Workshop on Water Supply Systems of the Future (WATERDEAL)
Organized in the scope of the 12th IEEE International Smart Cities Conference 2026, 27-30 October 2026, Porto, Portugal. https://dei.fe.up.pt/ieee-isc2-2026/
The workshop aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, utility operators, technology providers, and policymakers to discuss emerging challenges and opportunities in the design, operation, and management of next-generation Water Supply Systems (WSS). It will focus on the digital transformation of water infrastructures through advances in sensing, communications, cyber-physical systems, digital twins, and Artificial Intelligence.
The workshop particularly welcomes contributions on the modelling and representation of future WSS, communication architectures and cyber-physical representations enabling real-time interaction between physical assets and digital platforms, as well as AI-driven data processing, machine learning, and federated learning techniques for monitoring, prediction, optimization, and decision support. Our goal is to foster interdisciplinary dialogue towards smarter, more sustainable, secure, and resilient urban water infrastructures.
Topics of interest
- Digital twins for Water Supply Systems
- Modelling and representation of future WSS
- Smart water infrastructures and cyber-physical systems
- Communication architectures for water networks
- IoT sensing and monitoring for WSS
- Data integration and interoperability in water systems
- AI and Machine Learning for water management
- Federated learning for distributed water intelligence
- Predictive maintenance and asset management
- Real-time analytics and decision support systems
- Resilience, sustainability, and climate adaptation in WSS
- Security and privacy in smart water infrastructures
Important information
- Paper Submission Deadline: 17 August 2026 (final extension)
- Notification of acceptance: 4 September 2026
- Camera-ready submission deadline: 15 September 2026
- Submission (EDAS): https://edas.info/newPaper.php?c=35277&track=139255, please select Workshop: W14 – Water Supply Systems of the Future (WATERDEAL)
- Paper Length: 4–5 pages in IEEE two-column conference format. One additional sixth page is permitted, subject to the applicable extra page fee.
- Review Process: All submissions will undergo an independent single-blind peer-review process, receiving at least three reviews before a final acceptance or rejection decision.
Workshop chairs
- Ioannis Chatzigiannakis, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
- Rodolfo Oliveira, Nova University of Lisbon & Instituto de Telecomunicações, Portugal
- Georgios Mylonas, Athena Research Center, Greece
- Tiziana Cattai, Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
Technical Committee Members
- Domenico Garlisi, University of Palermo, Italy
- Antonino Pagano, University of Palermo, Italy
- Dimitrios Amaxilatis, SparkWorks Ltd., Ireland
- Krzystof Grochla, Institute of Theoretical and Applied Informatics, Polish Academy of Sciences