Call for Workshops
Proposals for Workshops within IEEE WCCG 2026 are solicited to help bring together the SMC community within emerging, active, and well-defined areas under the broad domains of systems, human-machine interactions, and cybernetics. Proposals with content or presentation formats (e.g., abstracts and posters, panels, roundtables) that are not found within the main IEEE WCCG 2026 conference are encouraged. Workshop proposals should discuss how the workshop will be organized, how the organizers plan to attract active participation of the attendees, promote discussion on the selected topic, and if applicable, describe how invited speakers will contribute to the enhancement of the workshop.
Proposals for half-day or full-day workshops are welcome. Full papers submitted to workshops will undergo the same peer-review process as all other IEEE SMC 2026 papers. Accepted and presented papers will be copyrighted to IEEE and published in conference proceedings, which will be eligible for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library, once it meets the requirements of an IEEE quality review. They will also be submitted to Scopus for indexing after the conference, provided they meet the necessary requirements. In addition, authors are generally permitted to share and post their papers, provided they adhere to the IEEE’s publication guidelines. Abstracts (1 page) may be submitted for workshops also. They will be reviewed only by the workshop organizers and will not appear in the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library.
Workshops are planned to take place on Sunday, October 4, 2026.
Active participation and/or endorsement from one or more IEEE SMC Technical Committees (TC) is encouraged.
The Workshop Chairs will evaluate proposals based on the following main criteria:
| Importance of the topic and timeliness of the proposed workshop, |
| Event’s format and likelihood of creating an engaging intellectual environment, |
| Quality of the invited speakers and the experience of the organizers. |
Topics
Contributions to theory and practice, including but not limited to, the following technical areas, are invited:
| Cybernetics (CYB) |
| Human-Machine Systems (HMS) |
| Systems Science & Engineering (SSE) |
Proposal
Workshop proposals should include the following points:
| Title of the workshop |
| Organizers of the workshop and society affiliations, the main organizer will be the official point of contact |
| Duration (either half or full day) |
| Structure of the workshop |
| Outline of the workshop |
| Motivation for the workshop |
| Expected number of participants |
| Overview of previous workshop(s) |
| Assumption of knowledge |
| CV(s) of presenters |
| Required equipment |
