Special Session
Special Session on
Early Research Achievement -
CoopIS-ERA
2026
26 - 28 October, 2026 - Angers, France
Within the 32nd International Conference on Cooperative Information Systems - CoopIS 2026
CO-CHAIRS
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Salah Bouktif
UAE University
United Arab Emirates
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Brief Bio
SALAH BOUKTIF is a Full Professor with the College of Information Technology (CIT), United Arab Emirates University. Before joining CIT in 2007, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow with the Department of Computer Engineering, Polytechnic School of Engineering, Montreal, and a Senior Software Engineer with Tunisian Railway Company (Known as SNCF). His research interests include search-based software engineering, artificial Intelligence, energy prediction, data mining, and big data analytics. He has published many papers in highly ranked journals and conferences, such as IEEE ICSM, IEEE ASE, ACM GECCO, ACM/IEEE ASONAM, IEEE ICWS, ACM Transactions, Elsevier Information and Software Technology Engineering Applications of AI, Systems and Software, Knowledge Systems, and PLOS One.
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Sanjay Kumar Madria
Missouri University of Science and Technology
United States
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Brief Bio
Sanjay K Madria is a Curators’ Distinguished Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the Missouri University of Science and Technology (formerly, University of Missouri-Rolla, USA). He has published over 325 Journal and conference papers in the areas of data analytics and cybersecurity, mobile and sensor computing, big data management, and cloud computing. He won five IEEE Best Paper Awards at conferences such as IEEE MDM and IEEE SRDS. He is a co-author of a book (published with his two PhD graduates) on Secure Sensor Cloud, published by Morgan and Claypool in Dec. 2018. He has graduated 22 PhD students and 34 MS thesis students, with 12 current PhD students. NSF, NIST, ARL, ARO, AFRL, DOE, Boeing, CDC-NIOSH, ORNL, Honeywell, and others have funded his research projects of over $30M. He has been awarded a JSPS (Japanese Society for Promotion of Science) invitational visiting scientist fellowship and an ASEE (American Society of Engineering Education) fellowship. In 2012 and 2019, he was awarded an NRC Fellowship by the National Academies of the US. He is an ACM Distinguished Scientist and served as an ACM and IEEE Distinguished Speaker. He is an IEEE Senior Member and an IEEE Golden Core Awardee.
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The Early Research Achievements (ERA) track at CoopIS 2026 provides a forum for presenting promising and innovative research at an early stage. The goal of this track is to encourage the discussion of new ideas, emerging directions, and preliminary results in Cooperative Information Systems and related areas.
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 systems are designed, developed, and operated.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
The ERA track welcomes submissions aligned with the main CoopIS topics, including (but not limited to):
- Knowledge Graphs, Data Engineering, and Intelligent Knowledge Systems
- Inductive Learning, Machine Learning, and Trustworthy AI
- Intelligent Process Analytics and AI-Driven Automation
- Semantic Interoperability, Open Standards, and Data Ecosystems
- Ethical, Privacy-Preserving, and Secure Information Systems
- Internet of Things, Cyber-Physical Systems, and Digital Twins
- Architecture, Engineering, and Management of AI-Enabled Information Systems
- Human-Centric AI and Socio-Technical Information Systems
- Services, Cloud in Information Systems and Distributed AI Platforms
- Applications of AI-Augmented and Autonomous Information Systems
- Software Engineering and AI Engineering for Information Systems
- Agentic AI for Software Engineering (AI4SE)
- Software Engineering for Agentic AI (SE4AI)
The ERA track is particularly suited for:
- Novel research ideas and emerging topics
- Preliminary results or ongoing research
- Vision papers and position papers
- New research directions with high potential impact
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission:
June 12, 2026
Authors Notification:
July 20, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration:
July 31, 2026
SPECIAL SESSION PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Anwar Ghammem,
University of Michigan-Dearborn, United States
Claudia Raibulet,
University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy
Chouki Tibermacine,
Université Bretagne Sud, France, France
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PAPER SUBMISSION
Submissions must be written in English, follow the LNCS format, and must not exceed 8 pages (including references).
ERA submissions will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
- Fit with CoopIS topics;
- Originality and novelty of the idea;
- Potential impact and relevance;
- Soundness of the proposed approach;
- Clarity of presentation;
- ERA Track Format.
Accepted papers will be presented during dedicated sessions at the conference, allowing authors to receive feedback and engage in discussions with the community.
Benefits for Participants
- Opportunity to present early-stage research;
- Feedback from experts and peers;
- Increased visibility within the CoopIS community;
- Networking opportunities with researchers and practitioners;
- Services Provided;
- Integration into the CoopIS 2026 program;
- Access to conference activities;
- Visibility on the conference website and communications.
Accepted papers will include a live demonstration during the conference, allowing participants to interact with the tool and discuss its features with the authors.
PUBLICATIONS
After thorough reviewing by the ERA-Track program committee, all accepted papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings book.
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.