Call for Special Session on Privacy and Security of Big Data
13th IEEE Special Session Privacy and Security of Big Data of IEEE BigData 2026
It follows the great success of twelve previous editions co-located with the IEEE BigData and ACM CIKM conference series and focuses attention on privacy and security research issues in the context of Big Data, a vibrant and challenging research context that is playing a leading role in the Database research community. Indeed, while Big Data is gaining attention from the research community, also driven by some relevant technological innovations (like Clouds) as well as novel paradigms (like social networks), the issues of privacy and security of Big Data represent a fundamental problem in this research context, due to the fact Big Data is typically published online for supporting knowledge management and fruition processes and, in addition to this, such data are usually handled by multiple owners, with possible secure multi-part computation issues.
Topics in the context of Privacy and Security:
- Privacy and Security issues of Big Data querying and analysis.
- System architectures in support of privacy and security of Big Data, e.g., GPUs
- Privacy and Security of Big Data in data-intensive Cloud computing;
- Privacy and Security of Big Data integration and exchange;
The PSBD 2026 special session focuses on all the research aspects of privacy and security of Big Data. Among these, an unrestricted list is the following one:
- Security of Big Data: Case Studies and Applications
- Security of Big Data: Advanced Topics (e.g., LLM, NoSQL Databases)
- Security of Big Data: Architectures
- Security of Big Data: Systems
- Security of Big Data: Non-Conventional Environments (e.g., Spatio-Temporal Data, Streaming Data, Cloud Data, Probabilistic Data, Uncertain Data)
- Security of Big Data: Query Optimization
- Security of Big Data: Algorithms
- Security of Big Data: Innovative Protocols
- Security of Big Data: Novel Paradigms
- Security of Big Data: Statistical Approaches
- Security of Big Data: Modelling
- Security of Big Data: Fundamentals
- Privacy of Big Data: Case Studies and Applications
- Privacy of Big Data: Advanced Topics (e.g., LLM, NoSQL Databases)
- Privacy of Big Data: Architectures
- Privacy of Big Data: Systems
- Privacy of Big Data: Non-Conventional Environments (e.g., Spatio-Temporal Data, Streaming Data, Cloud Data, Probabilistic Data, Uncertain Data)
- Privacy of Big Data: Query Optimization
- Privacy of Big Data: Algorithms
- Privacy of Big Data: Innovative Protocols
- Privacy of Big Data: Novel Paradigms
- Privacy of Big Data: Statistical Approaches
- Privacy of Big Data: Modelling
- Privacy of Big Data: Fundamentals
The 13th IEEE Special Session "Privacy and Security of Big Data" (PSBD 2026) of the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2026) will be held in Phoenix, AZ, USA, from December 14-17, 2026, and it aims to synergistically connect the research community and industry practitioners. It provides an international forum where scientific domain experts and Privacy and Security researchers, practitioners, and developers can share their findings in theoretical foundations, current methodologies, and practical experiences on Privacy and Security of Big Data. PSBD 2026 will provide a stimulating environment to encourage discussion, fellowship, and exchange of ideas in all aspects of research related to Privacy and Security of Big Data.
This includes both original research contributions and insights from practical system design, implementation, and evaluation, along with new research directions and emerging application domains in the target area. An expected outcome from PSBD 2026 is the identification of new problems in the main topics, and moves to achieve consolidated solutions to already-known problems. Other goals are to help in creating a focused community of scientists who create and drive interest in the area of Privacy and Security of Big Data, and additionally, to continue on the success of the event across future years.
Special Session Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA
Submission Guidelines and Instructions:
Maximum paper length allowed is:
- Position Papers: 6 pages.
- Demo Papers: 6 pages;
- Short Papers: 6 pages;
- Full Papers: 10 pages;
Submitted papers will be thoroughly reviewed by members of the Special Session Program Committee for quality, correctness, originality, and relevance. All accepted papers must be presented by one of the authors, who must register. Papers must be submitted via the CyberChair System by selecting the track "SpecialSession on Privacy and Security of Big Data ".
Paper Publication:
Accepted papers will appear in the official IEEE Big Data 2026 main conference proceedings, published by IEEE.
Important Dates:
- Special Session: December 14-17, 2026
- Camera-ready paper due: November 14, 2026
- Notification of acceptance: October 31, 2026
- Paper submission: September 30, 2026
Program Committee:
- Xiaokui Xiao, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
- Traian Marius Truta, Northern Kentucky University, USA
- Vicenc Torra, IIIA-CSIC, Spain
- Thorsten Strufe, Technische Universitat Darmstadt, Germany
- Murat Kantarcioglu, University of Texas at Dallas, USA
- Yucheng Dong, Sichuan University, China
- Josep Domingo-Ferrer, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Spain
- Katerina Doka, NTUA, Greece
- Rinku Dewri, University of Denver, USA
- Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Calabria, Italy
- Pietro Colombo, University of Insubria, Italy
- Elisa Bertino, CERIAS and Purdue University, USA
- Roberto Baldoni, University of Rome "Sapienza", Italy
- Maurizio Atzori, University of Cagliari, Italy
- Alfredo Cuzzocrea, University of Calabria, Italy (Chair)