álvarez, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, DE
  • Uwe Becker, Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA, DE
  • Peter G. Bishop, Adelard, UK
  • Friedemann Bitsch, Hitachi Rail, DE
  • Andrea Bondavalli, University of Florence, IT
  • Jeroen Boydens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE
  • Simon Burton, Fraunhofer IKS, DE
  • Carmen Carlan, Edge Case Research GmbH, DE
  • António Casimiro, Universidade de Lisboa, PT
  • Andrea Ceccarelli, University of Firenze, IT
  • Mary Cummings, George Mason University, US
  • Peter Daniel, EWICS TC7, UK
  • Jose Luis de la Vara, University of Castilla-La Mancha, ES
  • Ewen Denney, NASA, US
  • Felicita Di Giandomenico, ISTI-CNR, IT
  • Francesco Flammini, Mälardalen University, SE
  • Cody Fleming, Iowa State University, US
  • Barbara Gallina, Mälardalen University, SE
  • Jérémie Guiochet, LAAS-CNRS, FR
  • Ibrahim Habli, University of York, UK
  • Yan Jia, University of York, UK
  • Mark Lawford, McMaster University, CA
  • Elena Lisova, Volvo CE, SE
  • Zoltan Micskei, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU
  • Leonardo Montecchi, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO
  • Natasha Neogi, NASA-Langley, US
  • Ganesh Pai, KBR / NASA Ames Research Center, US
  • Philippe Palanque, ICS-IRIT, Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3, FR
  • Yiannis Papadopoulos, University of Hull, UK
  • Peter Popov, City St George’s, University of London, UK
  • Alexander Romanovsky, The Formal Route Ltd, UK
  • Matteo Rossi, Politecnico di Milano, IT
  • Martin Rothfelder, Siemens AG, DE
  • Francesca Saglietti, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, DE
  • Behrooz Sangchoolie, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, SE
  • Horst Schirmeier, TU Dresden, DE
  • Erwin Schoitsch, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, AT
  • Christel Seguin, ONERA, FR
  • Evgenia Smirni, College of William and Mary, US
  • Wilfried Steiner, TTTech Computertechnik AG, AT
  • Mark-Alexander Sujan, Loughborough University, UK
  • Kenji Taguchi, UL Japan, JP
  • Carsten Thomas, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, DE
  • Stefano Tonetta, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, IT
  • Martin Törngren, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE
  • Mario Trapp, Technical University of Munich, DE<
  • Valeria Vittorini, Università Federico II di Napoli, IT
  • Marcus Völp, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), LU
  • Jaume Abella, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, ES
  • Magnus Albert, SICK AG, DE
  • Ignacio Álvarez, Technische Hochschule Ingolstadt, DE
  • Uwe Becker, Draegerwerk AG & Co KGaA, DE
  • Peter G. Bishop, Adelard, UK
  • Friedemann Bitsch, Hitachi Rail, DE
  • Andrea Bondavalli, University of Florence, IT
  • Jeroen Boydens, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, BE
  • Simon Burton, Fraunhofer IKS, DE
  • Carmen Carlan, Edge Case Research GmbH, DE
  • António Casimiro, Universidade de Lisboa, PT
  • Andrea Ceccarelli, University of Firenze, IT
  • Mary Cummings, George Mason University, US
  • Peter Daniel, EWICS TC7, UK
  • Jose Luis de la Vara, University of Castilla-La Mancha, ES
  • Ewen Denney, NASA, US
  • Felicita Di Giandomenico, ISTI-CNR, IT
  • Francesco Flammini, Mälardalen University, SE
  • Cody Fleming, Iowa State University, US
  • Barbara Gallina, Mälardalen University, SE
  • Jérémie Guiochet, LAAS-CNRS, FR
  • Ibrahim Habli, University of York, UK
  • Yan Jia, University of York, UK
  • Mark Lawford, McMaster University, CA
  • Elena Lisova, Volvo CE, SE
  • Zoltan Micskei, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, HU
  • Leonardo Montecchi, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), NO
  • Natasha Neogi, NASA-Langley, US
  • Ganesh Pai, KBR / NASA Ames Research Center, US
  • Philippe Palanque, ICS-IRIT, Université Paul Sabatier - Toulouse 3, FR
  • Yiannis Papadopoulos, University of Hull, UK
  • Peter Popov, City St George’s, University of London, UK
  • Alexander Romanovsky, The Formal Route Ltd, UK
  • Matteo Rossi, Politecnico di Milano, IT
  • Martin Rothfelder, Siemens AG, DE
  • Francesca Saglietti, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, DE
  • Behrooz Sangchoolie, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, SE
  • Horst Schirmeier, TU Dresden, DE
  • Erwin Schoitsch, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, AT
  • Christel Seguin, ONERA, FR
  • Evgenia Smirni, College of William and Mary, US
  • Wilfried Steiner, TTTech Computertechnik AG, AT
  • Mark-Alexander Sujan, Loughborough University, UK
  • Kenji Taguchi, UL Japan, JP
  • Carsten Thomas, Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Berlin, DE
  • Stefano Tonetta, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, IT
  • Martin Törngren, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, SE
  • Mario Trapp, Technical University of Munich, DE<
  • Valeria Vittorini, Università Federico II di Napoli, IT
  • Marcus Völp, Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust (SnT), LU
  • Abstract submission: February 23, 2026
  • Full paper submission: March 2, 2026
  • Author notification: May 1, 2026
  • Camera-ready submission: June 7, 2026
  • Conference days: September 23-25, 2026
  • Abstract submission: 
    February 23, 2026
  • Full paper submission: 
    March 2, 2026
  • Author notification: 
    April 24, 2026
  • Camera-ready submission: 
    June 7, 2026
  • Conference days: 
    September 23-25, 2026
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