FLICS 2025

Submit Your Work to the Federated Learning Community

We welcome rigorous contributions across systems, theory, privacy & security, and real-world deployments in federated learning and intelligent computing systems.

Deadline: February 20th, 2026 Valencia, Spain Single-blind Peer Review Proceedings (IEEE Xplore)

Important Dates

All deadlines are AoE unless stated otherwise

February 20th, 2026
Paper Submission

Upload your manuscript using the required IEEE template.

April 15th, 2026
Notification

Authors receive acceptance decisions.

May 5th, 2026
Camera-Ready

Final manuscripts due for proceedings.

Submission Guidelines

A4 IEEE Template Include Keywords PDF Only Single-blind
Paper Format

Submitted papers (.pdf) must use the A4 IEEE Manuscript Templates for Conference Proceedings. Please remember to add Keywords to your submission.

Length
  • Long papers: 7–8 pages. Overlength papers will be rejected without review.
  • Short papers (demo / artifacts): 4–6 pages.
  • Poster papers (undergraduate): 1–2 pages.
Originality

Papers submitted to FLICS must be the original work of the authors and may not be simultaneously under review elsewhere. Prior peer-reviewed publications cannot be submitted.

IEEE maintains a strict plagiarism policy; all prior work must be cited appropriately.

Author List

Submit with the full and final list of authors in the correct order. The registered author list cannot be changed after the submission deadline.

Proofreading

Carefully proofread your submission. Language should be clear and correct so it is easily understandable. Either US English or UK English spelling conventions are acceptable.

Publication

All papers that are accepted, registered, and presented will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for possible publication (subject to IEEE requirements).

IEEE Word Template (A4)
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IEEE LaTeX Template (ZIP)
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IEEE Overleaf Template
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Submission Checklist
  • A4 IEEE template used; PDF generated
  • Keywords added
  • Length matches category (Long / Short / Poster)
  • Original work; not under review elsewhere
  • Final author list (names & order) confirmed
  • Proofread (US/UK English); references complete
For Authors & Scholars
  • Emphasis on reproducibility & system details
  • Privacy, security & ethics welcomed
  • Systems, theory, and deployments are in scope
Submit by February 20th, 2026
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