BICyPS 2026
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Call for Papers
1st International Workshop on Building Intelligence for Cyber-Physical Systems (BICyPS 2026) March 19, 2026

University Rey Juan Carlos, Campus Móstoles (Madrid), Calle Tulipán S/N, 28933, Spain.

URL: https://sites.google.com/view/bicyps-2026

In the emerging Future Networked Society, Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) are rapidly becoming foundational infrastructures. These systems integrate humans, software agents, robots, IoT devices, digital platforms, and physical infrastructures into open, dynamic, and large-scale environments. They are geographically distributed, functionally heterogeneous, and typically governed by multiple stakeholders with partially aligned or conflicting objectives. Operating under real-time constraints, incomplete information, and regulatory requirements, CPS demand new paradigms for distributed coordination, control, learning, and governance.

Recent technological advances in sensing, communication networks, edge-cloud computing, and embedded intelligence are enabling unprecedented levels of autonomy and connectivity. Intelligence is no longer centralized but distributed across networks of interacting entities. This shift requires scalable and robust AI techniques capable of decentralized decision-making, adaptive coordination, and value-aware reasoning in uncertain environments.

At the same time, ensuring fairness, transparency, explainability, trustworthiness, and alignment with human values has become a central scientific and societal challenge. As CPS increasingly impact critical domains such as energy systems, autonomous mobility, public services, logistics, and digital infrastructures, the integration of ethical and value-aware AI into distributed architectures becomes essential.

The BICyPS 2026 workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on Multi-Agent Systems, distributed AI, agreement technologies, distributed optimization, machine learning, and ethical AI for CPS. The workshop welcomes theoretical, methodological, and applied contributions addressing the design, engineering, validation, and governance of next-generation intelligent cyber-physical systems.

TOPICS OF INTEREST
•     Distributed coordination and agreement technologies
•     Decentralized and distributed decision-making architectures
•     Optimization methods for Multi-Agent Systems
•     Multi-agent reinforcement learning in CPS
•     Edge intelligence and distributed AI for IoT-enabled systems
•     Hybrid symbolic–subsymbolic AI for CPS
•     Value-aware, ethical, and explainable AI
•     Fairness and social welfare in distributed optimization
•     Trustworthy AI in open and regulated environments
•     Incentive design and mechanism engineering in MAS
•     Emergent behavior and system-level control in open MAS
•     Human–AI–robot collaboration in cyber-physical environments
•     Multi-robot coordination and applications
•     Distributed task allocation and adaptive control
•     Ethical auditing and governance of AI-enabled CPS
•     Large-scale MAS for smart infrastructures and energy systems
•     AI-assisted decision-making in sensitive domains (e.g., recruitment, public services)

IMPORTANT DATES
March 5, 2026: Workshop Abstract Due Date
March 9, 2026: Notification of Abstract Acceptance
March 15, 2026: Camera-ready Abstract due and Registration deadline (free of charge)
March 19, 2026: BICyPS 2026 Workshop
Note: All deadlines are at the end of the day specified, anywhere on Earth (UTC-12).

SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
Submissions to BICyPS 2026 must include an abstract of up to 3,000 characters (including spaces), prepared in LaTeX using the official workshop template. Each submission in PDF form must provide the title, author name(s), institutional affiliation(s), and a contact e-mail address. All abstracts should be submitted through a submission form: https://forms.gle/DBYbd7rk9ZLGq7L57

Abstracts will undergo a single-blind peer-review process.

Accepted abstracts will be included in the official BICyPS 2026 e-book of abstracts.

For inquiries regarding submissions and organization, please contact: bicyps2026@gmail.com