** Call for Papers | EWSN 2026 **
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** Winter Deadline: February 4, 2026 **
** Spring Deadline: May 1, 2026 **
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The International Conference on Embedded Wireless Systems and Networks (EWSN)
is a highly selective single-track international conference focusing on the
latest research in embedded systems and wireless networking and their role as
key enablers for visionary scenarios such as the Internet of Things and
Cyber-Physical Systems. EWSN invites recent research on networked sensor
systems and platforms, the Internet of Things, embedded/edge machine learning,
and novel sensor network applications.

While the conference welcomes all papers within the scope described above, this
year’s edition of EWSN will also highlight a feature topic in Sustainable
Embedded Intelligence - an area at the convergence of ultra-low-power AI
hardware design, energy-efficient AI algorithms, and reliable low-power
communications. This rapidly evolving field is essential for realizing
long-lasting, autonomous, and reliable wireless sensor network systems. We
especially welcome contributions at the boundary of chip-level innovation and
system-level performance, allowing our community to directly engage the
expertise and high-tech ecosystem of our host city, a renowned international
hotspot for microelectronics.

Specific topics for the conference include (but are not exclusively limited to):
- Sustainable Embedded Intelligence: Boundary between chip-level innovation and
system-level performance
- Applications of wireless embedded networks: Health, automation,
manufacturing, transportation, smart cities, etc
- Communication and networking for wireless and embedded systems
- Computing architectures for networked embedded systems
- Dependability in wireless systems, including reliability, availability,
safety, and real-time guarantees
- Edge-cloud solutions for networked embedded systems
- Edge/embedded intelligence paradigms, models, and techniques for networked
embedded systems
- Embedded systems for joint sensing and communication with mmWave, Terahertz,
Wi-Fi, visible light, etc
- Empirical studies, measurement, deployment, and experience reports
- Experiences, challenges, comparisons of platforms
- Foundational models: Sensor data analytics, distillation to edge platforms
- Localization, synchronization, RFID, and RF sensing
- Machine learning: Deep, federated and multimodal learning on sensor data
- Machine learning: Computer vision, natural language processing for
resource-constrained and mobile platforms
- Modeling, simulation, and measurement tools for wireless systems
- New hardware and system design to enable machine learning on sensor data
- Next-generation/novel wireless networks, including 6G, Wi-Fi HaLow, NearLink
- Operating systems, middleware, and services for networked embedded systems
- Privacy and security in networked embedded systems and applications
- Processing, storage, and management of data in embedded wireless networks
- Sensor data processing for augmented and virtual reality applications
- Wearable systems and data processing algorithms


EWSN is implementing a two-deadline review process (winter and spring) to offer
a 'one-shot revision' option and provide more flexibility for authors.

1st call
- Abstract Registration: Friday, January 30, 2026
- Full Paper Submission: Wednesday, February 4, 2026
- Notification: Monday, March 9, 2026
- Camera ready: Monday, March 30, 2026

2nd call
- Abstract Registration: Friday, April 24, 2026
- Full Paper Submission: Friday, May 1, 2026
- Notification: Monday, June 15, 2026
- Camera ready: Monday, July 6, 2026

All deadlines are set to 23:59 in the AoE time zone.


EWSN 2026 will use a double-anonymous review process and will accept two types
of papers – Full Papers (max 12 pages) and Short Papers (max 6 pages). Short
papers are intended to present preliminary research results or advocate for new
research directions.

Submissions are via HotCRP: https://hotcrp.netd.cs.tu-dresden.de/ewsn26

Please also review the EWSN Ethics Statement: https://ewsn.org/ethics.html


All accepted papers will be indexed in the ACM Digital Library, SCOPUS, and
other prominent digital libraries.


Additional details and the full CfP can be found at:
https://ewsn26.netd.cs.tu-dresden.de/calls/papers/


*** ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ***

General Co-Chairs
- Bhaskar Krishnamachari, University of Southern California, US
- Matthias Wählisch, TU Dresden, DE

Technical Program Co-Chairs
- Brano Kusy, CSIRO, AUS
- Christian Renner, TU Hamburg, DE