CALL FOR PAPERS - 14th ESCAR USA 2027

OVERVIEW AND TOPICS

Information technology is the driving force behind most innovations in mobility, supporting connectivity, infotainment, software-defined vehicles (SDVs), electrification, and automation applications.

Cybersecurity is a crucial aspect of most mobility electronic applications. The escar conference series, Held annually in Europe and the U.S., is the premier forum for information, discussion and exchange of ideas on all aspects of vehicle cybersecurity and privacy.

The escar USA 2027 program will include Industry and Academic invited talks, selected submitted papers and presentations, and a poster session.

Submissions open:

Nov. 10, 2026

Submission deadline:

Feb. 2, 2027

Speaker notification:

April 19, 2027

escar USA Call for Papers Information and Submission Link

Areas of Focus for Papers, Presentations and Posters:

  • Cybersecurity for autonomous vehicles

  • Cybersecurity of sensors and cyber-physical systems

  • Design of resilient vehicles architectures and applications

  • Privacy and data protection issues in vehicular settings

  • Vehicular hardware security and hardware security modules

  • Security of vehicular communications

  • Electric vehicle charging security

  • Legal aspects of automotive cybersecurity

  • Security economics and metrics

  • Cybersecurity process and regulations

  • Vehicle cyber intrusion detection systems, forensics, and incident response

  • Security of legally mandated applications (e.g., event data recorder, ELDs, tachograph)

  • Security of automotive cloud-based infrastructure

  • Security of vehicle theft prevention and theft response solutions

  • Vehicle-related fraud and data tampering (odometer, warranty fraud, etc.)

  • Security of vehicular rights control and audit (e.g., feature activation)

  • Security of vehicular position, navigation, and timing

  • Security aspects of self-driving vehicle sensing systems

  • Security implications of AI used in a vehicle context

  • Security of vehicle-driven business, maintenance, and service models

  • Cybersecurity-related engineering, formal methods, software assurance, development & validation, and security standardization

  • Tools to support development and security of vehicles and modules

  • Application Programming Interface (API) vulnerabilities

  • New standards and regulations (e.g.,ISO/SAE 21434 and UNECE WP.29 R155/R156)

EVENT ORGANIZER

isits AG International School of IT Security AG has established itself throughout Europe as a vocational education and training institute in the field of Cyber and IT Security.
Moreover, isits AG organizes symposiums, workshops and conferences.
isits AG initiated escar conference in 2003.

EVENT ORGANIZER USA

ETAS has been a mainstay in the automotive industry for thirty years, designing and producing hardware and software tools for engineers who develop and calibrate electronic control systems. Our tools are widely deployed in automotive and adjacent segments of the embedded industry.

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