Call for paper

IEEE IES ONCON 2026, which will be scheduled to take place online from 11-13, December 2026,  is the 5th Annual Online Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society (IES). The conference has focuses on theory and applications of industrial electronic systems. The conference provides a flexible and convenient platform that brings together scientists, practitioners, industry engineers and inventors. The objectives of the conference are to provide high quality research and professional interactions for the advancement of science, technology, and fellowship. Papers with new research results are encouraged for submission.  

The scope of the conference will cover, but will not be limited to, the following topics:  

Power Electronics & Energy Conversion  

Power converters, power electronic devices, power electronics modeling, simulation and control, multilevel converters, soft switching techniques, active rectifiers, energy efficiency 

Electrical Machines and Drives  

Machines and actuators, motors, motor drives control and applications, electrical machine design and modelling, machine reliability, testing and diagnostics, motor fault detection, motion control, electric vehicles. 

Power Systems and Smart Grid  

Generators, energy transmission and distribution, power quality devices, power management, modeling, simulation and control of power systems, grid connect, distributed power generation, electricity market liberalization.  

Renewable Energy Generation, Storage, and Harvesting  

Wind, solar, and wave energy converters, nano-, pico-, and micro-hydro power generators, integrated renewable systems, fuel cells, batteries, energy storage devices and systems.  

Electric Transportation  

Electric propulsion, charging techniques, Vehicle to Home (V2H), Vehicle to Grid (V2G), Vehicle to Vehicle (V2V), vehicle modelling and simulation, intelligent vehicle control and automation.  

Sensors, Actuators, Systems Integration and Nano Technologies  

Intelligent sensors, sensor fusion, micro-nano technology, electronic instrumentation, micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS), systems on chip (SoC) 

Data-Driven Control and Monitoring 

Data-driven modeling, system identification, control design, stability and robustness, optimization, data-driven fault diagnosis, fault tolerant control, and fault management 

Prognostics and Health Management 

New methods on model-based and data-driven fault detection, fault identification, fault diagnosis, failure prognosis, fault dynamics modeling, algorithm development, fault mitigation 

Control, Robotics, and Mechatronics  

Control techniques, estimation and identification techniques, tele robotics and teleoperation, distributed collaborative systems, security & safety applications, human-robot interface 

Cloud Computing, Big Data and Software Engineering  

Cloud computing, deep learning, machine learning, data mining, text mining, artificial intelligence, social computing, decision support systems, data analytics.  

Signal and Image Processing and Computational Intelligence  

Computer vision, virtual reality, industrial vision, virtual instrumentation, image & sound processing, digital signal processing, remote sensing, multimedia applications 

Electronic System on Chip and Embedded Control  

Real time simulation, DSP and FPGA technologies, microprocessor and FPGA based control, real time implementation and control, embedded systems for design, electronic system on chip.  

Industrial Automation, Communication, Networking, Digital Twin, and Informatics  

Building automation, factory automation and communications,  automation systems, industrial applications of internet technologies, digital twin applications for electronics systems.  

Marine Engineering  

Marine electronics and electronic systems, underwater acoustic communication and signal processing, marine vehicles and underwater vehicles, marine navigation and control, marine energy and energy conversion.

AI for Industrial Electronics

Machine learning for modeling and representation, system design and implementation, learning-based control and decision-making, AI-driven methods and techniques for industrial electronics applications.

Special Session: Prospective participants of ONCON 2026 are encouraged to organize special sessions 

Paper Format 

  • IEEE 6-page double column format 
  • Extended abstract 2-page double column format

Important Timelines

  • Opening Date of Submission of Full Paper (upto 6 pages double column format): April 10, 2026
  • Last Date of Submission of Full Paper : October 15, 2026
  • Acceptance Notification (to start from): November 1, 2026
  • Submission of Final Manuscript and Copyright Form: November 15, 2026

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