Overview
DSAS2026 – Dependable and Secure Autonomous Systems is a full-day workshop at DSN 2026 focusing on the dependability and security of autonomous systems across:
- Space systems (satellites, ground segment, space-enabled services)
- Drone/UAV systems (autonomous aerial platforms, swarms, resilient navigation)
The workshop emphasizes the impact of AI/ML-enabled autonomy on assurance, robustness, safety, and resilience, and brings together researchers working on dependable systems, security, cyber-physical systems, and autonomous platforms.
Topics of Interest
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
Dependability and Security of Space Systems
- Fault tolerance, resilience, and survivability of space platforms
- Failure modeling and dependability analysis under space-specific constraints
- Secure and dependable ground–space and inter-satellite communications
- Jamming, spoofing, and interference resilience
- Mission assurance and lifecycle dependability (launch, operations, decommissioning)
Dependability and Security of Drone/UAV Systems
- Fault tolerance and resilient autonomy for UAVs under resource and energy constraints
- Secure navigation and sensing (e.g., spoofing/jamming resilience, sensor fusion)
- Safety assurance, failsafe behaviors, and graceful degradation (e.g., safe landing modes)
- Dependability and security of drone swarms / multi-agent coordination
- Empirical studies, datasets, and testbeds for UAV reliability and security
AI/ML in Space and Drone/UAV Systems
- Dependability and robustness of AI/ML-enabled space components
- Verification, validation, and certification of learning-based space systems
- AI-driven autonomy, planning, and control under uncertainty
- Adversarial ML threats in space environments
- Trust, explainability, and runtime monitoring for AI in space missions
- Human–AI interaction and decision-making in mission-critical space operations
Cross-Cutting Themes
- Metrics, benchmarks, and datasets for space system dependability and security
- Secure software and hardware supply chains for space technologies
- Resilience and recovery from on-orbit anomalies or cyber-physical attacks
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Case studies and lessons learned from open, unclassified space missions
Important Dates
- Paper submission:
March 22, 2026 (AoE)
March 31, 2026 (AoE) 🔴 EXTENDED DEADLINE - Notification of acceptance:
April 10, 2026 (AoE)April 17, 2026 (AoE) 🔴 EXTENDED NOTIFICATION DATE - Camera-ready deadline: April 27, 2026 (AoE, hard deadline)
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Workshop date: June 22, 2026 (during DSN 2026)
Submission Site
👉 Submit your paper via EasyChair:
EasyChair submission system
(Select the DSAS2026 Workshop track during submission.)
Contact
For questions about the workshop or submissions, please contact:
Gokhan Kul
Email: gkul@umassd.edu