2026 IEEE 12th International Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing (CIC)

November 4-6, 2026
California, USA

Scope

The 12th IEEE International Conference on Collaboration and Internet Computing (IEEE CIC 2026) is a multidisciplinary international forum for academic and industrial researchers, practitioners, and students interested in Internet technologies, applications and services, collaborative networking, technology and systems, and applications.

The Internet and AI have revolutionized global society and enabled the growth of infrastructures, applications, and technologies that enhance interactions and collaboration. Emerging technologies including generative AI, large language models, machine learning, deep learning, reinforcement learning, federated learning, multimodal learning, and related Internet technologies are enabling new forms of collaboration among humans, computer applications, and autonomous systems.

IEEE CIC focuses on advancements in networking, technologies and systems, user interfaces and interaction, cooperation and collaboration paradigms, and the interoperation of application-specific components and tools.

Topics of Interest Include

• Human-AI-People Collaboration
• Generative AI
• Large Language Models (LLMs)
• Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence
• Deep Learning
• Reinforcement Learning
• Transfer Learning
• AI and Cybersecurity
• Multimodal Learning
• Federated Learning
• Social Computing
• Machine Learning with Graphs
• Internet-Based Technologies and Infrastructure for Collaboration
• Cloud, Fog and Edge Computing
• Internet of Everything for Collaboration
• Data and Service Models for Collaboration
• Quality of Service and Quality of Experience
• Service Management and Testing
• System Engineering, Metrics and Performance
• Cyber Science and Data Science
• Security, Privacy and Trust in Collaborative Computing
• Resilient and Trustworthy Internet
• Big Data Analytics for Data-Driven Collaboration
• Web Services and Service-Oriented Architectures
• Collaboration in Pervasive and Cloud Computing Environments
• Collaborative Sensor Networks
• Social Networks and Services
• Collaborative Search and Question Answering
• Human Computation and Crowdsourcing
• Participatory Sensing and Citizen Science
• Human-Machine Collaboration
• Cyber-Physical-Human Environments
• Smart Cities and Smart Territories
• Collaborative Robotics
• Collaborative E-Commerce
• Collaborative E-Learning Environments
• Collaborative Health Networks and Services
• Collaborative Science
• Disaster and Crisis Management
• Collaborative Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management
• Collaboration for Resilient Critical Infrastructures
• Collaborative Personalized Services

Paper Submission

IEEE CIC 2026 solicits research papers describing significant new findings in collaboration and Internet computing and related areas.

The conference welcomes regular research papers, vision papers, industry and government papers, and workshop papers addressing emerging research topics in collaborative computing, Internet technologies, networking, artificial intelligence, cloud and edge computing, security, privacy, social computing, and collaborative applications.

The conference also solicits proposals for tutorials and panel discussions relevant to collaborative computing, networking, Internet technologies, worksharing, and applications.

Important Dates

Conference Focus

IEEE CIC 2026 focuses on collaboration and Internet computing in the era of generative AI, including human-AI collaboration, Internet-enabled collaboration, cloud-to-edge collaborative computing, intelligent services, social computing, collaborative networking, security, privacy, trust, and data-driven collaboration.

The conference also addresses domain-specific collaborative applications such as smart cities, collaborative robotics, e-commerce, e-learning, healthcare, scientific collaboration, disaster and crisis management, manufacturing, supply chains, and resilient critical infrastructures.

Venue

Embassy Suites by Hilton Milpitas Silicon Valley
California, USA

Co-Located Conferences

• IEEE 8th International Conference on Cognitive Machine Intelligence (IEEE CogMI 2026)
• IEEE 8th International Conference on Trust, Privacy and Security in Intelligent Systems, and Applications (IEEE TPS 2026)
• IEEE 1st International Conference on Resilience and Integrated Security for Space and Critical Systems (IEEE RISC 2026)

Sponsor

IEEE Computer Society

Conference Website

https://cic.ieee-cs.org/2026/