Conference Schedule: 5-7 May 2025 (Workshop on 5 May)
Location: Santa Clara, California, USA
Registration: TBD through IEEE CAI
Submissions: Easy Chair Specifying that the manuscript is intended for the ACD Workshop. Papers must adhere to the same requirements as the main conference. (Accepted workshop papers are published in the conference proceedings in the workshop section, available online via IEEE and indexed by IEEE Xplore)
Submission deadline: 15 January 2025 10 March 2025
Paper acceptance notification: 1 March 2025 1 April 2025
Camera-ready deadline: 7 March 2025 5 April 2025
Formatting guidelines, LaTeX styles, and Word template: Template (Select Conferences > Original Research > LaTeX or Word)
Each research paper should have at most 6 pages, including figures, tables and references. A maximum of two extra pages per paper is allowed (i.e., up to 8 pages), but with an additional charge.
Please note that IEEE CAI 2025 will pursue a double-blind review policy. This policy applies to any supplementary or linked material as well, including code.
According to IEEE Publications Regarding AI-Generated Text, the use of artificial intelligence (AI) generated text in an article shall be disclosed in the acknowledgements section of any paper submitted to an IEEE Conference or Periodical. The sections of the paper that use AI-generated text shall have a citation to the AI system used to generate the text.
The International Workshop on Adaptive Cyber Defense was organized to share research that explores unique applications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) as foundational capabilities for the pursuit of adaptive cyber defense. The cyber domain cannot currently be reliably and effectively defended without extensive reliance on human experts. Skilled cyber defenders are in short supply and often cannot respond fast enough to cyber threats.
Building on recent advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) the Cyber defense research community has been motivated to develop new dynamic and sustainable defenses through adaptive cyber defense. The cyber domain cannot currently be reliably and effectively defended without extensive reliance on human experts. Skilled cyber defenders are in short supply and often cannot respond fast enough to cyber threats. With the growing adoption of AI and ML techniques to both cyber and non-cyber settings, there is an increasing need to bridge the critical gap between AI and Cyber research and practitioners. We must accelerate our efforts to create cyber defenses that can learn to recognize and respond to cyber attacks or discover and mitigate weaknesses in cooperation with other cyber operation systems and human experts. Furthermore, these defenses must be adaptive, and able to evolve over time to take into account changes in attacker behavior, benign changes in the systems, and expected drift in user behavior over time. The ACD Workshop will focus on sharing research that explores unique applications of AI and ML as an emerging technology underpinning foundational capabilities of adaptive cyber defense. The Workshop will be comprised of technical presentations, and a panel discussion focused on open problems and potential research solutions. This domain consists of challenging problems of critical importance to national and global security. Participation in this workshop will offer potentially unprecedented opportunities to stimulate research and innovation in this area.
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
Autonomous and semi-autonomous reasoning and response for cyber domains
Human-machine teaming for adaptive defense systems
Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) for adaptive cyber defense environments
Reasoning and course of action (COA) decision making in cyber operations
Predictive analytics for proactive stance to cyber threats and opportunities
Cognitive modeling of cyber defenders and attackers
Multi-agent and distributed AI solutions for semi-autonomous collaboration for cyber operations
Automated intrusion detection and response, including AI additions to Security Orchestration, Automation and Incident Response (SOAR)
Moving target defenses with adaptive (rather than random) strategies
Command and control for automated cyber response
Cyber simulation environments developed for testing and validation of AI techniques
Realistic models of human behavior in cyber domains
Explorations of problem similarities between cyber and non-cyber domains
Adaptive cyber defense use cases and issues with adoption
Customized defenses based on observed attacker behavior
Generative AI cyber security use cases
The main objective of this workshop is to bring together both the research community and the government and industry communities to exchange experiences, discuss challenges and propose research directions. The workshop consists of technical presentations (invited and accepted paper speakers will share their thoughts and experience on adaptive cyber defense); Academic-Industry-Government research direction discussion (top researchers in the area from academic, industry and government will discuss the current and future challenges in this area); Challenge problems (Academic challenge event results).
5 May 2025
https://cai.ieee.org/2025/program2025/
(Click on Workshops and then ACD)
Prof. Marco Carvalho, Florida Institute of Technology, USA
Dr. Damian Marriott, Defence Science and Technology Group (Alumnus), Australia
Dr. Mark Bilinski, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific, USA
Dr. Ahmad Ridley, Laboratory for Advanced Cybersecurity Research, USA
All questions about the workshop should be directed to: adaptive.cyber.defense@gmail.com