Call for Workshop Papers
Workshop Session “Privacy, Security and Trust for Body Area Networks (PST-BAN 2026)
as part of 21st EAI International Conference on Body Area Networks (BODYNETS) 2026
Florence, Italy
December 17-18, 2026
Scope
Body Area Networks (BANs), wearable devices, intelligent sensing technologies, Cyber-Physical & Human Systems and AI-driven healthcare applications are rapidly transforming modern digital health ecosystems. As these systems increasingly rely on edge intelligence, cloud services and emerging 5G/6G communication infrastructures, ensuring privacy, security, trustworthiness, resilience, and reliable operation have become a critical challenge.
The combination of sensitive physiological and personal data, resource-constrained devices, highly interconnected environments and the growing adoption of artificial intelligence introduces new challenges that require innovative approaches spanning communications, cybersecurity, trust management, human factors, ethics, regulation and digital health governance.
This workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from the cybersecurity, communications, artificial intelligence, healthcare, digital trust and regulatory communities, and foster interdisciplinary collaboration in the development of secure, trustworthy, privacy-preserving and human-centric and body-centric systems. Contributions are welcomed on topics including secure sensing and communications, privacy-preserving and trustworthy AI, authentication and trust mechanisms, post-quantum security, behavioural cybersecurity, human factors, resilient healthcare infrastructures, digital identity, secure edge intelligence and related approaches for building trustworthy digital health ecosystems.
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Topics of Interest (but not limited to):
Security, Privacy and Trust for Body-Centric Systems;
Privacy and Security in Body Area Networks, Wearable and Implantable Devices;
Authentication, Authorization, and Access Control for Healthcare Systems;
Security of Medical IoT and Connected Healthcare Devices;
Threat Detection, Risk Assessment, and Incident Response;
Cryptography, Digital Identity and Trust;
Post-Quantum and Quantum-Resilient Security for Healthcare Systems;
Lightweight Cryptography for Resource-Constrained Devices;
Secure Key Management, Device Authentication, and Trust Establishment;
Digital Identity, Trust Services, and Secure Health Data Exchange;
Artificial Intelligence for Security and Trust;
AI-Driven Threat Detection and Security Analytics;
Explainable and Trustworthy AI for Healthcare Applications;
Adversarial AI and Security of AI Models;
Trust and Governance of Autonomous Healthcare System;
Human-Centric Security, Ethics and Governance;
Human Factors and Behavioural Cybersecurity;
Human-Centric Security and Privacy-by-Design;
Ethical, Legal, and Societal Aspects of Healthcare Technologies;
Governance, Compliance, and Trust Frameworks for Digital Health Ecosystems
Workshop Chairs
- Miranda HARIZAJ — Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
- Elva LEKA — Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Technical Program Chairs
Associate Professor Rasa Brūzgienė — Department of Computer Science, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
Professor Ivan Chorbev — Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
Professor Vesna Dimitrova — Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
Dr. Bernhard Etzlinger — Institute of Communications Engineering and High-Frequency Systems, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Postdoctoral Researcher Ana Ferreira — University of Porto, Portugal
Assistant Professor Gurjot Singh Gaba — Department of Computer and Information Science, Linköping University, Sweden
Postdoctoral Researcher Tharaka Hewa — Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), University of Oulu, Finland
Professor Ali Kara — Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Gazi University, Türkiye
Postdoctoral Researcher Roya Khanzadeh — Institute of Communications Engineering and High-Frequency Systems, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria
Associate Professor Pardeep Kumar — University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Associate Professor Luis Lamani — Polytechnic University of Tirana, Albania
Postdoctoral Researcher Pin-Hsun Lin — Institute for Communications Technology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany
Professor Roman Marsalek — Department of Radio Electronics, Brno University of Technology, Czechia
Associate Professor Edlira Martiri — University of Tirana, Albania
Postdoctoral Researcher Mustafa Mustafa — University of Manchester, United Kingdom
Dr. Utku Ozmat — Türk Telekom Research and Development Department, İstanbul, Türkiye
Assistant Professor Başak Ozan Özparlak — Department of Information Technology Law, Özyeğin University, Türkiye
Professor Blerim Rexha — University of Prishtina, Kosovo
Postdoctoral Researcher Linda Senigagliesi — ENSEA, France
Dr. Ali Sodhro — Department of Computer Science, Kristianstad University, Sweden
Professor Biljana Stojkoska — Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, North Macedonia
Postdoctoral Researcher Iraklis Symeonidis — RISE Research Institutes of Sweden, Sweden
Professor Dejan Vukobratovic — University of Novi Sad, Serbia
Submission and publication guidelines and deadlines
Accepted and presented papers will be published alongside the main conference proceedings as a sub-section/chapter. Paper formats should, therefore, correspond to the templates of the publisher of the main conference.
Workshop chairs are invited to engage journals and further publication opportunities.
The submission and Publication guidelines and deadlines are the same as for the EAI International Conference on Body Area Networks:
Full Paper Submission deadline: August 1, 2026
Notification deadline: September 1, 2026
Camera-ready deadline: October 1, 2026
Conference dates: December 17-18, 2026
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