Annual IDeaS Conference 2026

The IDeaS Conference advances the science of social-cybersecurity through research and applications in this field of study. It addresses the growing and disseminating of misleading information, hate speech, and extremism online, and seeks to understand how these phenomena occur, who is involved, why they are perpetuated, their social consequences, and how they can be countered. The conference invites papers on the role of non-credible information, hate speech, and extremism in critical events such as health, medicine, elections, conflict, diplomacy, and community resilience. Policy, empirical, qualitative, data science, and simulation papers are of equal interest. Topics also include platform regulation, new technologies (e.g., deep fakes), human psychological and social response, and links between online and offline behavior. The event features invited panels, posters, regular talks, and opportunities for technology demonstrations. It is a hybrid conference, offering both virtual and in-person attendance.