International Conference on Contemporary Communication and Secure Networks (CCSN)
About conference
The International Conference CCSN, to be held at Mahindra University (MU), Hyderabad, India, from 26–28 November 2026. The conference provides an international forum for researchers, academicians and industry professionals to showcase their recent research findings in communication, networking security, digital forensics and cyberlaw. The five most prominent conference tracks are Contemporary Networking, which covers SDN, ICN, CRN, and AI/ML-enabled networking paradigms; the Network and Cyber Security track, which emphasizes secure communication architectures and information security; and the Distributed Computing track, which covers findings in parallel and high-performance computing. The Digital Forensics and Cyber Law track focusing on forensic analysis of drones, systems, and IoT devices and finally the Data Protection along with legal, regulatory, and technical aspects of data protection and cyber governance. The conference invites original, unpublished research contributions including theoretical models, algorithms, system architectures, experimental evaluations, and real-world case studies. All submissions will undergo a rigorous peer review process in accordance with Springer publication standards and accepted papers are planned to be published in an edited Springer volume (approval under consideration).
Conference details
Topics for paper submission
Track 1. Contemporary Networking: SDN, ICN, CRN, AIML in networking.
Track 2. Network and Cyber Security: Communications and Information Security.
Track 3. Distributed Computing: Sequential, Parallel, High Performance Computing
Track 4. Digital Forensic: Drone Analysis, System Analysis, IOT device analysis.
Track 5. Data Protection and Cyber Law: Modeling, analysis, protocols.
(For details see the Call for Papers)
Submission, Review and Publications
Manuscripts must be written in English and prepared strictly according to Springer’s book chapter guidelines to ensure uniformity and publication quality. Submissions are solicited exclusively through the designated Microsoft CMT portal. Submissions in any other form will not be considered under any circumstances. All submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers following a rigorous peer-review process. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference to be included in the proceedings. Accepted and presented papers will be included in the proceedings published in a Springer book series (approval pending). One of the authors must be registered with full registration for each selected paper.
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
Important dates
Paper submission starts. 15th April, 2026
Paper submission ends. 30th August 2026
Acceptance notification. 30th September 2026
CRC submission. 30th October 2026
Registration. 10th November 2026
Call For Paper
Call for Paper CCSN 2026
Call for Papers Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished manuscripts that are not currently under review elsewhere. Both theoretical and applied research contributions are welcome.
Track 1: Contemporary Networking This track focuses on emerging networking paradigms emphasizing flexibility, intelligence, and scalability in modern communication systems, including software-defined, content-centric, cognitive, and AI-driven networking architectures. Topics include:
- Software Defined Networking (SDN)
- Information Centric Networking (ICN)
- Cognitive Radio Networks (CRN)
- AI/ML enabled networking
- Network virtualization and slicing
- 5G/6G and beyond
- Edge and fog networking
- Network performance evaluation
Track 2: Network and Cyber Security This track addresses security challenges in communication and data networks, emphasizing confidentiality, integrity, availability, privacy, architectures, protocols, authentication, cryptography, intrusion detection, and scalable solutions.
Topics include:
- Secure communication, Authentication and access control
- Intrusion detection and Cryptographic techniques
- Secure routing and trust models
- Privacy preserving networks
- Wireless and mobile network security, Blockchain based security
- Cyber security modeling and protocol analysis
- Threat modeling and analytics
- Secure software engineering Cyber physical system security
- AI/ML for cyber defense and Vulnerability assessment
Track 3: Distributed Computing This track focuses on distributed, parallel, and high-performance computing models and systems, emphasizing scalability, efficiency, reliability, resource management, and performance evaluation across platforms. Topics include:
- Sequential and parallel computing
- Distributed systems and algorithms
- High Performance Computing (HPC)
- Cloud, edge, and fog computing
- Resource scheduling and load balancing
- Fault tolerance and reliability
Track 4: Digital Forensics This track covers forensic investigation techniques for modern digital and cyber-physical systems, focusing on evidence acquisition, analysis, preservation, validation, and legal admissibility across diverse computing environments. Topics include:
- Digital forensic methodologies
- Drone and UAV forensics
- IoT and embedded device forensics
- System and memory forensics
- Network and cloud forensics
- Malware and ransomware analysis
- Evidence acquisition and preservation
- Legal and ethical issues
Track 5: Data protection and cyber law This track addresses legal, regulatory, and technical challenges of data protection, privacy, cyber crime, compliance, digital forensics, and secure governance in modern, intelligent, and large-scale computing and networked environments.
Topics include:
- Data protection regulations and privacy laws (GDPR, DPDP Act, cross-border data transfer)
- Cybercrime laws, investigation, and digital forensics
- Legal aspects of data breaches and incident response
- Privacy-preserving technologies and compliance-by-design
- Encryption, lawful access, and regulatory challenges
- Intellectual property rights in digital and networked systems
- Legal and ethical issues in AI, big data, and automated decision-making
- Electronic evidence, cyber contracts, and online dispute resolution
Submission and Review Process Manuscripts must be written in English and prepared according to Springer’s book chapter guidelines. All submissions will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Accepted papers must be presented at the conference to be included in the proceedings. Publication Accepted and presented papers will be published in an edited Springer volume. Selected high-quality papers may be invited for extended versions in reputed indexed journals, subject to additional review.
Patron
Dr. Yajulu Medury, Vice Chancellor, Mahindra University
General
Dr. Dhruba Kr. Bhattacharya, Tezpur University
Programme Chair
Dr. Nitul Dutta, Mahindra University, Hyderabad
Dr. Manju Khari, JNU, Delhi
Dr. Kanubhai K Patel, Charotar University, Gujarat
Dr. Gheorghita Ghinea, Brunel University, UK
Committees
Advisory Committee
Dr. Arun K Pujari, Mahindra University
Dr. Gautam Barua, IIIT Guwahati
General Chair
Dr. Dhruba Kr. Bhattacharya, Tezpur University
Programme Chair
Dr. Nitul Dutta, Mahindra University
Dr. Manju Khari, JNU
Dr. Kanubhai K Patel, Charotar University
Dr. Gheorghita Ghinea, Brunel University
Track Chairs
Dr. Chirag Modi, NIT Goa
Dr. Sambit K. Mishra, SRM AP
Dr. Jay Teraiya, National Forensic University
Dr. Hiren KD Sarma, Guwahati University
Finance Chair
Dr. Vijay Rao, Mahindra University
Dr. Shabnam Samima, Mahindra University
Dr. Abinash Puahari, Mahindra University
Publicity Chair
Dr. Sunil Pathak, Amity University
Dr. Rajesh Mahadeva, MAHE Manipal
Dr. Yayati Gupta, Mahindra University
Dr. Surya Samantha Beri, IFCAI University
Technical Committee members
Technical Programme Committee (more members will be added)
- Dr. Zdzislaw Polkowski, UJW, Poland
- Dr. Emil Pricop, Petroleum and Gas University, Romania
- Dr. Mariam Ibrahim, Jor. German University, Jordan
- Dr. Johar Fatehi, Deff. Lab, Canada
- Dr. SR Biradar, SDM College of Engineering., Karnataka
- Dr. Nishant Doshi, PDPU, Gujarat
- Dr. Chintan Patel, Gujarat
- Dr. Trupil Limbasiys
- Dr. Madhu Shukla, Marwadi University., Gujarat,
- Dr. Krunal Waghela, Marwadi University., Gujarat
- Dr. Krishna Delvadia, Gujarat
- Dr. Satish Anamalamudi, SRM University, AP
- Dr. Kushal Pokhrel, SMIT, Sikkim
- Dr. Anubhav Goel, The Netherlands
- Dr. Joy Dutta, Khalifa University, UAE
- Dr. Mahendra Kumar, NIT Jalandhar
- Dr. Ramesh Kumar, Chitkara University
- Dr. Anuj Sharma, OP Jindal Global University
