PERCOM 2026 - CALL FOR PAPERS
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The 24th International Conference on Pervasive Computing and
Communications (PerCom 2026), March 1, 2026
Pisa, Italy
http://www.percom.org
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IEEE PerCom, now in its 24th year, will be held in Pisa, Italy in
March 2026 as an in-person physical event.

PerCom is the premier annual scholarly venue in pervasive computing
and communications. Pervasive computing is at the forefront of mobile
systems research, and has found its way into many commercial
applications due to tremendous advances in a broad spectrum of
technologies and topics such as wireless networking, mobile and
distributed computing, sensor systems, ambient intelligence, and smart
devices.

SCOPE

PerCom 2026 solicits research contributions in all areas pertinent to
pervasive computing and communications, especially those that cross
traditional research boundaries. In particular, PerCom targets
contributions in:

* Advances in pervasive systems and infrastructures: middleware
  systems and services; data engineering for pervasive computing;
  cloud, fog and edge computing; integrations of smartphones in
  pervasive experiences; applications of device-to-device
  coordination.

* Theories, models, and algorithms: context modeling & reasoning;
  adaptive computing; activity & emotion recognition; programming
  paradigms; applied deep/federated/decentralized machine learning;
  causal learning; cognitive computing; complex networks;
  spatio-temporal modeling.

* Domain-specific challenges and novel applications: urban/mobile
  crowdsensing & intelligence; PerCom for healthcare and well-being;
  cyber-physical Systems; PerCom for space applications, smart homes
  and virtual assistants; mixed reality; sports analytics; crime
  prevention; pervasive nowcasting; urban robotics; pervasive AR/VR;
  smart vehicles; disaster sensing and management.

* Intersections of PerCom with: IoT and sensor systems; Large Language
  Models; opportunistic networks; pervasive data science;
  Cyber-physical systems; 3D networks.

* Enablers for PerCom instrumentation: Security, privacy and trust in
  Pervasive Computing, Ethical aspects of Pervasive Computing.

* New techniques for user-level interaction: participatory and social
  sensing; fairness, ethics; user interface, interaction, persuasion;
  online and offline social networking; human-machine collaboration.

* Technological innovations: architectures, protocols, and
  technologies for pervasive communications; energy-harvesting,
  self-powered or battery-less systems; mobile and wearable systems;
  smart devices and environments; positioning, navigation, timing, and
  tracking technologies; device-free human sensing.

Contributions can be analytical, empirical, technological,
methodological, or a combination thereof. Papers reporting strong
systems engineering contributions backed by solid and appropriate
evaluations are strongly encouraged.

Contributions should be novel (minor improvements over the state of
the art will not be considered), should demonstrate a significant
impact (i.e., they should address an outstanding problem), and should
be rigorous.

Note that the impact of the contributions should be demonstrated in
the context of pervasive computing and communications applications.

READ BEFORE SUBMITTING

PerCom 2026 will follow a double-blind review process. Authors are
expected to make a good-faith effort to anonymize their
submissions. For detailed submission instructions, please check the
www.percom.org website.

PerCom 2026 introduces a rebuttal phase to further improve the quality
of the review process. Authors are offered the opportunity to respond
to the initial reviews. Particularly, they are encouraged to briefly
clarify points, explain misunderstandings, etc.

PerCom would not be PerCom without its community. For this reason, we
are looking for ways to strengthen the community and encourage
meaningful interactions.

To this end, all accepted papers must be presented in person by one of
the authors, in addition to having an associated full
registration. Failure to comply with this requirement will result in
the exclusion of the paper from the final proceedings and from the
IEEE Digital Library, and the paper will not be eligible for the Best
Paper Award.

IMPORTANT DATES

* Paper registration in EDAS: September 12, 2025, AoE
* Submission via EDAS: September 19, 2025, AoE
* 1st stage notification: November 28, 2025, AoE
* Rebuttal submission: December 5, 2025, AoE
* Notification: December 22, 2025, AoE
* Camera Ready: February 2, 2026, AoE

BEST PAPER AWARD AND EDITORIAL FOLLOW-UPS
The best paper will receive the prestigious Mark Weiser Best Paper Award.

Selected papers will be invited to submit extended versions for a
special issue of the Pervasive and Mobile Computing Journal.

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
* General Chairs
Chiara Boldrini, IIT-CNR, Italy
Amy L. Murphy, Bruno Kessler Foundation, Trento, Italy

* TPC Chair and Vice-Chairs
Stephan Sigg, Aalto University, Finland
Qi Han, Colorado School of Mines, US
Gabriele Civitarese, University of Milan, Italy
Sandip Chakraborty, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India

To contact the TPC chair and vice-chairs, please write to
percom2026-tpc-chairs@fbk.eu