[hpc-announce] CALL FOR PAPERS FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS - Special Issue

[Wisser, Grace]

CALL FOR PAPERS FUTURE GENERATION COMPUTER SYSTEMS
Digital Twins and Emerging Technologies for Industrial and Cyber-Physical Systems: From IoT to Decentralized Intelligence
https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/special-issue/328906/digital-twins-and-emerging-technologies-for-industrial-and-cyber-physical-systems-from-iot-to-decentralized-intelligence__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!e06mZjYgoL_BrV9ePqm6_KUcYkKAMyVbrSOkBGhM3ejbTB5yPlmOFZPVG2rypiQq23CB8N0DY8FQxRObB82xN5M$ 
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MOTIVATION AND SCOPE

Overview section: Industrial and cyber-physical systems are undergoing a profound transformation enabled by the convergence of Digital Twin (DT) paradigms, Industrial IoT (IIoT), edge/fog computing, and decentralized intelligence techniques such as federated learning, blockchain coordination, and gossip protocols. These technologies support high-fidelity simulations, real-time monitoring, and secure, data-driven decision-making aacross manufacturing, logistics, energy, and infrastructure networks.

This Special Issue aims to gather cutting-edge research exploring both theoretical advances and applied solutions, with particular emphasis on secure, robust, and intelligent digital infrastructures. While the primary focus remains on industrial domains, we also explicitly welcome contributions addressing complex cyber-physical environments —including urban mobility, city-scale infrastructures, and smart energy systems —when these are treated with approaches transferable to, or interoperable with, industrial and mission-critical settings.

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GUEST EDITORS

Dr. Marcello Pietri (Executive Guest Editor), Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering (DISMI) - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy, marcello.pietri at unimore.it 

Dr. Matteo Martinelli, Department of Sciences and Methods for Engineering (DISMI) - University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio nell’Emilia, Italy, matteo.martinelli at unimore.it 

Prof. Andreas Wortmann, Institute for Control Engineering of Machine Tools and Manufacturing Units (ISW) - University of Stuttgart, Germany, andreas.wortmann at isw.uni-stuttgart.de 

Prof. JaeSeung Song, Department of Computer and Information Security - Sejong University, Sejong, South Korea, jssong at sejong.ac.kr

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IMPORTANT DATES

Submission portal opens: January 15th, 2026

Deadline for paper submission: May 31st, 2026

Latest acceptance deadline for all papers: 30th Nov, 2026


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MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Must have article type/name in EM

The FGCS’s submission system (Editorial Manager®) will be open for submissions to our Special Issue from January 15th, 2026. When submitting your manuscript please select the article type VSI: DT-CPS.

All submissions deemed suitable by the editors to be sent for peer review will be reviewed by at least two independent reviewers. Once your manuscript is accepted, it will go into production to be published in the special issue. 

All manuscripts must conform to the Guide for authors - Future Generation Computer Systems - ISSN 0167-739X | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier. Papers previously published in a conference must have at least 40% new content. The page limit for this special issue is 18 pages.

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MANUSCRIPT FORMATTING GUIDELINES

GUIDE FOR AUTHORS: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.elsevier.com/journals/future-generation-computer-systems/0167-739X/guide-for-authors__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!e06mZjYgoL_BrV9ePqm6_KUcYkKAMyVbrSOkBGhM3ejbTB5yPlmOFZPVG2rypiQq23CB8N0DY8FQxRObzsEQgXk$ 

* Please use Elsevier's Latex Style with "5p, times" option. So your document should start with \documentclass[5p,times]{elsarticle}
* You are recommended to use the Elsevier article class elsarticle.cls (https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://ctan.org/tex-archive/macros/latex/contrib/elsarticle__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!e06mZjYgoL_BrV9ePqm6_KUcYkKAMyVbrSOkBGhM3ejbTB5yPlmOFZPVG2rypiQq23CB8N0DY8FQxROb7wll_Jc$ ) to prepare your manuscript and BibTeX (https://urldefense.us/v3/__http://www.bibtex.org/__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!e06mZjYgoL_BrV9ePqm6_KUcYkKAMyVbrSOkBGhM3ejbTB5yPlmOFZPVG2rypiQq23CB8N0DY8FQxRObUke165w$ ) to generate your bibliography.
* Our LaTeX  (https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.elsevier.com/latex__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!e06mZjYgoL_BrV9ePqm6_KUcYkKAMyVbrSOkBGhM3ejbTB5yPlmOFZPVG2rypiQq23CB8N0DY8FQxRObfVHIodk$ ) site has detailed submission instructions, templates and other information.
* Article submitted to FGCS should be strictly double column, single spaced and limited to 18 pages; including all figures, tables, references.
* A manuscript longer than 18 pages will not be considered for review and returned to author to be revised to the correct format.

To view a complete list of the Call for Papers for Future Generation Computer Systems Journal, visit: https://urldefense.us/v3/__https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/future-generation-computer-systems/about/call-for-papers__;!!G_uCfscf7eWS!e06mZjYgoL_BrV9ePqm6_KUcYkKAMyVbrSOkBGhM3ejbTB5yPlmOFZPVG2rypiQq23CB8N0DY8FQxRObgN7WG3U$ 

Sent on behalf of Michela Taufer, Editor-in-Chief


Grace Wisser
Assistant Director, Global Computing Lab
Assistant to Editor in Chief, FGCS Journal