UBICOMM 2026: Call for Papers

The Twentieth International Conference on Mobile Ubiquitous Computing, Systems, Services and Technologies (UBICOMM 2026) will be held in Barcelona, Spain, from September 27, 2026 to October 01, 2026.

Onsite and Online Options:

To accommodate various situations, the conference offers options for physical presence or virtual participation (pdf slides or pre-recorded videos).

Conference Goal

The goal of UBICOMM 2026 is to bring together researchers from academia and practitioners from the industry to address fundamentals of ubiquitous systems and new applications. The conference seeks contributions presenting novel research in all aspects of ubiquitous techniques and technologies applied to advanced mobile applications.

Conference Tracks

• Ubiquity trends and challenges
  • Ubiquity services in SDN, SDX, and NFV
  • Ubiquity in 4G/5G and advanced mobile Internet
  • Ubiquity and Internet of X (everything, things, people, etc.)
  • Ubiquity with Big Data and mobile networks
  • Ubiquity within sensing and sensor networks
  • Energy-aware in ubiquitous networks
  • Mobility and wireless
  • Mobility enabling protocols
  • Ubiquitous software
  • Ubiquity on knowledge and service discovery in mobile environments
  • User presence in ubiquitous environments
• Fundamentals
  • Semantics of ubiquity
  • Ubiquitous knowledge
  • Knowledge discovery mechanisms
  • Profiling ubiquitous environments
  • Ubiquitous technologies for education, learning, and training
• Mobility
  • Ubiquitous computing
  • Wearable computing
  • Mobile computing
  • Nomadic computing
  • Mobile commerce
  • Mobile learning
• Slicing and 5/6/7G technologies
  • Network slicing models
  • 5G Network slicing Architecture
  • 5G/6G Networks slicing
  • End to End (E2E) network slicing
  • Automated networks slicing
  • Network Slice as a Service(NSaaS)
  • Service slicing
  • IoT service slicing
  • Slicing-as-a-Service (SlaaS)
  • Slicing and orchestration
  • Latency-sensitive 5G services
  • Differentiated slice-based 5G services
  • 5G E2E (End to End), 6G Cellular data networks
  • Indoor 5G Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN)
  • 5G mmWave
  • 7G and 8G network and High speed internet
  • Network slicing market
  • Networks slicing ROI (Return on Investment)
  • 6-7-8G and ROI
• Information Ubiquity
  • Ubiquitous information appliances
  • Information retrieval and filtering
  • Context awareness
  • Control of ubiquitous data
  • Data management and processing
  • Data replication, migration and dissemination
  • Ubiquitous computing and Internet of Things
• Ubiquitous Multimedia Systems and Processing
  • Multimedia content recognition, indexing and search
  • Mobile graphics, games and entertainment
  • Ubiquitous multimedia applications and systems
  • Streaming mobile multimedia
  • Mobile media management
  • Multimedia ubiquitous platforms
  • Multimedia Indexing and Compression
  • Image and Signal Processing
  • Virtual reality in ubiquitous systems
• Wireless Technologies
  • Bluetooth
  • 802.11.x
  • 802.15.x
  • ZigBee
  • WiMax
• Web Services
  • Web 2.0
  • Semantic web
  • Web services
  • Ontology
  • Web Services evolution
  • Web Services applications
• Ubiquitous networks
  • Ubiquitous networks
  • Network management
  • Network performance evaluation
  • Networks and technology convergence
  • Internet access in ubiquitous systems
  • Ubiquitous mesh, ad hoc and sensor networks
  • RFID
  • Reconfigurability and personalization of ubiquitous networks
• Ubiquitous devices and operative systems
  • Design of devices for ubiquitous systems
  • Mobile devices
  • Wearable devices
  • Embedded systems
  • Operative systems for ubiquitous devices
  • Real-time operating systems and scheduling
• Ubiquitous mobile services and protocols
  • Frameworks, architectures, and languages for ubiquitous services
  • Queries, transactions and workflows in mobile and ubiquitous Networks
  • Algorithms for ubiquitous systems
  • SLA/QoS in ubiquitous services
  • Ontology based services
  • Location-based services
  • Protocols and interaction mechanisms for ubiquitous services
  • Mobile services and service convergence
  • Service discovery mechanisms
  • Tracking in ubiquitous environments
  • Measurement, control, and management of ubiquitous services
  • Design and development of ubiquitous services
  • Wireless/mobile service delivery
• Ubiquitous software and security
  • Ambient components
  • Agent technologies
  • Software for spontaneous interoperation
  • Dependability guarantees
  • Security
  • Key Management and Authentication
  • Trust
  • Privacy
  • Fault-tolerance
  • Multimedia Information Security
• Collaborative ubiquitous systems
  • Cooperative networks for ubiquitous systems
  • Cooperative applications for ubiquitous networks
  • Handheld and wearable systems for interaction in collaborative groups and communities
  • Ad hoc collaboration in ubiquitous computing environments
  • Awareness of collaboration and of work environment
  • Inherently mobile collaborative work
• Users, applications, and business models
  • Mobile user interfaces
  • Ubiquitous user-generated content (weblogs, wikis, etc.)
  • Mobile and ubiquitous computing support for collaborative learning
  • User modeling and personalization
  • Context- and location-aware applications
  • Toolkits, testbeds, development environments
  • Tools and techniques for designing, implementing, & evaluating ubiquitous systems
  • Constructing, deploying and prototyping of ubiquitous applications
  • Evaluation of user models for ubiquitous environments
  • On-line analytical techniques
  • Human-computer interaction in ubiquitous computing environments
  • Ubiquitous e-Development (business, science, health, etc.)
  • Case Studies
  • Emerging industrial/business/scientific ubiquitous scenarios
  • Ambient intelligence
  • Social issues and implications of ubiquitous system

Important Dates

• Submission Deadline: Jun 08, 2026
• Notification: Jul 26, 2026
• Registration: Aug 09, 2026
• Camera Ready: Aug 23, 2026

Deadlines may differ for special tracks. Please consult the conference home page for special tracks Call for Papers (if any).

Instructions for Authors

• Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions to one of the IARIA Journals.

• Publisher: XPS (Xpert Publishing Services)

• Archived: ThinkMindTM Digital Library (free access)

• Prints available at Curran Associates, Inc.

• Only .pdf or .doc files will be accepted for paper submission.

• Final author manuscripts will be 8.5" x 11", not exceeding 6 pages; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost.

• LaTeX template:

  • There is a community provided LaTeX template: the CTAN package iaria.

Contribution Types

• Regular Papers: (up to 6-10 page article - 6 pages covered by regular registration; max 4 extra pages allowed at additional cost) (oral presentation)
• Short papers (work in progress): (up to 4 pages long) (oral presentation)
• Ideas contributions: (2 pages long) (oral presentation)
• Extended abstracts: (2 pages long) (oral presentation)
• Posters (paper-based, two pages long): (oral presentation)
• Posters (slide-based, only): (oral presentation)
• Presentations (slide-based, only): (oral presentation)
• Demos: (two pages)

Contact

• For tutorial proposals, please send your proposals to tutorial proposal
• For panel proposals, please send your proposals to panel proposal