Call For Workshops
The 9th Cyber Security in Networking Conference (CSNet2025) will be held in Abu Dhabi, UAE, between the 20th and 22nd of October 2025. CSNet is inviting applicants to submit proposals for high-quality workshops that will contribute to the scientific program of the main conference. The workshop program seeks to provide venues for specialist groups to meetand hold a focused discussion on specific sub-areas within Cyber Security in Networking and to engage in community-building activities. The workshops should provide a discussion forum for researchers and industry experts on topics related to the conference’s main theme, “GenAI and Cybersecurity”. Proceedings will be submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library.
Workshops Proposals Submission
Workshop proposals must be submitted by e-mail to the workshop co-chairs and should include the following information:
- Workshop title
- Name, affiliation, postal, and e-mail addresses of each (proposed) workshop chair
- A brief (1-page) CV of each (proposed) workshop chair, highlighting prior experience organizing similar events.
- Biography of the main organizer(s) (100-200 words)
- A brief description of the topic of the workshop and its relevance to the conference (not exceeding 500 words)
- Proposed duration of the workshop (full-day or half-day)
- A list of likely program committee members
- Plan for workshop advertising and publicity (including workshop URL)
- An estimate of the number of submissions that will be attracted based on workshops held in previous years or any other information
- Plans for Invited Talks, if any
- A commitment as to whether or not the workshop organizers would like the post-proceedings to appear in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, together with the other workshops
- Any further information deemed relevant, e.g. previous workshops held on similar themes
- Workshops not managing the minimum number of accepted papers will be suggested to join together or be canceled.
Important dates
- Workshops proposals submission:
May 23, 2025July 10th, 2025 - Notifications of Acceptance:
June 13, 2025July 15th, 2025 - Preliminary CFP to be published for workshops: No later than
June 18, 2025, July 25th, 2025 - Paper submission deadline for the workshops:
August 10, 2025August 30, 2025 - Paper acceptance for the workshops: September 10, 2025 September 20th, 2025
- Camera-ready & Author Registration: November 10, 2025 September 30th, 2025
Accepted Workshops
For the accepted workshops, the organizers will be responsible for the following:
- Constituting the workshop program committee
- Setting up a workshop website
- Advertising the workshop
- Managing the paper review and selection process
- Ensuring that at least one author of each accepted paper attends to present the paper (this may require announcing regulations that stipulate this as a prerequisite for the publication of the paper in the workshop proceedings)
- Ensuring that the workshop delivers practical scholarly/research value via active discussion/debate
- Workshops may be held for a full day or half a day (depends on the co-chairs’ preferences and/or the number of accepted papers)
- At least one author for each paper accepted to a workshop will need to register for the workshop program
Workshops Publication
CSNet 2025 allows workshop organizers to publish improved versions of accepted papers as part of its dedicated post-workshop proceedings, which will appear in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. Papers should clearly demonstrate the research or practical contribution, their relevance to the field, and their relationship to prior work.
Workshop Co-chairs:
- Monther Aldwairi (Zayed University, UAE), Monther.Aldwairi@zu.ac.ae
- Mousa Al-kfairy (Zayed University, UAE), Mousa.Al-kfairy@zu.ac.ae