Call for
Papers
We are delighted to invite you to the Fourth International Conference on Agriculture-Centric Computation (ICA 2026), hosted by IIT Ropar, Punjab, India.
Theme: AI Meets Farm – Digital Agriculture for a Sustainable Future
The inaugural ICA was held at IIT Ropar in May 2023, with selected papers published in Springer CCIS. Since then, ICA has established itself as a premier platform for researchers, practitioners, and policymakers exploring the transformative role of computation and system architectures in agriculture.
We invite authors to submit original research papers, tutorials, and demos on agriculture-centric computation, architectures, and knowledge systems. Topics include, but are not limited to:
Topics of Interest
Research tracks are organized into three strategic tiers reflecting the scope of agriculture-centric computation.
Activity-level Computational Innovations
Farm-level tasks and automation
- Algorithms and architectures for IoT-based sensing, control, and actuation
- Real-time computation for drone/robot navigation, path-planning, and spraying operations
- Computer vision and deep learning pipelines for plant stress detection and phenotyping
- Edge-computing frameworks for localized analytics and micro-advisory services
- Secure, lightweight computation for farmer-controlled data sharing
- Knowledge-driven advisory systems powered by ontologies for task-specific decision support
Process-level Computational Innovations
Enhancing cultivation and supply chains
- AI/ML models for crop yield prediction, disease diagnostics, and risk assessment
- Predictive analytics and optimization algorithms for irrigation, soil health, and nutrient management
- Cloud/edge hybrid architectures for scalable agriculture platforms
- Computational modeling and simulation of crop growth, livestock, and aquaculture processes
- Blockchain protocols and smart contracts for trusted logistics, payments, and cooperative operations
- Agriculture ontologies and semantic knowledge bases for interoperability across platforms and datasets
- Knowledge graphs for integrating heterogeneous agricultural information sources
Ecosystem-level Computational Innovations
Large-scale systems, resilience, and governance
- Computational models for price prediction, demand forecasting, and digital marketplace optimization
- Algorithms and architectures for supply–demand balancing, logistics, and resilience planning
- Climate-smart agriculture simulations and system architectures for large-scale food security analysis
- Crisis-response computation for resilient agricultural ecosystems under disruptions
- Policy informatics and decision-support architectures for governments, cooperatives, and NGOs
- Agri-FinTech computations for secure micro-credit, insurance, and digital transactions
- Social computing algorithms for trust-building, reputation modeling, and collaborative decision-making
- Privacy-preserving computation, federated learning, and data governance architectures
- Ontology-driven knowledge bases and reasoning engines for agricultural ecosystems
Submission Guidelines
Originality & Format
Submissions must be original, unpublished work. Papers should follow the Springer CCIS template (approx. 12-15 pages for full papers).
Blind Review
ICA 2026 employs a double-blind review process. Ensure your manuscript is anonymized before uploading.
Publication
All accepted papers will be published in Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). The request has been submitted to Springer.
Ready to contribute?
Submission portal details will be announced soon. Stay tuned for updates.
Springer CCIS Series
All accepted papers will be published in Springer Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). The request has been submitted to Springer.
Important Dates
We warmly invite researchers, architects, practitioners, and policymakers to contribute and participate in ICA 2026. Please share this announcement with colleagues and collaborators working at the intersection of computing, agriculture, and sustainability.
— Organizing Committee, ICA 2026