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The 9th International Conference on Emerging Data and Industry (EDI40)

Istanbul, Turkey

April 14-16, 2026

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Conference Website: https://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/edi40-26/

Workshops: https://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/edi40-26/#workshop


Important Dates

- Workshops Proposals Due: October 12, 2025

- Paper Submission Due: November 12, 2025

- Acceptance Notification: January 7, 2026

- Camera-Ready Submission: February 1, 2026



EDI40 2026 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on www.Elsevier.com and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceedings Citation Index (http://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/). All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com). This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings. Selected papers will be invited for publication in the special issues of:



- International Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing, by Springer (https://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652)

- International Journal Personal and Ubiquitous Computing, Springer (https://www.springer.com/journal/779)

- International Journal of Computing and Informatics, by Computing and Informatics (https://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index)


EDI40 2026 will be held in Istanbul, Türkiye. Istanbul is Türkiye's largest city and is located on the Bosporus Strait, which separates Europe and Asia. Istanbul is the only city in the world that straddles two continents, and it is known for its rich history and has been the capital of several empires, including the Roman, Byzantine, Latin, and Ottoman Empires.

Istanbul is considered the home to many architectural wonders, including the Blue Mosque and Hagia Sophia, and Istanbul has been known by many names, including Byzantium, Constantinople, and Stamboul. Istanbul is a blend of Eastern and Western cultures. Finally, Istanbul is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

EDI40 2026 will be held in conjunction with the 17th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT: https://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/ant-26/).



Conference Tracks

- Benefits of Industry 4.0/6.0

- Big Data and Analytics

- Cloud Computing

- Cognitive Computing

- Computational Intelligence

- Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS)

- Fog Computing and Edge Computing

- Internet of Everything (IoE)

- Standards for IoT Application Integration

- The New Business Models in Industry 4.0/6.0

- General Track: Digitalization Strategies



General Chair

Danny Hughes, CTO VeraSense NV, Belgium



Program Chairs

Esteve Hassan, Acadia University, Canada

Haroon Malik, Marshall University, USA



Workshops Chair

Dimitrios Zavantis, VITRONIC Machine Vision M.E LLC, UAE



Local Chairs

John Gialelis, University of Patras, Greece
Sevilay Konya, Selçuk University, Türkiye

International Journals Chair

Michael Sheng, Macquarie University, Australia



Publicity Chairs

Ali Benzerbadj, University of Oran 1 Ahmed Ben Bella, Algeria
Siddardha Kaja, Air Canada, Canada
Jennifer Joyce Montemayor, Mindanao State University, Philippines

Technical Program Committee

https://cs-conferences.acadiau.ca/edi40-26/#programCommittees



Advisory Committee

Reda Alhajj, University of Calgary, Canada

Ladislav Hluchy, Institute of Informatics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia

Vincenzo Loia, University of Salerno, Italy

Peter Sloot, Universiteit van Amsterdam, Netherlands

Peter Thomas, Manifesto Research, Australia

Mohamed Younis, University of Maryland Baltimore County, USA



International Liaison Chairs

Soumaya Cherkaoui, Sherbrooke University, Canada

Nik Bessis, Edge Hill University, UK

David Taniar, Monash University, Australia