Call for Papers

The conference seeks papers in the following tracks (but not limited to):

Submission Guidelines:

1. Authors are required to submit their manuscripts using Microsoft CMT by following the provided link: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/PIICON2026
2. Please ensure that your manuscript adheres to the specified length requirement of 4-6 pages, following the IEEE Conference format guidelines. You can download the template from the provided link:  https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html
3. The submission of manuscripts should be done in PDF format only.
4. All submitted papers will undergo a rigorous review process. Acceptance decisions will be made based on criteria including quality, originality, technical content, and relevance to the conference’s theme.
5. Every paper submitted to PIICON-2026 will undergo plagiarism detection using anti-plagiarism software prior to review. Papers found to not meet the plagiarism policy may be desk-rejected without further review.
6. Only registered and presented papers will be forwarded to IEEE for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore Digital Library. It is important to note that IEEE’s ‘No Show’ policy will be enforced, whereby papers that are not presented at the conference will not be eligible for inclusion.
7. PIICON-2026 strictly prohibits authors from altering their details or the sequence of authors once a manuscript has been submitted.

Publication:

All accepted and presented papers will be published in e-proceedings and submitted to the IEEE Xplore Digital Library, indexed by Scopus and Google Scholar. Selected papers will also be considered for extended publication in the IEEE Transactions on Industry Applications or IEEE Industry Applications Magazine.

CMT ACKNOWLEDGMENT:

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.