The aim of ITEST-2026 is to stimulate research in the fields of information and communication technologies, artificial intelligence, and information security; to highlight new applications of information technologies (IT) in scientific research, complex process modeling, engineering, robotics, economics, management, and higher education; to promote the exchange of scientific knowledge and practical achievements in IT; to strengthen cooperation between universities and research institutions worldwide; and to encourage young researchers to engage in scientific inquiry.

The Organizing Committee warmly invites researchers, academics, practitioners, and students to take an active part in the conference discussions, present their research findings, and exhibit software solutions, electronic developments, and information resources.

• Cherkasy State Technological University (Ukraine)
• Educational and Scientific Complex “Institute for Applied System Analysis” of the National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute” (Ukraine)
• Institute of Information Technologies and Systems of the NAS of Ukraine
• Institute for Digitalisation of Education of the NAES of Ukraine
• National University "Kyiv Aviation Institute"
• Kharkiv National University of Radio Electronics (Ukraine)
• V. N. Karazin Kharkiv National University
• Odesa Polytechnic National University
• Dragomanov Ukrainian State University (Ukraine)
• Bogdan Khmelnitsky Melitopol State Pedagogical University (Ukraine)
• Drohobych Ivan Franko State Pedagogical University (Ukraine)
• Technische Universität Berlin (Germany)
• Lublin University of Technology (Poland)
• Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norway)
• Universidade Aberta (Portugal)
• Tallinn University (Estonia)
• Anadolu University (Türkiye)
• Luigj Gurakuqi University of Shkodër (Albania)
• International Information Technology University JSC (Kazakhstan)

• A. Theoretical and practical aspects for creating information technology and systems
• B. Information technology in engineering and robotics
• C. Information technology and artificial intelligence
• D. Information, communication, and cloud technology
• E. Information security
• F. Information technology for modeling complex processes and systems
• G. Information technology in management and economics
• H. Information technology in research
• I. Information technology in higher education

English, Ukrainian (available for short-paper proceedings).

Plenary presentations and sectional presentations.

Live streaming of plenary and breakout sessions will be provided.

The conference publishes two types of papers: short papers (conference abstracts) and full-text papers.

Publication of short-text papers

Registration is closed!

A template for short papers and author guidelines are available on the conference website.

All participants will be awarded a certificate of participation.

Publication of full-text papers

Authors whose short papers are included in the conference program will be invited to submit complete and original full-text papers in English. International authors may submit a full-text paper without prior submission of a short paper.

Full-text papers will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes on Data Engineering and Communications Technologies (LNDECT) series (https://www.springer.com/series/15362). The LNDECT series has an assigned ISSN and is indexed in the Scopus database.

The template for full-text papers and detailed author guidelines are available in the "Recommendations and requirements for full-text papers" section.

Paper submission will be enabled via a dedicated link, which will be announced on the conference website shortly.

Important!

Each author submitting a full-text paper agrees to serve as a peer review for one to two other submissions. In addition, at least one co-author of each accepted full-text paper must register for the conference and present the topic. Papers whose authors fail to register and present at the conference will not be included in the final publication.

Participants from Ukraine – 300 UAH.

Participants from outside Ukraine – free of charge.

Participants from Ukraine – 500 UAH.

Participants from outside Ukraine – free of charge.

Publication of short-text papers

Registration and short-paper submission	May 10, 2026
Notification of short-paper acceptance	May 15, 2026
Registration fee	June 1, 2026
Conference invitations	June 15, 2026
Conference start	June 24, 2026

Publication of full-text papers

Full-text paper submission	June 10, 2026
Notification of full-text paper acceptance	June 24, 2026
Registration fee	June 24, 2026
Camera-ready paper	June 30, 2026
The Collection of papers submitted to Springer Publishing House	September 1, 2026

Subject to the extension of martial law in Ukraine, the conference will be organized as an online event.

Cherkasy State Technological University, Department of Computer Science and Systems Analysis, 460 Shevchenko Blvd., Cherkasy, 18006, Ukraine

Phone: (+380) 97-8885-231 (Viber), (+380) 97-2609-085 (Viber)

Conference e-mail: [email protected]

Conference webpage: https://itest.chdtu.edu.ua

• volume : 2-3 pages
• paper sheet size – A4
• orientation – portrait
• margins: left , right – 2 cm top, bottom – 2 cm
• style : Normal
• text font – Times New Roman Cyr
• font size – 12 px; for abstracts and keywords – 11 px
• line spacing – single
• paragraph first line indentation – 10 mm.
• order

Block 1. Name – printed in bold capital letters centered.

Author (authors) surname and initials – after the title, in bold letters, centered.

Name of the author (authors) institution, centered, after the surname and initials.

Abstract (100-250 words describing the goals, objectives, object and purpose of the research, methods used, results).

Keywords (at least 4 words).

Block 2. For abstracts in Ukrainian the same data as in block 1, in the same order in English.

Block 3. The short paper in the original language in one line space after the author’s institution name.

Short paper structure: Introduction, work goal, problem statement, main part, conclusions, references.

Drawings and photographs must be in JPEG format.

For tables: the word “Table” and the table number must be aligned to the right, the title must be centered (in bold type).

Formulas must be typed in Equation Editor in font Times New Roman normal symbol – 12 px, large index – 8 px, small index – 6 px, big symbol – 14 px, small symbol – 12 px.

References must be given in brackets. The first number indicates the reference number in the reference list given by the order of their appearance in the text, then after the comma the second number – the page number. References title must be centered and located in a single space from main text. References made out in accordance with the rules of the bibliographic description.

Download recommendations for abstracts

Download “Sample of abstracts of the report (ITEST-2026)” (en)

Authors can submit original and unpublished research papers. All papers presented at ITEST-2026 must be associated with one of the conference thematic areas.

Each paper will be peer-reviewed and evaluated for originality, technical and/or research content/depth, correctness, originality, completeness, contribution and readability. Information relevant to the conditions and the peer review procedure, will be published later.

Accepted papers should be presented at the conference by one of their authors, who undertakes to register and make a presentation at the conference. In case an author fails to submit an accepted paper at the appointed time and date stipulated in the conference programme, the Committee reserves the right to exclude the paper from the proceedings.

The working language of the conference (including conference proceedings, presentations and discussions) is English.

Submission of a manuscript implies that the paper presented has not been published before; that it is not under consideration for publication elsewhere; that its publication has been approved by all co-authors, if any, as well as by the responsible authorities – tacitly or explicitly – at the institution where the research has been carried out.

Authors should be prepared to send relevant documentation or data upon request in order to verify the validity of the results presented. The supporting data can take the form of raw data, samples, records, etc. Sensitive information in the form of confidential or proprietary data is excluded.

Pre-publication of raw data in accordance with the FAIR principles is encouraged, i.e., the open sharing of research data to ensure their findability, accessibility, interoperability, and reusability.

Authors wishing to include figures, tables, or text passages that have already been published elsewhere are required to obtain permission from the copyright owner(s) for both the print and online format and to produce evidence that such permission has been granted when submitting their papers. Any material received without such evidence will be assumed to originate from the authors.

Please download and MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW these essential guidelines when preparing your paper:

• All papers must comply with the Springer guidelines (paper template). Papers with another formatting will be rejected without review. The submission should correspond to the Conference Topics. Otherwise, it will be declined from further consideration without review.
• Every paper will be checked upon submission with Springer’s built-in system for detecting plagiarism and large language models (LLMs) powered by AI. The originality of the paper must score no less than 85%; however, the aim of the study, its scientific novelty, as well as the core ideas and conclusions must demonstrate 100% originality. Authors whose papers do not pass the originality check on the first attempt will be advised to revise and resubmit their revised papers.
• All papers will be proofread to comply with the requirements of Academic English.
• Article length shall be 8–10 full pages, including all figures, tables, and references. The papers less than 8 pages and more than 10 pages will be rejected without peer-review.
• The title, abstract, authors, and affiliations, as well as the order of authors in the submission system, should be identical to that stated in the paper itself.
• Only one email address (corresponding author) is to be indicated in the paper. All communication will be with the corresponding author only. The corresponding author should specify their corporate e-mail.
• Please be noted that the number of co-authors is limited to five persons. One person can submit no more than two papers and only one paper as the first author.
• It is preferable to use ORCID for all co-authors.
• Use Title Case for the paper title, i.e., capitalizing all main words. Do not include academic titles or descriptions of academic positions in the paper.
• The abstract should summarize the content (goal, scientific novelty, practical value, used methods, main results, etc.) of the paper in short form, i.e., 150-250 words. The abstract should objectively represent the article: it must not contain results that are not presented and substantiated in the main text and should not exaggerate the main conclusions.
• Key words or key phrases consisting of 5 to 8 words/phrases cannot duplicate the words and(or) phrases from the paper’s title.
• Use high-quality figures in your paper (resolution at least 300 dpi).
• Supply all figures as separate graphics files (in addition to being embedded in the text).
• Name your figure files with “Fig” and the figure number, e.g., Fig1.jpg.
• Abbreviations should be defined at first mention and used consistently thereafter.
• Reference citations in the text should be identified by numbers in square brackets.
• The Editorial Board highly encourages you to cite up-to-date literature (2022-2026 preferable), and sources indexed by databases Scopus and Web of Science (peer-reviewed journals with high impact factors are preferable). The recommended References List should contain 15-25 literature resources. Self-citations (i.e., references to publications authored or co-authored by any of the authors of the submitted article) must not exceed 15% of the total number of sources cited.
• Authors must strictly adhere to the article formatting requirements and submission rules. Otherwise, the article cannot be accepted (as per Springer’s publication guidelines).
• Authors should also note that since the conference is international, it is desirable that among the authors of each article there is at least one expert from abroad Ukraine (excluding individuals from aggressor states, such as russia, belarus and countries with which diplomatic relations have been severed by Ukraine and the EU).

Typical paper structure:

1. Title;
2. Authors’ Names, ORCIDs, Affiliations and Email-Addresses;
3. Abstract (brief statement of the purpose of the research, the principal results, and major conclusions, 150-250 words);
4. Keywords;
5. Introduction (statement of the problem and its connection with important scientific or practical tasks, analysis of recent research sources and publications where the solution to this problem is initiated, highlighting previously unsolved parts of the general problem, to which this paper is devoted; the goal and tasks of the study; paper structure);
6. Materials and methods (description of the main theoretical material with explanation of scientific results. Provide sufficient details to allow the work to be reproduced by an independent researcher);
7. Experiments (general scheme of experiments, equipment used, initial data);
8. Results (experimental data or theoretical results. Results should be clear and concise);
9. Discussion (analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of the significance of the results);
10. Conclusions (the most important scientific and practical results, recommendations on the scientific and practical use of the results);
11. Acknowledgements (if necessary);
12. Appendices (if necessary);
13. References (Reference list should contain 15-25 sources. The percentage of self-citation should not exceed 15%).

Full-text articles for preliminary analysis of compliance with the requirements for structure, content, and formatting according to the Springer template should be sent in pdf format (file name: paper_last name author1.pdf) to the conference email: [email protected].

• Download requirements for a full-text paper
• Download paper template
• Download Springer Publisher Requirements for Full-Text Paper Formatting