Communication Engineering

We are pleased to invite you to attend the 15th International Conference on Information Communication and Applications (ICICA 2026), which will be held in University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK during August 27-29, 2026. It is co-sponsored by Edinburgh Napier University, UK and University of Derby, UK

==Organizing Committee==
Conference Chairs:
Xiaodong Liu, Edinburgh Napier University, UK;
Farid Meziane, University of Derby, UK.

Technical Program Committee Co-chairs:
Frank Wang, University of Kent, UK;
Steve Furnell, University of Nottingham, UK;
Gang Liu, Harbin Engineering University, China;
Boris Kovalerchuk, Central Washington University, USA;
Ruben Picek, University of Zagreb, Croatia;
Chunming Rong, University of Stavanger, Norway.

Local Organizing Chairs:
Christos Chrysoulas, Edinburgh Napier University, UK & Heriot Watt University, UK;
Amjad Ullah, Edinburgh Napier University, UK.

Publication Chair:
Horatiu Dragomirescu, Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Romania.

Publicity Chairs:
Gabriela Mogos, Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China;
Shengkun Xie, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada.

Regional Chairs:
Henrique Mamede, Universidade Aberta, Portugal;
Radu Laura-Diana, Alexandru Ioan Cuza University from Iasi, Romania.

==Conference Proceedings==
Accepted papers after proper registration and presentation will be published in the Conference Proceedings.

==Journal==
Submitted papers will be peer reviewed by conference committees, and accepted papers after registration and presentation will be published into the following related journals.
Journal of Advances in Information Technology (JAIT)
ISSN: 1798-2340 (Online)
Impact Factor 2023: 0.9 & CiteScore: 4.2
Indexing: ESCI (Web of Science), Scopus, CNKI, etc.

Journal of Communications (JCM)
ISSN: 1796-2021 (Online); 2374-4367 (Print) | DOI: 10.12720/jcm
CiteScore: 3.4
Abstracting/ Indexing: Scopus, CNKI, EBSCO, DBLP, Google Scholar, etc.

==Call for Paper==
▪ Automated Software Engineering
▪ Bioinformatics and Scientific Computing
▪ Compilers and Interpreters
▪ Computer Architecture and Embedded Systems
▪ Computer Graphics and Multimedia
▪ Computer Networks
▪ Computer Networks and Data Communication
▪ Control Systems
▪ Data Compression
▪ Digital Library
▪ Digital System and Logic Design
▪ Wireless Communication and Mobile Computing
▪ Event Driven Programming
▪ High Performance Computing
▪ Image Processing
▪ Information Systems
▪ Knowledge Data Engineering
▪ Multimedia Applications
▪ Neural Networks
▪ Pattern Recognition
▪ Programming Languages
▪ Robotics and Automation
▪ Computer-aided Design/Manufacturing
▪ Computing Practices & Applications
▪ Digital Signal and Image Processing
▪ Distributed and Parallel Processing
▪ Reconfigurable Computing Systems
▪ Ubiquitous Computing
▪ Distributed Systems

For more topics, please check: http://www.icica.org/cfp.html

==Submission Guideline==
#Submission Requirements#
▪ Full Paper (Presentation and Publication)
The submitted papers for conference proceedings should be no less than 8 pages in single-column. The submitted papers for journal publication should be no less than 4 pages in double-column.

▪ Abstract (Presentation only)
We encourage you to send informative abstract (200-400 words) which is a compendious summary of a paper's substance including its background, purpose, methodology, results, and conclusion.

▪ Your submission should be in English.

#Submission Method#
Submit your full paper or abstract directly to Online Submission System or icica_contact@yeah.net.

▪ via online submission system (Link: http://confsys.iconf.org/submission/icica2026): an account is needed, if you don't have, please register first.
▪ via mailbox (Email: icica_contact@yeah.net): the email subject should be named as "Submission-ICICA 2026-Full Paper/ Abstract".

The submission will be confirmed and assigned a Paper ID by the conference secretary from icica_contact@yeah.net within two working days after submission. To ensure receipt of all correspondence from the conference, please add icica_contact@yeah.net as acceptable emails to receive.

==Conference Schedule==
The detailed conference schedule is to be available online in early August 2026. For your convenience, schedule at a glance is given below.
Day 1 - August 27, 2026 - Thursday
10:00-17:00: Registration & Materials Collection
14:00-17:00: Committee Conference
14:00-17:00: Campus Tour

Day 2 - August 28, 2026 - Friday
09:00-12:00: Opening Remark and Keynote Speeches
13:30-18:00: Invited Speeches & Parallel Sessions
18:00-20:30: Award Ceremony & Dinner Banquet

Day 3 - August 29, 2026 - Saturday
09:00-12:00: Invited Speeches & Parallel Sessions
13:30-19:00: City Tour

==Contact==
The secretary's office will collect paper contributions and respond to the queries. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the conference secretary.

Conference Secretary: Miss Luna Wu
WeChat: csit2009
Office Hour: Mon. - Fri. 9:30-18:00