Optical (light) microscopy enables acquisition of visual information about samples across spatial, spectral, and temporal dimensions in a noninvasive manner. Throughout its long history, advancements in light microscopy have continuously pushed the limits of the information that can be captured along these dimensions.
Computational microscopy approaches merge the design of hardware (light sources, optics, sensors) with computational algorithms for image reconstruction, enhancement, and analysis. This integration expands the information content beyond that of traditional microscopy and enables new functionalities such as snapshot 3D imaging. Progress in machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI) has further accelerated developments by enabling data-driven optimization. Nevertheless, these methods introduce challenges, especially in life sciences, where collecting and annotating high-quality data is often tedious and difficult to standardize.
It is widely recognized that future advancements in the field will be driven by multidisciplinary research integrating accurate models of image formation involving complex light–matter interactions, precise optics/photonics fabrication, and advanced AI algorithms. Crucially, these components must be jointly developed and tightly coupled to the specific problem or use case at hand. This workshop, thus, aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from Optical & Physical Sciences, Computing Sciences, and Biomedical & Life Sciences to promote collaboration and inspire future innovations in computational microscopy.
Example topics of interest:
Snapshot 3D (volumetric) fluorescence microscopy
Quantitative phase imaging
Computational microscopy with learned optics/illumination
Computational models of tissue optics and scattering
Machine learning for biomedical image reconstruction and analysis
Datasets for microscopy: acquisition, annotation, curation
Paper submission: May 20th, 2026 May 13th, 2026
Notification of acceptance: June 24th, 2026 June 10th, 2026
Camera-ready paper submission: July 8th, 2026 July 1st, 2026
Author registration: July 8th, 2026
See also important dates on the main conference site. All due dates are at the end of day, Anywhere on Earth.
Note: All workshop paper submissions must be initiated on the submission system by May 20, AOE, by providing at least paper title and list of authors. Authors will have the possibility to update/complete their registered submissions until May 27, AOE. New submissions cannot be initiated after May 20; only edits to already‑started submissions will be allowed until May 27. Authors are allowed to modify paper content except paper titles and list of authors.
Submission link: https://icip2026.exordo.com/
Select the Satellite Workshops track, and choose the appropriate workshop from the list of Topics.
We invite prospective authors to submit their original contributions within the scope of computational optical microscopy to the workshop. Example topics of interest can be found above.
Submitted papers must conform to the style, format, and length requirements of the main ICIP 2026 conference. For detailed instructions related to manuscript formatting and templates, please see the Author Kit on the main conference site.
The resubmission of papers after rejection from the main conference, should also include:
Anonymous reviews from the main conference
Authors’ rebuttal
Original ICIP submission
A one-page summary of the revisions made
This information will be made available to the workshop organizers and considered during the subsequent review process. Authors are encouraged to revise and improve their rejected papers before resubmission, taking the main conference reviews into account where appropriate, and to clearly summarize the changes made.
Workshop papers will undergo a double-blind review process. Please refer to the ICIP main track submission guidelines for further details on the double-blind policy. Accepted papers will be published in the IEEE Xplore ICIP 2026 Workshop Proceedings.