Conference Information
Security 2026: USENIX Security Symposium
https://www.usenix.org/conference/usenixsecurity26Submission Date: |
2026-01-29 |
Notification Date: |
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Conference Date: |
2026-08-12 |
Location: |
Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
Years: |
35 |
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Call For Papers
The 35th USENIX Security Symposium will take place on August 12–14, 2026, at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, MD, USA. The USENIX Security Symposium brings together researchers, practitioners, system programmers, and others interested in the latest advances in the security and privacy of computer systems and networks.
The program co-chairs, Elissa Redmiles (Georgetown University) and Ben Stock (CISPA Helmholtz Center for Information Security), are seeking applications for service on their program committee.
The Call for Papers will be available soon.
Important Dates
Cycle 1
Paper registrations due: Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Paper submissions due: Tuesday, August 26, 2025
Cycle 2
Paper registrations due: Thursday, January 29, 2026
Paper submissions due: Thursday, February 5, 2026
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Acceptance Ratio
| Year | Submitted | Accepted | Accepted(%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 1316 | 246 | 18.7% |
| 2020 | 977 | 157 | 16.1% |
| 2019 | 729 | 113 | 15.5% |
| 2018 | 524 | 100 | 19.1% |
| 2017 | 522 | 85 | 16.3% |
| 2016 | 463 | 72 | 15.6% |
| 2015 | 426 | 67 | 15.7% |
| 2014 | 350 | 67 | 19.1% |
| 2013 | 277 | 45 | 16.2% |
| 2012 | 222 | 43 | 19.4% |
| 2011 | 204 | 35 | 17.2% |
| 2010 | 202 | 30 | 14.9% |
| 2009 | 176 | 26 | 14.8% |
| 2008 | 170 | 27 | 15.9% |
| 2007 | 187 | 23 | 12.3% |
| 2006 | 179 | 22 | 12.3% |
| 2005 | 148 | 22 | 14.9% |
| 2004 | 184 | 22 | 12% |
| 2003 | 128 | 21 | 16.4% |
| 2002 | 130 | 22 | 16.9% |
| 2001 | 83 | 24 | 28.9% |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| c | HotSec | USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Security | 2020-06-04 | 2020-06-15 | 2020-08-11 | ||
| b | IWSEC | International Workshop on Security | 2019-04-02 | 2019-05-27 | 2019-08-28 | ||
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| Short | Full Name | Submission | Conference |
|---|---|---|---|
| HotSec | USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Security | 2020-06-04 | 2020-08-11 |
| IWSEC | International Workshop on Security | 2019-04-02 | 2019-08-28 |
| HealthSec | USENIX Workshop on Health Security and Privacy | 2012-08-06 | |
| WCET | International Workshop on Worst-Case Execution Time | 2012-07-10 | |
| SNSP | International Conference on Sensor Networks and Signal Processing | 2018-10-08 | 2018-10-28 |
| ICPS | IEEE International Conference on Industrial Cyber-Physical Systems | 2020-01-20 | 2020-06-09 |
| NLPI | International Conference on NLP & Information Retrieval | 2023-09-02 | 2023-09-23 |
| ICNEIC | International Conference on Network Engineering and Intelligent Computing | 2020-09-16 | 2020-09-28 |
| HPCCE | International Conference on High Performance Computing and Communication Engineering | 2025-10-04 | 2025-12-19 |
| SEICE | International Conference on Software Engineering, Intelligent Computing and Electrocommunication | 2021-03-14 | 2021-03-27 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games and Culture | 2.400 | SAGE | 1555-4120 | |
| IEEE Access | 3.400 | IEEE | 2169-3536 | |
| Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing | 7.900 | Elsevier | 0888-3270 | |
| c | Personal and Ubiquitous Computing | Springer | 1617-4909 | |
| International Journal of Health Geographics | 3.000 | Springer | 1476-072X | |
| International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks | Hindawi | 1550-1329 | ||
| c | Neural Processing Letters | 2.600 | Springer | 1370-4621 |
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| Telematics and Informatics | 7.600 | Elsevier | 0736-5853 |
| Full Name | Impact Factor | Publisher |
|---|---|---|
| Games and Culture | 2.400 | SAGE |
| IEEE Access | 3.400 | IEEE |
| Mechanical Systems and Signal Processing | 7.900 | Elsevier |
| Personal and Ubiquitous Computing | Springer | |
| International Journal of Health Geographics | 3.000 | Springer |
| International Journal of Distributed Sensor Networks | Hindawi | |
| Neural Processing Letters | 2.600 | Springer |
| International Journal of Managing Information Technology | AIRCC | |
| Telematics and Informatics | 7.600 | Elsevier |
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