IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2026) Call for Papers

Call for Papers
IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2026)
Rome, Italy  September 1-4, 2026
Website: https://ijcb2026.ieee-biometrics.org

The IEEE International Joint Conference on Biometrics (IJCB 2026) is
the premier international forum for cutting-edge research in
biometrics and related areas. IJCB brings together two major
conferences — the IEEE Biometrics Theory, Applications, and Systems
(BTAS) and the IAPR International Conference on Biometrics (ICB) —
and is sponsored by the IEEE Biometrics Council and the IAPR Technical
Committee on Biometrics (TC-4).

We invite submissions of original and unpublished research papers
addressing theoretical advances, applications, and interdisciplinary
developments in biometrics. Submissions under review elsewhere will
not be considered.

Topics of Interest
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following areas:

- Biometric modalities: face, fingerprint, iris, palmprint, vein,
periocular, ear, voice, gait, signature, touch dynamics, behavioral
biometrics

- Deepfake detection and AI-generated content verification

- Multimodal and multispectral biometric systems

- Presentation Attack Detection (PAD) and anti-spoofing techniques

- Template security and privacy protection: encryption, secure
storage, anonymization, differential privacy

- Bias, fairness, explainability, and transparency in biometric
systems

- Machine learning for biometrics: deep learning, transfer learning,
continual learning, efficient/compact models, transformers

- Evaluation protocols and benchmarking, performance modeling, new
datasets and large-scale studies

- Biometrics in forensics and law enforcement, large-scale
identification, border control

- Emerging applications: IoT, wearable devices, mobile biometrics,
healthcare, human-computer interaction

- Ethical, legal, and societal implications: compliance with
regulations (GDPR, AI Act), human rights, societal acceptance

Submission Guidelines

- Manuscripts must be in English and formatted according to the IEEE
conference template.

- Maximum length: 8 pages (excluding references).

- The review process will be double-blind. Authors must remove all
personally identifying information, including names and affiliations.

- Submissions must be made electronically via the conference
submission portal, which will be available on the official IJCB 2026
website.  Accepted papers will be published in IEEE Xplore, provided
they meet IEEE’s publication and quality standards.

Important Dates
Full paper submission               April 10, 2026
Notification of paper acceptance    June  10, 2026
Camera-ready paper submission       July  10, 2026