4th IOCRCI Workshop: Impact of IT/OT Convergence on the Resilience of Critical Infrastructures

    Scope of the workshop

    Our economy and society are increasingly dependent on the proper functioning of critical infrastructures such as for example electricity supply networks, drink water systems, water works, road traffic systems, and gas distribution systems. Traditionally, critical infrastructures are isolated systems. However, they are increasingly being connected to other systems and the internet. Digitalization is an irreversible trend because of significant business advantages such as reduced overhead and process optimization. The digitization of critical infrastructures, also referred to as IT/OT convergence, requires novel methods, models and technologies for design, detection, response, and recovery from cyber-attacks and (cascading) failures in converged IT/OT systems.

    The half-day IOCRCI workshop offers a timely venue for researchers, governmental and industry partners to present and discuss their latest results on the impact of IT/OT Convergence on the Resilience of Critical Infrastructures. We aim to get a clear understanding of the research and operational challenges for this theme, including insight in the state-of-the-art, availability of data sets and testbeds, positioning papers, experimental and operational experience and situational awareness around the subject.

    Three successful editions of the IOCRCI workshop have been held, in conjunction with the IFIP NETWORKING conference:

    This workshop will be held exclusively in-person.

    Topics of interest:

    Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:

    • Challenges for (cyber) resilient critical infrastructures
    • State-of-the-art studies
    • Lessons learnt from cyber-attacks and/or cascading failures on critical infrastructures
    • Methods for predicting upcoming failures in critical infrastructures
    • Security by design
    • Detection and mitigation of anomalies indicating cyberattacks or other resilience threats
    • Digital twins for (cyber) resilience
    • Methods for modeling resiliency in critical infrastructures
    • Methods for situational awareness and incident response
    • Self-healing for cyber resilience
    • Methods for countermeasures and mitigation actions in critical infrastructures

    Important Dates

    • Paper submission deadline: March 22, 2026 April 7, 2026  April 14, 2026 (AoE) - Firm
    • Notification of acceptance: April 21st, 2026  April 28, 2026
    • Camera-ready deadline: April 30th, 2026 May 4, 2026
    • Workshop date: May 24th

    Paper submission

    Submitted papers should be written in English by following the IEEE conference format (double-column, 10pt font), with a maximum length limit of 6 (six) printed pages, including all figures, references, and appendices.

    Papers should be submitted through EDAS in PDF through the following link: EDAS

    Only original papers that have not been published or submitted for review elsewhere will be considered for publication in the proceedings.

    Papers will appear in the conference proceedings and will be submitted for inclusion into IEEE Xplore subject to meeting IEEE Xplore’s scope and quality requirements.

    At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and present the work in the workshop.

    A single-blind review process will be followed.

    Workshop Organizing Team

    • Robert Kooij, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
    • Swarna Kumarswamy-Das, TNO, the Netherlands
    • Reda Yaich, IRT System X, France

    TPC Members

    • Arunabha Sen, Arizona State University, USA
    • Gregorio D'Agostino, ENEA, Italy
    • Rob van der Mei, Vrije Universiteit, the Netherlands
    • Romain Dagnas, IRT System X, France
    • Savio Sciancalepore, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands
    • Martijn Warnier, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
    • Alex Stefanov, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
    • Annalisa Socievole. National Research Council of Italy
    • Song Yang, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, China
    • Maksim Kitsak, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands
    • Venkata Reddy Palleti , Indian Institute of Petroleum and Energy, India
    • Evangelos Pournaras, University of Leeds, UK
    • Swarna Kumarswamy Das, TNO, the Netherlands
    • Joaquin Garcia-Alfaro, Télécom SudParis, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, Palaiseau, France
    • Giedre Sabaliauskaite, Mykolas Romeris University, Lithuania
    • Tim Lynar, UNSW, Sydney, Australia
    • Erik Meeuwissen, TNO, Netherlands