The International Conference on Military Communication and Information Systems (ICMCIS) to be held in Bath, United Kingdom 12-13 May 2026, in conjunction with the 57^th NATO Science & Technology Organization (STO) Information Systems Technology (IST) Scientific and Technical Committee (STC) Business Meeting. As a NATO STO IST STC activity, ICMCIS 2026 is hosted by Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, part of the UK Ministry of Defence. The ICMCIS is the largest scientific conference in Europe on military CIS. It provides a forum for exchanging ideas and knowledge on the development and implementation of advanced ICTs for military systems.

ICMCIS covers relevant scientific topics and technologies for defence C5I, to include military information exchange, processing, storage and security. The conference is organized in three tracks. We especially encourage papers on emerging and disruptive technologies. Submitted research papers should address high quality research in one (or more) of the following topics (but not limited to):

 

Track 1: Intelligent Military Information Systems

• AI/ML for C2 Decision Support, Intelligence and Situational Awareness
• Synthetic Data Generation, Testing Evaluation, Verification and Validation of AI
• Solutions for Responsible AI
• Service Orchestration, Tactical Cloud, Edge/Fog Computing
• Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
• Military Internet of Things (IoT)
• Human-Machine Teaming (hybrid systems, uncrewed systems)
• Interoperability Solutions for Heterogeneous Systems and Multi-Domain Operations
• Multimodal and XR-based Human-Machine Interfaces
• Federative DS/SA systems (e.g. agentic AI, federative learning, swarms, etc)
• Quantum technologies

 

Track 2: Military Communication & Networks

• AI/ML for Communication and Networking
• Routing, Integrated Network Architecture and System-of-systems
• Networking Protocols and Performance
• Simulation/Emulation Tools and Scenarios for Experimentation
• Resilient Tactical Networks
• Network Orchestration and Management
• Waveforms and Signal Processing
• Non-EM Communications: Quantum, Non-RF (e.g., Optical), Acoustic
• 5G and beyond technology for defense
• Wireless Terrestrial and Satellite Transmission (including Antenna Technology), Space

 

Track 3: Cyber Security & Information Assurance

• Advanced Persistent Threat Detection/Mitigation, Emerging vulnerabilities
• Counter / Adversarial AI
• Cyber agents
• Cryptography and Key Management
• Multi-Level Security
• Cyber and Electromagnetic Activity (CEMA) Countermeasures
• Data-Centric Security, Zero-Trust Architectures and enabling techniques
• Quantum-safe crypto and migration
• Information Assurance & Digital Trust