[DMANET] WATCH 2026 CfP

Call for Papers Second International Workshop on Analytics, Telemetry, and Cybersecurity for HPCC (WATCH 2026) in conjunction with ACM CCS 2026, November 15-19, 2026, The Hague, The Netherlands (https://www.sigsac.org/ccs/CCS2026/) Scope: The productivity and trustworthiness of computing systems are increasingly hindered by a multitude of challenges, including system misconfigurations, insufficient engineering practices, and the escalating complexity and scale of modern computing systems and applications. More critically, malicious adversarial events, such as cyberattacks, data breaches, and other forms of cyber threats, significantly undermine the reliability, robustness, integrity, and security of systems and applications. Ensuring the systems' and applications' correct operational states through effective monitoring, measurement, analysis, and diagnosis is crucial to maintaining optimal performance, reliability, resilience, and security in computing tasks. This includes detecting and responding to potential security threats, identifying and mitigating performance bottlenecks, and ensuring the overall integrity and trustworthiness of computing systems and applications. This workshop aims to provide a dedicated platform for researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to discuss cutting-edge topics on analytics, telemetry, and cybersecurity for high performance computing and communications (HPCC). We encourage submissions that explore novel methodologies, tools, and practices for monitoring and analyzing the status of computing systems and applications, including the detection and response to potential security threats, performance bottlenecks, and other operational issues. We also invite contributions that enhance observability and visibility, strengthen resilience and security, promote data integrity, and improve the overall trustworthiness of heterogeneous computing and communication environments and data. Additionally, we seek contributions that address the challenges and opportunities presented by emerging technologies and trends, such as artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML), Internet of Things (IoT), cloud/edge computing, and emerging quantum computing, from the perspective of security principles and objectives. This includes exploring the potential risks and benefits of these technologies, identifying novel attack vectors and vulnerabilities, and developing innovative solutions to mitigate these threats and ensure the security, resilience, and integrity of emerging computing systems and applications. Topic of Interest (but not limited to): * Real-time monitoring and operations * Performance analysis and diagnostics * Data security and privacy * Malware analysis and detection * Digital forensics and incident response * Edge computing security * Security and performance metrics * AI/ML-driven methodologies * Security information and event management (SIEM) * Best practices for resilient computing/communications Important Dates: Submission deadline: July 17, 2026 Author notification: August 21, 2026 Camera-ready deadline: September 11, 2026 Workshop: November 15, 2026 Paper Submission: All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Authors are invited to submit either a full (max 8 pages) paper or a short/work-in-progress (max 5 pages) paper. Papers will be peer-reviewed, and accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings as part of the ACM digital library. Program Committee (tentative): Stergios Anastasiadis, University of Ioannina, Greece Sang-Yoon Chang, University of Colorado Colorado Springs, USA Ming-Hung Chen, IBM, USA Chunglae Cho, ETRI, Korea Italo Epicoco, University of Salento, Italy Hsiang-Jen Hong, Western Washington University, USA In Kee Kim, University of Georgia, USA Alina Lazar, Youngstown State University, USA Chul-Ho Lee, Texas State University, USA Che-Rung Lee, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Dongeun Lee, East Texas A&M University, USA Amir H. Payberah, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden Marco Pulimeno, University of Salento, Italy Alex Sim, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, USA K. John Wu, Energy Sciences Network, USA Yu-Sung Wu, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taiwan Organizing Committee: Massimo Cafaro, University of Salento, Italy Eric Chan-Tin, Loyola University Chicago, USA Jerry Chou, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan Jinoh Kim, East Texas A&M University, USA Submission link: https://watch2026.hotcrp.com/settings/submissions Web: https://watch-miniconf.github.io/ Contact: WATCH.miniconf@gmail.com - ********************************************************************************************* Prof. Massimo Cafaro, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Parallel Algorithms and Data Mining/Machine Learning Head of the HPC (High Performance Computing) Lab Head of the AIMA Lab (Artificial Intelligence Models and Algorithms) Department of Engineering for Innovation University of Salento, Lecce, Italy Via per Monteroni 73100 Lecce, Italy Voice/Fax +39 0832 297371 Web https://www.massimocafaro.it Web https://www.unisalento.it/people/massimo.cafaro E-mail massimo.cafaro@unisalento.it E-mail cafaro@ieee.org E-mail cafaro@acm.org INGV National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology Via di Vigna Murata 605 Roma CMCC Foundation Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change Via Augusto Imperatore, 16 - 73100 Lecce massimo.cafaro@cmcc.it Weiler’s Law: Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn’t have to do it himself. ********************************************************************************************** -- ********************************************************** * * Contributions to be spread via DMANET are submitted to * * DMANET@zpr.uni-koeln.de * * Replies to a message carried on DMANET should NOT be * addressed to DMANET but to the original sender. 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