{"id":3763,"date":"2022-11-30T05:22:48","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T05:22:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/bci2026\/?page_id=3763"},"modified":"2026-01-27T08:37:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T08:37:29","slug":"call-for-papers","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/bci2026\/call-for-papers\/","title":{"rendered":"Call For Papers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Topics&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1669785090648-608172ee-d777&#8243;][vc_column_text]<strong>BCI 2026 accepts<\/strong><strong>\u00a0ori<\/strong><strong>ginal<\/strong><strong>\u00a0papers dealing with both theory and\/or practical aspects of wide areas of ICT are solicited.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The general areas of interest include all topics listed below:<\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0Computer systems organization<br \/>\n\u2022 Hardware<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Networks<br \/>\n\u2022 Software engineering<br \/>\n\u2022\u00a0Theory of Computation<br \/>\n\u2022 Mathematics of computing<br \/>\n\u2022 Information systems<br \/>\n\u2022 Human-centered computing<br \/>\n\u2022 Computing methodologies<br \/>\n\u2022 Applied Computing<br \/>\n\u2022 Social and professional topics<br \/>\n\u2022 Natural Language Processing, LLMs<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Papers reporting on developments, reviews, proposals, and project on Information Technology in South-East Europe in the following areas are also solicited:<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-94bc23d7 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Governance (e.g. systems in place, policies, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Education (curricula issues, secondary and higher education, etc)<\/li>\n<li>Professional Issues (e.g. employment, Computer Societies, entrepreneurship, etc)<\/li>\n<li>European ICT Priorities (e.g. enterprise, smart specialization, aging, etc)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"gtx-trans\" style=\"position: absolute; left: -2px; top: 54.6667px;\">\n<div class=\"gtx-trans-icon\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Paper Submission Guidelines&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1669785090648-f7ad8cd8-c890&#8243;][vc_column_text]Original contributions are solicited for the following categories:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Full research papers<\/strong> (15 pages at max) describing research accomplishments<\/li>\n<li><strong>Short research papers<\/strong> (10 pages at max) i.e., experience reports, project overviews, etc., which do not fully adhere to the standards of a first-rate scientific publication but are nevertheless of interest and value for the participants of the conference.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Research papers should be original contributions and should not be accepted or submitted elsewhere until the decisions of the BCI 2026 program committee are announced.<\/p>\n<p>For every accepted paper to be presented in the conference and published in the proceedings, at least one author must make a full registration<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">Authors should consult Springer\u2019s Instructions for Authors of Proceedings and use\u00a0<strong>either the LaTeX or the Word<\/strong> templates provided below for the preparation of their papers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" style=\"color: #ffbb00; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/resource-cms.springernature.com\/springer-cms\/rest\/v1\/content\/19238706\/data\/v5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Springer Word template\">Springer Word template<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" style=\"color: #ffbb00; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/resource-cms.springernature.com\/springer-cms\/rest\/v1\/content\/19238648\/data\/v8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"LaTeX template\">LaTeX template<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Submission&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1669785447595-1c1d0f03-fbd3&#8243;][vc_column_text]All paper submissions for BCI 2026 will be via <a style=\"color: #ffbb00; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/cmt3.research.microsoft.com\/BCI2026\/\">Microsoft CMT<\/a> (under Main Conference Track).<\/p>\n<p>The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Publication&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1669785475566-0693b539-58c8&#8243;][vc_column_text]The conference Proceedings will be published and indexed by the\u00a0<a style=\"color: #ffbb00; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.springer.com\/series\/7899\">Communications in Computer and Information Science (Springer CCIS)<\/a>\u00a0.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Special Issues&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1701251831915-da6b28e0-2580&#8243;][vc_column_text]<span class=\"dropcap\">A <\/span>selection of high-quality papers presented at the 12th Balkan Conference in Informatics (BCI 2026) will be invited for submission of extended versions for possible publication in internationally recognized and indexed scientific journals, including SN Computer Science published by Springer and Digital published by MDPI, subject to further peer-review and journal-specific editorial criteria.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a style=\"color: #ffbb00; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/journal\/digital\">Digital<\/a> by MDPI (Rank: Q2)<\/li>\n<li><a style=\"color: #ffbb00; font-weight: bold;\" href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/journal\/42979\/updates\/17470758\">SN Computer Science<\/a> (Rank: Q2)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Important Dates&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1669785352215-8e3485c4-ec7d&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Regular paper submission deadline : <strong>27\/04\/2026<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Notification to authors: 22\/06\/2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Camera-ready and copyright submission deadline : \u00a013\/07\/2026<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">Authors registration deadline: 13\/07\/2026<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Download&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1769502972954-a822788b-ce87&#8243;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/conferences.sigappfr.org\/bci2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/BCI2026_CFP.pdf\">The call for papers can be downloaded here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row disable_element=&#8221;yes&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">To be announced!<\/h3>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_tta_accordion][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Topics&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1669785090648-608172ee-d777&#8243;][vc_column_text]BCI 2026 accepts\u00a0original\u00a0papers dealing with both theory and\/or practical aspects of wide areas of ICT are solicited. 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