The 32nd edition of RTCSA will bring together researchers and developers from academia and industry to promote cross-fertilization and discuss advances and trends in the technology of embedded and real-time systems and their emerging applications, including the Internet of Things and Cyber-Physical Systems. RTCSA 2026 seeks papers that describe original research in the following areas, but are not limited to:

*** REAL-TIME SYSTEMS TRACK ***

- Real-Time scheduling
- Timing analysis
- Workload models for real-time systems
- Temperature/Energy-aware scheduling
- Scheduling and resource management in heterogeneous architectures
- Scheduling over distributed architectures
- Formal methods for temporal guarantees
- Programming languages and run-time systems
- Analyzing, understanding, and improving timing predictability of middlewares (ROS, Ray, Kubernete, …)
- Communication networks and protocols for real-time systems
- Time-sensitive media processing and transmissions
- Latency and throughput in real-time databases
- Real-time machine learning
- Learning-enabled real-time systems
- Learning-assisted real-time systems

*** IoT, CPS, AND EMERGING APPLICATIONS TRACK ***

- Systems, technology and foundations of IoT and CPS
- Applications and case studies of IoT and CPS
- Smart and connected health
- Industrial internet and industry 4.0
- Smart city technology and applications
- Smart transportation and infrastructure
- Cyber-physical co-design
- Cloud, middleware and networks for IoT and CPS
- Wireless sensor-actuator networks for IoT and CPS
- Low-Power Wide-Area Network (LPWAN) for IoT
- Emerging IoT protocols and network abstractions including 5G/6G
- Medical CPS
- CPS software/system engineering

*** EMBEDDED SYSTEMS TRACK ***

- Multi-core embedded systems
- Operating systems
- Compiler and embedded software
- Embedded system design tools and methodologies
- Non-volatile memory and storage
- Power/Thermal aware design
- Fault tolerance, reliability and security
- Sensor-based systems and applications
- Embedded Systems for Machine-Learning
- Reconfigurable computing architectures and software support
- Ubiquitous and distributed embedded systems and networks

*** Industry Session ***

RTCSA 2026 introduces a dedicated Industry Session, providing a platform for contributions that focus on industrial applications and practices. Submissions to this session will follow the same single-blind review process as regular papers, with the following additional criteria:

- A paper is eligible for the Industry Session if (1) it describes industrial applications and/or practices; (2) at least one co-author has an industrial affiliation.

Submissions to the Industry Session will be evaluated primarily on their practical significance. We look forward to showcasing impactful industry-driven work!


Please visit https://rtcsa2026.github.io/?page=cfp.html for more information.