10th EAI International Conference on Smart Grid and Innovative Frontiers in Telecommunications FULLY ONLINE, Deadline: June 15, 2026

10th EAI International Conference on Smart Grid and Innovative Frontiers in Telecommunications (SmartGIFT)
FULLY ONLINE FORMAT
https://smartgiftconf.eai-conferences.org/2026/
November 12-13, 2026
Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit an extended version to: Wireless Networks (WINET) Journal [IF: 2.1 (2024)]
All accepted authors are eligible to submit an extended version in a fast track of: EAI Endorsed Transactions on Mobile Communications and Applications (Open Access) (No APC apply)
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You are invited to contribute your work to EAI SmartGIFT 2026! EAI SmartGIFT 2026 focuses on Smart Grid and Innovative Frontiers in Telecommunications and is a leading conference within EAI’s core portfolio. This year, we are hosting EAI SmartGIFT in a fully online format!
The smart grid is the next-generation electrical grid, which will enable the smart integration of conventional, renewable, and distributed power generation, energy storage, transmission, and distribution, and demand management. The benefits of smart grids include enhanced reliability and resilience, higher intelligence and optimized control, decentralized operation, higher operational efficiency, more efficient demand management, and better power quality.  However, the large-scale deployment of smart grids without proper utilization can create a new dimension of threats, particularly in critical infrastructure that is highly dependent on electricity availability. Modern telecommunications will play a vital role in the smart grid, as many of its operations and applications require vast amounts of information to be communicated between entities in real time for timely monitoring and control. Beyond smart grids, telecommunications are also an important enabler of human-to-human, human-to-machine, and machine-to-machine connectivity in other smart systems such as smart buildings, transportation, and healthcare. These connections and interactions between networked entities will enable the seamless provision of a wide variety of new services, enabling a secure, convenient, comfortable, and sustainable way of life in future smart cities.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following:
Smart Grid:

  1.  Resilient and robust control for recovery of smart grid
  2.  Flexibility and self-healing capability of smart grid
  3.  Electric vehicle systems for smart grid
  4.  Smart grid system architecture
  5.  Smart grid electricity markets
  6.  Decentralized decision making for smart grid
  7.  Phishing analytic and system security for smart grid
  8.  Microgrid and islanding applications and operations
  9.  Quality-of-Service (QoS), energy-efficiency, and fault tolerance in smart grid systems
  10. Resource management of smart grid systems
  11. Smart grid infrastructural dependencies
  12. Distributed control and efficient optimization methods for smart grid
  13. Modelling and simulation of smart grid
  14. Data analytics, sensing, processing, and communication techniques for smart grid
  15. Management techniques for distributed energy generation and storage
  16. Energy storage technologies for smart grid

Telecommunications:

  1.  Physical and MAC layer protocols, low-power link-layer technologies (PLC and wireless)
  2.  Resource management and cross-layer optimization
  3.  Multi-hop communication and mesh networking
  4.  Scalable network and system architecture (e.g., FAN, HAN, NAN, and BAN)
  5.  Lightweight IP networking stacks for constrained devices
  6.  Communication protocols for real-time information collection and control applications
  7.  Data models and communication-aware data management solutions
  8.  Coexistence, convergence, and interoperability mechanisms
  9.  Signal processing and coding techniques for energy-related sensor information
  10. 5G and beyond enabling technologies, innovative applications and services
  11. Microwave and millimeter-wave passive and active devices
  12. Radio frequency-based sensing and energy harvesting
  13. Integrated sensing and communications
  14. V2X communication for connected autonomous vehicles
  15. Optical-wireless integration in backhaul and access networks
  16. Radiometric fingerprinting for security of wireless devices
  17. Software-defined wireless networks
  18. Internet of things for smart cities


Papers should be submitted through the EasyChair system and must comply with the Springer format. Regular papers should be up to 12-20 pages in length. Short papers should be 6-11 pages in length. All conference papers undergo a thorough peer review process prior to the final decision and publication.
Formatting instructions and templates are available at: https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines

Submission Link:  https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=eaismartgift2026

 *** Important dates ***
Cycle 2 Paper Submission Deadline: June 15, 2026
 Acceptance Notification: July 15, 2026
 Camera Ready Deadline: August 15, 2026

*** Key Organizers ***
 General Chair
 Eirini Eleni Tsiropoulou (Arizona State University, USA)

TPC Chairs
 Aris Leivadeas (École de technologie supérieure, Canada)
Subhash Lakshminarayana (University of Warwick, UK)


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Dimitrios Michael Manias, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Director - Adaptive and Emerging Gnosis for
Intelligent Systems and Networks (AEGIS-N) Lab

Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Mississippi State University

Butler Hall, Rm. 330

662-325-8424

[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>

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