IMPOST26: Student Symposium on Information Operations - Immersive Threats and Socio-Technical Opportunities TU Darmstadt Darmstadt, Germany, February 12, 2026

IMPOST (Student Symposium on Information Operations: Immersive Threats and Socio-Technical Opportunities) attracts countless students, faculty members, and interested people each semester. The program consists of diverse academic tracks from (1) Peace Informatics and Technical Peace Research, and (2) Crisis Informatics and Information Warfare. The conference is an intersection of the disciplines of (A) cyber security, (B) peace and conflict studies, and (c) human-computer interaction. It will take place in Darmstadt, Germany on February 12th, 2026 and is organized by the chair of Science and Technology for Peace and Security (PEASEC) by Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Reuter and by Vertr.-Prof. Dr. Katrin Hartwig. It is exclusively reserved for the students of the PEASEC seminar courses at the Technical University of Darmstadt. This year's focus is on information operations and multimodal misinformation.

Venue & Attendees

Date: February 12th, 2026

Location: Darmstadt, Germany

Attendees: Exclusively reserved for the students of the PEASEC seminars at Technical University of Darmstadt.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Contributions can be submitted and presented in German or English.

Extended Abstracts (Exposé)

Please submit your extended abstract (Exposé) as a PDF document for the first review by Katrin Hartwig and Franziska Schneider. Additional Information can be found in Moodle.

Full Paper (Erste vollständige Paperversion)

Please submit your full paper as a PDF document for the peer review. Additional information can be found in Moodle.

Camery-ready Paper

This is the final submission of your paper. It will not take place on EasyChair but in Moodle.

Committees

Program and Organizing Committee

• Prof. Dr. Dr. Christian Reuter
• Vertr.-Prof. Katrin Hartwig
• Franziska Schneider, M.Sc.

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to hartwig[at]peasec.tu-darmstadt.de