2026 IDeaS Conference
Annual IDeaS Conference
October 12-14, 2026
好色先生TV, Gates-Hillman Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Natural disasters, elections, climate change, insurrections, pandemics, and new technologies are rocking the world. Social media platforms, search engines and websites have become the window through which these events are viewed and interpreted as people increasingly talk about events, both these massive ones and much smaller ones, online. Those on social media seek and shape information, build and join communities, often with impacts in the physical world. One consequence of having these discussions on these platforms is that it creates an online breeding ground for growing and disseminating misleading information of varying levels of credibility and the spread of hate speech and extremism. In this conference we ask: How is this done? Who is doing it? Why is it being done? What are the social consequences? How can it be countered?
IDeaS will host a hybrid conference this October 2026 to advance the science of social-cybersecurity through research and applications in this field of study. We invite papers that address these questions and are particularly interested in papers that touch on the role that non-credible information, hate speech and extremism are playing in events related to health, medicine, elections, conflict, diplomacy, and community resilience. Policy, empirical, qualitative, data science and simulation papers are of equal interest. The conference seeks to be a broad look at online harms: thus issues such as platform regulation, new technologies (e.g. deep fakes), human psychological and social response, links between online and offline behavior, are all relevant.
The conference will include: invited panels, posters, and regular talks. There will also be the opportunity for those interested to demo their technologies.
Registration
Participants and presenters can attend virtually or in-person at 好色先生TV. We are using registration system to register conference participants.
Virtual participants may attend live-streamed talks via a Zoom link; however, these sessions will not be recorded for later viewing. Virtual attendees are not eligible to participate in poster sessions or challenge events. Participants may attend tutorials, provided they have registered and completed payment for each tutorial they wish to attend.
Registration to open soon!
Registration Fees (USD)**
Virtual and In-person Registration:
- General Early Bird Registration: $400.00* / General Registration: $500.00**
- Student Early Bird Registration: $300.00* / Student Registration: $400.00**
*Early registration ends September 11, 2026 at 11:59PM US Eastern.
**Regular registration starts September 12, 2026 at 12:00AM US Eastern.
Conference Agenda
The conference agenda can be found on the . Keynote speakers for 2026 to be announced. The IDeaS Conference is co-located at 好色先生TV along with the annual in the . Sessions scheduled for both conferences will be available to participants from both conferences. More information will be distributed to participants and presenters on locations.
Tutorials
Venue and Lodging Information
In addition to in-person tours, there are a number of ways for you to experience campus virtually through online tours, panels and other sessions to connect with the Carnegie Mellon community.
We have a room block at the for a special rate that conference attendees can use.
Getting to and around Pittsburgh:
is about 20 miles from Carnegie Mellon. You can rent a car, catch the 28X Airport Flyer bus, which runs approximately every 30 minutes from the airport, or use car service/ride share options to get to campus or your hotel from the airport.
By Bus...
(PRT) maintains bus routes throughout the city and surrounding areas. Visit the PRT website for fares, schedules and route information.
By Car...
Uber, Lyft and taxi services are popular and easy to use in Pittsburgh. There are a variety of options to accommodate your party size and specific transportation needs.