First Call for Papers

First International Workshop on Pervasive Radars (PerRad)

To be held in conjunction with IEEE PerCom 2026

March 16 to 20, Pisa, Italy

Scope

As radars like mmWave and UWB are increasingly adopted in pervasive applications, ranging from smart homes to autonomous systems, this workshop will highlight cutting-edge challenges and foster interdisciplinary dialogue. By focusing on resource-constrained deployment, privacy/security, cross-modal integration, and real-world scalability, PerRad promises to bridge gaps between hardware, signal processing, and pervasive computing systems, offering the PerCom community fresh insights and a vibrant forum to explore the future of radar-enabled pervasive environments. The PerRad workshop aims to attract a multidisciplinary community of researchers and practitioners across pervasive computing, radar sensing, wireless networking, and edge AI. It seeks participation from both academia and industry, including radar hardware designers, signal processing experts, embedded and edge computing researchers, and those working on privacy/security in pervasive sensing. Additionally, the workshop encourages collaboration with practitioners deploying radar-based solutions in smart homes, automotive systems, and ambient intelligence applications.
Topics of Interest, but not limited to the following:

Adaptive radar sensing in dynamic and cluttered environments
Joint sensing and communication
Synthetic radar signal generation to augment data scarcity
Signal processing and clutter mitigation for pervasive radars
Cross-modal sensor fusion (radar + vision/acoustic/inertial)
Low-power and resource-aware radar sensing techniques
Human activity recognition and behavior modeling using radar
Radar-based vital sign and emotion sensing for pervasive health
Privacy-preserving radar data collection and analysis
Security vulnerabilities and adversarial attacks on radar sensing
Standardization of radar APIs and data formats for interoperability
Edge-based processing and distributed radar data analytics
Radar-based sensing for smart city and intelligent transportation applications
Applications of acoustic radars and handheld radar systems
Emerging use cases of mmWave and UWB radars in pervasive scenarios
Deployment experiences and lessons learned in real-world radar systems
Submission Guidelines

Format: At most 6 pages of technical content (10pt font, 2-column format), including text, figures, tables, and references.
Submission: Direct submission link through EDAS: https://edas.info/N34029

Review: PerRad 2026 will follow a double-blind review process
Accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplor​e.

Important Dates

Submission deadline: November 17, 2025
Notification deadline: January 05, 2026
Camera-ready deadline: February 02, 2026

Organizers
Abdelwahed Khamis (CSIRO, Australia)
Anuradha Ravi (University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA)
Sandip Chakraborty (IIT Kharagpur, India)
Suchetana Chakraborty (IIT Jodhpur, India)


Website: https://perradar.github.io/
Contact: perrad.workshop@gmail.com