CALL FOR IEEE SMC-IT/SCC 2026 SUBMISSIONS

12th International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT)
17th International Conference on Space Computing (SCC)

Hilton Pasadena - Pasadena, California
August 3-6, 2026

Important Dates:

• Paper abstract submission deadline for feedback: January 3, 2026 [optional]*

• Workshop abstract submission deadline for feedback: January 14, 2026

• Abstract feedback response: January 16, 2026

• Deadline for full papers and presentation-only abstracts: April 4, 2026 April 18, 2026 (EXTENDED)

• Registration site opens: April 4, 2026

• Author acceptance notification: April 25, 2026 May 9, 2026 (EXTENDED)

• Final presentations deadline: June 27, 2026

• Final camera-ready versions papers deadline: July 7, 2026

• Conference: August 3-6, 2026*

Sponsored by: IEEE Computer Society - Technical Committee on Software Engineering and Technical Committee on Computer Architecture

*To help authors prepare their papers for submission, we offer to provide feedback on abstracts submitted in advance. This step is not compulsory, and authors may submit papers without previously submitting an abstract.

The International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology (SMC-IT) and the Space Computing Conference (SCC) gather system designers, engineers, computer architects, scientists, practitioners, and space explorers with the objective of advancing information technology, and the computational capability and reliability of space missions. The forums will provide an excellent opportunity for fostering technical interchange on all hardware and software aspects of space missions. The joint conferences will focus on current systems practice and challenges as well as emerging hardware and software technologies with applicability for future space missions.

Systems in all aspects of the space mission will be explored, including flight systems, ground systems, science data processing, engineering and development tools, operations, telecommunications, radiation-tolerant computing devices, reliable electronics, space-qualifiable packaging technologies. The entire information systems lifecycle of the mission development will also be covered, such as conceptual design, engineering tools development, integration and test, operations, science analysis, quality control.

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2026 Speakers:

Kareem Badaruddin Kareem Badaruddin is the Mission Manager of the Voyager Interstellar Mission. He has been at JPL since 1994 and has served in line management as well as roles on Cassini, Dawn, SMAP, and various proposals and costing exercises. Kareem has an extensive background in flight system testbeds and in-flight anomaly investigation and resolution. He has demonstrated strong technical leadership in addressing serious anomalies that could have resulted in the loss of a spacecraft. He was fortunate to rely on the exceptional skill and creativity of the Voyager flight team as well as the expert JPL anomaly teams. View Profile