CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS


Engineering & Computer Science (General)



CALL FOR WORKSHOP PROPOSALS

Dear colleagues, 



 



We invite you to submit proposals for workshops to be held in conjunction with



the ACS/IEEE 23rd International Conference on Computer Systems and



Applications (AICCSA 2026).



As the premier conference covering all contemporary areas in computer systems and



applications, AICCSA 2026 provides an international forum for academics, industry



researchers, developers, and practitioners to report on and share groundbreaking



contributions in various IT fields, ranging from distributed computing to data science,



security, and machine learning.  AICCSA 2026 will be held at the University of Sharjah, Sharjah,



UAE, from 26 to 29 October 2026.



 




  •  Submission guidelines



Workshop proposals must be submitted via the conference main submission link : https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aiccsa2026

by selecting "Workshop Proposals".

- Proposals for workshops may address one or more Tracks, but they should be

organised under a unified theme.

- Proposals for workshops are intended to allow projects or any other group of authors

to present their own work.

- Proposals for workshops may include invited speakers, papers, and panels.

- Workshop papers can be either Presentations, Extended Abstracts (2 pages) or Full

Papers (5 pages), and should be reviewed by the Workshop Technical Programme

Committee.

- Proposals for workshops should be no more than 2 pages in length and submitted in

PDF Format.

- Proposals should contain the following information:




  • Title and brief description of the workshop, specifying the goals and the technical

  • issues that will be addressed in the workshop.

  • A brief description of why and to whom the workshop is of interest and how it

  • complements the main conference.

  • The proposed organizing committee and the technical program committee.

  • The workshop submission and processing system.

  • Contact details of the main organizers.  



 



-  Notes for the Workshop Organizers

 



Workshop Organizers will be responsible for the following:




  • Proposing a “Call for Papers/Participation” for their workshop. It should mention that at least one author of each accepted submission should attend the workshop and that the registration of at least one author is required for the paper to be included in the conference proceedings.

  • Ensuring that the page limit of all workshop papers is 6 pages (in IEEE format).

  • Taking full responsibility for workshop submission, the reviewing process, and decisions.

  • Selecting the participants and the format of the workshop.

  • Advertising the workshop beyond the conference web page.

  • Providing support to create a finalized (camera-ready) version suitable for publication of the workshop proceedings.

  • In case of an insufficient number of submissions, the AICCSA 2026 organizing committee may propose to merge the workshop with another. In extreme situations, we may also cancel workshops if there are insufficient number of submissions, while we may consider the paper for the main tracks.

  • Ensuring that the accepted papers are of high quality. All papers must be reviewed by an international technical Program Committee with a minimum of 2 reviews per paper.



 



The AICCSA 2026 Organizing Committee will be responsible for the following:




  • Providing a link to the workshop’s web page.

  • Providing logistics support for the workshop.

  • In conjunction with the workshop’s organizers, determining the workshop date and time.

  • Including the workshop-accepted papers in the main proceedings and submitting them to IEEE and IEEE Xplore for indexing and publication.



- Workshop organizers benefit from one free registration for each 6

fully registered papers in their workshop.

 



- Important Dates:

Workshop proposals due: 12 April, 2026

Notification of acceptance: 17 April 2026

Workshop paper submission deadline:05 July 2026

Workshop paper notification deadline:08 August, 2026

Authors' registration deadline:05 September 2026

 



- Workshop Chairs:

 Ayad Turky , University of Sharjah, UAE

 Abir Hussain , University of Sharjah, UAE

Contact: aturky@sharjah.ac.aeabir.hussain@sharjah.ac.ae

 



- Submission Portal:

Submit workshop proposals via EasyChair:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aiccsa2026

Please select the track “Workshop Proposals” when submitting.

 



- University of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE — 26–29 October 2026. A unique

setting where tradition meets cutting-edge technology, offering an inspiring

backdrop for scientific workshops.

 



- Proceedings & Indexing

All accepted workshop papers will be part of the AICCSA 2026 proceedings and

submitted for inclusion in IEEE Xplore, Scopus, and DBLP, subject to meeting IEEE

quality and scope requirements. Plagiarism checks will be applied.