Call for Papers Journal of Information Processing Special issue of “Computer Security Technologies for AI-Driven Social Infrastructure”

The Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is pleased to announce the call for papers for a special issue on "Computer Security Technologies for AI-Driven Social Infrastructure." The rapid advancement and deployment of AI technologies, including generative AI, are fundamentally transforming information systems, business processes, network services, and the very foundations of social infrastructure. This special issue solicits research papers on computer security technologies that support and safeguard this evolving AI-driven infrastructure. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: attacks targeting AI systems and their defenses; AI-powered attack detection, analysis, and defense; evaluation of the safety, reliability, and robustness of AI systems; privacy protection; authentication and access control; software supply chain security; defense of critical infrastructure and IoT systems; usable security in the context of human-AI collaboration; and governance, legal, ethical, and societal acceptance issues. Original papers, as well as extended versions of papers presented at domestic and international workshops, symposiums, and conferences, are welcomed.

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Journal of Information Processing (JIP) is currently encouraging more submissions from outside of Japan.
The publication fee of any accepted papers will not be charged if all the authors of the paper belong to institutes outside Japan.
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(1) All papers must be submitted electronically. Please access the following URL and proceed under the submission instructions:

https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ipsj

Once you have submitted your manuscript, you cannot change it.
So, you must submit the final version of your manuscript.
If, by mistake, you submitted a wrong version, please contact the IPSJ secretariat ＜s1m-at-ipsj.or.jp＞(Replace -at- with @).

In the event you would like to make a submission, you must first create an account on the paper submission Web page. For detailed information, please refer to the manual available from the link “Instructions & Forms” at the top of the submission page.

(2)All papers will be reviewed. The review process will be carried out in the same manner as regular issues. However, you have shorter time than usual (eight weeks) for preparation of your responses to inquiries.

(3) Submission deadline is November 27, 2026.

(4) The special issue will be published on the J-Stage website in September, 2027. Preprint will be published on the IPSJ Journal in September, 2027.

(5) The editorial committee of this special issue
Editor in-Chief: Akira YAMADA (Univ. of Hyogo)
Editorial Board Member: Takayuki SASAKI (Yokohama National Univ.), Ryoma ITO (NICT)
Editorial Committee Members: Ryo IIJIMA (AIST), Makoto IGUCHI (Kii), Masahiro ISHII (Showa Women’s Univ.), Masaki INAMURA (Hiroshima City Univ.), Hiroki INAYOSHI (Okayama Univ.), Kazuki IWAHANA (NTT Social Informatics Laboratories), Ryuya UDA (Tokyo Univ. of Technology), Tetsushi OHKI (Shizuoka Univ.), Toshihiro OHIGASHI (Tokai Univ.), Kaisei KAJITA (NHK Science & Technology Research Laboratories), Nobutaka KAWAGUCHI (Hitachi), Hitoshi KAMEI (Kagawa Univ.), Hiroaki KIKUCHI (Meiji Univ.), Yuichi KOMANO (Chiba Institute of Technology), Masaya SATO (Okayama Prefectural Univ.), Toshiki SHIBAHARA (NTT Social Informatics Laboratories), Hajime SHIMADA (Nagoya Univ.), Yuji SUGA (Internet Initiative Japan), Yuichi SEI (The Univ. of Electro-Communications), Koji CHIDA (Gunma Univ.), Yasuyuki TANAKA (NTT Social Informatics Laboratories), Yuya TARUTANI (The Univ. of Osaka), Takeshi NAKAI (Toyohashi Univ. of Technology), Toru NAKANISHI (Hiroshima Univ.), Masakatsu NISHIGAKI (Shizuoka Univ.), Mitsuhiro HATADA (NTT DOCOMO BUSINESS), Shota FUJII (Hitachi), Masahiro FUJITA (Mitsubishi Electric), Daisuke FUJIMOTO (Nara Institute of Science and Technology), Manato FUJIMOTO (Osaka Metropolitan Univ.), Tatsuya MORI (Waseda Univ.), Toshihiro YAMAUCHI (Okayama Univ.), Naoto YANAI (Panasonic Holdings)

(6) Ethical Considerations in Cyber Security Research
If you have any concerns about research ethics in your research, please refer to the following URL and use the checklist.

https://www.iwsec.org/csec/ethics/checklist.html#en

(7) Paper Length
If the paper is accepted for publication, a publication fee will be required regardless of its length. For papers exceeding eight pages, an additional fee will be charged for each extra page according to the journal's publication fee regulations. While this special issue does not impose a strict page limit, the review period is constrained. If the editorial board determines that a thorough review cannot be completed within the allotted period, authors may be advised to submit their paper to a regular issue instead. Authors considering submissions of exceptionally long papers are encouraged to consult with the editorial board by email at csec-disp-kanji-2027@iwsec.org before submission, preferably by November 20, 2026. The consultation period will run until the submission deadline, November 27, 2026. Note that the presence or length of an appendix will not be used as a basis for unfavorable evaluation.

(8) Use of Generative AI
This special issue does not prohibit the use of generative AI in paper writing. However, for the sake of research transparency and reliability, authors who use generative AI are encouraged to describe the nature and extent of its use in the Acknowledgements section. The presence or absence of such a disclosure will not be used as a criterion for acceptance or rejection. Authors bear full responsibility for all content in their papers.