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SMCIEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
SMC is a rank C conference in Interdisciplinary, Comprehensive and Emerging in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022. The SMC 2027 deadline is not announced; past editions suggest early May. SMC 2026 took place on Oct 4–7, 2026 in Bellevue, WA, USA.
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Data updated 8 November 2026 · rank from the CCF list's 7th edition
Latest edition
SMC 2026: call for papers timeline
- May 4, 2026, 06:59 UTC
- Oct 4–7, 2026Local timeConferenceBellevue, WA, USA
AoE (Anywhere on Earth) is UTC−12 (time zones explained). These dates come from the ccf-deadlines community project and have not yet been checked against the conference website; confirm them there before you submit. Conference website ↗
Past editions
Dates, venues, deadlines and acceptance rates
| Year | Paper deadline | Acceptance | Papers (dblp) | Dates | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 2026-05-03UTC-7 | — | — | Oct 4–7, 2026 | Bellevue, WA, USA |
| 2025 | 2025-05-04UTC+8 | — | 1,204 | Oct 6–8, 2025 | Vienna, Austria (Hybrid) |
| 2024 | 2024-04-30AoE | — | 822 | Oct 7–10, 2024 | Borneo Convention Centre Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia |
| 2023 | 2023-04-15AoE | — | 809 | Oct 1–4, 2023 | Sheraton Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA (Hybrid) |
| 2022 | — | — | 537 | — | — |
| 2021 | — | — | 545 | — | — |
| 2020 | — | — | 689 | — | — |
| 2019 | — | — | 716 | — | — |
| 2018 | — | — | 717 | — | — |
| 2017 | — | — | 647 | — | — |
| 2016 | — | — | 785 | — | — |
SMC 2027 deadline forecast: early May (not announced). The last paper deadlines: 2026: May 4, 2026; 2025: May 4, 2025; 2024: May 1, 2024. The conference's own announcement decides.
Paper counts are dblp's main proceedings only, without workshop volumes; acceptance rates link to the page they come from. dblp ↗
CCF list
SMC in the CCF list
- 7th edition (2026)
- CCF C Interdisciplinary, Comprehensive and Emerging · no. 5
- 6th edition (2022)
- CCF C Interdisciplinary, Comprehensive and Emerging
- Name in the list
- IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
- Publisher
- IEEE
- dblp
- conf/smc ↗
CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide. What counts, case by case →
FAQ
About SMC
What CCF rank is SMC?
SMC is a rank C conference in Interdisciplinary, Comprehensive and Emerging in the CCF list's 7th edition (2026), as in 2022.
When is the SMC 2027 deadline?
Not announced yet. The last paper deadlines were 2026: May 4, 2026; 2025: May 4, 2025; 2024: May 1, 2024, so early May is likely; the conference's announcement decides.
Where is SMC 2026?
SMC 2026 took place on Oct 4–7, 2026 in Bellevue, WA, USA.
Do SMC workshop and short papers count as CCF C?
CCF counts the full (regular) papers of a listed conference: short papers, demos, technical briefs, summaries, Findings and the workshops held with a conference are outside the list. CCF also says the list is a recommendation and should not be used on its own to evaluate research; your institution's rules decide.
In more detail: Which CCF conference papers count · How to read conference deadlines
Sources: the CCF list of recommended international conferences and journals, 7th edition (published 31 March 2026, corrected 9 April 2026) and 6th edition (2022); editions, deadlines and acceptance rates from the ccf-deadlines community project (MIT licence), marked as community data until checked against each conference's website, then marked as checked with the website's own words; proceedings and paper counts from dblp (CC0).