Federated Intelligence and Digital Twins for Autonomous Systems and IoT

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The FIDTA 2026 workshop provides a dedicated forum for research at the intersection of Federated Learning (FL) and Digital Twin (DT) technologies within distributed, mobile, and resource-constrained networked environments.

As IoT infrastructures, autonomous systems, mobile robots, and cyber-physical networks become increasingly widespread, new solutions are needed to address dynamic topologies, privacy constraints, real-time decision-making, and limited computational resources without relying on centralized architectures.

FIDTA 2026 builds on the momentum of its inaugural 2025 edition at ACM MobiHoc 2025, expanding the discussion toward agentic AI, large-scale edge deployments, AI-native network architectures, and federated digital twin pipelines.

Submission Guidelines

A full paper should not exceed 6 pages (US letter size) double column including figures, tables, and references in standard ACM format. Papers must be submitted electronically in printable PDF form via the workshop’s website. Templates for the standard ACM format can be found at this link.

ACM Open Access Publishing Model

Important update on ACMs new open access publishing model for 2026 ACM Conferences!

Starting January 1, 2026, ACM will fully transition to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access. Authors will have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). With over 2,600 institutions already part of ACM Open, the majority of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require APCs from authors or conferences (currently, around 76%).

Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open will need to pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial waiver. To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions in ACM Open and review the policy on discretionary open access apc waivers. Keep in mind that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM.

Understanding that this change could present financial challenges, ACM has approved a temporary subsidy for 2026 to ease the transition and allow more time for institutions to join ACM Open. The subsidized prices are as follows:

• $250 APC for ACM/SIG members
• $350 for non-members

This represents a 65% discount, funded directly by ACM. Authors are encouraged to help advocate for their institutions to join ACM Open during this transition period.

This temporary subsidized pricing will apply to all conferences scheduled for 2026.