Paper submissions should be on topics related to education, research, and practice in Cybersecurity and Information Technology Education (CITE). All paper submissions will undergo a double-anonymous peer review process.
Innovation Practice in Cybersecurity and IT Education: Papers describe experiences and novel practices in CITE. Papers should connect the educational practice to relevant prior literature and present an innovation of value and interest to CITE educators. Papers should include a description of what is innovative about the practice and how the practice differs from and builds on previous practice as illustrated in the literature. Papers should describe the setting of the practice in the broad CITE context, the motivations for the practice, and any assessment results or other evaluative indicators in support of potential effectiveness of the practice.
See Innovative Practice in CITE: Evaluation Criteria section below.
Cybersecurity and IT Education Research: Papers describe contributions to research or application of research in CITE. Papers should contextualize the research study within relevant literature on education research. Research papers should outline the research approach (e.g., theoretical perspective, data collection methods, data analysis approaches) and the study findings. Applied research papers should describe the applicability and appropriateness of the research to the study's context and the resulting outcomes, including data collection and analysis as appropriate. Both research studies and application of research studies should discuss the relevance of the work, the limitations of the study, and implications for educational practice.
See CITE Applied Research Study: Review Criteria section below.
See CITE Research Study: Review Criteria section below.
Up to six pages, with a strict seventh page reserved only for references. Anything beyond this will be rejected without review.
Papers must use one of the ACM submission templates (see Submission Formatting section below).
Accepted Paper submissions will be published in the conference proceedings if at least one author registers for the conference and presents the paper in person.
You must use one of the following ACM templates to format your submissions:
ACM’s Word template:
https://www.acm.org/binaries/content/assets/publications/taps/acm_submission_template.docx
LaTeX template:
https://portalparts.acm.org/hippo/latex_templates/acmart-primary.zip
Overleaf sigconf template
https://www.overleaf.com/gallery/tagged/acm-official#.WOuOk2e1taQ
Paper submissions provide a venue for rigorous scholarly contributions that advance education, research, and practice in Cybersecurity and Information Technology education. Submissions may include empirical studies, theoretical contributions, curricular innovations, instructional practices, educational technologies, assessment approaches, policy discussions, industry–academia collaborations, and evidence-based practices. The use of AI is disclosed and justified.
● Advance knowledge in Cybersecurity and Information Technology education.
● Contribute evidence-based practices, educational interventions, or scholarly insights.
● Disseminate innovative curricular, pedagogical, or technological approaches.
● Support reproducibility, transferability, and adoption across institutions.
● Promote discussion of emerging challenges and future directions.
● Strengthen connections among research, educational practice, and workforce needs.