Call for Special Tracks

Attracting a worldwide audience, CBMS is the premier conference for computer-based medical systems, and one of the main conferences within the fields of medical informatics and biomedical informatics.

IEEE CBMS 2026 invites proposals for organization of special tracks that will be held in parallel with the general conference track. The themes of the special tracks should not overlap with the general conference topics and should focus on emerging research fields. All tracks are expected to enable stimulating discussions of state-of-the-art, emerging, visionary, and perhaps controversial topics. Their papers should report on significant unpublished work and must meet the same standards as main conference papers. All accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings. We expect all accepted tracks to adhere to the conference paper submission and reviewing schedule, as outlined in the dates indicated below.

Special Tracks chair(s) will be interacting with organisers of accepted workshops to ensure a high-quality workshop program. In the case of detecting several similar submissions, the CBMS 2026 organization can propose the fusion of those proposals. 

Special Track Requirements

The organizers of a special track must comply with a set of principles and obligations, listed below:

  • A specific webpage with information about the special track will be created by CBMS after the acceptance notification. The organizers must provide the following information to be added to such webpage: special track description, list of topics, call for papers, submission information (must be the same as CBMS 2026 regular track), special track organizers, special track Program Committee members, any other relevant information. 
  • The organizers of the special track are responsible for the peer-review process within their track. They must add their own Program Committee members/reviewers to the submission platform, ensure that receive all the reviews on time, check the quality of the reviews, and establish the acceptance/rejection decision. The final decision will be sent by CBMS 2026 PC Chairs. They also must pay special attention to potential conflicts of interest and ensure that all the general ethical rules of research are followed.
  • At least one of the organizers of the special track must register and attend CBMS 2026 in Limassol, Cyprus. The organizer(s) who attend CBMS will also chair the specific session that will be assigned in the agenda to their track.
  • The organizers of the special track are responsible for the publicity of their track to try  to win as many submissions as possible. Please bear in mind that a special track with less  than 4 accepted papers could be canceled. In this case, the accepted papers will be moved to the regular track. 

Submission Guidelines

Each proposal must include:

  • Special track title
  • Rough estimate of the expected ST size as number of sessions (with 4-5 papers per session)
  • A brief biography of ST organizer(s)
  • List of Special Track program committee members
  • A draft of Special Track “Call for Papers” (important dates must be the same of the main conference)
  • One or two appropriate journals or follow up publications: tracks are expected to organize a special issue, if planned.

 The proposal must be submitted electronically using the EasyChair conference management system.

Link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ieeecbms2026. 

CBMS 2026 Special Track Chairs

Pietro Cinaglia, University Magna Græcia of Catanzaro, Italy

Christos Loizou, Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus 

Other Information

For more information, please contact ieeecbms2026 AT easychair.org