[Contiki-developers] CFP SenSys 2026, St Malo, France - Abstract Deadline: November 6th

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**** SenSys 2026: Call for Papers ****

May 2026, St Malo, France
https://sensys.acm.org/2026/
(We apologize if you receive multiple copies of this CFP)

We are pleased to announce SenSys 2026: The International Conference on
Embedded Artificial Intelligence and Sensing Systems, co-located with
CPS-IoT Week.

For 2026, SenSys, IPSN, and IoTDI merge into a single flagship conference,
uniting their communities to create the premier forum for research on
sensing systems and embedded AI. The combined event brings together
expertise across sensor networks, embedded systems, mobile and wireless
computing, machine learning, cyber-physical systems, and AI-driven
applications—fostering new directions and cross-disciplinary impact.

Accepted technical papers will appear in the ACM proceedings; demos and
posters will appear in the IEEE proceedings. All content will be
cross-indexed.

** Topics of Interest **

SenSys 2026 welcomes original, high-impact research across embedded AI,
sensing systems, and IoT/CPS. Topics include, but are not limited to:

1. Algorithms
- Analytical and theoretical foundations for embedded sensing systems
- Coding, compression, and information theory for embedded systems

2. Applications
- Augmented and virtual reality
- Autonomous vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and drones
- Personal, wearable, and other human-centric embedded systems
- Smart cities, smart buildings, and industrial IoT

3. Experiences (short or full papers)
- Benchmarks for evaluating systems, models, algorithms, or tools
- Datasets that support research in embedded AI and sensing systems
- Frameworks that advance research in embedded AI and sensing systems
- Insights, challenges, and lessons learned from real-world deployments
- Visions, grand challenges, or new directions

4. Information
- Collaborative sensing with AI/ML-driven models
- Federated learning or neural architecture search (NAS)
- Large language models for edge and embedded systems
- Processing in sensor networks and embedded systems

5. Platforms
- Low-power and novel IoT protocols for 5G/6G and other architectures
- New communication paradigms for ubiquitous connectivity
- Satellite systems and applications, including CubeSats
- Systems for extreme environments (e.g., underwater, aerial, space)

6. Security
- Decentralization and blockchain for embedded sensing systems
- Fairness, equity, and transparency issues in IoT and CPS
- Fault-tolerance, dependability, and robustness in embedded platforms
- IoT data marketplaces, compression, and semantic summarization
- Secure and privacy-sensitive IoT

7. Systems
- Digital twins for real-world systems and applications
- Edge computing, fog computing, and real-time IoT/CPS systems
- Heterogeneous sensor networks and data fusion
- IoT and CPS for sustainability
- Localization, synchronization, RFID, and RF sensing
- Novel sensor technologies and deployments
- Visible light communication and visible light-based sensing


** Experiences – Short Paper Option **

Authors submitting to the Experiences category may choose between a full
paper (12 pages) or a short paper (6 pages). Short papers will be evaluated
on originality, clarity, and potential impact, even without extensive
evaluation. Both full and short papers will have oral presentations.

** Two-Deadline Submission Model **

SenSys 2026 is implementing a two-deadline review process. Each deadline is
self-contained. However, in this second deadline, in addition to new
submissions, we are accepting resubmissions of papers rejected in the first
deadline that comply with the following criteria.

Papers rejected in the first deadline may be submitted to the second only
with a substantive revision and a detailed “Response to Reviewers”
statement that maps each concern to specific changes (e.g., methods,
analysis, experiments, writing). Submissions that are substantially
unchanged or lack this statement will be desk-rejected.
Moreover, authors of resubmitted papers should consider the following
guidelines:

1. Papers that received borderline or mixed reviews during the first
deadline are candidates for potential acceptance in the second deadline
after a revision that thoroughly and exhaustively addresses the reviewers’
comments from the first deadline, which likely include the need for new
experimental results.. Please note that acceptance is not guaranteed; all
papers in the second deadline are fully re-reviewed. Therefore, authors
should not interpret the reviews of the first deadline in a way similar to
major or minor revisions in a journal; the resubmissions are treated as new
submissions.

2. Papers that received consistently low scores in the first deadline
typically require more extensive rethinking and rewriting and a
significantly improved evaluation. These submissions are unlikely to become
competitive by the second deadline. Authors should seriously consider
whether the reviewers’ comments can be addressed within the limited time
between deadlines.

3. The “Response to Reviewers” should have the same two-column format as
the paper, and it should appear at the end of the paper as an appendix.
This section should start with (1) the title and paper number of the
original submission in the first deadline, and (2) a set of short bullet
points highlighting the main improvements, such as new experiments and/or
new hardware/software designs. A more detailed response to the reviewers’
concerns should be provided after that, by clearly indicating the concern
addressed and the reviewer(s) who raised it. The “Response to Reviewers”
should have a maximum of four pages.

** Submission Guidelines **

- Original, unpublished work not under review elsewhere
- Full papers: ≤12 pages; Short papers (Experiences only): ≤6 pages
(references excluded)
- No appendices are allowed (except for resubmission from the first
deadline, which are allowed to have an appendix), submissions exceeding
page limits or including unapproved appendices will be desk-rejected
- Two-column, single-spaced, 9-pt font (ACM acmart.cls, sigconf option
preferred)
- Double-blind review: follow the Anonymity Policy (below)
- Ethical statement required for research with human participants (use
generic, non-identifying wording during review)
- Registration & attendance: For each accepted paper, one full
(non-student) author registration is required, and at least one author must
attend and present in person (see Author Attendance & Registration Policy)
- Submission site: https://sensys26nov.hotcrp.com

** Anonymity Policy (Double-Blind Review) **

- Submissions must be fully anonymized; violations will be desk-rejected.
- No author names/affiliations/emails or identifying PDF metadata
- No acknowledgments during review (funding sources, centers, collaborators)
- Self-citations in third person; avoid text revealing authorship
- Preprints (e.g., arXiv) allowed; reviewers are instructed not to search
for them
- Artifact links must be anonymous (blinded GitHub/GitLab, Zenodo with
anonymized authors; no personal/lab/department/company sites; scrub
repo/file/video metadata/watermarks)
- Human-subjects approvals described generically (e.g., “approved by an
institutional review board,” without naming the institution)
- No appendices: all material must fit within the page limits

** Author Attendance & Registration Policy **

- In-person presentation required: At least one author of each accepted
paper must attend the conference in person and present the work.
- One full registration per paper: Each accepted paper requires at least
one full (non-student) registration by the camera-ready deadline.
- Exceptions: Remote presentation may be approved only in exceptional cases
(e.g., visa denial, documented medical issues) at the discretion of the
General/Program Chairs.
- No-show policy: Papers without a presenting author may be withdrawn from
the program and the proceedings.

** Important Dates **

Abstract: November 6, 2025, 23:59 AoE
Full Paper: November 13, 2025, 23:59 AoE
Notification: January 29, 2026