24th BARCELONA World Conference on Advances in Electrical, Electronics, and Computing Systems (AE2CS-26) April 20-22, 2026 Barcelona (Spain)

AE2CS-26


Electrochemistry Computational Linguistics Computer Graphics Computer Hardware Design Computer Networks & Wireless Communication



Topics of Interest for Submission include, but are Not Limited to:



1. Electrical Engineering: Power & Energy Systems



As the global energy landscape shifts toward decentralization, research is focusing on the "Smart Grid" and the integration of intermittent renewables.





  • Smart Grid & Microgrid Technologies





    • Subtopics: Self-healing grid architectures, DC microgrids for residential buildings, and peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading using Blockchain.






  • Renewable Energy Integration





    • Subtopics: Bifacial solar panel optimization, Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) with thermal storage, and green hydrogen production via high-efficiency electrolyzers.






  • Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure





    • Subtopics: Bidirectional charging (Vehicle-to-Grid/V2G), ultra-fast wireless charging systems, and AI-based battery health management.






  • Advanced Power Electronics





    • Subtopics: Wide-bandgap (WBG) semiconductors like Gallium Nitride (GaN) and Silicon Carbide (SiC) for high-efficiency converters.







2. Electronics & VLSI Systems



The "More than Moore" era is driving innovation in how chips are packaged and the materials used to build them.





  • Next-Gen Semiconductor Materials





    • Subtopics: Graphene and transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) for sub-2nm nodes, and organic electronics for flexible, biodegradable devices.






  • Advanced IC Packaging





    • Subtopics: Heterogeneous integration (Chiplets), 3D-IC stacking using Through-Silicon Vias (TSVs), and Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging (FOWLP).






  • Hardware for AI (Edge & Cloud)





    • Subtopics: Neuromorphic chips that mimic brain architecture, Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), and In-Memory Computing (IMC) to reduce data movement latency.






  • Hardware Security & Trust





    • Subtopics: Physically Unclonable Functions (PUFs), detection of Hardware Trojans, and side-channel attack mitigation.







3. Computing Systems & AI



Computing is moving away from purely centralized models toward distributed, privacy-preserving, and "agentic" systems.





  • Edge Computing & IoT





    • Subtopics: Low-latency 6G edge intelligence, Swarm Robotics coordination, and energy-harvesting sensors for massive IoT deployments.






  • Advanced AI Paradigms





    • Subtopics: Explainable AI (XAI) for transparency in healthcare/finance, Federated Learning for decentralized training without sharing private data, and Agentic AI (autonomous agents capable of multi-step reasoning).






  • Quantum Computing





    • Subtopics: Quantum error correction, Hybrid Quantum-Classical algorithms (QAOA, VQE), and Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) for post-quantum cryptography.






  • Cybersecurity & Resilience





    • Subtopics: Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), AI-powered real-time threat detection, and Secure Multiparty Computation (SMPC).







4. Communication & Signal Processing



The transition from 5G to 6G is introducing frequencies and speeds that require entirely new signal processing techniques.





  • Future Wireless Networks (B5G/6G)





    • Subtopics: Terahertz (THz) communication, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RIS), and Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC).






  • Satellite & Space Communications





    • Subtopics: Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations (Starlink/Kuiper), and optical/laser communication for inter-satellite links.






  • Advanced Signal Processing





    • Subtopics: Deep Learning-based physical layer optimization, MIMO beamforming using AI, and compressed sensing for high-resolution imaging.