IEEE System, Man, and Cybernetics Society announces the 21st International Conference on System of Systems Engineering (SoSE) with its vast ramifications in numerous engineering fields such as control, computing, communication, information technology, artificial intelligence, and in applications such manufacturing, defense, national security, aerospace, aeronautics, energy, environment, healthcare, and transportation. The conference theme is “The World as Systems of Systems”. Papers on theories, methodologies, and applications of System of Systems Engineering in science, technology, industry, and education are welcome.

Paper Submission

Papers should be five to six pages in length, in standard two-column IEEE Conference Proceedings format, submitted via EDAS site. We will also accept three-page poster papers (in two-column format). Invitations will be made to the authors of the best papers to submit an extended version of papers to the following journals or book chapters:
- IEEE Systems Journal
- Journal of Enterprise Transformation
- Journal of Smart Health and Smart Cities
- CRC Taylor & Francis Books Series on SoSE, Mo Jamshidi, Editor

SoSE 2026 Tracks:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in SoSE
- Agriculture 5.0
- Automotive SoSE
- Big Data Analytic, Cloud & Distributed Computing, Service Oriented Architectures
- Case Studies
- Control
- Cyber-Physical Systems and IoT: Engineering Issues
- Cyber Security
- Decision-making
- Defense, Space, National Security
- Emergence
- Energy, Smart Grid Technologies
- Engineering Education
- Enterprise and Business Architecture
- Environment
- Health Care
- Modeling and Analysis Methods
- Industry 5.0
- Internet of Things
- Manufacturing
- Ocean Space (Maritime, Offshore, Subsea, etc.) Systems Engineering
- Autonomous Vehicles, Robotic Systems, UAVs, ROVs, Drones, etc.
- Software-intensive System-of-Systems Engineering
- Architecture, Design and V & V Methods
- SoSE Availability, Maintainability, Reliability, Resilience, Safety
- SoSE Simulation, Modeling and Analysis Methods
- Systems Governance and Policy
- Transportation (including civil air traffic control)
- Telepresence and Digital Twin

Important Dates
-Paper Submission: 5th March 2026 through EDAS
- Notification of Accepted Paper: 15th April 2026
- Full Manuscript: 10th May 2026