* Please accept our apologies if you have received multiple copies.* ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The 22nd Annual International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2026) https://dcoss.org/ Reykjavik, Iceland June 22-24, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ * The DCOSS-IoT series of events are always technically co-sponsored by IEEE, and Proceedings are published by IEEE Xplore. The 22nd International Conference on Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things (DCOSS-IoT 2026) will be held in Reykjavik, Iceland, hosted by the University of Iceland. The conference is always co-sponsored by the IEEE Computer Society and by the IEEE Technical Committee on Parallel Processing (TCPP). The conference was previously known as DCOSS. Starting in 2023, the event is broadening its scope beyond sensor networks to include smart systems in general and the Internet of Things (IoT). The updated name is “Distributed Computing in Smart Systems and the Internet of Things” (DCOSS-IoT). In the last few years, we have witnessed significant growth in the use of IoT and distributed sensor systems in several application areas, including smart transportation, smart energy systems, smart homes and buildings, smart healthcare, and environmental monitoring. For smart sensor systems to truly become useful and pervasive, we need to address several research challenges, including the tight integration of sensing and machine intelligence, reliable and efficient networking, interoperability and scalability, the need for dependable autonomy, interaction with humans, and important aspects of security, privacy and trust. DCOSS-IoT focuses on issues arising in the entire IoT and networked sensor systems stack, covering aspects of high-level abstractions, models and languages, communication technologies, novel algorithms and applications, system design approaches and architectures, and tools for simulated and real deployments. Potential authors are invited to submit original, unpublished manuscripts demonstrating recent advances in theoretical and experimental research. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following: * Approaches, tools, and experience of deployment and operation * Artificial Intelligence for IoT * Autonomous systems: closing the loop between sensing and actuation * Complex systems comprising wearable, robotic and/or fixed sensor systems * Cross-layer optimization in 6G-enabled IoT and tactile internet * Cyber-Physical Systems * Design and implementation of real-world applications and systems * Digital immune systems for IoT security and resilience * Edge and fog computing: distributed computing models from sensor to cloud * Energy-autonomous IoT (self-sustaining devices powered by ambient energy harvesting) * Generative AI for IoT data synthesis, simulation, and anomaly detection * Green and environmentally friendly IoT (low power, harvesting, energy management) * Interdisciplinary applications of IoT and Smart Systems * Interoperability, heterogeneity and scalability * IoT and Smart Systems for emerging and developing economies * IoT and Smart Systems for Smart and Connected Communities * IoT and Smart Systems for social computing * IoT for climate change adaptation, carbon monitoring, and sustainability analytics * Large Language Models (LLMs) and foundation models for distributed smart systems * Machine intelligence in distributed sensor systems and real-time analytics * Machine learning and data mining for IoT and Smart Systems * Metaverse and immersive environments powered by IoT and distributed smart systems * Mobile and human-centric sensing * Neuromorphic computing and brain-inspired architectures for IoT edge devices * Novel communication paradigms (e.g., 5G/6G, VLC, DSA) for IoT and Smart Systems * Performance analysis: complexity, correctness, scalability * Privacy-preserving analytics with federated learning and differential privacy in IoT * Robustness, resilience, and dependability of IoT and smart systems * Satellite–terrestrial integration for global IoT connectivity (LEO/GEO constellations) * Security and privacy in IoT and Smart Systems * Sensors and Robots for Internet of Intelligent Things * Smart agriculture * Smart cities * Smart energy, transportation, and water distribution systems * Smart factories * Smart healthcare and digital epidemiology * Smart healthcare to combat epidemics * Smart infrastructures * Smart workspace * Social sensing and crowd sensing techniques, applications, and systems * Time and location management * Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-based sensing/communications/networking Authors are invited to submit original, unpublished manuscripts demonstrating current research on distributed smart systems and IoT related to the aforementioned topics of interest. Please use the US letter size (8.5 X 11 in) standard IEEE conference LaTeX format or Microsoft Word template available on: http://www.ieee.org/conferences_events/conferences/publishing/templates.html. All submissions should be written in English and have a maximum of eight (8) printed pages, including figures and references. Two (2) additional pages for supplementary material only (such as theorems, proofs, implementation details) are allowed at an extra cost. Starting 2023, DCOSS-IoT follows a double-blind review process. As a result, authors must make a good faith effort to anonymize their submissions. Although submission is double-blind, the existence or availability of non-anonymous preprints (on arXiv or other preprint servers) will not lead to your paper being rejected. Reviewers will be instructed not to look for such preprints actively but encountering them will not constitute a conflict of interest. Papers that do not meet the size, formatting, and anonymization requirements will not be reviewed. We require each paper to be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) and submitted through the EDAS submission system. *** Special Issue and Best Paper Awards *** DCOSS-IoT 2026 will announce a best paper award and a best poster/demo award. Top papers accepted in the conference will be invited to submit an extended version to IEEE Transactions on Network Science and Engineering, which will follow expedited review process. *** Important dates *** Abstract Registration Deadline: January 20 2026 Paper Submission Deadline: January 27, 2026 Acceptance Notification: March 28, 2026 Camera Ready Deadline: April 15, 2026 *** Key Organizers *** Technical Program Committee Chairs Eirini-Eleni Tsiropoulou (Arizona State University, USA) Carla Fabiana Chiasserini (Politecnico di Torino, Italy) Stefano Secci (Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France) Local Organizers Kristinn Andersen (University of Iceland) Ingibjörg Ólafsdóttir (University of Iceland) Steering Committee Chair Sotiris Nikoletseas (University of Patras and CTI, Greece) Aris Leivadeas | Professor Department of Software and IT Engineering École de technologie supérieure | University of Quebec 1100, rue Notre-Dame Ouest, office A-3415 Montreal, Quebec, H3C 1K3 Tel: 514 396-8800 ext. 8860