IEEE BigData

2026 IEEE International Conference on Big Data

Call for Special Session: Healthcare Data

9th Special Session on HealthCare Data in IEEE Big Data 2026

Health data differs from other industry data in terms of structure, context, importance, volatility, availability, traceability, liquidity, change speed, usage, and sources from which it is collected. As medicine is a constantly developing science, the healthcare sector is in this new emerging research area which stands at the intersection of several different discipline such as Medicine, Behavioral Science, Supply Chain Management or Big Data Analytics, techniques, methods, applications and devices are continuously developed to be used for the acquisition, storage, processing, analysis, standardization and optimization of every process in the health sector. As the healthcare sector is so challenging and related data are consistently explosive, healthcare organizations are focusing on becoming smarter in order to overcome the industry's inefficiencies to improve the quality of care. "To become smarter" requires impeccable data analytics. All stakeholders in the sector should reveal the deep value of this valuable data to apply insights to improve quality of care, clinical outcomes and deliver personalized healthcare value, while reducing medical costs, collaborate across care settings to deliver integrated, personalized care experiences, prevent disease, promote wellness and manage care, build flexibility into operations to support cost reduction and excellence in clinical and business performance and practices.

The general purpose of this special session in the IEEE BigData 2026 conference is to bring together researchers, academicians, and sector employees from different fields and disciplines and provide them with an independent platform to exchange information on their research, ideas, and findings about healthcare data and its analytics. It is also aimed to encourage debate on how big data can effectively support healthcare in terms of diagnosis, treatment, and population health, and to develop a common understanding of research conducted in this multidisciplinary field.

Topics of Interest :

  • E-health Applications
  • Health Decision Support Systems.
  • Process Management in Health Informatics Systems.
  • Information solutions developed for the disabled.
  • Wearable health information.
  • Pervasive Healthcare Information Systems and Services.
  • Mobile Solutions.
  • Medical Applications.
  • Medical Imaging Systems.
  • Healthcare Information Systems.
  • Electronic health records and standards.
  • Protection and security of personal health data.
  • Problems in health data processing.
  • Health data collection and analysis.

Special Session Organizers:

  • Assist. Prof. Ozgun Pinarer (ozgun.pinarer@galatasaray.edu.tr), Department of Computer Engineering, Galatasaray University
  • Sultan Turhan (sultan.turhan@galatasaray.edu.tr), PhD., Department of Computer Engineering, Galatasaray University

Important Dates:

  • Conference: Dec 14-17, 2026
  • Camera-ready of accepted papers: Nov 14, 2026.
  • Notification of paper acceptance: Oct 24, 2026.
  • Full paper submission: Aug 29, 2026.

Papers should be submitted as a PDF in 2-column IEEE format. Detailed instructions for the authors can be found at the conference website. Accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. All accepted papers must be presented by one of the author/s in the conference to include the article in the proceedings.

If you have any questions about the special session, please do not hesitate to contact us.