4th International Workshop on

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles and IoT (UAV-IoT) 2026

October 21-23, 2026

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong SAR, China

Co-located with IEEE MASS 2026

Submission link (EDAS): https://edas.info/N35076

Scope

The objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers, engineers, and practitioners from academia and industry to share their latest research findings and practical experiences in the area of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and their synergy with Internet of Things (IoT). The workshop will provide a platform to discuss the challenges and opportunities of UAVs and IoT integration, their applications, and their impact on various domains such as transportation, agriculture, healthcare, and environmental monitoring.

Over the past decade, advances in IoT, edge computing, and wireless communication have led to the evolution of an advanced form of smart systems to utilize our resources intelligently. Originating from RFID and wireless sensor networks (WSNs), the paradigm of IoT has been transforming every aspect of human life, including healthcare, energy, transportation, manufacturing, and entertainment. Recently, the rapid development of UAVs, like aerial drones, or any other automated carriers on the road, has highlighted a plethora of emergent applications such as infrastructure inspection, surveillance, smart agriculture, search and rescue, parcel delivery, communications, post-disaster recovery, and many more. In all these applications, UAVs may coexist and synergize with the Internet of Things (IoT). For energy-constrained sensor devices of IoT, UAVs may collect the data and communicate it to other devices that are out of the communication range. Also, using IoT technologies, UAVs may autonomously perform remote sensing, relaying either the raw data from the sensors or an aggregated view using edge computing to reduce latency and communication overhead. Additionally, one or more UAVs can collaborate to provide services that require efficient protocols where multiple objectives and constraints need to be considered. Moreover, with the rising concern of global warming, care should be taken to make these emerging applications green, sustainable, and eco-friendly.

This workshop will consider the research works that combine the design of algorithms and testbed implementations to develop the theoretical foundations for UAVs, as well as the synergies with IoT devices.

Topics of Interest

The workshop will focus on the following (but not limited to) topics:

  • UAV-Enabled Sensor Networks

  • Green and sustainable applications of UAVs with IoT

  • Communication protocols of UAVs over IoT

  • UAVs for environmental monitoring

  • UAVs for disaster handling

  • IoT-enabled UAV for Search and Rescue operations

  • IoT-enabled UAV for 3D mapping and surveying

  • Autopilot and UAS autonomy

  • UAVs path planning and scheduling

  • Cellular networks and UAVs

  • UAVs tracking techniques

  • Cooperative control of UAV swarms

  • Optimal UAV deployment strategies

  • Test-beds and experimental results for UAV and IoT

  • Energy-efficient UAV communications

  • Machine learning for UAV communications

  • BVLoS operation of UAV

  • Scalable Wireless Charging platforms for UAV networks

  • Battery and energy management in UAV-based networks

Important Dates

  • Workshop Paper Submission Deadline: July 31, 2026
  • Paper Acceptance Notification: August 15, 2026
  • Camera-ready Version: August 31, 2026
  • Workshop Day: TBA (within October 21-23, 2026)

Author Information

Submission Requirements

  • Original and unpublished work, not currently under review elsewhere
  • Written in English
  • Maximum 6 pages, in IEEE conference format

Review and Publication

All submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee. Accepted papers will be published in the workshop proceedings.

Journal Special Issue

Extended versions of selected papers will be considered for submission to the special issue of ACM JATS — Special Issue for Navigation for Autonomous Vehicles in Complex and GPS-Denied Environments.

Committees

Workshop Chairs

  • Punyasha Chatterjee: Jadavpur University, India
  • Federico Corò: University of Padova, Italy
  • Chunbo Luo: University of Exeter, UK

Program Committee

  • TBA

Publicity Chairs

  • Xiaoyang Wang: University of Exeter, UK
  • Keiwan Soltani: Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla, USA

Web Chair

  • Zhenpeng Du: University of Exeter, UK

Accepted Papers

TBA

Past Editions