The CPS-IoT Week PhD Forum is an inclusive event that fosters the exchange of ideas and experiences among young PhD students whose research interests are primarily in Cyber-Physical Systems and the Internet of Things.
The PhD forum provides an excellent opportunity for young students on their PhD path to present their research topic, ongoing work, and results. Students will have the opportunity to get feedback from experts in the field. It is also a valuable opportunity to build connections with both academic and industrial partners, which may lead to future collaborations or career opportunities.Eligibility
The PhD Forum welcomes PhD students from all years and backgrounds whose research aligns with the themes of CPS-IoT Week (see the associated conferences for further details).
Submission Guidelines
Interested PhD students are invited to submit electronically a single PDF file consisting of:
- A cover letter of 1 page filled with the PhD information given in the template
- An extended abstract of 2 pages (IEEE conference paper style with a minimum font size of 10pt) plus one page of references, if needed, prepared based on the following guidelines:
- Motivation & problems that will be addressed in the PhD work (1 page): Describe and motivate the problem addressed in your PhD work:
- What are the main problems addressed? How urgent are these problems?
- What has been done already with regard to these problems and what is still missing?
- Scientific and Technological Excellence of the work (½ page):
- What are the contributions you expect from your work?
- Focus on the methodology, expected results, novelty, and possible multidisciplinary aspects
- Expected Impact (½ page): Describe what impact your work is expected to have either in the short term or in the long term:
- Will it strengthen industrial competitiveness, growth and sustainability? Will it solve a bottleneck in today’s industry?
- Will your work establish an essential basis for a new line of scientific and/or technological research and its future uses, not currently anticipated?
- Motivation & problems that will be addressed in the PhD work (1 page): Describe and motivate the problem addressed in your PhD work:
Please submit proposals with the title: "PhD Forum: [Your Title]"
All submissions will undergo a standard review process within the Organizing Committee. Submissions will be evaluated for relevance and suitability. Upon acceptance, authors will be invited to deliver a brief oral presentation and present a poster during the designated PhD forum session. All accepted contributions will be considered for the PhD forum award.
Acceptance decisions will be based on the general interest of the CPS-IoT Week attendees, potential significance, and logistical requirements. The CPS-IoT Week committee reserves the right to cancel events if insufficient participants register.
Key Dates (Midnight, AoE)
- Submission deadline: 20 February 2026
- Notification of acceptance: 03 March 2026
- Camera-ready manuscript: 31 March 2026
Publication and Presentation
By submitting a contribution, the authors agree to register and present at the CPS-IoT week PhD Forum if their contribution is accepted. Accepted contributions become part of the Informal Digest of the CPS-IoT week 2026. The informal contributions will not be sent for indexing by the conference editor, but they will be made available to all CPS-IoT attendees in electronic format. Thus, a later, more complete publication of the work in another conference or journal will still be possible.
PhD Forum Award
The PhD forum selection committee (both from academic and industrial fields) will review all the presented papers, assess the technical content and presentation, along with the poster session to select the Best PhD forum paper.
PhD Forum Chair
Antoine Bertout (https://www.lias-lab.fr/fr/members/antoinebertout/), Univ. Poitiers, ISAE-ENSMA, FR
Lisa Maile (https://www.tue.nl/en/research/researchers/lisa-maile), Eindhoven University of Technology, NL