Welcome to Tempe, Arizona!
The 2026 IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects of Situation Management (CogSIMA) will be held at the Arizona State University , Tempe Campus, from March 9 - 12, 2026. CogSIMA 2026 is sponsored by the IEEE Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Society (SMCS) and supported by the IEEE SMCS Technical Committees on Cognitive Situation Management and on Interactive and Wearable Computing and Devices.
The Memorial Union (MU) is the centerpiece and the "showroom" of our university. It is the heart of the campus, the living room, the hearthstone. The facility itself serves as the galvanizing icon for the community and embodies the dreams and aspirations that an ASU education can provide. The MU incorporates all aspects of ASU culture and celebrates the uniqueness of each individual while providing a forum for the community to come together, share in our differences, and unite together in the singular quest for truth, justice, and the pursuit of higher learning.
Arizona State University (ASU), is consistently recognized by the U.S. News & World Report as the country's most innovative school, ASU also takes the top spot in the nation for sustainability (Sustainability Tracking, Assessment and Rating System) and global impact (Times Higher Education). ASU is recognized globally as a leading knowledge enterprise, and is dedicated to delivering academic excellence, advancing research-based solutions for humankind's greatest challenges, producing strong and compassionate leaders, ensuring the health of our planet and providing quality education for all learners.
This location offers an ideal setting for a technical conference, given the university's strong commitment to supporting events like CogSIMA and its extensive experience in hosting conferences and symposiums. The location at the Memorial Union on ASUs Tempe campus will provide an environment appropriate to the size and importance of the CogSIMA conference that promotes interaction and communication. .
The CogSIMA conference series provides an annual venue for presenting multi-disciplinary research on complex heterogeneous dynamical systems - of interacting humans, machines, computer agents and/or networks - whose individual and/or collective behavior depends on their situation awareness.
Examples of systems include command and control systems, disaster monitoring and recovery systems, human-robot teams, physical and cyber security situation awareness systems, intelligent transportation systems, health care medical situation control systems, and many others.
In the spirit of CHART, the theme of this year's conference is Expanding the Situation Awareness Boundary. Some questions related to theme include: What is situation awareness? Does it have a boundary? What is it? How can we expand it? Should we?
The CogSIMA conferences are aimed at researchers and practitioners from academia, industry and government, with a wide variety of backgrounds and experience including computer science, human factors, cognitive science, modeling and simulation, robotics, and systems engineering.
Important Dates
- Regular & Poster Papers due: October 24, 2025
- Notification of Acceptance: December 15, 2025
- Camera Ready due: January 15, 2026
For questions concerning CogSIMA 2026 contact us at admin@cogsima.org.
We look forward to seeing you in Tempe!
Please stay tuned for further updates!
