About ABCSS
ABCSS 2026 is the The 11th International Workshop on Application of Big Data for Computational Social Science, a social sciences workshop. It takes place on 14 December 2026 in Phoenix, United States. Full papers are due 12 October 2026.
The 11th International Workshop on Application of Big Data for Computational Social Science (ABCSS2026 @ IEEE BigData 2026) (IEEE BigData 2026 Workshop) https://css-japan.com/abcss2026/
Despite the progress of traditional social science, modern social science is facing a serious paradigm shift due to the development of computer and Internet technologies. Human behavior and social phenomena is possible to be quantified by big data digitally tracing online activities and mobility records at a granular level. In some cases, big data can be analyzed using technologies evolving in the natural sciences, such as physics, chemistry, and biology. Experimental data and multiple results from theoretical and computational simulations complement them. Both theoretically and analytically grounded insights may open new doors of computational social sciences. From this perspective, we hold a series of annual workshops on application of big data for computational social science for several years. The scope of the workshop includes, but is not limited to, big data applications, big data collection and use, an integrated framework for theory, simulation, statistics, and experiments.
* DATE & PLACE December 14-17, 2026. (Phoenix, Arizona, USA) In conjunction with the 2026 IEEE International Conference on Big Data (IEEE BigData 2026) http://bigdataieee.org/BigData2026/
Our workshops will be held as a hybrid of in-person and online.
* RESEARCH TOPICS - Application of Sociology/Sociophysics using Big Data - Application of Econometric/Econophysics using Big Data - Social Media Data analyses from economic/political/social perspective - Informatics using social Big Data - Marketing science using social Big Data - Business analytics using Big Data on consumer behavior - Culturomics and art management - Analysis of reputation of entertainment using Big Data
* IMPORTANT DATES - October 12, 2026 (Extended) Workshop Papers submission - November 1, 2026 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection - November 14, 2026 Camera-ready Submission
* SUBMISSION We accept papers of up to 10 pages (6 to 8 pages are recommended). Submitted papers will undergo a peer review process, coordinated by the Program Committee Members of our workshop. The workshop adopts single-blind review policy. https://bit.ly/abcss2026submission
Submitted papers should be formatted to the IEEE Conference Proceedings format (see link to below). https://www.ieee.org/conferences/publishing/templates.html
All registered papers that presented in this workshop will be submitted to IEEE Xplore with main conference papers, and will be submitted into some indexing system such as Web of Science, Scopus, DBLP and others.
Main Chairs - Fujio Toriumi, The University of Tokyo, Informatics - Isamu Okada, Soka University, Informatics - Mitsuo Yoshida, University of Tsukuba, Informatics - Yuya Shibuya, The University of Tokyo, Informatics
Drop us an email at abcss [at] css-japan.com if you have any questions.
Important dates
- Paper submissionNext
- Author notification
- Camera-ready
- Conference begins
Topics of interest
Before you submit
- Read the full call for papers — page limits, template (IEEE, ACM, LNCS …) and whether review is double-blind.
- Deadlines are usually 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE) — convert to Bangladesh time (UTC+6) and aim to submit a day early.
- At least one author normally has to register and present; budget for the fee and, for in-person events, a visa appointment well before the conference.
- Look for student travel grants and volunteer programmes — most large conferences run both, with deadlines soon after notification.