ACM SAC 2027
5th Intelligent Systems for Digital Era (ISDE)
The 42nd ACM/SIGAPP Symposium On Applied Computing
April 5-9, 2027   Gwangju, South Korea

SAC 2027

For the past 40 years, the ACM Symposium on Applied Computing (SAC) has been a primary gathering forum for applied computer scientists, computer engineers, software engineers, and application developers from around the world. ACM SAC has been sponsored by the Special Interest Group on Applied Computing (SIGAPP). The conference proceedings are published by ACM and available online through ACM's Digital Library (Open Access).

SAC 2027 will be held on April 5-9, 2027 in Gwangju, South Korea. For additional information, please visit the above official ACM SAC 2027 web site.

Intelligent Systems for Digital Era (ISDE) track - Call for Papers

Humanity is navigating a profound digital transformation in which emerging technologies create significant growth opportunities for businesses and new possibilities for individuals and society. Advances in computing power, cloud infrastructure, mobile platforms, and ubiquitous connectivity have shifted many tasks from fixed desktop environments to always-connected, intelligent devices and services. At the same time, automation, data-driven systems, and artificial intelligence are reshaping how people work, learn, communicate, and make decisions. As these technologies become embedded in everyday life, their design and deployment must increasingly emphasize trustworthiness, human agency, inclusiveness, privacy, security, and societal well-being.

The Intelligent Systems for the Digital Era (ISDE) track focuses on the development and application of intelligent systems across diverse areas of life, with the aim of addressing everyday challenges and improving the functioning of society. It covers recent advances in information and communication technologies (ICT), digitalisation, sensor technologies, process automation, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence (AI), and related fields. The track welcomes contributions that explore how intelligent systems can support the ongoing transformation towards a digital society. Particular emphasis is placed on systems that take a holistic and human-centred view of this transformation, contributing to a more trustworthy, inclusive, secure, and sustainable digital world. Relevant application areas include, but are not limited to, manufacturing, healthcare, transportation, business processes, e-government, and digital public services. Researchers and practitioners from academia, industry, and the public sector are invited to submit theoretical, technical, and practical papers addressing intelligent systems, their applications, and the sociotechnical issues related to their design, development, deployment, and societal impact.

Topics of interest:

  • Digitalization and Automation for Enterprise Ecosystems
  • Digital Transformation and Digitalisation for Societies (e.g., commerce, manufacturing, healthcare, civil engineering, marine, transportation, etc.)
  • Smart Life Ecosystems (e.g., smart cities, digital twins, human-machine interaction, etc.)
  • Trustworthy and Human-Centred Computing
  • Advanced Socio Cyber Physical Systems
  • Application of Soft Computing in Intelligent Systems
  • Assistive Robot Technologies
  • Artificial Agents and Smart Systems
  • Advancements in e-governance and e-commerce
  • Systems Engineering for Intelligent Systems
  • Data Science and Decision Support Systems for Social Good
  • Sociotechnical Problems of Digitalization
  • Intelligent Systems, Platforms and Infrastructures

Student Research Competition (SRC) Program

SRC program provides graduate students the opportunity to meet and exchange ideas with researchers and practitioners in their areas of interest. Graduate students are invited to submit research abstracts (single author, maximum of 3 pages in ACM camera-ready format) following the instructions published on the SAC 2027 website. Submission of the same abstract to multiple tracks is not allowed. Electronic submission of SRC papers.

All research abstract submissions will be reviewed by researchers and practitioners with expertise in the track focus area to which they are submitted. Authors of selected abstracts will have the opportunity to give poster and oral presentations of their work and compete for three top-winning places. More about the SRC program...

Submission

Original unpublished research papers, application experience papers, and reports of success stories/innovation on digital transformation and intelligent systems are invited on the topics above (but not limited). Submitted papers must be original contributions and must not be accepted or submitted elsewhere until the decision is received.

Each submitted paper will undergo a double-blind review process by at least three reviewers. Therefore, remove any author names and any other information that might divulge authors' identity from the paper. Self-reference should be in the third person.
Submissions of fewer than four (4) pages that do not demonstrate substantial contributions may be subject to desk rejection without external review.
Please note that a paper cannot be submitted to more than one track!

Electronic submission of Regular Papers

Accepted papers will be published in the ACM SAC 2027 proceedings. The camera-ready version of the accepted paper should be prepared using the ACM double-column format according to the guidelines given on the SAC 2027 web site. Accepted full papers (regular papers) should be 6-8 pages in a double column format (with the option to add 2 extra pages at an extra cost). The maximum allowable length is ten (10) pages. ORCID is required for all authors of an accepted paper.

Papers that received high reviews (that is acceptable by reviewer standards) but were not accepted due to space limitation will be invited for the poster session. The length of the poster is 2 pages (with the option to add 1 at an extra cost).

DO NOTE! Paper registration is required, allowing the inclusion of the paper/poster in the conference proceedings. An author or a proxy attending SAC MUST present the paper. This is a requirement for the paper/poster to be included in the ACM digital library. No-show of registered papers and posters will result in excluding them from the ACM digital library.

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Important Dates

  • October 2, 2026 (EST): Submission of regular papers and SRC research abstracts
  • November 13, 2026: Notification of papers and posters and SRC acceptance/rejection
  • November 28, 2026: Camera-ready copies of accepted papers
  • December 5, 2026: Authors Registration due

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