The 11th China National Conference on Big Data and Social Computing (BDSC 2026), which is organized by the Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI) and co-hosted by the CAAI Technical Committee on Social Computing and Social Intelligence (SCSI) and Chongqing University, will be held in Chongqing, China, from July 24 to 26, 2026. The theme of BDSC 2026 is “Towards Human-Machine Symbiosis in Social Computing.” With the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence, we are moving from the stage of intelligent tool assistance to a new era of deep integration and co-evolution between humans and machine intelligence, a true human-machine symbiosis. This profound transformation brings both unprecedented challenges and opportunities to the theoretical foundations, methodological innovations, and application paradigms of social computing. BDSC 2026 welcomes academic papers from across the country in this emerging and interdisciplinary field. The conference aims to explore fundamental scientific questions in the context of human-machine symbiosis, including but not limited to: decision-making mechanisms and collective intelligence in human-machine collaboration; social cognition and ethical frameworks for human-machine trust; social behaviors and interaction patterns in cyber-physical spaces; and novel governance models and applications for symbiotic societies. The conference seeks to foster the exchange of cutting-edge research ideas, identify key scientific challenges, and envision a future blueprint for social computing that promotes harmony between humans and intelligent systems, contributing to the sustainable integration of technological progress and social development.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The conference will organize experts to conduct a double-blind review of all submitted papers. Outstanding papers in English will be compiled into a collection and published by Springer Publishing House. Excellent papers in Chinese will be recommended for publication in journals such as “Journal of Computer Research and Development (SI),” “Computer Science,” “Intelligent Society Research,” and “Journal of Intelligent Science and Technology.” All accepted papers will be presented in the form of dedicated posters for communication, and on-site awards will be given for “Best Paper” and “Most Popular Paper.”

Submission link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bdsc2026

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Important Dates

All deadlines are at 11:59pm in the Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone.

• Submission Deadline: March 25, 2026
• Paper Notifications: April 25, 2026
• Camera Ready Deadline: May 10, 2026
• Conference Date: July 24-26, 2026

List of Topics

Track 1: Social Computing Foundations & Human-Machine Symbiosis

• Paradigms of Social Computing for Human-Machine Symbiosis
• Collective Intelligence and Human-Machine Collaboration Mechanisms
• Knowledge Generation and Dissemination in Human-Machine Collaboration
• Human-Machine Empathy in Multimodal Interaction
• Human-Machine Co-Creation and Innovation Ecosystems
• Virtual Humans and Digital Personas in Society
• Legal and Policy Frameworks for Human-Machine Symbiosis
• Artificial Intelligence and Cognitive Science
• Artificial Intelligence and Population Development

Track 2: Modeling, Systems Engineering & Behavioral Analytics

• Modeling and Simulation of Social Systems
• Computational Social Systems and Systems Engineering
• Social Networks and Collective Behavior
• Human Mobility Computing and Applications
• Social Geography and Urban Computing
• Metaverse and Social Computing

Track 3: Digital Governance, Public Policy & Platform Regulation

• Digital Government and Public Big Data
• Digital Transformation of Social Governance
• Digital Platform Construction and Governance
• Digital Society and Public Security
• Governance of Intelligent Algorithms on the Internet
• Policy Practices for Digital Transformation
• Smart Judiciary: Transformations and Challenges

Track 4: Urban Computing, Sustainability & Resilient Societies

• Resilient Governance of Megacities
• Urbanization and Digital Governance
• Digital Technologies and Social Resilience
• Low-Carbon Economy and Green Innovation
• Climate Change and Energy Policy
• Digital Technologies and Sustainable Development

Track 5: Data Governance, Privacy, Ethics & Infrastructure

• Data Ownership, Pricing, and Circulation
• Data Ethics and Privacy Protection
• Digital Infrastructure and Intelligent Society

Committees

Program Committee

• Tao Xiang (Chongqing University)
• Guoyin Wang (Chongqing Normal University)
• Tao Zhou (University of Electronic Science and Technology of China)
• Linjiang Zheng (Chongqing University)
• Zi Li (Chongqing Technology and Business University)
• Pinghui Wang (Xi'an Jiaotong University)

Organizing committee

• Jiang Zhong (Chongqing University)
• Tao Jia (Chongqing Normal University)
• Xiaolin Zhou (East China Normal University)
• Yang Yue (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
• Jiaxing Shang (Chongqing University)
• Chunyan An (Inner Mongolia University)
• Xuefeng Chen (Chongqing University)
• Shaoguo Cui (Chongqing Normal University)
• Yingnan Cong (China University of Political Science and Law)
• Youzhong Ma (Luoyang Normal University)
• Dongsheng Zou (Chongqing University)
• Hongmei Chen (Yunnan University)
• Hao Chen (Nankai University)
• Shuai Xu (Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics)
• Xiangguo Sun (The Chinese University of Hong Kong)
• Xiaoxue Gao (East China Normal University)
• Xing Xie (Microsoft Research Asia)
• Ruiyuan Li (Chongqing University)

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to Jiaxing Shang (Chongqing University, shangjx@cqu.edu.cn)