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CALL FOR PAPERS — DSAS 2026
Dependable and Secure Autonomous Systems:
Space and Drone/UAV Technologies in the Age of AI
Full-day Workshop co-located with DSN 2026
June 22, 2026
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We invite submissions to DSAS 2026, a full-day workshop co-located with the
IEEE/IFIP International Conference on Dependable Systems and Networks (DSN 2026).
DSAS 2026 focuses on the dependability and security of autonomous systems,
with emphasis on space systems and drone/UAV platforms. The workshop brings
together researchers from dependable systems, security, cyber-physical systems,
and autonomous platforms to address the challenges posed by AI/ML-enabled
autonomy on assurance, robustness, safety, and resilience.
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TOPICS OF INTEREST
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Topics include, but are not limited to:
Dependability and Security of Space Systems:
– Fault tolerance, resilience, and survivability of space platforms
– Failure modeling and dependability analysis under space-specific constraints
– Secure and dependable ground-space and inter-satellite communications
– Jamming, spoofing, and interference resilience
– Mission assurance and lifecycle dependability
Dependability and Security of Drone/UAV Systems:
– Fault tolerance and resilient autonomy for UAVs
– Secure navigation and sensing (spoofing/jamming resilience, sensor fusion)
– Safety assurance, failsafe behaviors, and graceful degradation
– Dependability and security of drone swarms and multi-agent coordination
– Empirical studies, datasets, and testbeds for UAV reliability and security
AI/ML in Space and Drone/UAV Systems:
– Dependability and robustness of AI/ML-enabled components
– Verification, validation, and certification of learning-based systems
– AI-driven autonomy, planning, and control under uncertainty
– Adversarial ML threats in space and UAV environments
– Trust, explainability, and runtime monitoring for AI in mission-critical operations
– Human-AI interaction and decision-making
Cross-Cutting Themes:
– Metrics, benchmarks, and datasets for system dependability and security
– Secure software and hardware supply chains
– Resilience and recovery from on-orbit anomalies or cyber-physical attacks
– Case studies and lessons learned from open, unclassified missions
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IMPORTANT DATES
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Paper submission deadline: March 31, 2026 (AoE) – extended deadline
Notification of acceptance: April 17, 2026 (AoE) – extended deadline
Camera-ready deadline: April 27, 2026 (AoE) — hard deadline
Workshop date: June 22, 2026
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SUBMISSION
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Papers should be submitted via EasyChair. Select the “DSAS2026 Workshop” track:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=dsn_2026
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WEBSITE
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https://dsas2026.github.io/
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CONTACT
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For questions regarding the workshop or submissions, please contact:
Gokhan Kul, PhD
Associate Professor
University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
gkul@umassd.edu