Call for Papers: Special Session on Complex Systems and Networks in IEEE CYB 2026

The 6th IEEE International Conference on Cybernetics (IEEE CYB 2026) be held in Nanjing, China, April 17-20, 2026. We are honored to organize a special session entitled “Data- and AI-Driven Approaches for Complex Systems and Complex Networks”. We warmly invite researchers to submit original and rigorous papers that will be of interest to the complex systems and complex networks community. We look forward to your valuable contributions and to fostering fruitful discussions in this exciting area of research.

Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):

• Data- and AI-driven modeling for complex network modeling, structural and functional analysis

• Network analysis using data- and AI-driven methods: robustness, vulnerability, and resilience

• Graph and network machine learning techniques for complex systems

• Big data analysis and AI computing for complex networks

• Interdisciplinary applications of AI in complex systems and networks

• Predictive modeling and intelligent decision-making in networked systems

• Complexity science and artificial intelligence: theory, methods, and applications

• AI-driven studies of network emergence and collective behaviors

• Applications in social, transportation, biological, and other networked systems

Key Dates

Special session paper submission due: December 1, 2025December 16, 2025

Notification of acceptance: January 15, 2026

Conference: April 17-20, 2026

Submission

Please use the template in the conference website and submit the paper via the EasyChair system. During the submission, please clearly indicate by **selecting the Type of Submission: “Special Session: Data- and AI-Driven Approaches for Complex Systems and Complex Networks” ** with a copy sent to the designated special session organizer. More details can be found in the conference website.

Organizer

Kuang Zhou, Northwestern Polytechnical University, kzhoumath@nwpu.edu.cn

Bogdan Gabrys, University of Technology Sydney, Bogdan.Gabrys@uts.edu.au

Keyu Wu, National University of Defense Technology, keyuwu@nudt.edu.cn