Submission Guidelines

SISAP 2026 allows for four forms of submissions: long research papers (from 9 to 14 pages), short research papers (of up to 8 pages), demonstration papers (of up to 8 pages), and doctoral symposium papers (up to 6 pages plus 2 pages of references). The submission itself, including references, should fit within these page limits.

Presentation

By submitting a paper, its authors commit to its presentation at the conference (i.e., in person) in the event that the paper is accepted. For an accepted paper to be included in the proceedings, at least one of its authors must register for the conference. The demonstations will be presented in a poster session. For the doctoral symposium, the accepted papers will be presented in a dedicated session. All papers will be given an entry in the conference proceedings.

Formatting your submission

Papers submitted to SISAP 2026 must be written in English and formatted according to the LNCS guidelines.

Papers have to be submitted in PDF format through EasyChair.

Research papers (regular and special session)

Full papers (from 9 to 14 pages) are expected to be descriptions of complete technical work, whereas short papers (of up to 8 pages) can describe innovative approaches or preliminary results which may nevertheless require more work to mature. Page limits include references. Any appendices, if needed, can only be posted online, and the reviewers are not expected to take them into account. Vision papers and other position papers should be submitted as short research papers.

Regular and special session research papers will be peer-reviewed in a double-blind review process. Authors must ensure their manuscripts are properly anonymized.

Abstract submission

Guidelines for Anonymizing Your Submission

To support double-blind review, remove all identifying information from your manuscript and supplementary materials, including:

• Author's names
• Institutional affiliations
• Email addresses

Additionally, ensure that you prepare your manuscript correctly for double anonymous peer review by considering the following:

• Use the third person when referencing your own previous work. For example, write “Brown and Smith (2015) demonstrated...” instead of “We previously demonstrated...”
• Do not include acknowledgements in the manuscript.
• Remove identifying information from the body of your work and from the file metadata (e.g., author name in PDF properties).
• Ensure that figures and tables do not include or reference author affiliations.
• Double-check all files for unintended identifying details before submission.

Note: Anonymization applies only to the PDF of the paper. In the submission system, provide full author names and affiliations, which will remain hidden from reviewers.

Demonstration papers

Demonstration papers (of up to 8 pages) should provide the motivation for the demonstrated concepts, the information about the technology and the system to be demonstrated (including a system description, functionality and figures when applicable), and should state the significance of the contribution. The scenarios within which the demonstration applies should also be explained. Evaluation criteria for the demonstration proposals include: novelty, technical advances and challenges, and the overall practical attractiveness of the demonstrated system. A demonstration submission consists of a paper and an additional 1-page appendix (in PDF format) that illustrate how the demo will be conducted on-site at SISAP. This additional content will not be published in the conference proceedings, should the submission be accepted.

Authors should submit two separate files– one for the paper (uploaded to the ‘Paper’ field) and one for the appendix (uploaded to the ‘Additional Information’ field)- in PDF through the EasyChair conference management system. When submitting, please select the 'SISAP2026 Demonstrations' track.

Demonstartion papers will be peer-reviewed in a single-blind review process.

Doctoral Symposium papers

A submission to the doctoral symposium consists of a paper and an additional 1-page appendix (both in PDF format). The paper should be no longer than 6 pages (plus up to 2 pages of references) and should be formatted with the same rules as SISAP papers. The additional 1-page appendix will not be published in the conference proceedings, should the submission be accepted. Submissions must be single-author and written by the student alone.

The manuscripts should contain the statement of the problem being addressed, an outline of the planned methodology, contributions made so far, and the work lying ahead. It is anticipated that the thesis work has been published elsewhere or submitted for publication, and concurrent submission of a regular paper to SISAP with technical contributions is encouraged. An addition to the paper, the applicants are expected to provide a 1-page Appendix that should describe the benefits that would be obtained by attending the doctoral symposium. Details on the submission is here.

Authors should submit two separate files– one for the paper (uploaded to the ‘Paper’ field) and one for the appendix (uploaded to the ‘Additional Information’ field)- through EasyChair. When submitting, please select the 'SISAP 2026 Doctoral Symposium' track.

The doctoral symposium papers will be peer-reviewed in a single-blind review process.

Dual submission policy

Submitted papers must not be previously published, and must not be under consideration by any other conference during the SISAP review process. Dual submission of a substantially extended version to a journal will be considered, provided that this request is made either at the time of submission to SISAP, or before submission to the journal (whichever occurs later); that the journal also allows dual submission; and that the journal version not be published before the SISAP conference date. The authors must clearly identify the journal in question, and provide a statement of the differences between the two versions.

Publication

The proceedings of SISAP shall be published by Springer as a volume in the Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) series. The conference will also confer a Best Paper Award, as judged by the Program Committee Co-Chairs and Steering Committee.

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