The 6th International Workshop on Big Data & AI-Assisted Tools,
Methods, and Use Cases for Innovative Scientific Discovery
(BTSD 2026)

In conjunction with the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Big Data
December 14–17, 2026
Phoenix, Arizona, USA

Workshop Website:
https://sites.google.com/view/btsd2026

IMPORTANT DATES

- Paper abstract submission: October 1, 2026
- Full workshop paper submission: October 7, 2026
- Notification of acceptance: November 4, 2026
- Camera-ready submission: November 25, 2026

BTSD 2026 invites research papers, systems papers, methods, evaluations,
position papers, and real-world use cases at the intersection of big data,
AI-assisted tools, and scientific discovery.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

- AI agents, research copilots, and coding assistants for science
- Foundation models, LLMs, multimodal models, and RAG
- Scientific knowledge graphs and semantic search
- Tool-calling models, MCP-enabled tools, and interoperable agent workflows
- Scientific data integration, metadata, provenance, FAIR data, and data fusion
- Database, cloud, HPC, edge, and scalable big-data infrastructure
- Integration of simulations, experiments, machine learning, and data
- Uncertainty quantification and evaluation of AI-assisted workflows
- Reproducibility, robustness, hallucination control, and human oversight
- Privacy, security, governance, and trustworthy AI for science
- Visualization and interactive scientific exploration
- Applications in physics, chemistry, materials, biology, medicine, climate,
energy, power systems, engineering, national security, and environmental science

SUBMISSIONS

- Short papers: 4–6 pages
- Full papers: 8–10 pages
- IEEE two-column format
- Single-blind peer review

Accepted and registered papers will be included in the IEEE BigData 2026
Workshop Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press, subject
to conference registration and presentation requirements.

Paper Submission:
https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2026/bigdata26/scripts/submit.php?subarea=S33&undisplay_detail=1&wh=/…