2nd IEEE International Conference
on Cyber Humanities
Venice, Italy, September 7-9, 2026

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Venice, Italy, September 7-9, 2026

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ABOUT CONFERENCE

The IEEE International Conference on Cyber Humanities (IEEE CH) is an annual event co-sponsored by the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC) Society. It focuses on theoretical and practical aspects of technologies applied to Social Science and Humanities (SSH) that includes Arts, Heritage, History, Archeology, Linguistics, Libraries, and so forth. SSH Is now considered as a Critical and Complex Human-Cyber-Physical Ecosystem that need protection, valorization and resilience for the future generations. Such Ecosystem should exhibit three relevant properties as Trust, Resilience and Sustainability to pursue its mission in the long term.

The conference explores novel concepts, technologies, solutions and applications along the digital continuum within the Cultural Cyber Critical Ecosystem including digitization, curation, protection, reuse and disseminate Digital Cultural Assets. The IEEE CH 2026 conference will be held in Venice, Italy, during September 7–9, 2026.

TOPICS COVERED

Prospective authors are encouraged to submit previously unpublished contributions from a broad range of topics, which include but are not limited to the following:

T1-Digitization

  • Multimodal digitization (3D scanning, photogrammetry, multispectral imaging, X-ray, terahertz imaging, …), and data fusion;
  • Heterogenous data analysis, modelling, interlinking and browsing;
  • Multispectral Imaging for Non-invasive Analysis of Cultural Artifacts:
  • Audio/Video digitization techniques
  • High-Resolution Digitization of Cultural Assets (Manuscripts, Textiles, Complex Surface Materials,..
  • UAV based digitization
  • Performing art digitization

T2-Processing & Curation

  • Semantic-aware representation of multi-dimensional digital artefacts;
  • Integration of User-Generated Content in Digital Archives
  • Digital Curation of Virtual and Augmented Reality Experiences
  • Participatory Digital Curation
  • Provenance, Trust, Chain of custody, Reputation
  • Metadata/paradata generation and Quality
  • Automatic knowledge extraction and Indexing
  • Trustworthy Persistent Identifiers
  • NLP

T3 Preservation

  •  Preserving Digital twins of Cultural Assets
  •  Blockchain based preservation
  •  Intelligent Self-preserved digital objects
  •  AI-driven Predictive Models
  •  Long-term Storage Solutions
  •  Techniques for Accessing Obsolete Digital Formats
  •  Advanced Compression Algorithms for preservation
  •  Preserving multimodal data
  •  Cloud based preservation
  •  Distributed preservation network
  •  UX preservation
  •  Big Data Preservation
  •  Trusted digital repositories

T4- Protection & Security

  • SSH Research Infrastructure protection
  • Cyber-security and AI
  • Cyber-threat intelligence
  • Cyber Resilience
  • Cyber-crime detection
  • Cyber Defense
  • Cryptography
  • Privacy and data protection
  • Digital watermarking and authentication techniques
  • DRM
  • Cyber Risk Assessment

T5-Retrieval & Analysis

  • AI based Information access and retrieval;
  • Semantic search, Linked data
  • Data and information exploration;
  • nowledge Graph
  •  Syntactic and Semantic interoperability
  • Semantic processing
  • LLM based contest search and SSH analysis
  • HMI/US novel approaches
  • LLM based digital public historyanalysis

T-6 Valorization & Applications

  • Multimedia Digital Library
  • Digital Libraries/Archives
  • Virtual Museums
  • Cultural Information Systems
  • Digital Archeology
  • Virtual Exhibitions
  • 3D/Holography
  • Virtual restoration
  • Automatic Content Generation
  • Digital storytelling and cultural tourism
  • Digital Public History
  • VR, AR, MX reality environments;
  • Machine Translation

T7- SSH Research Infrastructures

  • Green Computing and Sustainability Models;
  • SSH RIs as Critical Infrastructures;
  • RIs Standardization, Consolidation and Alignment;
  • RIs Nodes and Resources Interoperability;
  • RIs and the European Research Area (EOSC)
  • Training, Capacity Building, Engagement
  • Innovative Cross domain Services and Environments;
  • Descriptive and executable Scientific Workflows
  • Cloud Computing / Ubiquitous Computing
  • RIs as Innovation Hubs

T8 - Ethical and Legal Aspects

  • AI Explainability
  • Transparency and Explicability;
  • Digital Literacy;
  • Piracy;
  • Automation and Legal Responsibility;
  • Research Integrity;
  • Human Centered Design;
  • Automation, Privacy and Public Responsibility;
  • AI and Social responsibility;
  • Biases in AI based translation
  • Responsible LLM
  • Ethical AI

T9- Societal Aspects

  • Humanities Education and Digital Literacy;
  • Digital Divide and Discrimination;
  • Cyber Humanities for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion;
  • AI for Cultural and Creative Industries;
  • Public Engagement and Citizen Science;
  • Democracy and Social Impact;
  • Digital publishing
  • Tools for Education and Digital Literacy;
  • Digital Heritage driven Democracy and Diplomacy

IMPORTANT DATES

Call for papers – Call for Workshop

Call for papaers

Paper submission deadline: April 10, 2026

Authors’ notification: May 2, 2026

Camera-ready submission: May 15, 2026

Early registration deadline: May 20, 2026

Conference dates: Sept 7–9, 2026

Call for workshops

Proposal submission deadline: January 20, 2026

(send to emanuele.bellini@ieee.org)

Proponents’ notification: January 30, 2026

Paper submission deadline: April 10, 2026

Authors’ notification: May 2<, 2026

Camera-ready submission: May 15, 2026

Early registration deadline: May 20, 2026

Workshop dates: Sept 7–9, 2026

REGISTRATION

540,00 € – 920,00 €

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600,00 € – 980,00 €

NON IEEE MEMBERS Presenter Registration Fee

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IEEE Member Non presenter Registration Fees

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COUNTRIES

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SPEAKERS

126

PROGRAMS

495

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ORGANIZING COMMITTEE

General Chairs

Emanuele Bellini, University ofRoma Tre
Emiliano Degl’Innocenti, CNR

Steering Committee

Sally Chambers, British Library (UK)
Igor Linkov, Carnegie Mellon University (US)
Raymond Choo, University of San Antonio (US)
Salvatore Capasso, CNR (IT)
Carlo Rizzuto, ERIC (IT)
Robin Boast, Europeana (UK)
Nicolas Larrousse, CNRS (FR)
Ernesto Damiani, KALIFA University (UAE)

Giovanni Adorni, University of Genova (IT)
Panagiotis Sarigiannidis, University of Western Macedonia (GR)
Sarah Whatley, University of Coventry (UK)
Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria (IT)
Francesco Flammini, SUPSI (CH)
Gohar Sargsyan, TATA Consulting (IN)
Paolo Merialdo, University of Roma TRE (IT)
Sudip Misra, Indian Institute of Technology (IN)
Giuseppe Liotta, University of Perugia (IT)

Scientific Committee

Sally Chambers, British Library (UK)
Igor Linkov, Carnegie Mellon University (US)
Raymond Choo, University of San Antonio (US)
Salvatore Capasso, CNR (IT)
Carlo Rizzuto, ERIC (IT)
Robin Boast, Europeana (UK)
Nicolas Larrousse, CNRS (FR)
Ernesto Damiani, KALIFA University (UAE)

J. Shawe-Taylor, UNESCO – IRCAI (SI)
Roberto Setola, Campus Biomedico Roma (IT)
Nicholas Kolokotronis, University of Peloponnese (GR)
Stavros Shiaeles, University of Portsmouth (UK)
Carlos Monroy,University of St. Thomas (US)
George Pavlidis, Athena Research Center (GR)

Track Program Chairs

T1 Digitization

Jianyi Lin, Univ. Cattolica
Alba Damato, Universirty of Campania Vanvitelli
Massimiliano Guarnieri, ENEA

T2 Processing and Curation

Alfredo Milani, Link University
Anna Maria Tammaro, University of Parma

T3 Preservation and Storage

Laurent Boch, RAI
Perla Innocenti, University of Strathclyde

T4 Protection and Security

Luca Faramondi, Campus Biomedico Rome
Stefano Bistarelli, University of Perugia
Salvatore D’Antonio, University of Parthenope

T5 Retrieval and Analysis

Paolo Ceravolo, University of Milan
Valentina Bartalesi, CNR-ISTI
Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio, University of Padua

T6 Valorisation and Applications

Fabio Pittarello, University of Venice
Marco Bertini, University of Florence
Valerio Bellandi, University of Milan
Adeline Joffres,CNRS, DARIAH-FR

T7 SSH Research Infrastructure

Emiliano Degl’Innocenti, CNR
Rossana Damiano, University of Turin
Edward GrayCNRS, DARIAH-ERIC

T8 Ethical and Legal aspects

Davor Orlic, IRCAI
Ronald Alcala, Westpoint
Enrico Barbierato, Università Cattolica
Koraljka Kuzman Šlogar, Institute of Ethnology and Folklore Research
Walther Scholger,University of Graz – DARIAH AT

T9-Social Aspects

Ilaria Torre, University of Genova
Francesco Pupo, University of Calabria
Luigi Martino, University of Bologna/Khalifa Univ.

Workshop Chairs

Emiliano Degl’Innocenti DARIAH-IT, CNR
Costanza Miliani, E-RIHS, CNR
Enrico Pasini, OPERAS-IT, University of Turin
Monica Monachini, CLARIN-IT, CNR
Lara Mauri, University of Milan

Organizations Chairs

Emanuele Bellini, University of Roma Tre
Raffaella Santucci, LOGOS-RI
Alessia Spadi, CNR/DARIAH-IT

Technical Program Committee

Ge Hangli, University of Tokyo
Riccardo Mariani, NVIDIA
Cristina Grisot, University of Zurich
Emanuele Frontoni, University of Macerata
Pierluigi Feliciati, University of Macerata
Pietro Liò, Cambridge University
Johan Oomen, Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid
Franco Bagnoli, University of Florence
Nicola Dragoni, Technical University of Denmark
Konstantinos-Panagiotis Grammatikakis, University of Western Macedonia
Stefano Marrone, University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli
Rene van Horik, Data Archiving and Networked Services
Simone Guarino, L’Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma
Nicholas Kolokotronis, University of the Peloponnese
Giovanni Bergamin, Associazione Italiana Biblioteche
Chiara Storti, Central National Library of Florence
Anna Maria Tammaro, IFLA
Federica Cena, University of Turin
Noemi Mauro, University of Turin
Viviana Bono, University of Turin
Yannis Tzitzikas, FORTH
Miko Tavosanis, University of Pisa
Livio Bioglio, University of Turin
Giovanni Adorni, University of Genova
Ilaria Torre, University of Genova
Valentina Bartalesi, ISTI-CNR
Daria Spampinato, CNR-ISTC
Alessandro Mosca, CNR-ISTC
Angelo Del Grosso, CNR-ILC
Monica Monachini, CNR-ILC CLARIN-IT
Federico Boschetti, CoPhiLab CNR-ILC
Gualtiero Volpe, University of Genova
Mauro Coccoli, University of Genova
Simone Martini, University of Bologna
Silvio Peroni, University of Bologna
Gianni Vercelli, University of Genova
Gianmaria Silvello, University of Padua
Giorgio Maria Di Nunzio, University of Padua
Sergio Canazza, University of Padua
Saverio Iacono, University of Genova
Eleonora Ceccaldi, University of Genova
Antonio Camurri, University of Genova
Antonio Rizzo, University of Siena
Paolo Bouquet, University of Trento
Bruno Crispo, University of Trento
Stefano Bistarelli, University of Perugia
Carlo Taticchi , University of Perugia
Francesco Santini, University of Perugia
Marco Cuccarini, University of Perugia
Ivan Mercanti, University of Perugia
Chiara Luchini, University of Perugia
Giovanni De Gasperis, University of L’Aqulia
Luca Maria Tutino, University of Perugia
Alfredo Milani, University of Perugia
Valentina Franzoni, University of Perugia
Valentina Poggioni, University of Perugia
Mattia Polticchia, University of Perugia
Manuel Striani, University of Piemonte Orientale
Giancarlo Ruffo, University of Piemonte Orientale
Mirko Lai, University of Piemonte Orientale
Anna Sapienza, University of Piemonte Orientale
Emanuele Florindi, University of Perugia
Emilio Di Giacomo, University of Perugia
Fabrizio Montecchiani, University of Perugia
Antonella De Angeli, University of Bolzano
Rosella Gennari, University of Bolzano
Alessandro Mosca, University of Bolzano
Enrico Franconi, University of Bolzano
Maria Menendez BlancoUniversity of Bolzano
Antonio Liotta, University of Bolzano

Jianyi Lin, University Cattolica
Igor Linkov, Carnegie Mellon University
Gianluca Mando, Thales
Vincenzo Damiani, BirkBeck, Universiy of London
Stavros Shiaeles, University of Portsmouth (UK)
David Wirsley, NYU Abu Dhabi
Fabio Martinelli, CNR – Italian National Research Council
Hervé L’Hours, UK Data Archive/Univ Essex (UK)
Giancarlo Fortino, University of Calabria
Francesco Pupo, University of Calabria
Carlo Ghezzi, Politecnico di Milano
Marco Brambilla, Politecnico di Milano
Nicoleta Diblas, Politecnico di Milano
Gabriele Gianini, University of Milan Bibocca
Marco Viviani, University of Milan Bibocca
Davide Chicco, University of Milan Bibocca
Alba Amato, University of Campania Vanvitelli
Davide Ponzini, University of Genova
Giovanna Guerrini, University of Genova
Salvatore Venticinque, University of Campania Vanvitelli
Rocco Aversa, University of Campania Vanvitelli
Beniamino di Martino, University of Campania Vanvitelli
Francesco Zanichelli, University of Parma
Ferruccio Damiani, University of Turin
Rossana Damiano,University of Turin
Stefano Ferilli, University of Bari
Roberto Pirrone, University of Palermo
Viviana Patti, University of Turin
Vincenzo Lombardo, University of Turin
Massimo Villari, University of Messina
Antonino Galletta, University of Messina
Giacomo Fiumara, University of Messina
Marco Stranisci, University of Turin
Cristina Bosco, University of Turin
Roberto Basili, University of Roma Tor Vergata
Liliana Ardissono, University of Turin
Cristina Gena, University of Turin
Francesco Tommasi, University of Salento
Lucio De Paolis, University of Salento
Francesco Piccialli, University of Napoli Fedrico II
Fabio Pittarello, University of Venice Ca Foscari
Alessandra Melonio, University of Venice Ca Foscari
Mario Verdicchio, University of Bergamo
Giuseppe Liotta, University of Perugia
Walter Didimo, University of Perugia
Carla Binucci, University of Perugia
Luca Grilli, University of Perugia
Alessandra Tappini, University of Perugia
Marco Legittimo, University of Perugia
Giuseppe Vitillaro, University of Perugia
Giulio Biondi ,University of Perugia
Alessandra Scotto di Freca, University of Cassino
Mario Molinara,, University of Cassino
Francesco Fontanella, University of Cassino
Claudio De Stefano, University of Cassino
Tiziana D’Alessandro, University of Cassino
Claudio Marrocco, University of Cassino
Alessandro Bria, University of Cassino
Christian Morbidoni, University of Chieti
Francesca Scozzari, University of Chieti
Elena De Panfilis, GSSI
Arianna Fedeli, GSSI

VENUE

The IEEE CH 2025 conference will take place in Fondazione CR Firenze Innovation Center, an hub for digital culture. From training to business acceleration, in the heart of the Oltrarno district, it host the ’42 Firenze’ coding school, the Nana Bianca startup studio, the offices of the Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Centre, Cisco and much more besides. It is situated in the Florence downtown close to the most famous Points of Interenst.

Fondazione CR Firenze Innovation Center

Florence, Italy

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