The Thirteenth International Conference on Semantic Technology for Intelligence, Defense, and Security (STIDS 2025) will be held on the 17th through the 19th of November 2025. November 19th a classified session will be held on NGA’s campus.

STIDS provides a forum for academia, government, and industry to share the latest applied research, development, and application of semantic technology for defense, intelligence, and security applications. Semantic technology is a fundamental enabler ofgreater flexibility, precision, timeliness, and automation of analysis and response torapidly evolving threats.

National security increasingly hinges on our ability to integrate artificial intelligence withsemantic technologies, knowledge graphs, and data fabrics. The STIDS 2025 theme centers on applying semantic technologies to support trustworthy and explainable reasoning across data ecosystems.

Submission Guidelines

We invite submissions of original, unpublished research and application papers that address innovative solutions, architectures, and methodologies integrating semantic technologies with advanced computing in support of national security objectives. We particularly welcome papers that advance the state of the art in semantic interoperability and machine reasoning for data-intensive systems, supporting enhanced situational awareness, predictive analytics, and decision-making capabilities in complex, distributed environments.

Submissions of extended abstracts (1-3 pages), short papers (5-9 pages), and longpapers (10-14 pages) are welcome. Each submission must follow the CEUR-WS template. Each submission will be evaluated for acceptance by at least two members ofthe Program Committee. Decisions regarding acceptance will be based on relevance to this year’s theme, originality, potential significance, and clarity. Because all accepted papers are expected to be presented at the conference, we require that at least one submitting author be a registered participant committed to attending in person. Accepted submissions will be published in proceedings for STIDS 2025. All submissions will be routed through easychair here: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=stids2025 

Topics of Interest 

STIDS welcomes the submission of papers related to semantic technology and ontology relevant to the fields of Intelligence, Defense, and Security. We are especially interested in papers on the following topics:

• Semantic technologies for federated and distributed data ecosystems,
• Symbolic AI for intelligence and defense,
• Integration of semantic technologies with machine learning and advanced analytics,
• Data fabrics and semantic data integration for defense applications,
• Ontology engineering best practices for security and defense systems,
• Benchmarks and metrics for evaluating semantic interoperability,
• Trustworthy AI and explainable reasoning in national security contexts,
• Semantic technologies for data or ontology governance, lineage, and accountability,
• Use cases demonstrating operational impact of semantic technologies in defense and security,
• Demonstrations of applications of semantic technologies in support of national security missions.

Deadlines and Notifications

Papers

• Due: August 25, 2025
• Notification: September 22, 2025
• Camera Ready Due: November 3, 2025
• Conference Dates: November 17-19

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to johnbeve@buffalo.edu