CISym 2027 · Crowne Plaza San Francisco Airport, Burlingame
CISym invites contributions on all aspects of computational imaging — from novel sensing systems and reconstruction algorithms to applications in medicine, science, and industry. We welcome both established results and early-stage work. The symposium is organized primarily around talks, with oral and poster sessions covering the full breadth of the field.
CISym is the successor to the Computational Imaging (COIMG) track at IS&T Electronic Imaging, which ran continuously from 2003 to 2026.
CISym offers a variety of ways for people to get involved and communicate their ideas to the community. These are the five ways to take part, in the order they happen — you can join at whichever step fits your work.
Propose a themed session and invite the speakers yourself — similar to a SIAM minisymposium. Sessions typically comprise 4–6 talks on a focused topic. Contact the organizers to propose one.
Proposals closedSubmit a 0.5–1 page abstract describing your work. The program committee reviews all open submissions and notifies authors of acceptance for oral or poster presentation on a rolling basis.
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Present your research at CISym to an enthusiastic group of computational imaging researchers.
Authors who attend CISym and present their research have the option of submitting a 5+1 page paper on their research for publication in IEEE Xplore.
Everyone in the CISym community is invited to submit their software packages for distribution through our CICode repository.
Visit CICode →Abstracts should be 0.5–1 page (approximately 250–500 words) and Describe the work, its significance, and the presenter(s). Download the abstract template here.
Accepted abstracts will be assigned to oral sessions or a poster session based on fit and program balance. All accepted presenters must register for the conference.
A special session is a group of 4–6 coordinated talks on a focused theme, proposed and organized by one or more session chairs. The session chair is responsible for inviting speakers, collecting their abstracts, and ensuring they register for the conference.
To propose a special session, contact the organizing committee with a brief description of the theme and your proposed speakers. Proposals are reviewed on a rolling basis; early proposals are encouraged.
CISym is organized around talks, not papers: an abstract is all that is required to present. After the symposium, authors who attended and presented have the option of submitting a 5+1 page paper — five pages of technical content plus one page of references — for publication in IEEE Xplore. The deadline is March 12, 2027.
Note that submission of a full paper is entirely optional — choosing not to submit one takes nothing away from your presentation. Download the manuscript template here.
Computational imaging research travels through code as much as through papers. Everyone in the CISym community is invited to submit their software packages for distribution through CICode, the symposium's software repository. There is no deadline and no requirement to present at the symposium first. Visit CICode →
We welcome contributions on any aspect of computational imaging, including:
Open submissions are reviewed by the program committee for relevance, quality, and fit with the program. Notification is rolling from September 1, 2026 — you may hear back earlier if you submit well before the deadline.
Special session proposals are reviewed by the organizing committee on a rolling basis from June 1, 2026. If your session is accepted, you will be asked to confirm your speakers and collect their abstracts.
Submit an abstract by December 1, 2026, or contact us to propose a special session by August 1, 2026.
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.