The IPICS academic summer school is a two-week course for undergraduate students in their final year, MSc Students, PhD students and IT professionals interested in a comprehensive overview and broad coverage of recent developments in “Information and Communication Security”.

In 2026 the IPICS was hosted by the Department of Cultural Technology and Communication of the University of the Aegean in conjunction with the Norwegian Computing Center (NR) as part of the International Alliance for Strengthening Cybersecurity and Privacy in Healthcare (CybAlliance) project # 337316, funded by the Research Council of Norway, at Lesvos Island.