After the grand success of past thirteen editions of FICTA Conference with Springer Nature as publication partner, it is a matter of pleasure and pride to announce the Fourteenth Edition of International Conference on Frontiers of Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications, FICTA-2026 which is being organized by London Metropolitan University, London, United Kingdom during June 08-09, 2026. The 2026 International Conference on Frontiers of Intelligent Computing: Theory and Applications (FICTA) aims to bring together researchers, scientists, engineers, students and practitioners to exchange and share their theories, methodologies, new ideas, experiences, application in all areas of intelligent computing theories, methodologies and its applications.

The theme of the FICTA conference series focuses on the domain of intelligent computing theories and the application to Computer sciences as well as other domains of engineering. All accepted, presented and registered papers under this conference will be published in Springer-Smart Innovation, Systems and Technologies (SIST) Series.

FICTA-2026 will provide a platform for researchers and practitioners to interact with one another and discuss the state-of-the-art developments in the field. The topics of the conference will cover all aspects of research and application in intelligent computing, including but not limited to:

⚈ AI in Healthcare
⚆ Medical Imaging and Diagnostics
⚆ Healthcare Data Management
⚆ AI in Drug Discovery
⚆ Personalized Medicine
⚆ Health Monitoring
⚆ Privacy and Ethics in Healthcare AI
⚈ Big Data and Cloud
⚆ Big Data
⚆ Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery
⚆ Predictive Analytics (Healthcare, Finance, Climate Change, Business)
⚆ Data Intensive Computing Architecture
⚆ Web Intelligence and Computing, Internet of Things (IoT)
⚈ Bio-inspired and Evolutionary Techniques
⚆ Bio-inspired Techniques
⚆ Evolutionary Computing
⚆ Swarm Intelligence & Swarm RoboticsFuzzy Computing
⚈ Green and Sustainable Computing
⚆ Green Computing
⚆ Next Generation Grid
⚆ Energy-Efficient Buildings
⚆ Environmental Impacts
⚆ Data-Driven Climate Analysis
⚈ Human-Centric Interactive Computing
⚆ Robotics
⚆ Human-Computer Interaction
⚆ Smart Environments and Applications in IoT
⚆ Sensor Networks and Social Sensing
⚆ Multi-agent Systems
⚈ Intelligent Computing and Applications
⚆ Computational Intelligence Applications
⚆ Machine Learning
⚆ Neural Computing
⚆ Intelligent Control
⚆ Intelligent E-learning Systems
⚆ Intelligent Video & Image Processing
⚆ Pattern Recognition
⚆ Statistical Analysis of Search Techniques
⚈ Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI
⚆ Natural Language Processing
⚆ Generative AI Applications
⚆ LLMs in Education and Research
⚆ Ethical and Responsible AI
⚆ AI-driven Content Creation
⚆ AI for Knowledge Synthesis and Summarization
⚆ Human-AI Interaction
⚈ Networking and Wireless Technologies
⚆ Wireless Networks
⚆ Wireless Protocols and Architectures
⚆ Mobile Computing
⚆ Sensor Networks
⚆ Network Reliability
⚆ Telecommunication
⚈ Predictive Analytics and AI in Finance
⚆ Predictive Modelling for Financial Markets
⚆ Risk Assessment
⚆ Fraud Detection
⚆ Algorithmic Trading
⚆ Machine Learning in Finance
⚆ Financial Data Analysis
⚆ Fintech Innovations
⚆ Ethical AI in Financial Services
⚈ Security and Privacy in Computing
⚆ Internet Security
⚆ Information Retrieval
⚆ Wireless Protocols and Architectures
⚆ Resource Management and Scheduling
⚆ Knowledge Management and Networks
⚈ Ubiquitous Computing and Intelligence system
⚆ Ubiquitous Intelligence and Computing
⚆ Edge and Fog Computing
⚆ Smart Environments
⚆ Context-Aware Systems
⚆ Resource Management in Distributed Systems
⚆ Real-Time Data Processing

LIST OF SPECIAL SESSIONS CO-LOCATED WITH FICTA 2026

Special Session No.& Title Special Session Chairs

SS#01: Challenges and Application of Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Prof.(Dr.) Pritee Parwekar,
GITAM University, India
Dr. Eva Tuba,
Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
Dr. K. Vimal Kumar,
University of Limerick, Ireland

SS#02: Synergizing Human-AI Collaboration: Innovations and Impacts Dr. Pooja Batra Nagpal,
IILM University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
Dr. Pooja Gupta,
IILM University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
Dr. Sunil Kumar,
GLA University, Greater Noida, U.P., India

SS#03: AI and Data Science: Advancing Solutions for Current and Future Challenges Dr.S. Kannadhasan,
Study World College of Engineering, Coimbatore, Tamilnadu, India
Dr. R. Nagarajan ,
Gnanamani College of Technology, Tamilnadu, India,

SS#04: Emerging Trends in IoT, Smart Cities, and Machine Learning (ML) Dr. Somya R. Goyal,
Manipal University Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Dr. Syed Husnain Sherazi,
School of Computing, Newcastle University UK

SS#05:AI-Enabled Advanced Materials and Sustainable Engineering Dr. Prince Jain
Parul Institute of Technology, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Prof. (Dr.) Anand Y Joshi
Parul Institute of Technology, Parul University, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Dr. Haipeng Liu
Coventry University, Coventry, UK
Dr. Vaibhav Gandhi
Middlesex University, London, UK

SS#06: AI in Education: Transforming Paradigms Dr. Pooja Gupta
IILM University, India
Dr. Padmakali Banerjee
IILM University, India

SS#07: AI, Digital Twin and Blockchain Technologies for HealthCare and Agriculture Dr.Chinnaiyan Ramasubramanian
School of Computer Science and Engineering, Lingaya’s Vidyapeeth Deemed to be University, Faridabad , Haryana, India
Dr.Sameeruddin Khan
School of Computer Science and Engineering, Presidency University, Bangalore, India
Dr.S. Pravinth Raja
School of Computer Science and Engineering, Presidency University, Bangalore, India
Dr.Thirumurugan Shanmugam
Department of Information Technology University of Technology and Applied Sciences , Sohar , Oman