KES 2026: 30th International Conference on Knowledge Based and Intelligent information and Engineering Systems Royal Marine Hotel Dublin, Ireland, September 9-11, 2026 |
| Conference website | http://kes2026.kesinternational.org |
| Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=kes2026 |
| Submission deadline | March 30, 2026 |
KES 2026 is refers to the 30th International Conference on Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES-2026). The conference will take place 9–11 September 2026 in Dublin, Ireland
.
KES-2026 brings together researchers, academics, engineers, and industry professionals to share advances in intelligent systems, knowledge-based technologies, and related engineering fields. The programme includes keynote talks, oral and poster presentations, invited sessions, and workshops
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Papers accepted to the conference are published in Elsevier’s Procedia Computer Science (open access) and are submitted for indexing in major databases such as Web of Science and Scopus
. The event is part of KES International’s long-running conference series focused on intelligent systems and knowledge exchange
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In short, KES International 2026 is a major international academic conference focused on intelligent information and engineering systems, offering publication, networking, and collaboration opportunities for the global research community.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full papers
List of Topics
- Automated Design and Configuration of Sensory Systems
- Self-x principles in Intelligent Engineering Systems
- Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
- Expert Systems, Cognitive Systems
- Neural Networks
- Artificial Immune Systems
- Fuzzy Techniques and Systems
- Genetic Algorithms and Evolutionary Computing
- Hybrid Intelligent Systems
- Multi-Agent Systems
- Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining
- Data Analysis and Pattern Recognition
- Machine Learning
- Bayesian Networks
- Knowledge Representation and Management
- Computational neuroscience
- Planning
- Spatial & Temporal Reasoning
- Knowledge Acquisition
- Semantic-Based Systems
Committees
Program Committee
| Dr. Houda Abadlia | National School of computer science, University of Manouba, Tunisia |
| Dr. Noramalina Abdullah | Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia |
| Dr. Jair Minoro Abe | Graduate Program in Production Engineering, ICET - Paulista University & Institute For Advanced Studies, University of São Paulo, Brazil |
| Prof. Jesus Almendros-Jimenez | Universidad de Almería, Spain |
| Assoc. Prof. Alessia Amelio | ICAR National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Italy |
| Dr. Sabeur Aridhi | LORIA, University of Lorraine, France |
| Prof. Masayoshi Aritsugi | Kumamoto University, Japan |
| Prof. Piotr Artiemjew | University Warmia and Mazury, Poland |
| Dr. Ali Ayadi | University of Strasbourg - ICube laboratory, France |
| Prof. Ahmad Taher Azar | Prince Sultan University, Saudia Arabia |
| Prof. Anis Bach-Tobji | ESEN, University of Manouba, Tunisia |
| Prof. Valentina E. Balas | Aurel Vlaicu University of Arad, Romania |
| Prof. Andrzej Banaszek | West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin, Poland |
| Prof. Dariusz Barbucha | Gdynia Maritime University, Poland |
| Prof. Alina Barbulescu | Translvania University of Brasov, Romania |
| Prof. Smaranda Belciug | University of Craiova, Romania |
| Dr. Mohamed Bennasar | The Open University, UK |
| Dr. Jose Blanco | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain |
| Prof. Srdja Bjeladinovic | University of Belgrade, Serbia |
| Dr. Gloria Bordogna | National Research Council of Italy, CNR IREA |
| Prof. Alfonso Mateos Caballero | Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain |
| Prof. Giacomo Cabri | University of Modena, Italy |
| Prof. Abdellah Chehri | University of Quebec- UQAC, Canada |
| Dr. Grzegorz Chmileraz | Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland - Faculty of Management, Department of Management Information Systems |
| Dr. Tanupriya Choudhury | University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India |
| Prof. Massimo Conti | Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Italy |
| Prof. Gennaro Cordasco | Dipartimento di Informatica, Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy |
| Dr. Paulo Cortez | University of Minho, Campus de Azurem, 4804-533 Guimaraes, Portugal |
| Prof. Paolo Crippa | Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy |
| Dr. Gloria Cerasela Crisan | Vasile Alecsandri University of Bacau, Romonia |
| Prof. Ireneusz Czarnowski | Gdynia Maritime University, Poland |
| Dr. Rafał Deja | WSB University, Poland |
| Dr. Rocco di Filippo | University of Trento, Italy |
| Prof. Olfa Driss | University of Manouba, Tunisia |
| Dr. Dariusz Dudek | Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland - Faculty of Management, Department of Management Information Systems |
| Assoc. Prof. Agnieszka Duraj | Lodz University of Technology, Poland |
| Dr. Krzysztof Ejsmont | Warsaw University of Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Margarita Favorskaya | Reshetnev Siberian State University of Science and Technology, Russia |
| Prof. Marcin Fojcik | Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Norway |
| Prof. Petra Friedrich | University of Applied Sciences Kempten, Germany |
| Dr. Maksym Gaiduk | HTWG Konstanz - University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
| Dr. Arnulfo Alanis Garza | Tecnológico Nacional de México, campus Tijuana, Mexico |
| Dr. Daniela Gifu | Alexandru Ioan Cuza University, Romania |
| Dr. Ayse Glass | HafenCity University, Germany |
| Assoc. Prof. Jose Daviz Nunez Gonzalez | University of Basque Country, Spain |
| Prof. Dr. Dennis Grewe | Esslingen University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
| Assoc. Prof. Tadeusz A. Grzeszczyk | Warsaw University of Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Goichi Hagiwara | Maritime University of Szczecin Department of Sport Science and Health, Kyushu Sangyo University, Poland |
| Prof. Nobukuni Hamamoto | Gunma University, Japan |
| Prof. Tarek Hamrouni | LIPAH, Idonesia |
| Prof. Ralf-Christian Harting | University of Aalen, Germany |
| Dr. Nehal Hasnine | Hosei University, Japan |
| Dr. Krzysztof Hauke | Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland |
| Dr. Petr Hayek | University of Pardubice, Czechia |
| Prof. Atsuo Hazeyama | Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan |
| Prof. Katsuhiro Honda | Osaka Prefecture University, Japan |
| Assoc. Prof. Daocheng Hong | East China Normal University, China |
| Prof. Tzung-Pei Hong | National University of Kaohsiung, Japan |
| Prof. Wei-Chiang Hong | College of Shipbuilding Engineering, Harbin Engineering University, China |
| Prof. Xiangpei Hu | Dalian University of Technology, Dalian |
| Prof. Anca Ignat | University Alexandru, Ioan Cuza of Iasi, Romania |
| Dr. Atsushi Inoue | Mie University, Japan |
| Assoc. Prof. Radu Tudor ionescu | University of Bucharest, Romania |
| Prof. Mirjana Ivanovic | University of Novi Sad, Serbia |
| Assoc. Prof. Maya Iwano | Yamaguchi University, Japan |
| Prof. Arkadiusz Januszewski | Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Dr. Elżbieta Jaworska | West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland |
| Assoc. Prof. G. Jayanthi | Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Engineering and Technology, India |
| Prof. Reza Jazar | School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia |
| Prof. Piotr Jedrzejowicz | Gdynia Maritime University, Poland |
| Prof. Dragan Jevtic | University of Zagreb, Croatia |
| Prof. Girish Jha | Jawaharlal Nehru University, India |
| Dr. Marta Kadlubek | Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Haruhiko Kaiya | Kanagawa University, Japan |
| Prof. Hideyuki Kanematsu | Graduate Scool of Engineering, Osaka University, Japan |
| Assoc. Prof. Eiji Kano | Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan |
| Assoc. Prof Hiroko Kanoh | Yamagata University, Japan |
| Prof. Nikos Karacapilidis | University of Patras, Greece |
| Dr. Pawel Kasprowski | Silesian University of Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Arkadiusz Kawa | Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Logistics and Wareousing, Poland |
| Prof. Hiroharu Kawanaka | Mie University, Japan |
| Dr. Imen Khamassi | University of Tunisia, Tunisia |
| Asst. Prof. Abhirup Khanna | University of Petroleum and Energy Studies, India |
| Prof. Kayoko Kurita | The University of Tokyo, Japan |
| Prof. Aleksandra Klasnja-Milicevic | University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Mathematics and Informatics, Serbia |
| Prof. Laszlo Koczy | Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary |
| Dr. Agnieszka Konys | West Pomeranian University of Technology in Szczecin, Poland |
| Prof. Boris Kovalerchuk Kovalerchuk | Central Washington University, USA |
| Dr. Lukasz Kozar | University of Lodz, Poland |
| Dr. Adrianna Kozierkiewicz | Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Krzysztof Krawiec | Institute of Computing Science, Poznan University of Technology, Poland |
| Dr. Kinga Krupcała | Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Konrad Kułakowski | AGH University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Dr. Sana Ben Abdallah Ben Lamine | ESEN, University of Manouba, Tunisia |
| Dr. Huong Le | New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA |
| Prof. Chengjun Liu | New Jersey Institute of Technology, USA |
| Prof. Ivan Luković | University of Belgrade, Serbia |
| Dr. Christos Makris | University of Patras, Greece |
| Prof. Gianluca Maracchini | University of Trento, Italy |
| Dr. Fabrizio Marozzo | University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy |
| Dr. Bilel Marzouki | University of Manouba, Tunisia |
| Dr. Maroua Masmoudi | University of Toulouse, France |
| Prof. Mitsunori Matsushita | Kansai University, Japan |
| Dr. Mayuri Mehta | Sarvajanik College of Engineering and Technology, Sarvajanik University, Surat |
| Dr. Lin Meng | Ritsumeikan University, Japan |
| Dr. Francesco Mercaldo | National Research Council of Italy |
| Dr. Ireneusz Miciula | University of Szczecin, Poland |
| Prof. Lyudmila Mihaylova | University of Sheffield, UK |
| Prof. Polina Mihova | New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria |
| Prof. Victor Mitrana | Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain |
| Dr. Suneeta Mohanty | KIIT Deemed to be University, India |
| Prof. Stefania Montani | University of Piemonte Orientale, Alessandria |
| Prof. Chikako Morimoto | Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Prof. Mikhail Moshkov | King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudia Arabia |
| Dr. Teresa Mroczek | University of Information Technology and Management |
| Prof. Michal Munk | Constantine the Philosopher University in Nitra, Slovakia |
| Asst. Prof. Katsuko T. Nakahira | Nagaoka Institute of Technology, Japan |
| Prof. Satoshi Nakamura | Meiji University, Japan |
| Prof. Piotr Nikończuk | West Pomeranian University of Technology, Szczecin Faculty of Maritime Technology and Transport, Poland |
| Prof. Yoko Nishihara | Ritsumeikan University, Japan |
| Prof. Kazunori Nishino | Taisei Gakuin University, Japan |
| Prof. Vesa Niskanen | University of Helsinki, Vytautas Magnus University, Finland |
| Dr. Issam Nouaouri | Universite d'Artois, France |
| Prof. Nobuyuki Ogawa | National Institute of Technology, Gifu College, Japan |
| Dr. Michael Packianather | Cardiff University, UK |
| Asst. Prof. Wieslaw Paja | University of Rzeszow, Poland |
| Prof. Ingrid Pappel | Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech), Estonia |
| Prof. Marcin Paprzycki | Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland |
| Dr. Ilona Paweloszek | Czestochowa University of Technology, Poland |
| Dr. Isidoros Perikos | University of Patras, Greece |
| Prof. Vincenzo Piuri | University of Milan, Italy |
| Prof. Ana Poledica | University of Belgrade, Faculty or Ogranizational Sciences, Serbia |
| Dr. Grzegorz Popek | Wrocław University of Science and Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Dorin Popescu | University of Craiova, Romania |
| Prof. Oliver Popov | Stockholm University, Sweden |
| Prof. Jim Prentzas | Democritus University of Thrace, Greece |
| Dr. Malgorzata Przybyla-Kasperek | University of Silesia in Katowice, Poland |
| Dr. Seema Purohit | UDCS, India |
| Assoc. Prof. Dzati Athiar Ramli | Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Malaysia |
| Dr. Christoph Rathfelder | Hahn-Schickard, Germany |
| Prof. Ana Respicio | University of Lisbon, Portugal |
| Dr. Hadi Saleh | HSE University, Russia |
| Dr. Noelia Sánchez-Marono | CITIC-University of A Coruña (UDC), Spain |
| Prof. Marcello Sanguineti | University of Genova, Italy |
| Dr. Wilhelm Daniel Scherz | HTWG Konstanz - University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
| Prof. Ralf Seepold | HTWG Konstanz and Sechenov University, Germany |
| Dr. Gaetano Settembre | Università degli Studi di Bari “Aldo Moro”, Bari, Italy |
| Dr. Leslie F. Sikos | Edith Cowan University, Australia |
| Dr. Milan Simic | SAMME RMIT University, Australia |
| Mr Bharat Singh | Data Scientist Big Data Labs |
| Dr. Letycja Sołoducho-Pelc | Wroclaw University of Business and Economics, Poland |
| Dr. Hanna Soroka-Potrzebna | University of Szczecin, Poland |
| Prof. Petar Spalević | Universidad de la Sabána, Colombia |
| Prof. Roman Šperka | Silesian University in Opava, czechia |
| Dr. Maria Spichkova | RMIT University, School of Science, Australia |
| Dr. Urszula Stańczyk | Silesian University of Technology, Gliwice |
| Dr. Margarita Stankova | New Bulgarian University, Bulgaria |
| Assoc. Prof. Catalin Stoean | University of Craiova, Romania |
| Assoc. Prof. Ruxandra Stoean | University of Craiova, Romania |
| Prof. Toshiharu Sugawara | Waseda University, Japan |
| Prof. Adam Sulich | Wroclaw University of Economics and Business, Poland |
| Prof. Lijun Sun | Dalian University of Technology, Dalian |
| Dr. Piotr Szczuko | Multimedia Systems Department, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Eulalia Szmidt | Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland |
| Prof. Masakazu Takahashi | University of Yamaguchi, Japan |
| Prof. Hironori Takeuchi | Musashi University, Japan |
| Prof. Shing Chiang Tan | Faculty of Information Science and Technology,Multimedia University, Japan |
| Prof. Edmondo Trentin | University of Siena, Italy |
| Prof. Kazuhiko Tsuda | The University of Tsukuba,Tokyo |
| Prof. Eiji Uchino | Yamaguchi University, Japan |
| Prof. Hiroshi Ueda | Hosei University, Japan |
| Asst. Prof. Hiroyasu Usami | Chubu University, Japan |
| Prof. Taketoshi Ushiama | Kyushu University, Japan |
| Prof. Florin Mircea Vaida | Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
| Prof. Jordi Vallverdu | Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain |
| Prof. Juan D. Velasquez Silva | University of Chile, Chile |
| Prof. Zeev Volkovich | ORT Braude College Karmiel, Israel |
| Prof. Junzo Watada | Waseda University, Japan |
| Dr. Paweł Weichbroth | Gdansk University of Technology, Poland |
| Prof. Yoshiyuki Yabuuchi | Shimonoseki City University, Japan |
| Prof. Ryosuke Yamanishi | Kansai University, Japan |
| Prof. Ching-Nung Yang | National DOng Hwa University, Taiwan |
| Prof. Ivona Zakarija | University of Dubrovnik, Croatia |
| Dr. Marek Zborowski | University of Warsaw, Faculty of Management, Department of Management Information System, Poland |
| Dr. Beata Zielosko | University of Silesia in Katowice, Institute of Computer Science, Czechia |
| Prof. Sergey Zykov | National Research University – Higher School of Economics, Russia |
Organizing committee
General Track Chairs
- Assoc. Prof. Ahmed Samet, INSA Strasbourg, France
- Dr. Aya Saad, SINTEF Ocean, Norway
- Assoc. Prof. Franco Giustozzi , INSA Strasbourg - ICube, France
- Assoc. Prof. Claudio Tomazzoli, University of Verona
HONORARY CHAIR
Prof. Lakhmi C. Jain, KES International, UK & University of Piraeus, Greece
ACADEMIC EXECUTIVE CHAIR
Prof. Robert J. Howlett, KES International Research, UK, and 'Aurel Vlaicu' University of Arad, Romania
ACADEMIC AFFAIRS CHAIR
Prof. Anne Hakansson , KTH, Sweden
EXECUTIVE CHAIR
Jonathan Flearmoy, KES International, UK
PROGRAMME CHAIRS
General Track Programme Chair
Prof. Cecilia Zanni-Merk, INSA Rouen Normandie, France
Invited Sessions Programme Chairs
Prof. Robert J. Howlett, KES International Research, UK, and 'Aurel Vlaicu' University of Arad, Romania
Assoc. Prof. Sebastian A. Rios, University of Chile, Chile
Publication
KES 2026 proceedings will be published
by Elsevier
Venue
The conference will be held in Dublin, Ireland at the Royal Marine Hotel.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to iflearmoy@kesinternational.org / contact@kesinternational.org
