Call for Papers
CoopIS
is sponsored by
INSTICC
– Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication
SCOPE
The International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems (CoopIS) is a well-established international event for presenting and discussing scientific contributions on technical, economic, and societal aspects of distributed and cooperative information systems at scale. The guiding theme of the 32nd edition is: “Information Systems in the AI Era”. The rapid integration of Artificial Intelligence, Large Language Models and Agentic AI into information systems is transforming how data is processed, decisions are made, and services are delivered.
CONFERENCE AREAS
Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:
1. KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS, DATA ENGINEERING, AND INTELLIGENT KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
2. INDUCTIVE LEARNING, MACHINE LEARNING, AND TRUSTWORTHY AI
3. INTELLIGENT PROCESS ANALYTICS AND AI-DRIVEN AUTOMATION
4. SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY, OPEN STANDARDS, AND DATA ECOSYSTEMS
5. ETHICAL, PRIVACY-PRESERVING, AND SECURE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
6. INTERNET OF THINGS, CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS, AND DIGITAL TWINS
7. ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, AND MANAGEMENT OF AI-ENABLED INFORMATION SYSTEMS
8. HUMAN-CENTRIC AI AND SOCIO-TECHNICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
9. SERVICES, CLOUD IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DISTRIBUTED AI PLATFORMS
10. APPLICATIONS OF AI-AUGMENTED AND AUTONOMOUS INFORMATION SYSTEMS
11. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOR AI ENGINEERING FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS
AREA 1: KNOWLEDGE GRAPHS, DATA ENGINEERING, AND INTELLIGENT KNOWLEDGE SYSTEMS
- Semantic Data Integration
- Ontology Learning and Engineering
- Ontology and Schema Matching
- Knowledge Graph Creation Techniques
- Evolution and Maintenance of Knowledge Graphs
- Quality Assessment over Knowledge Graphs
AREA 2: INDUCTIVE LEARNING, MACHINE LEARNING, AND TRUSTWORTHY AI
- Neuro-Symbolic Systems over Knowledge Graphs
- Rule and Data Mining
- Knowledge Graph Embeddings
- Entity Recognition and Linking
- Semantic Annotation
AREA 3: INTELLIGENT PROCESS ANALYTICS AND AI-DRIVEN AUTOMATION
- Performance Measurment
- Trace Encoding
- Process Discovery
- Conformance Analysis
- Process Improvement
- IT for work innovation
- Robotic Process Automation
AREA 4: SEMANTIC INTEROPERABILITY, OPEN STANDARDS, AND DATA ECOSYSTEMS
- Querying Graph Data and Query Languages
- Inference and Reasoning
AREA 5: ETHICAL, PRIVACY-PRESERVING, AND SECURE INFORMATION SYSTEMS
- Access Control
- Data Proteciton and Privacy
- Blockchain-based Approaches
AREA 6: INTERNET OF THINGS, CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS, AND DIGITAL TWINS
- Data Structures for IoT and Digital Twins
- Storage and Data Management
- Computing and Processing in IoT Environments
- Sensors and Actuators
AREA 7: ARCHITECTURE, ENGINEERING, AND MANAGEMENT OF AI-ENABLED INFORMATION SYSTEMS
- Information Architecture
- Enterprise Architecture Management
- Software Design
- Digital Transformation
- Monitoring Tools And Techniques
AREA 8: HUMAN-CENTRIC AI AND SOCIO-TECHNICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS
- Visualization
- Human-Computer Interaction
AREA 9: SERVICES, CLOUD IN INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND DISTRIBUTED AI PLATFORMS
- Web Services, APIs
- Services Science, Engineering, Management
- Microservice-oriented architecture (MOA), Service Mesh
- Cloud service management, Cloud workflow management
- Cloud and fog computing, Edge service orchestration
AREA 10: APPLICATIONS OF AI-AUGMENTED AND AUTONOMOUS INFORMATION SYSTEMS
- Applications of Knowledge Graphs (e.g., healthcare, industry 4.0, science, energy)
- Human-centric Information Systems (e.g., healthcare, industry 4.0, science, energy)
AREA 11: SOFTWARE ENGINEERING FOR AI ENGINEERING FOR INFORMATION SYSTEMS
- Software Quality Assurance and Testing in Information Systems
- DevOps and Continuous Integration for Information Systems
- Software Maintenance and Evolution in Information Systems
- Model-Driven Engineering and Low-Code/No-Code Platforms for Information Systems
- AI-driven Software Engineering for Information Systems
- Software Engineering for Secure and Resilient Information Systems
- Software Process Mining and Optimization in Information Systems
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
CoopIS 2026 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.
PAPER SUBMISSION
Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished research papers that are not under review for
any other conference, workshop, or journal. The contributions should address research questions that relate to one of the topics listed above.
We particularly encourage:
1. Contributions introducing and rigorously evaluating technological innovations (e.g., novel techniques, architectures, tools, or frameworks).
2. Empirical studies evaluating AI-enabled information systems in real-world settings.
3. Interdisciplinary research addressing ethical, legal, and societal aspects of information systems.
4. Systematic surveys on emerging paradigms in AI-driven cooperative information systems.
5. Industrial case studies focusing on trust, privacy, and governance challenges in information systems.
The research questions addressed should both be practically relevant and appealing to the general information systems field, and each paper should include a systematic evaluation of the contribution and relate this contribution to related scientific work.
Submitted papers will be peer-reviewed by at least 3 reviewers. Papers are evaluated in terms
of originality, significance, technical soundness, and clarity.
Submissions for full papers must not exceed 15 pages (including the list of references) in the final camera-ready paper style. The program chairs may decide to accept some of the submissions as short papers (which would then need to be shortened to 8 pages).
Submitted papers must be written in English, laid out according to the final camera-ready formatting instructions, and be submitted in electronic form in PDF format.
Each accepted paper must have one of its authors registered for the conference before the
camera-ready deadline. The conference organizers reserve the right to remove a paper from
the proceedings if no author is officially registered by the camera-ready deadline. Moreover,
only papers that have been presented by their authors during the conference will be published
in the conference proceedings.
PUBLICATIONS
The proceedings will be published by Springer Verlag in their Lecture Notes in Computer
Science (LNCS). Author instructions can be found at: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines
The conference proceedings will be published by Springer in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference.
The proceedings will be abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, INSPEC, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus and zbMATH. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings.
IMPORTANT DATES
Conference Date: 26 - 28 October, 2026
Paper Submission:
May 19, 2026
Authors Notification:
July 17, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration:
July 31, 2026
Demos
Demo Proposal:
September 14, 2026
Panels
Panel Proposal:
September 14, 2026
VENUE
The conference will be held in Angers, France, on the campus of ESEO, a graduate school of engineering in IT, electronics, networks and telecommunications.
Angers, the main city of the department of Maine et Loire in the Pays de la Loire region is the capital of the historic province of Anjou and is considered one of the most beautiful cities in France with its old streets, museums, gardens, gastronomic restaurants and art festivals.
GENERAL CO-CHAIRS
Ladjel Bellatreche, National Engineering School for Mechanics and Aerotechnics, France
Ali Ouni, École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS Montreal), Canada
PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Brahim Medjahed, The University of Michigan - Dearborn, United States
Cesare Pautasso, University of Lugano (USI), Switzerland
PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Available soon.