GUIDELINES TO PAPER SUBMISSIONS
Paper Format
The submitted paper must be formatted according to the guidelines of Procedia Computer Science, MS Word Template, Latex, Template Generic, and Elsevier.
Paper Length
Submitted technical papers must be no longer than 6 pages, including all figures, tables and references.
Paper Submission
Authors are requested to submit their papers electronically using the online conference management system in PDF format before the deadline (see Important Dates).
The submission processes will be managed by easychair.org. If you have used this system before, you can use the same username and password. If this is your first time using EasyChair, you will need to register for an account by clicking "I have no EasyChair account" button. Upon completion of registration, you will get a notification email from the
system and you are ready to submit your paper. You can upload and re-upload the paper to the system by the submission due date.
Publication
PDF 2026 is running in conjunction with the 17th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2026).
The conference proceedings will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series.
Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on www.Elsevier.com and on the Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceedings Citation Index (https://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/).
All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com). This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (https://dblp.uni-trier.de/). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings.
Important Date
Paper Submission: November 12, 2025
Acceptance Notification: January 7, 2026
Final Manuscript Due: February 1, 2026