Call for Papers
We invite researchers to submit original research papers to the LAST-X Workshop, to be held in conjunction with the NDSS 2026 conference. With the rapid evolution of LLMs in the past few years, researchers have brought novelsolutions to hardware and software system security areas, including fuzzing, code generation, code analysis, etc. At LAST-X Workshop, we aim to provide a forum for researchers from industry and academia to discuss the latestadvancements, challenges, and solutions in using LLM for hardware and software security and validation.
Topics of interest in this workshop include:
- LLM-assisted fuzzing;
- LLM-assisted code-analysis and verification;
- LLM-assisted adversarial attacks and defenses in hardware and software systems;
- Case studies and practical applications of LLMs in real-world software development and testing.
We also strongly encourage researchers to submit papers covering other topics in the broad field of LLM-assisted hardware and software security and validation.
Important dates (AoE):
- Submission deadline:
Nov. 20, 2025Dec. 10, 2025 - Author notification:
Dec. 20, 2025Jan. 15, 2026 - Camera-paper submission deadline:
Jan. 15, 2025Jan. 30, 2025
Submission Guidelines:
Submissions to the LAST-X Workshop will be judged by the review committee based on quality and novelty in a double-blind review process. A detailed list of requirements is given as follows:
- Page limit: 10 pages (excluding bibliography and appendices)
- Paper template: Double-column IEEE format
- All submissions must be anonymous. Authors should not disclose information about their names, institutes, etc. Previous works should be referred in third person.
- Submissions must not overlap with papers that are already published or concurrently submitted to other venues.
- Submission site: https://lastx2026.hotcrp.com/
The PC will select a best paper among the accepted workshop papers. The award will be presented during the workshop.