CALL FOR PAPERS
MIDas4CS 2026 – 4th Workshop on the Modelling and Implementation of Digital Twins for Complex Systems
June 8-9, 2026
Verona, Italy
https://midas4cs.github.io/2026
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The concept of Digital Twin is becoming increasingly popular since it was introduced in the scope of the Smart Industry (Industry 4.0). A Digital Twin (DT) is a digital representation of a physical twin that is a real-world entity, system, or event. It mirrors a distinctive object, process, building, or human, regardless of whether that thing is tangible or non-tangible in the real world. The DT technology provides benefits such as real-time remote monitoring and control; greater efficiency and safety; predictive maintenance and scheduling; scenario and risk assessment; better intra- and inter-team synergy and collaborations; more efficient and informed decision support system; personalisation of products and services; and better documentation and communication. The ultimate purpose of Digital Twins is to improve decision-making for solving real-world problems, by using the digital model to create the information necessary for decision-making and subsequently applying the decisions in the real world. Nowadays, Digital Twins are not limited to industrial applications but are spreading to other areas as well, such as, for example, in the healthcare domain, in personalised medicine and clinical trials for drug development.
This workshop aims at getting a better understanding of the techniques that can be used to model and implement Digital Twins and their applications in different domains. In this workshop, we welcome contributions that aim at introducing formal definitions of Digital Twin, but also contributions that describe applications of Digital Twins in different domains. Contributions on tooling for Digital Twins are also welcome.
The workshop is co-located with the 38th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE’26).
Topics of Interest
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Potential topics include, but are not limited to:
– Management and Engineering of DT for Complex Systems
– Complex System Architectures for DTs
– Safety and Security in Adopting DTs
– Platforms, Frameworks and Tools for DTs
– Methods and Techniques for the Development of DTs
– Edge/Fog/Cloud Computing for DTs
– Conceptual Modelling and Ontologies of DTs
– Model-driven Engineering for DTs
– Quality Assurance of DTs
– Digital Process Twins
– Collaboration among DTs
– Interaction and cooperation between DTs and Humans
– Artificial Intelligence for DTs
– DT Enhanced Business Processes
– Cognitive Computing for DTs
– Augmented and Virtual Reality for DT
– Practical Validation and Case Studies
– Design patterns for Digital Twins
Important Dates
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– Full paper submissions: March 8th, 2026
– Notification of acceptance: March 31st, 2026
– Camera-ready paper: April 14th, 2026
– Workshop: June 8th-9th, 2026
Submissions
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The workshop will accept regular papers and short (position) papers. Pieces of ongoing research work are also welcome.
The quality of this workshop will be ensured by having each contribution reviewed by at least three experts in the field. A joint volume for all CAiSE workshops will be organised, which will be published with Springer under the Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing (LNBIP) series.
Submissions should be made via the CAiSE 2026 EaasyChair submission site by selecting the track “4th edition of Modelling and Implementation of Digital Twins for Complex Systems”
Program Chairs
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Pedro Valderas (pvalderas@dsic.upv.es)
Fabrizio Fornari (fabrizio.fornari@unicam.it)
Luís Ferreira Pires (l.ferreirapires@utwente.nl)
Marten van Sinderen (m.j.vansinderen@utwente.nl)
João Moreira (j.luizrebelomoreira@utwente.nl)
12th International Artificial Intelligence Symposium – AIS 2026, 4-7 October, Riva del Sole Resort & SPA @ Tuscany * ⏰ Submission Deadline: May 23 *
February 17th, 2026 
Daniela Lopez de Luise https://ais2026.icas.events
ais@icas.cc
SATELLITE EVENT:
🎓 4th International Meeting on Foundation Models – IMFM2026
PAPERS SUBMISSION:
All papers must be submitted using EasyChair:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ais20260
* ⏰ Paper Submission deadline: May 23 (AoE) *
CALL FOR PAPERS:
https://ais2026.icas.events/call-for-papers/
Please prepare your paper using the Springer Nature – Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) template. Papers must be submitted in PDF.
📚 TYPES OF SUBMISSIONS:
When submitting a paper to AIS 2026, authors are required to select one of the following three types of papers:
* Long Paper / Late breaking paper: original novel and unpublished work (min. 12 pages, max. 15 pages in Springer LNCS format); the long papers and the late breaking papers, if accepted, will be published in the Springer-Nature LNCS conference proceedings.
* Short Paper: an extended abstract of novel work (min. 6 pages, max. 11 pages in Springer LNCS format); the short papers, if accepted, will be published in the Springer-Nature LNCS conference proceedings.
* work for oral presentation only (no page restriction; any format). For example, work already published elsewhere, which is relevant, and which may solicit fruitful discussion at the conference;
Articles/Abstracts accepted in this special session will not be published in the Conference Proceedings by Nature-Springer LNCS.
* work for poster presentation only (no page restriction; any format). For example, work already published elsewhere, which is relevant, and which may solicit fruitful discussion at the conference. Articles/Abstracts accepted in this special session will not be published in the Conference Proceedings by Nature-Springer LNCS.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: TBA
PAST KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
https://ais2026.icas.events/past-keynote-speakers/
AIS Leonardo Fibonacci BEST PAPER AWARD:
https://ais2026.icas.events/best-paper-award/
PROGRAM COMMITTEE:
https://ais2026.icas.events/program-committee/
VENUE:
https://ais2026.icas.events/venue/
The venue of AIS 2026 will be Riva del Sole Resort & SPA @ Tuscany
AIS 2026 is a Residential Conference, all participants (invited speakers, authors, organizers, chairs, participants) must book and stay at the Riva del Sole Resort and Spa. No exceptions are allowed.
Riva del Sole Resort & SPA
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ACTIVITIES:
https://ais2026.icas.events/activities/
Submit your research work today!
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ais20260
See you in the beautiful Tuscany in September!
Best regards,
AIS 2026 Organizing Committee.
https://ais2026.icas.events
ais@icas.cc
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Reminder Call for ‘Special Sessions’ in CBMI2026 – deadline on 24 feb
February 17th, 2026 Daniela Lopez de Luise 22nd International Conference on Content-based Multimedia Indexing, CBMI 2026
Toulouse, France, October 21-23, 2026
https://cbmi2026.sciencesconf.org/
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CBMI 2026 (Content-Based Multimedia Indexing), now core ranked, aims to host special sessions during the conference. Special sessions are mini-venues, each focusing on topic within the content-based multimedia indexing field which is not directly covered by the list of topics for the conference, but which are beneficial to the community.
Special session should include four to five papers, which can be invited, or regular submissions. Special session papers will supplement the regular research papers and be included in the proceedings of CBMI 2026.
In order to ensure the high quality of all conference papers, all papers submitted to special sessions at CBMI 2026 will be peer-reviewed through a standard review process, including invited papers.
The organizers of each special session must provide 1-2 reviews per submitted/invited paper, while the regular program committee will provide 1-2 reviews. Final decision on acceptance/rejection will be made in collaboration between the special session chairs (Julien Aligon, University of Toulouse Capitole, France – Jenny Benois Pineau, University of Bordeaux, France – Stefanos Vrochilis, Information Technologies Institute, Greece) and CBMI 2026 TPC chairs (Annamaria Mesaros, Tampere University, Finland – Alain Crouzil, University of Toulouse, France – Cathal Gurrin, Dublin City University, Ireland).
Deadlines :
Deadline for special session proposals: 24 February 2026 (AoE)
Notification : 3 March 2026 (AoE)
Submission process
Proposals must be made using the following template:
https://cloud.irit.fr/s/BzYJbHpx5RQ99I5
and sent to the following contact address:
<a href="mailto:cbmi2026specialsession@irit.fr" title="mailto:cbmi2026specialsession@irit.fr” target=”_blank”>cbmi2026specialsession@irit.fr
EWSN 2026 Spring Submission Deadline
February 17th, 2026 Daniela Lopez de Luise DEADLINE APPROACHING – ACM ICMI 2026: Call for Special Sessions
February 17th, 2026 Daniela Lopez de Luise ============================================
5-9 October 2026, Napoli – Italy
https://icmi.acm.org/2026/
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The ICMI 2026 organizing committee invites proposals for Special Sessions to be held during the 28th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2026) in Naples, Italy. ICMI is the premier international forum that brings together multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) and social interaction research. Multimodal AI encompasses technical challenges in machine learning and computational modeling, such as representations, fusion, data, and systems.
* Important Dates
Special Session Proposal Submission Deadline February 18th, 2026
Notification of Acceptance February 27th, 2026
* Special Session Proposals
Special sessions provide an opportunity to explore emerging topics within multimodal interaction and are a key part of this year’s conference program. We are seeking proposals that will enhance the conference’s diversity and offer valuable insights into the conference theme of “Context and Cultural Awareness for Multimodal Interaction”.
Prospective special session organizers are invited to submit proposals via icmi2026-specialsessions-chairs@acm.org. Special Session Proposals should include the following information:
– Title: A title that shows the relevance of the session for the ICMI community and the novelty of the chosen topic.
– Aims and scope: Explain why the chosen topic is novel and relevant, with the potential to contribute to the growth of the ICMI community and/or is aligned with this year’s conference theme.
– Tentative speakers: A list of prospective contributing authors with tentative titles for their contributions. Special Sessions are normally expected to have 4 to 6 papers. While there is some flexibility for invited keynote and industry talks, the majority of the special session should consist of peer-reviewed papers.
– Organizers and bios: A short bio of the session organizers including their experience in the topic of the Special Session.
The primary criteria in evaluating the special session will include the relevance of the topic, the quality and track record of the proposers and speakers, diversity, the coherence of the proposal, and the expected value it will bring to the conference. We prioritize proposals that meet these criteria and welcome submissions from underrepresented communities.
The organizers of accepted special sessions will actively participate in the high-quality peer review process for submitted papers, following ICMI standards for the main track papers. They will serve as Area Chairs (ACs) for their proposed sessions, being responsible for tasks such as assigning reviewers and facilitating discussion phases. Papers submitted to an accepted Special Session will follow the same review process as the main conference track papers, including the same submission system (PCS), formatting guidelines (short or long papers), notification dates, and a rigorous peer review process.