IoTBDS 2026 - Call for Papers

The International Conference on Internet of Things, Big Data and Security (IoTBDS) 2026 aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to explore innovations, trends, and challenges shaping the future of smart systems and data-driven applications. The conference is sponsored by INSTICC.

Scope

The Internet of Things (IoT) is transforming how devices and systems interact, enabling smart applications across healthcare, manufacturing, energy, transportation, and smart cities. This rapid growth generates vast, diverse, and real-time data — Big Data — which demands advanced techniques for analysis, storage, security, and intelligent decision-making.

The convergence of IoT, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Machine Learning creates new opportunities for actionable insights, autonomous systems, and enhanced user experiences. In particular, emerging technologies such as Generative AI offer unprecedented capabilities for smart, connected environments.

However, security, privacy, trust, and ethical AI remain critical challenges. The conference invites research contributions, practical solutions, and case studies addressing these concerns and advancing the state of the art in IoT and Big Data ecosystems.

Conference Areas

1. AI and IoT Security
2. Big Data Research
3. Emerging Services and Analytics
4. Internet of Things (IoT) Applications
5. Internet of Things (IoT) Fundamentals
6. IoT Technologies
7. Security, Privacy and Trust

Detailed Areas:

AREA 1: AI AND IOT SECURITY

• AI and IoT Security
• AI-Powered IoT Threat Detection
• Edge AI for IoT Security
• Blockchain and AI for IoT
• AI, Privacy, and Ethics in IoT
• AI-driven Security for IoT

AREA 2: BIG DATA RESEARCH

• Analytics, Intelligence and Knowledge Engineering
• Data Management for Large Data
• Modeling, Experiments, Sharing Technologies & Platforms
• Networking and Social Networks

AREA 3: EMERGING SERVICES AND ANALYTICS

• Big Data Algorithm, Methodology, Business Models and Challenges
• Big Data as a Service (BDaaS) including Software Frameworks, Empirical Approaches and Data Processing Techniques
• Health Informatics as a Service (HIaaS) for Any Type of Health Informatics, Computation and Services
• IoT Services and Applications
• Security as a Service including Any Algorithms, Methodology and Software Proof-of-Concepts

AREA 4: INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) APPLICATIONS

• Architecture for Secure and Interactive IoT
• Intelligent Infrastructure and Guidance Systems for Vehicles, Green Systems and Smart City
• Sensor Networks, Remote Diagnosis and Development
• Smart City Examples and Case Studies
• Social Implications and Ethics for IoT Intelligence
• Systems for IoT and Services Computing
• Technological Focus for Smart Environments

AREA 5: INTERNET OF THINGS (IOT) FUNDAMENTALS

• Energy Efficiency
• Machine Learning and Deep Learning Approaches Data Analytics
• Networking and Communication Protocols
• Performance Evaluation and Modeling
• Recommender Systems, Smart Devices and Location-Awareness
• Software Architecture and Middleware
• Software Engineering for IoT and IoE

AREA 6: IOT TECHNOLOGIES

• Artificial Intelligence
• Communication
• Communication Protocols
• Data Processing
• Internet of Things
• Sensors
• Vehicle-to-Infrastructure
• Vehicle-to-Vehicle

AREA 7: SECURITY, PRIVACY AND TRUST

• Analysis and Vulnerabilty Prevention
• Case Studies
• Data Security, Data Recovery, Disaster Recovery
• Data, System, User and Location Privacy
• Emerging Issues and Recommendations for Organizational Security
• Encryption (All Aspects)
• Experiments on Using Security Solutions and Proof-of-Concepts
• Firewall, Access Control, Identity Management
• Intrusion and Detection Techniques
• Security, Privacy and Trust
• Software Engineering for Security Modeling, Business Process Modeling and Analytics
• Testing (Software Engineering; Penetration; Product Development)

Keynote Speakers

IoTBDS 2026 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

Paper Submission

Authors can submit their work in the form of a complete paper or an abstract, but please note that accepted abstracts are presented but not published in the proceedings of the conference. Complete papers can be submitted as a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas.

Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.

All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates.

Publications

All accepted complete papers will be published by Springer in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference.

The proceedings will be abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, INSPEC, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus and zbMATH. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings.

Important Dates

Conference Date: 21 - 23 May, 2026

• Regular Papers
  • Paper Submission: January 5, 2026
  • Authors Notification: March 3, 2026
  • Camera Ready and Registration: March 17, 2026
• Position Papers /Regular Papers
  • Paper Submission: February 17, 2026
  • Authors Notification: March 24, 2026
  • Camera Ready and Registration: April 6, 2026
• Workshops
  • Workshop Proposal: January 20, 2026
• Special Sessions
  • Special Session Proposal: January 20, 2026
• Tutorials
  • Tutorial Proposal: April 10, 2026
• Demos
  • Demo Proposal: April 10, 2026
• Panels
  • Panel Proposal: April 10, 2026

Note: All dates refer to AOE time, i.e. "Anywhere on Earth"

Secretariat

IoTBDS Secretariat

Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C
             2900-616 Setúbal - Portugal

Tel.: +351 265 520 185

Fax: +351 265 520 186

e-mail: iotbds.secretariat@insticc.org

Web: https://iotbds.scitevents.org

Conference Co-chairs

• Ali Emrouznejad, Business Analytics, University of Surrey, United Kingdom
• Patrick Hung, Ontario Tech University, Canada

Program Chair

Andreas Jacobsson, Malmö University, Sweden