*** Call for Contributions ***

39th IEEE International Symposium on Computer-Based Medical Systems
(CBMS 2026)

June 3-5 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus

https://2026.cbms-conference.org


Attracting a worldwide audience, CBMS is the premier conference for computer-based
medical systems, and one of the main conferences in the fields of medical informatics and
biomedical informatics. CBMS allows the exchange of ideas and technologies between
academic and industrial scientists. The scientific program of IEEE CBMS 2026 will consist
of regular and special track sessions with technical contributions reviewed and selected by
an international program committee, as well as, keynote talks and tutorials given by
leading experts in their fields. The CBMS 2026 edition also aims to host high-quality
papers about industry and real case applications as well as allow researchers leading
international projects to show to the scientific community the main aims, goals, and
results of their projects. We solicit submissions on previously unpublished research work.


CALL FOR PAPERS

Example areas include but are not limited to:
• Active and Healthy Ageing System
• Analytics and solutions in Public Health
• Artificial intelligence in healthcare
• Big Data Analytics in Healthcare
• Bioinformatics
• Biomarker Discovery and Drug Design
• Biomedical Signal and Image Processing and Machine Vision
• Cognitive Computing in Healthcare
• Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Healthcare (CSCW)
• Databases and blockchain in Medicine or Healthcare
• Data Analysis and Knowledge Discovery in Medicine or Healthcare
• Decision Support and Recommendation Systems in Medicine or Healthcare
• Digital Twins / Personalized AI Models
• e-Health
• Ethics in the application of ICT to biomedicine
• Explainable AI for Decision Support
• Generative AI and Foundational Models for Biomedicine
• Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in Healthcare
• Knowledge Representation in Medicine or Healthcare
• m-Health
• Medical education using ICT
• Medical Robotics, Intelligent Medical Devices, and Smart Technologies
• Metaverse, Augmented and Intelligent Reality
• Multimodality Data Analysis
• Network and Telemedicine Systems
• Pervasive Computing for Wearables
• Privacy and security in healthcare
• Radiomics and Radiogenomics
• Serious Games for Healthcare
• Software Systems in Medicine
• Technology in Clinical and Healthcare Services Research
• Web-Based Delivery of Medical Information

Prospective authors are expected to submit their contributions to the general track or one
of the special tracks if relevant. Please see the submission guidelines for further details.

Submission Guidelines
Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management
system (see link below). All submissions will be peer-reviewed at least by two Program
Committee members. All accepted papers (Regular, Short, and Posters) will be included in
the conference proceedings and will be published by IEEE Xplore. Publication in
proceedings is conditioned to the registration and presentation of the paper at the
conference by one of the authors.

Type of Submissions
Each contribution must be prepared following the IEEE two-column format, whose
template is available at https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates .

The authors may choose LaTeX or Microsoft Word templates. CBMS 2026 accepts three
types of submissions:
• Regular papers: The length of the contribution is limited to 6 pages, but it is possible
to extend the paper length up to 8 pages by paying for each extra page. Check fees for
more information.
• Short papers: The length of the contribution is limited to 4 pages and no less than 3
pages, not being possible to extend the paper length. The duration of the oral
presentation of short posters will be less than regular ones.
• Posters: The length of the contribution is limited to 2 pages. Poster papers will be
included in the proceedings but won’t include oral presentations during the conference.
The authors of a poster also need to prepare a real poster to be shown during the
conference. For presentation purposes at the conference, the authors must prepare the
poster in portrait format. The accepted dimensions are 60 (width) x 80 (length).


CALL FOR SPECIAL TRACKS

IEEE CBMS 2026 invites proposals for organization of special tracks that will be held in
parallel with the general conference track. The themes of the special tracks should not
overlap with the general conference topics and should focus on emerging research fields.
All tracks are expected to enable stimulating discussions of state-of-the-art, emerging,
visionary, and perhaps controversial topics. Their papers should report on significant
unpublished work and must meet the same standards as main conference papers. All
accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. We expect all accepted
tracks to adhere to the conference paper submission and reviewing schedule, as outlined
in the dates indicated below.

Special Tracks chair(s) will be interacting with organisers of accepted workshops to ensure
a high-quality workshop program. In the case of detecting several similar submissions, the
CBMS 2026 organization can propose the fusion of those proposals.

Special Track Requirements
The organizers of a special track must comply with a set of principles and obligations,
listed below:
• A specific webpage with information about the special track will be created by CBMS
after the acceptance notification. The organizers must provide the following information to
be added to such webpage: special track description, list of topics, call for papers,
submission information (must be the same as CBMS 2026 regular track), special track
organizers, special track program committee members, any other relevant information.
• The organizers of the special track are responsible for the peer-review process within
their track. They must add their own Program Committee members/reviewers to the
submission platform, ensure that receive all the reviews on time, check the quality of the
reviews, and establish the acceptance/rejection decision. The final decision will be sent by
CBMS 2026 PC Chairs. They also must pay special attention to potential conflicts of
interest and ensure that all the general ethical rules of research are followed.
• At least one of the organizers of the special track must register and attend CBMS 2026
in Limassol, Cyprus. The organizer(s) who attend CBMS will also chair the specific session
that will be assigned in the agenda to their track.
• The organizers of the special track are responsible for the publicity of their track to try
to win as many submissions as possible. Please bear in mind that a special track with less
than 4 accepted papers could be canceled. In this case, the accepted papers will be moved
to the regular track.

Submission Guidelines
Each proposal must include:
• Special track title
• Rough estimate of the expected ST size as number of sessions (with 4-5 papers per
session)
• A brief biography of ST organizer(s)
• List of Special Track Program Committee members
• A draft of Special Track “Call for Papers” (important dates must be the same of the
main conference)
• One or two appropriate journals or follow up publications: tracks are expected to
organize a special issue, if planned.

The proposal must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference
management system (see link below).


CALL FOR SHOWCASE / RESEARCH PROJECTS

CBMS 2026 will have a special showcase/research projects track session, where we invite
(a) scientific papers, (b) demonstrations/posters and (c) research-projects descriptions.

Scientific papers: We invite papers (not exceeding 6 pages in length), describing innovative
computer-based medical devices or software applications, including practical experiences
with such innovations. The papers should be scholarly articles presenting scientific
methods, measurements, and experiments. Marketing and sales materials will not be
accepted. These papers will be evaluated based on practicality, innovation, scientific rigor,
value of the device or application to users, and novelty. They will be published in the
proceedings of the conference along with the other papers under this track.

Examples of such papers could include but are not limited to:
• Computer-based medical devices that have technical/scientific novelty
• Computer-based medical applications intended for or recently introduced in the field
• Novel uses of traditional equipment in practice
• Experience papers based on use and data from the field
• Insightful measurement-based analysis of computer-based medical systems from the
field
• Novel analysis providing new insights from data collected from the field
• New and practical data analytics useful in practice
• Real deployments of AI solutions in medicine

Demonstrations: A demonstration is more appropriate if the value can be better expressed
with a demonstration rather than in a full-length paper. The topics for the demonstration
papers are the same as the scientific for this track. Please submit a proposal of your
demonstration with a limit of two pages.

Research projects/initiatives: CBMS aims in this edition to receive submissions about
research or innovation projects funded by, mainly, competitive calls to present their
project. We foresee to receive submissions which include details about the project goals,
consortium and results (expected and any tentative result obtained so far). Only projects
funded by competitive calls or with strong potential interest for the community will be
considered. International projects organized in a consortium of several countries will have
preference.

Submissions in this context should be a one/two-pages document with at least the
following information:
• Project/initiative title
• Description
• Participant entities
• Project goals
• Funding agency (when applies) or agencies
• Results obtained so far (publications, patents, …)

The contribution must be prepared following the regular paper. The length of the
contribution must be between 4 and 6 pages.

Submission Guidelines
Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management
system (see link below). All submissions will be peer-reviewed at least by two Program
Committee members. All accepted contributions will be included in the conference
proceedings and will be published by IEEE Xplore. Publication in proceedings is
conditioned to the registration and presentation of the paper at the conference by one of
the authors.


CALL FOR DOCTORAL CONSORTIUM

The Doctoral Consortium for CBMS 2026 will provide an opportunity for PhD students to
present their research plans or their preliminary work in an informal and supportive
atmosphere. The PhD students will be able to discuss the problems that their PhDs are
addressing, any preliminary results, and their future plans. The DC will offer them an
opportunity to discuss any problems that they have come up against, and gain valuable
advice and constructive feedback from experienced researchers in the field.The Doctoral
Consortium will involve presentations by participating PhD students (selected by the
Doctoral Consortium chairs) as well as a number of invited talks / tutorials on different
related topics in the field.

Submissions
Doctoral Consortium submissions should focus specifically on a PhD thesis or subsection
of a thesis. To apply for participation at CBMS 2026 Doctoral Consortium, please submit a
research plan on a topic related to the areas covered in the general call for papers for the
conference. Each submission should be in the same format as the main conference papers
except it should consist of approximately 3-5 pages describing your research work.

In particular:
• Title and author
• The research problem that your PhD addresses
• Your planned approach and methods for solving the problem
• How your approach compares to other known approaches
• Any preliminary results or expected results
• Future plans and directions with specific questions

Papers must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management
system (see link below).

Doctoral Consortium papers/contributions will be included in the proceedings in a specific
“Doctoral Consortium” section.


SUBMISSION LINK FOR ALL TYPES OF CONTRIBUTIONS

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeecbms2026


OTHER INFORMATION

For more information, please contact ieeecbms2026 AT easychair.org .


IMPORTANT DATES

Papers / ShowCases / Research Projects/ DC
• Submission Deadline: February 20, 2026 (AoE)
• Notification of Acceptance: April 10, 2026
• Camera-Ready Due: April 24, 2026 (AoE)

Special Tracks
• Proposals Deadline: October 24, 2025 (AoE)
• Notification of Acceptance: October 31, 2025


ORGANIZATION

CBMS SC Chair
• Rosa Sicilia, University Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Italy

General Chairs
• Mario Cannataro, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy
• Constantinos S. Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Program Chairs
• Panagiotis Bamidis, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
• Efthyvoulos Kyriacou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
• Andreas S. Panayides, CYENS Centre of Excellence, Cyprus

Publication Chairs
• Sameer K. Antani, National Library of Medicine & National Institutes Of Health, USA
• Bridget Kana, Karlstad University, Sweden

Special Tracks Chairs
• Pietro Cinaglia, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy
• Christos Loizou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus

Showcase / Research Projects Chair
• Pietro Hiram Guzzi, University "Magna Graecia" of Catanzaro, Italy

Doctoral Consortium Chair
• Marios Pattichis, University of New Mexico, USA

Local Organizing and Finance Chair
• George A. Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus