Call for Workshop Proposals
IEEE Big Data 2026 Call for Workshop Proposals
2026 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2026) – December 14-17, 2026, Phoenix, AZ, USA (http://bigdataieee.org/BigData2026/)
The Program Committees of the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2026) invite proposals for Workshops. Selected workshops will hold a central position within the larger conference, which will bring together top academic and industrial researchers from all over the world to exchange cutting-edge research ideas in Big Data research, development, and practice. Within these fields, workshops on Big Data form crucial focal points for emerging communities and forums for the examination of new ideas.
Here are a summary of the conferences in previous years:
The IEEE Big Data conference series, started in 2013, has established itself as the top-tier research conference in Big Data.
- The IEEE Big Data 2025 (http://bigdataieee.org/BigData2025/), the regular paper acceptance rate: 18.4%, was held in Macau, China, Dec 8-11, 2025, with close to 1280 registered participants from 54 countries.
- The IEEE Big Data 2024 (http://bigdataieee.org/BigData2024/), the regular paper acceptance rate: 18.4%, was held at Washington DC, USA, Dec 15-18, 2024, with more than 1300 registered participants from 53 countries.
- The IEEE Big Data 2023 (http://bigdataieee.org/BigData2023/), the regular paper acceptance rate: 17.4% was held online, Dec 15-18, 2023, with close to 950 registered participants from 50 countries.
- The first conference IEEE Big Data 2013 (http://bigdataieee.org/BigData2013/), the regular paper acceptance rate 17.0% and was held in Santa Clara, CA, from Oct 6-9, 2013, with more than 400 registered participants from 40 countries.
The 2026 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2026) will continue the success of the previous IEEE Big Data conferences. It will provide a leading forum for disseminating the latest research in Big Data Research, Development, and Applications.
Workshop organizers will be responsible for advertising the workshop, forming the program committees, reviewing and selecting the papers, and guaranteeing a high-quality workshop worthy of the prestige and breadth of the Conference. All papers accepted for workshops will be included in the Workshop Proceedings published by the IEEE Computer Society Press, made available at the Conference. The workshop organizers will also have discretion to edit selected papers (after their expansion and revision) into books or special journal issues. Workshops should cover at least a single session (6 regular papers). The workshop organizers should ensure registration and the presence of the authors of accepted papers.
Workshop Topics:
Each workshop subject will focus on new research challenges and initiatives in Big Data. The workshops should provide an informal and vibrant forum for researchers and industry practitioners to share their research results and practical development experiences in Big Data research, development, and practice. Workshop topics may be narrow, e.g., Clouding Computing /Grid Computing /Stream Computing for Big Data; Big Data stream Mining, Big Graph Data Mining, or broad, e.g., Big Data Foundations, Big Data management, Big Data Mining and Searching, Data Eco-System, Big Data Application, Foundation Models etc (Pls refer to the IEEE Big Data 2025 http://bigdataieee.org/BigData2026/ for more possible workshop topics). Prospective workshop organizers are encouraged to contact workshop chairs for feedback.
Workshop style:
There are three types of workshop style provided:
- Hybrid
- Full online (Virtual)
- Full onsite (In Person)
Organizers can select the workshop style that is convenient for them. If the organizers decide to organize a full online (virtual) or hybrid workshop, they need to take care of the virtual meeting platform for the workshop.
Guidelines for Workshop Proposals
Proposals for 2026 IEEE Big Data Workshops should contain the following components:
- Invited keynote speakers (optional)
- Program Committee Members: (at least 5 experts in the research areas)
- Program Chairs or co-chairs: (1-3 experts in the research areas of workshop)
- Research topics included in the workshop (list a number of interesting topics or areas covered by workshop)
- Introduction to workshop (a few sentences about the background, importance, purpose, interests, etc. of workshop)
- Workshop Title (e.g., Visualization and Analytics for Big Data)
Important Date
Workshop proposal submission due date: May 25, 2026
Workshop Proposal Submission:
You can submit your workshop proposal at this site: https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2026/bigdata26/scripts/submit.php?subarea=ProW