Important Dates
Paper Submission
May 1, 2026
Work-in-Progress papers
May 31, 2026
Workshops
June 30, 2026
Notification
July 1, 2026
Early Bird
July 31, 2026
Camera Ready
July 17, 2026
Conference
September 9 – 11, 2026
SS-01. Mathematical methods in optimal control
Nathalie Khalil, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto – Research Center for Systems & Technologies SYSTEC, Portugal, nathalie@fe.up.pt
Roman Chertovskih, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Research Center for Systems & Technologies SYSTEC, Portugal, roman@fe.up.pt
SS-02. Hybrid Techniques Applied to Modelling and Control of Complex Electromechanical Systems
Matilde Santos, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain, msantos@ucm.es
Jesús Enrique Sierra-García, Universidad de Burgos, Spain, jesierra@ubu.es
María Tomás-Rodríguez, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain, mtomas05@ucm.es
SS-03. Geometric Control and Mechanics of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
Anthony Bloch, Department of Mathematics, University of Michigan, USA, abloch@umich.edu
Leonardo Colombo, Centre for Automation and Robotics, CSIC, Spain, leonardo.colombo@csic.es
David Martín de Diego, Institute of Mathematical Sciences, CSIC, Spain, david.martin@icmat.es
SS-04. Geometric and Riemannian Methods for Data Analysis and Optimization
Knut Hüper, Mathematisches Institut, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg,
knut.hueper@uni-wuerzburg.de
Luís Machado, University of Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal & Institute of Systems and Robotics – Coimbra, Portugal, lmiguel@utad.pt
SS-05. Incremental Learning for Prediction and Control under Nonstationarity (Evolving, Intelligent, and Learning-based Systems)
Daniel Leite, University of Paderborn, Germany, daniel.leite@uni-paderborn.de
Igor Skrjanc, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia, igor.skrjanc@fe.uni-lj.si
Jerome Mendes, University of Coimbra, Portugal, jerome.mendes@uc.pt
Fernando Gomide, University of Campinas, Brazil, gomide@unicamp.br
SS-06. Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Modeling, Optimization and Control of Complex Systems
Francisco Zayas-Gato, University of A Coruña, f.zayas.gato@udc.es
Álvaro Michelena, University of A Coruña, alvaro.michelena@udc.es
Esteban Jove, University of A Coruña, esteban.jove@udc.es
José Luis Calvo Rolle, University of A Coruña, jose.rolle@udc.es
SS-07. Human-Robot Interaction and Collaboration
Laura Duarte, University of Coimbra, Portugal, laura.duarte@dem.uc.pt
Michele Polito, Politecnico di Torino, Italy, michele.polito@polito.it
SS-08. PhAIRoS: Physical AI in Intelligent Robotic Systems
Tiago Barros, University of Coimbra, Portugal, tiagobarros@isr.uc.pt
Cristiano Permebida, Universidade of Coimbra, Portugal, cpremebida@isr.uc.pt
Luís Garrote, Universidade of Coimbra, Portugal, garrote@isr.uc.pt
Shuoyuan Xu, Loughborough University, UK, s.xu2@lboro.ac.uk
Iago Gomes, Federal University of São Carlos, Brazil, iagogomes@ufscar.edu
SS-09. Operational Research and Optimisation
Samuel Moniz, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra, Portugal, samuel.moniz@dem.uc.pt
Filipe Alvelos, School of Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal, falvelos@dps.uminho.pt
SS-10. Human-Centric Cyber-Physical Systems: Intelligent Control, Robotics, and AI for Industry and Society
Fernando Cassola Marques, INESC TEC, fernando.c.marques@inesctec.pt
Rui Pinto, SYSTEC-FEUP, rpinto@fe.up.pt
João Ruivo Paulo, Institute of Systems and Robotics, University of Coimbra, jpaulo@isr.uc.pt
José Barata Oliveira, NOVA FCT, jab@uninova.pt
Luís Ferreira, CEMMPRE, University of Coimbra, luis.ferreira@dem.uc.pt
Cristóvão Silva, CEMMPRE, University of Coimbra, cristovao.silva@dem.uc.pt
Matthias Thürer, Chemnitz University of Technology, matthias.thuerer@mb.tu-chemnitz.de