ASCENT 2026

Scope

The rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, and future networking technologies is transforming urban environments worldwide. Smart cities increasingly rely on intelligent systems for mobility, energy management, public safety, and IoT-enabled services. Autonomous systems such as drones, mobile robots, and self-driving vehicles are being integrated into urban infrastructures, creating new challenges for AI-driven decision-making, multi-agent coordination, and networked communication.

Recently, agentic artificial intelligence and large language models (LLMs) have emerged as powerful paradigms for goal-driven, autonomous, and adaptive decision-making. Agentic AI systems, often built upon LLMs and foundation models, are capable of reasoning, planning, tool use, and interaction with dynamic environments. These capabilities open new perspectives for agent-based and multi-agent autonomous systems in smart cities, particularly when combined with reinforcement learning, edge intelligence, and future communication networks.

This workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers, engineers, and practitioners to discuss innovative solutions, recent advances, and interdisciplinary approaches at the intersection of agentic AI, large language models, autonomous systems, and future networks in smart cities. The workshop encourages contributions addressing both theoretical foundations and real-world applications.

Topics of Interest

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Agentic AI and agentic LLMs for autonomous and multi-agent systems
• LLM-based reasoning, planning, and decision-making in dynamic urban environments
• AI-driven autonomous systems for urban applications (UAVs, mobile robots, autonomous vehicles)
• Multi-agent coordination and reinforcement learning
• Smart urban mobility, traffic management, and intelligent transportation systems
• IoT, edge, and fog computing for autonomous systems
• 5G/6G-enabled connectivity for smart city services
• Energy-efficient autonomous systems and sustainable urban operations
• Safety, security, and privacy in AI-enabled urban systems
• Human-AI interaction in autonomous urban environments

Publication

All MobiSPC 2026 accepted papers will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series on-line. Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on www.Elsevier.com and on Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), and will be freely available worldwide.

All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceeding Citation Index. All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Scopus and Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com). This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (http://dblp.uni-trier.de/). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings.

Selected papers will be invited for publication, in the special issues of:

• International Journal of Ambient Intelligence and Humanized Computing (IF: 7.104), by Springer (http://www.springer.com/engineering/journal/12652)
• International Journal of Computing and Informatics (IF: 0.455) (http://www.cai.sk/ojs/index.php/cai/index)
• International Journal of Ubiquitous Systems and Pervasive Networks, IASKS (https://iasks.org/juspn)
• International Journal of Computer Networks (IF: 5.6) (Pending), Elsevier (https://www.journals.elsevier.com/computer-networks)

Paper Submission

Paper Format

The submitted paper must be formatted according to the guidelines of Procedia Computer Science:

• MS Word Template: Download MS Word Template
• LaTeX Template: Download LaTeX Template
• Generic Template: Download Generic Template (PDF)
• Elsevier Guidelines: View Elsevier Journal Guidelines

Paper Length

Submitted technical papers must be no longer than 8 pages including all figures, tables and references.

Paper Submission

Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically using the online conference management system in PDF format before the deadline (see Important Dates).

The submission processes will be managed by easychair.org. If you have used this system before, you can use the same username and password. If this is your first time using EasyChair, you will need to register for an account by clicking "I have no EasyChair account" button. Upon completion of registration, you will get a notification email from the system and you are ready for submitting your paper. You can upload and re-upload the paper to the system by the submission due date.

Important Dates

Committees

• Dr. Asma Hamissi
  ENSI, University of Manouba, Tunisia
• Dr. XXX
  University of XXX, Country
• Dr. XXX
  University of XXX, Country
• Dr. XXX
  University of XXX, Country
• Dr. XXX
  University of XXX, Country

Contact Information