SAC 2026:

For the past 40 years, the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) has been a primary gathering forum for applied computer scientists, computer engineers, software engineers, and application developers from around the world.

ACM SAC is structured in multiple technical tracks. Each track is devoted to a specific research area, and is coordinated by one or more Track Chair(s). The complete list of the technical tracks selected for the current edition of SAC can be found on the SAC 2026 website.

SAC 2026 is sponsored by the ACM Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP), and will be held in Thessaloniki, Greece.

Papers:

Authors are invited to submit original papers in all areas of experimental computing and application development, as covered by the technical programs of the various tracks selected for SAC 2026. Submissions should fall into the following categories:

• Original and unpublished research work
• Reports of innovative computing applications in sciences, engineering, and business areas
• Reports of successful technology transfer to new problem domains
• Reports of industrial experience and demos of new innovative systems

Potential Tracks:

Accessible Devices and Technologies, Artificial Intelligence for Education, Applications and Systems for Healthcare, Bioinformatics, Cloud Continuum, Cyber-Physical Systems, Dependable, Adaptive, and Secure Distributed Systems, Decentralized Applications (DAPP) and Platforms with Blockchain, DLT, and Crypto-Currencies, Databases and Big Data Management, Data Streams, Data Spaces and Trusted Data Sharing, Applications of Evolutionary Computation, Embedded System, IoT and Edge Computing, Interoperability, Intelligent Robotics and Multi-Agent Systems, Intelligent Systems for Digital Era, Knowledge and Natural Language Processing, Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Lean and Agile Software Development, Machine Learning and its Applications, Mobile and Smart Computing, Track on Computer Networking, Operating Systems and Software Platforms, Programming Languages, Quantum Software Engineering, Requirements Engineering, Renewable and Sustainable Energy, Safe, Secure and Robust AI, Smart Cities and Critical Infrastructures, Software Engineering, Smarter Engineering – Building AI and Building with AI, Computer Security, Social Network and Media Analysis, Signal Processing and Neural Engineering, Semantic Technology, Software Verification and Testing, Selected Area of Wireless Communications and Networking, Web Engineering.

Important Dates

• September 26, 2025: Submission of regular papers and SRC abstracts
• October 10, 2025: Submission of Tutorial Proposals
• October 24, 2025: Notification of Tutorials Acceptance
• October 31, 2025: Notification of papers and posters and SRC acceptance/rejection
• December 5, 2025: Camera-ready copies of accepted papers
• December 12, 2025: Author registration due date