5th IEEE International Conference on Automation in Manufacturing, Transportation and Logistics (iCaMaL2026)

Submission

Conference Theme: AI-Driven Systems for Next-Generation Industrial Automation

Technical topics of the conference are focused on advanced automation methods and technologies on Manufacturing, Transportation and Logistics, including but not limited to:

Industrial Large Models (ILMs)
Model transfer and distillation
Model compression and acceleration
Federated and privacy-preserving learning
Prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
Explainable and verifiable AI
Sim-to-real transfer
Reinforcement learning for control
Data-driven scheduling
Multi-objective optimization
Simulation-based optimization
Digital twins
Real-time inference and low-latency systems
Automated inspection and non-destructive testing (NDT)
Predictive maintenance and prognostics
Robotics and collaborative robots (cobots)
Mobile robots, AGV and AMR

Automated warehousing and robotic picking
Autonomous freight systems and remote driving
V2X and vehicular networks
Intermodal and multimodal transport
Physical Internet concepts and implementations
Smart ports and terminal automation
Supply chain resilience and risk management
Container routing and vehicle routing problems
Demand forecasting and inventory optimization
Green logistics and decarbonization strategies
Circular economy and lifecycle optimization
Blockchain for supply chain provenance and trust
Cyber-physical security for industrial systems
Human–machine interaction and operator augmentation
Energy harvesting and self-powered sensing
Generative design and topology optimization
Benchmarks, datasets and testbeds for manufacturing, transportation and logistics

Call for Special Sessions/ Workshop

Interested attendees are encouraged to propose special sessions/workshops, each of which consists of five papers providing a focused discussion of new or innovative topics. Each proposal must include the session/workshop title, description, organizers and affiliations. Proposals should be sent to icamal.2026@gmail.com.

Contact Email for Inquires

Email：icamal.2026@gmail.com

Special session papers will undergo the same intense review process and submission is not a guarantee for acceptance. Special session papers must be clearly indicated when submitted with a copy sent to the designated special session organizer.

Paper Submission & Publication

Complete manuscripts must be electronically submitted through the conference submission website: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com.

Submitted manuscripts should be within six (6) pages, including figures, tables, and references. All submissions MUST be in PDF format.

Accepted papers will be included into the conference proceedings according to the presentation and the authors’ choice, which will be published to the third party publisher and would be indexed by EI (Compendex), etc. Authors of selected qualified papers will be invited to submit revised and expanded version of their papers to special issues of international journals (SCI), such as IEEE T-ITS, T-ASE, FSMJ.

Important Dates

March 31, 2026

Regular paper submission due

April 15, 2026

Special session paper submission due

May 15, 2026

Notification of acceptance

June 15, 2026

Camera-ready copy due

August 12-14, 2026

Conference