DATA 2026: Call for Papers

The International Conference on Data Science, Technology and Applications (DATA) aims to bring together researchers, engineers and practitioners interested on databases, big data, data mining, data management, data security and other aspects of information systems and technology involving advanced applications of data.

DATA 2026 will have both oral and poster sessions.

Conference Areas

1. DATA SCIENCE & MACHINE LEARNING
   • Advanced Machine Learning Algorithms
   • Natural Language Processing
   • Machine Learning for Large Datasets
   • Computer Vision
   • Explainable AI
   • AutoML & Hyperparameter Tuning
   • Time Series Analysis
   • Predictive Modeling
   • Pattern Recognition
2. DATABASES & DATA MANAGEMENT
   • Relational vs. NoSQL Databases
   • Database Scalability & Performance Tuning
   • Distributed Databases & Sharding
   • Database Security & Access Control
   • Cloud-native Databases & Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS)
   • SQL vs. NewSQL: Choosing the Right Database
   • Graph Databases & Complex Network Analysis
   • Database Migration & Integration Strategies
3. DATA ENGINEERING, INFRASTRUCTURE AND BUSINESS APPLICATIONS
   • Data Pipelines & ETL
   • Data Lakes vs. Data Warehouses
   • Real-Time Data Processing
   • Cloud Data Infrastructure
   • Big Data Technologies
   • Data Governance & Quality
   • Business Intelligence
   • Open Data and Linked Data
   • Data Fusion
   • Social Web Search and Mining
4. DATA ANALYTICS & VISUALIZATION
   • Advanced Data Analytics
   • Statistics and Exploratory Data Analysis
   • Unstructured Data Analytics
   • Web Analytics
   • Data Storytelling
   • Dashboards & BI Tools
   • Geospatial Analytics
   • Interactive Data Visualization
   • A/B Testing & Experimentation
5. DATA PRIVACY & SECURITY, ETHICS & GOVERNANCE
   • Data Encryption & Anonymization
   • Threat Detection & Prevention
   • Identity Management & Access Control
   • Blockchain & Data Security
   • Incident Response & Forensics
   • Data Governance Frameworks
   • Bias in Data
   • Data Ownership & Control
   • Data Sovereignty
6. DATA IN INDUSTRY AND EMERGING TRENDS IN DATA
   • Data in Finance, Healthcare, Retail & E-commerce, Manufacturing, Marketing
   • Data-Driven Innovation
   • Scalability & Performance
   • Collaborative Data Science
   • Data for Crisis Management
   • Quantum Computing & Data
   • Edge Computing & Data
   • Synthetic Data
   • Augmented Analytics
   • Digital Twins
   • 5G & Data

Submission

Authors can submit their work in the form of a complete paper or an abstract. Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. 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. 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.

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.

Publications

All accepted complete papers will be published in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on digital support.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper on our digital library is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

Important Dates

Conference Date: 16 - 18 July, 2026

• Regular Papers
  • Paper Submission: March 3, 2026
  • Authors Notification: April 30, 2026
  • Camera Ready and Registration: May 15, 2026
• Position Papers / Regular Papers
  • Paper Submission: April 16, 2026
  • Authors Notification: May 22, 2026
  • Camera Ready and Registration: June 5, 2026
• Abstracts Track
  • Abstract Submission: May 22, 2026
  • Authors Notification: June 8, 2026
  • Camera Ready and Registration: June 17, 2026
• Workshops
  • Workshop Proposal: March 18, 2026
• Special Sessions
  • Special Session Proposal: March 18, 2026
• Tutorials
  • Tutorial Proposal: June 12, 2026
• Demos
  • Demo Proposal: June 12, 2026
• Panels
  • Panel Proposal: June 12, 2026

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

Venue

Available soon.

Secretariat

DATA 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: data.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: https://data.scitevents.org

Conference Chair

Slimane Hammoudi, ESEO, ERIS, France

Program Co-Chairs

Xin-She Yang, Middlesex University London, United Kingdom
Elhadj Benkhelifa, Staffordshire University, United Kingdom