Symposium 2026 Paper Submissions

Researchers and students from Virginia institutions of higher education will discuss their research at the 2026 CCI Symposium, April 13-14, in Richmond, Va. They'll present their papers at the Symposium at the Omni Richmond Hotel.

Paper Submission

Have your paper title, abstract, and research category ready when you submit. If there are multiple authors or team members for your paper, please have only one author/team member make the submission.

If you've been selected to present, you'll be assigned to one of these categories:

• AI for Cyber/Cyber for AI
• Securing Autonomous Systems
• Comprehensive Cyber
• Data Security & Cyber Policy

Timeline

Paper Presentation

Each presenter will get 3 minutes to present their work. 

Presentations are limited to one slide for content. Any additional slides will be deleted out of respect for the time of all presenters.

If your paper has been accepted and you would like to show a slide at your presentation, we have a PowerPoint template for you to use.

Download the paper presentation slide template (PPT).

To use a slide in your presentation, you must submit your PowerPoint presentation by April 3, 2026, to Kendall Beebe at kwbeebe@vt.edu.

About the Session

The session's purpose is to give researchers the opportunity to share their work, receive feedback from peers, and improve their papers. Research should be current or ongoing. The presentation won’t count as being the paper’s publication, and CCI won’t hold a copyright. 

Researchers and faculty at CCI-affiliated public institutions who are eligible to serve as a Principal Investigator (PI) on an external grant may apply.

Students must have been enrolled at a Virginia institution of higher education at the time of the Symposium (April 13-14, 2026). 

For more information or if you have questions about paper submissions or the Symposium, contact CCI’s Kendall Beebe at kwbeebe@vt.edu.