2026 IEEE International Conference on Big Data

Sheraton Phoenix Downtown

Dec 14 - 18, 2026

Sheraton Phoenix Downtown

Phoenix, United States

Dec 14 - 18, 2026

Phoenix, United States

About the Conference

The 2026 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2026) will continue the success of the previous IEEE Big Data conferences. It will provide a leading forum for disseminating the latest results in Big Data Research, Development, and Applications. Since its inception in 2013, the IEEE Big Data conference series has established itself as the premier global forum for the big data community. As data continues to redefine the boundaries of science, healthcare, finance, and social infrastructure, IEEE BigData 2026 provides a vital platform for researchers and practitioners to share groundbreaking results and emerging applications.

Subject Areas

Big Data Science and Foundations Big Data Infrastructure Big Data Management Big Data Search and Mining Data Ecosystem Foundation Models for Big Data Big Data Applications Big Data for Science Big Data Benchmarks Big Data BlueSky Ideas

Important Dates

2026-08-21 Electronic submission of full papers CLOSED

2026-10-24 Notification of paper acceptance NEXT

2026-11-14 Camera-ready of accepted papers

2026-12-14 Conference · Dec 14-17, 2026

Call For Papers

Big Data Science and Foundations

New Data Standards Data and Information Quality for Big Data New Computational Models for Big Data Novel Theoretical Models for Big Data

Big Data Infrastructure

Software Systems to Support Big Data Computing New Programming Models for Big Data beyond Hadoop /MapReduce, STORM Big Data Open Platforms Software Techniques and Architectures in Cloud /Grid /Stream Computing Programming Models and Environments for Cluster, Cloud, and Grid Computing to Support Big Data Energy-efficient Computing for Big Data Autonomic Computing and Cyber-infrastructure, System Architectures, Design and Deployment High Performance /Parallel Computing Platforms for Big Data Cloud /Grid /Stream Computing for Big Data

Big Data Management

Compliance and Governance for Big Data Multimedia and Multi-structured Data- Big Variety Data Mobility and Big Data Cloud/Grid/Stream Data Mining- Big Velocity Data Large-scale Recommendation Systems and Social Media Systems Computational Modeling and Data Integration Data Acquisition, Integration, Cleaning, and Best Practices

Big Data Search and Mining

Search and Mining of a variety of data, including scientific and engineering, multimedia data. social, sensor /IoT /IoE, and

Data Ecosystem

Experimental studies of fairness, diversity, accountability, and transparency Ecosystem assessment, valuation, and sustainability Trust management in Big Data systems Privacy preserving Big Data collection/analytics Trust, resilience, privacy, and security issues Methods for data exchange, monetization, and pricing Ecosystem services and management Data concepts, theory, structure, and process

Foundation Models for Big Data

Foundation Model Operationalization for multiple users Prompt Engineering and its Management Big data management for prompt-tuning Big data management for fine-tuning Big data management for pre-training

Big Data Applications

Complex Big Data Domain Applications in Engineering, Human Resources, Cybersecurity, Industrial IoT, Media and Entertainment, Telecommunication, Advertising, Marketing, Supply Chains, Retailing, Transportation, Logistics, Education, Law, Business, Finance, Urban Planning, Smart Cities

Big Data for Science

Science Knowledge Foundation Models AI-accelerated Simulations and Modeling AI-Ready Scientific Big Data Systems and Analysis Medicine and Health Science Chemical Engineering and Synthetic Biology Materials Informatics Geospatial and Planetary Analytics Climate and Earth Sciences Genomics and Bioinformatics, Structural Biology Science Computational Astrophysics AI-Driven Scientific Discovery in Physical Sciences

Big Data Benchmarks

Responsible Dataset Development Advanced Collection and Curation Practices Data-Centric AI Methods, Tools, and Systems Data Generators and Synthetic Environments Benchmarking Tools and Platforms Benchmarks and Evaluation Frameworks New Datasets and Collections

Big Data BlueSky Ideas

Novel Interdisciplinary Synthesis Paradigm-Shifting Applications Foundational Assumption Challenges New Algorithmic Opportunities Complex and Hard Problem Solving Trending, Emerging, Bold, or Visionary Concepts

Publication & Indexing

PublisherIEEE

ProceedingsIEEE Big Data 2026 main conference proceedings

Conference Organization

Organized by

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

Committee

General Co-chairs

Huan Liu

Arizona State University

Shashi Shekhar

University of Minnesota

Program Co-chairs

Alfredo Cuzzocrea

University of Calabria, Italy

Yanjie Fu

Arizona State University

Ranga Raju Vatsavai

North Carolina State University

Industry and Government Program Cochairs

Haifeng Chen

NEC Laboratories America

Siva Ravada

Oracle

Vision Forum & Panel Co-chairs

Wei Ding

University of Massachusetts Boston

Vagelis Papalexakis

University of California, Riverside

Xingquan Zhu

Florida Atlantic University

Tutorial Cochairs

Feng Chen

The University of Texas at Dallas

Yongfeng Zhang

Rutgers University

Women in Science Research Forum Cochairs

Juhua Hu

University of Washington Tacoma

Jing Ma

Case Western Reserve University

Fanny Ye

University of Notre Dame

Workshop Cochairs

Wei Hua

Arizona State University

Pengyang Wang

University of Macau

Yiqun Xie

University of Maryland

Proceedings Co-Chairs

Yi He

College of William & Mary

Chuxu Zhang

University of Connecticut

Undergraduate and REU Consortium Co-Chairs

Dongjin Song

University of Connecticut

Dawei Zhou

Virginia Tech

High School Symposium Co-chairs

Kunpeng Liu

Clemson University

Huazheng Wang

Oregon State University

Student Travel Award Co-Chairs

Kaize Ding

Northwestern University

Yongkai Wu

Clemson University

PhD Forum Co-Chairs

Jindong Wang

College of William & Mary

Chen Zhao

Baylor University

Student Volunteer Co-Chairs

Zhiqian Chen

Mississippi State University

Kaixun Hua

University of South Florida

Zhaozhuo Xu

Stevens Institute of Technology Institute of Technology

Finance Cochairs

Jing Dai

Google

Zijun Yao

University of Kansas

Registration Co-Chairs

Jingchao Ni

University of Houston

Li Zhang

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

New Faculty Highlights Co-Chairs

Chang-Tien Lu

Virginia Tech

Dongkuan Xu

North Carolina State University

Big Data Cup Challenges Co-chairs

Jin Fang

George Washington University

Linsey Pang

Paypal

Denghui Zhang

Stevens Institute of Technology Institute of Technology

Local Arrangement Cochairs

Vivek Gupta

Arizona State University

Satya Parupudi

Arizona State University

Jin Wang

Arizona State University

Demonstration Cochairs

Emre Eftelioglu

Amazon

Kaiyi Ji

University at Buffalo

Lu Zhang

University of Arkansas

Poster CoChairs

Mengdi Huai

Iowa State University

Lu Jiang

Dalian Maritime University

Runlong Yu

University of Alabama

Publicity, Media, and Communications Co-Chairs

Jian Kang

University of Rochester & Mohamed bin Zayed University of Artificial Intelligence

Lihui Liu

Wayne State University

Dongjie Wang

University of Kansas

Web Cochairs

Wei Fan

The University of Auckland

Pengfei Wang

Chinese Academy of Sciences

Sponsorship Co-Chairs

Ashwin Shashidharan

Environmental Systems Research Institute

Liang Wu

Nokia USA Head of Applied Research

Future Faculty Hilights CoChairs

Chunwei Liu

Purdue University

John Paparrizos

The Ohio State University & Aristotle University of Thessaloniki

Yue Zhao

University of Southern California

PC Vice Co-Chairs

Varun Chandola

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York

Prakhar Mehrotra

Paypal

Jiajia Li

North Carolina State University

Chiara Renso

Institute of Information Science and Technologies "Alessandro Faedo", The National Research Council of Italy

Selcuk Candan

Arizona State University

Rada Chirkova

North Carolina State University

Ahmed Eldawy

University of California, Riverside

Wanfu Gao

Jilin University

Xiaorui Liu

North Carolina State University

Victor Sheng

Texas Tech University

Biplav Srivastava

University of South Carolina

Yalin Wang

Arizona State University

Dongxiao Zhu

Wayne State University

Krishna Gadiraju

Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Yong Ge

University of Arizona

Sanjay Madria

Missouri University of Science and Technology

Suhang Wang

Pennsylvania State University

Hao Liu

the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (Guangzhou)

Dalton Lunga

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Meng Jiang

University of Notre Dame

Zhe Jiang

University of Florida

Abolfazl Asudeh

University of Illinois Chicago

Farnoush Banaei-Kashani

University of Colorado Denver

Xiaowei Jia

University of Pittsburgh

Li Liu

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Lijing Wang

New Jersey Institute of Technology