We are inviting participants at the 29th International Conference on Information Fusion, Fusion 2026, Trondheim, Norway | 23 – 26 June 2026:

fusion2026.org

Submit your research papers on sensor, data, information and knowledge fusion, associated system frameworks and systemic challenges:

https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/FUSION2026/Submission/Index

Submission guideline: 15 February 2026

Acceptance Notification: 15 April 2026
Camera Ready due: 15 May 2026

with details available on:

https://www.ntnu.edu/fusion2026/call-for-papers

Special Session Announcement
We are pleased to announce that we have received an astounding number of compelling special session proposals promoting scientific exchange on *up-and-coming research topics* in information fusion.

Authors are thus invited to check whether their submissions topically fit into one of these 12 special sessions accepted for FUSION 2026
(please click here https://www.ntnu.edu/fusion2026/special-sessions

   * SS1: Advances in Maritime Tracking, Sensor Technologies, and  Navigational Safety
   * SS2: Advanced Nonlinear Filtering  

   * SS3: Applications of Stone Soup
   * SS4: The Convergence of AI and Information Fusion
   * SS5: Aerospace Estimation and Fusion
   * SS6: Special Session on Evaluation of Technologies for Uncertainty Reasoning
   * SS7: Special Session on Extended Object and Group Tracking
   * SS8: LAFUSION
   * SS9: Scalable Fusion for Autonomous Systems: Theory, Algorithms, Applications, and Trusted Architectures
   * SS10: Context-Based Information Fusion
   * SS11: Information Fusion for Situation Understanding and Sense-Making
   * SS12: Knowing the Past of Information Fusion to Prepare Its Future –  Milestones, Lessons Learned, and Emerging Paradigms

   Accommodation
Please be informed that FUSION 2026 participants can book rooms at a discounted rate at the conference hotel /Clarion Hotel Trondheim
https://app.mews.com/distributor/27739c62-36df-4360-af5d-b0ca00a81641?mewsAvailabilityBlockId=57cfa3e1-0934-4e03-96af-b2d8006fb392&mewsStart=2026-06-22&mewsEnd=2026-06-26

Topics of Interest
Include, but are not limited to:

Theory and Representation:
Probability theory, Bayesian inference, argumentation, belief functions theory, subjective logic, possibility and fuzzy set theory, rough sets, knowledge representation and reasoning, decision theory, graph-based fusion models, sparse representations and compressed sensing, random sets, finite point processes and others.

Algorithms:
Multi-modal information fusion, machine learning and artificial intelligence, nonlinear filtering, data association, tracking, prediction, localization and navigation, recognition, classification, signal processing, alignment and registration, situation assessment,
behavioral analysis, fusion architectures, resource management, anomaly/change detection, contextual adaptation,  ontologies/semantics, neuromorphic computing, soft fusion and LLMs.

Applications:
Decision support, autonomous systems, distributed systems, soft-hard fusion, edge fusion, robotics, defense/security, intelligence fusion, intelligent transportation, wireless sensor networks, finance, environmental monitoring, e-health, bioinformatics, condition
monitoring, precision agriculture, mining/manufacturing and other emerging applications.

Test and Evaluation:
Trust in fusion systems, fusion performance, explainability and uncertainty of fusion processes, target/sensor modelling, benchmarks/testbeds.

Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. *Full Papers (between 5 and 8 pages)* must conform to specifications in templates provided by IEEE at
https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates

Please also note the following related calls:

Call for *Tutorials*: https://www.ntnu.edu/fusion2026/call-for-tutorials

Tutorial submissions due: February 15, 2026

What to expect

Reasons for attending FUSION 2026:
   * Learn about the latest */scientific breakthroughs/*in information fusion while enjoying Norway’s historical capital city, where you can experience days with the sun up for over 20 hours a day. Trondheim https://visittrondheim.no/en
is today known as Norway’s technology capital and it is also the food capital of Norway with more than 200 restaurants, of which more than one are mentioned in the Michelin Guide.
* Enjoy networking* opportunities by participating in our Social Events
     https://www.ntnu.edu/fusion2026/social-program
     including
   * an organ concert in the historical *Nidarosdomen* https://www.nidarosdomen.no/en
         has been a pilgrim destination for almost 1000 years, followed by an /Ice Breaker/ in Erkebispegården (the archbishop’s  palace) https://www.nidarosdomen.no/en/attractions/erkebispegarden

   * Welcome Reception/ at the gourmet bistro Tollbua https://tollbua-trondheim.no/en

    * and a /Gala Dinner/ at the conference site *Clarion Hotel Trondheim
https://www.strawberryhotels.com/hotels/norway/trondheim/clarion-hotel-trondheim

* Present your research at the premier scientific forum on information fusion and exchange with experts in the field. Accepted papers will be submitted for publication in the *IEEE Xplore® Digital Library* (indexed in Scopus and the Web of Science).

Contact:
For questions regarding paper submission, please contact technical@fusion2026.org 

For more general questions, please contact chairs@fusion2026.org

Best regards,
The FUSION 2026 organizing committee

Sponsors: ISIF, IEEE; AESS