Trustworthy Digital Humans for Business, AI, and Cybersecurity Applications
Trustworthy Digital Humans for Business, AI, and Cybersecurity Applications
In conjunction with
IEEE Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium 2026
October 26-28, 2026
UND Memorial Union
Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States
A CARS 2026 interdisciplinary special session on the secure, trustworthy, and human-centered deployment of digital human technologies, AI-driven virtual agents that interact through speech, facial expressions, and natural language across finance, healthcare, retail, and public services. Topics include digital humans and human-centered AI, business analytics and decision intelligence, policy, governance, risk and compliance, cybersecurity for enterprise systems, AI in business operations, and cross-disciplinary industry applications. Hosted by the Center for Cyber Security Research (C2SR) and the Institute of Policy and Business Analytics at the University of North Dakota with Iowa State University. Submissions are 3 to 6 pages, peer-reviewed, with accepted papers submitted to IEEE Xplore. The submission deadline is July 15, 2026.
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