Welcome
WASP 2025
Call for Papers
WASP invites submissions presenting novel research on all aspects of accessible security and privacy, including empirical research, design research, systematization of knowledge, and vision or position papers. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Innovative security or privacy accessibility functionality and design
- Accessibility evaluations of new or existing security or privacy features and lessons learned
- Security testing of new or existing accessibility features
- Psychological, sociological, economic, or anthropological aspects aspects of accessible security and privacy
- Inclusive security and privacy
- Research and design methodologies for accessible security and privacy research
- Ethics in accessible security and privacy research
- Replication of previously published studies and experiments with emphasis on accessibility
- Reports of failed accessible privacy and/or security studies or experiments, with the focus on the lessons learned from such experience
- Organizational policy decisions and their impact on accessible security and privacy
- Systematization of knowledge papers that provide new insight, focused on accessibility, into a previously studied security and/or privacy area
All submissions must clearly relate to the accessibility aspect of security or privacy. Papers on security or privacy that do not address accessibility or do not focus on people with disabilities will not be considered. Likewise, papers on accessibility that do not address security or privacy will not be considered. The determination of whether a paper is within scope is at the discretion of the program committee chairs.
The workshop is co-located with the 9th IEEE European Symposium on Security and Privacy (EuroS&P 2025).
Call for Papers
Important Dates
All deadlines are Anywhere on Earth (AoE = UTC-12h)
2.
Acceptance Notice to Authors
April 10th 2025
3.
Publication-Ready Papers Submitted
April 17th 2025
4.
Official Workshop Date
July 4th 2025
Call for Papers
Submission Guidelines
Anonymous Submissions
Papers should be fully anonymized before review: author names or affiliations may not appear or be revealed in the text. Previous work of the authors should be referred to the third person. In the unusual case that an anonymous reference is not possible, the authors should blind the reference (e.g. “[x] Blinded citation to preserve submission anonymity”). Papers that are not properly anonymized may be desk rejected.
Submission of work that has been previously presented at conferences without proceedings, even if that work is associated with the names of the authors, or is published on online repositories such as ArXiv.org or SSRN, is allowed as long as the submission is fully anonymized. PC members that may recognize the work and its authors are asked to declare conflict on that paper and will not be assigned to it.
Full Papers
- Must not exceed 10 pages in length
- Must use the IEEE Format
- 10 page limit excludes references and appendices
- Should report on completed work offering substantial contributions to the fields of accessibility, security, and privacy
Position Papers
- Be around 4 pages in length
- Must present novel, open, and pressing questions that the community should address
- OR issues of accessibility that past research papers in security and privacy have not yet addressed
Paper Formatting
Full papers shall not exceed 10 pages (position papers should be around 4 pages) of body text, with unlimited additional pages for references and appendices. Reviewers are explicitly not expected to read the appendices while deciding whether to accept or reject the paper.
Papers must be typeset in LaTeX in A4 format (not “US Letter”) using the IEEE conference proceeding template we supply eurosp2023-template.zip Please do not use other IEEE templates. For accessibility purposes, paper must avoid hyphenation throughout the paper.
Submissions must be in Portable Document Format (.pdf). Authors should pay special attention to unusual fonts, images, and figures that might create problems for reviewers. Your document should render correctly in Adobe Reader XI and when printed in black and white.
The authors must submit an accessible PDF document (similar to CHI or ASSETS).
Paper Length
Full papers shall not exceed 10 pages (Position papers should be around 4 pages) of body text, with unlimited extra pages for references and appendices
Avoid Hyphens
Please do not use other IEEE templates. For accessibility purposes, paper must avoid hyphenation throughout the paper
Appendices
Reviewers are explicitly not expected to read the appendices while deciding whether to accept or reject the paper
PDF Format
Submissions must be PDFs. Authors should pay special attention to unusual fonts, images, and figures that might create problems for reviewers
LaTeX A4
Papers must be typeset in LaTeX in A4 format (not “US Letter”) using the IEEE conference proceeding template we supply eurosp2023-template.zip.
Adobe Rendering
Your document should render properly and display accurately in Adobe Reader XI, as well as maintain its quality when printed in black and white