Call for Papers

SocialSys'26 invites original research contributions that advance the understanding, design, and operation of social infrastructure systems. We welcome work from a broad range of disciplines, including but not limited to civil and systems engineering, computer science, architecture, urban planning, computational social science, neuroscience, cognitive science, and human-computer interaction.

Topics of Interest

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Applications and deployments of social infrastructure systems in domains such as education, healthcare, workplaces, well-being, accessibility, co-design, public infrastructure, and urban systems

  • Data-driven modeling techniques, including agent-based models, cognitive and behavioral models, and models of social dynamics in built environments

  • Integration of human and community constraints into the design and control of infrastructure systems

  • Quantification and measurement of human-infrastructure interaction and the social value of the built environment

  • Security, privacy, and ethics in social infrastructure systems, including privacy-preserving techniques for human-centered sensing and monitoring

  • Human-centric sensing and networking, incorporating mobile and wearable devices (e.g., smartphones, smartwatches) alongside fixed infrastructure (e.g., cameras, WiFi, RFID, lighting)

  • Multi-device system design for applications such as health monitoring, localization, human behavior inference, social interaction, and adaptive UI/UX

Paper Types

The workshop is soliciting original notes and papers for proceedings publication and oral presentation (4-8 pages). In addition to full papers, shorter notes meeting the page requirements are encouraged to (1) support younger researchers and research teams entering this field of research to share their work, (2) attract industry participants that may not be able to devote resources to a full paper, and (3) attract novel and multidisciplinary research topics that are not yet fully developed and that can catalyze discussion among the workshop attendees and readers. While Notes papers are not expected to have extensive evaluations, they will be reviewed based on the novelty of their ideas, potential for impact, and quality of presentation.

Submission Guidelines

Submitted papers must be unpublished and must not be currently under review for any other publication. Paper submissions must be between 4-8 single-spaced US Letter (8.5”x11”) pages, including including figures, tables, references, and appendices. All submissions must use the LaTeX (preferred) or Word styles found here. Latex submissions should use the ‘sigconf’ document class. Authors must make a good faith effort to anonymize their submissions by (1) using the "anonymous" option for the class and (2) using “anonsuppress” section where appropriate. Please note that ACM uses 9-pt fonts in all conference proceedings, and the style (both LaTeX and Word) implicitly define the font size to be 9-pt. Please refer to this former publication chair's Note as well as the User Guide of the new class. Accepted submissions will be available on the ACM digital library on the first day of the conference. All papers must be in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF).

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Important Dates

  • Submission deadline: April 24, 2026 (11:59:59pm AOE)

  • Notifications: May 05, 2026 (11:59:59pm AOE)

  • Camera-ready submission: May 12, 2026 (11:59:59pm AOE)

  • Workshop: June 22, 2026 (half day, time TBD)

Registration and Travel Grants

For information about registration and travel grants, please refer to BuildSys Registration.