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2026 ElCon Conference of Young Researchers in Computing & Processing, and Information Security (ElCon-CP)
Preface IEEE Russia North West Section and Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI” are pleased to present the Proceedings of the 2026 ElCon Conference of Young Researchers in Computing & Processing, and Information Security (2026 ElCon-CP) held in St. Petersburg, Russia, on February 3-5, 2026. This conference was hosted by Saint Petersburg Electrotechnical University “LETI”. The Organising and Technical Program Committees believe and trust that we have been true to the spirit of collegiality that members of IEEE value whilst also maintaining a high standard as we reviewed papers, provided feedback and now present a strong body of published work in this collection of proceedings. The themes for this year's conference were chosen as means of bringing together the many orientations of computing, data processing, and information security research and teaching, and providing a basis for discussion of issues arising across the young engineering community in these fields. The aim in these proceedings has been to present high quality work in an accessible medium, for use in the teaching and further research of all people associated with computing, data processing, and information security studies. To achieve this aim, all abstracts were double blind reviewed, and full papers submitted for publication in this journal of proceedings were subjected to a rigorous reviewing process