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15th September - 18th September 2025

Padova | Italy

Key Dates

Special Session Proposals

March 15th 2025

Submission of full papers

April 15th 2025

Notification of acceptance

June 25th 2025

Camera-ready paper & author registration

July 10th 2025

Early registration deadline

July 10th 2025

1st J3C Conference

The IFAC Joint Conference on Computers, Cognition and Communication (J3C) is a premier international conference that aims to promote the recent advances in the control and automation of complex systems. The conference provides a unique opportunity to bring together researchers, practitioners, and students to exchange ideas and experiences in the field of control and automation. The conference will feature plenary sessions, workshops, tutorials, and technical sessions. The conference will also feature keynote speeches by leading experts in the field of control and automation.

This year the conference will be held in Padova, Italy. The conference aims at incorporating three main tracks:

  • EAAS 2025 1st edition, covering topics as architectures, automation, security

  • ICONS 2025 7st edition, covering topics as intelligent control, fuzzy systems, reinforcement learning

  • TA 2025 7st edition, covering topics as cyber physical systems, networks, telematics

The conference will also feature a number of pre-conference workshops and tutorials on cutting-edge topics in the field of control and automation. The conference will also feature an industry track, where leading companies in the field of control and automation will present their latest products and services. The conference will also feature a number of social events, including a welcome reception, a gala dinner, and a city tour of Padova.

We invite you to submit your papers to the conference and to participate in this exciting event. We look forward to seeing you in Padova!

2025 J3C Call for papers

The first J3C technical program will comprise several types of presentations in regular and invited sessions, tutorial sessions, and special sessions along with workshops and exhibits.

Contributed Papers: All submitted papers must be written in English. Only regular papers are accepted at JC3 2025, which can have a length of up to 8 pages at initial submission. Accepted papers are limited to 6 pages in the conference proceedings at no extra charge; up to two extra pages are allowed for an additional charge.

Support for Authors: Author's kits with style (.cls) files for LaTeX and templates (.dot) for MS-Word are available from the submission website. Go to http://ifac.papercept.net/ and select "Support" for these files and example files, or directly go to the support page. Please do not change the formatting in any way.

Download Call For Papers (pdf)
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Sponsors

J3C welcomes sponsors and exhibitors interested in promoting themselves to attendees of the conference.

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