26TH PHILIPPINE COMPUTINGSCIENCE CONGRESS
April 23 - 25
2026
University of the Immaculate Conception
Davao City
The 26th Philippine Computing Science Congress is organized by the Computing Society of the Philippines to enable local and neighboring computing educators, researchers, information and communications technology (ICT) professionals, and students to interact and share their work in computing, computer science, computational science, and ICT. The conference features special lectures by prominent researchers and educators and contributed papers in ICT, computing, computer science, computational science, and related disciplines.
April 23 - Thursday | Day 1
April 24 - Friday | Day 2
April 25 - Saturday | Day 3
Conference Venue
University of the Immaculate Conception (Bajada Campus), Davao City
The 26th Philippine Computing Science Congress is organized by the Computing Society of the Philippines to enable local and neighboring computing educators, researchers, ICT professionals, and students to interact and share their work.
Submission Portal
Paper Template & Length
Papers should use the prescribed PCSC 2026 template and have a minimum of 6 pages and maximum of 8 pages, including references.
Double-Blind Peer Review Guidelines
- 1Name and affiliation of the Authors must be removed from the submitted manuscript.
- 2Remove any citation and references that contain the Authors. Use [Anonymous, 2008] and blind the reference list.
- 3Do not include acknowledgment and funding sources.
- 4Submitted papers must be original, and not submitted concurrently to a journal or another conference/symposium. Each submitted paper will be peer-reviewed by at least two reviewers and must get an average positive rating for inclusion in the conference program and proceedings.
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.
Mark your calendar for these key deadlines and events for PCSC-UIC 2026
December 2025
Paper Submission for Main Conference Deadline
December 20, 2025
Announcement of Accepted Workshops
December 20, 2025
Call for Workshop Submission Deadline
December 20, 2025
January 2026
Author Notification for Main Conference
January 20, 2026
Workshop Notification
January 20, 2026
February 2026
Early Bird Registration Deadline
February 28, 2026
March 2026
Camera-ready deadline
March 10, 2026
Regular Registration
March 14, 2026
April 2026
Conference Date
April 23-25, 2026
Explore the diverse topics and research areas covered at PCSC 2026
(But are Not Limited to)
Natural Language Processing
Text analysis, language models, machine translation, sentiment analysis, and computational linguistics
Intelligent Systems (AI and Computational Intelligence)
AI and computational intelligence, expert systems, knowledge representation, and reasoning
Affective and Empathic Computing
Emotion recognition, affective computing, human-computer empathy, and social computing
Computational Theory and Algorithms
Algorithm design, complexity analysis, graph theory, optimization, and theoretical computer science
Modeling and Simulation
Mathematical modeling, discrete event simulation, agent-based modeling, and computational physics
Computer Networks
Network protocols, distributed systems, wireless networks, and network security
Ubiquitous and Pervasive Computing
Mobile computing, context-aware systems, Internet of Things, and ambient intelligence
Software Engineering
Software development methodologies, requirements engineering, testing, and maintenance
Databases and Information
Database systems, data management, information retrieval, and knowledge bases
Databases and Information Retrieval Systems
Search engines, recommender systems, content-based retrieval, and multimedia information retrieval
Emerging Areas in Computing
Quantum computing, blockchain, edge computing, bioinformatics, and interdisciplinary applications
Join us at the University of the Immaculate Conception - Bajada Campus, Davao City
Sto. Niño Building
Grade School Department
Immaculate Heart Building
Junior High School Department
Our Lady of Peace Building
Senior High School Department
University of the Immaculate Conception - Bajada Campus
J.P. Laurel Ave, Bajada, Davao City, Philippines
By Air
Fly to Francis Bangoy International Airport (DIA). 12 minutes by taxi or GrabCar to campus.
By Taxi / GrabCar
Search for 'University of the Immaculate Conception – Bajada Campus'. Taxi and ride-sharing services available at airport terminal.
Public Transport
Local jeepney and bus routes stop along J.P. Laurel Ave. Short walk to the campus gate.
Nearby Landmarks
Abreeza Ayala Malls and SM Lanang Premier are within 5–10 minutes for dining and shopping.