Sunday, Oct. 11, 2026 · 14:00 – 17:30 · Shanghai, China

The 9th International Workshop on Embodied Intelligence of Things

Workshop at ACM UbiComp/ISWC 2026

Formerly the CPD (2018–2023) and PICASSO (2024–2025) workshop series

PROGRAM

A half-day, in-person workshop — open to all UbiComp/ISWC 2026 attendees.

  • Sunday, October 11, 2026
  • 14:00 – 17:30
  • Room 5C · Shanghai International Convention Center
  • 2 Keynotes
  • 13 Papers
Schedule · Sun, Oct 11
  1. 14:00 – 14:40

    Keynote Talk I

    Zhenjiang Li
    Zhenjiang Li
    Professor
    City University of Hong Kong
    Intelligence on a Budget: The Price of Presence at the Edge
  2. 14:40 – 15:30

    Paper Presentations — Session I

    6 papers 6 min talk + 2 min Q&A

    Physically Grounded Sensing & Perception

    1. 14:40
      Adaptive Polarization-RGB Fusion for Glass Segmentation via Learnable Confidence Gating
      Yuhui Cao1, Dapeng Li1, Dezhi Zheng1, Jingda Xiao1, Shengyao Yang2, Xiaoyuan Dong1
      1Beijing Institute of Technology · 2Swinburne University of Technology
    2. 14:48
      VibSeqNet: Lightweight Event-based Vibration Measurement with Sequential Filtering
      Yujia Mu1, Dapeng Li1, Dezhi Zheng1, Chun Hu1, Yuhui Cao1, Shengyao Yang2
      1Beijing Institute of Technology · 2Swinburne University of Technology
    3. 14:56
      Edge-Efficient 1D Phase Magnification for Real-Time Micro-Vibration Perception
      Meiyi Zhu1, Ying Zhang1, Dezhi Zheng2, Dapeng Li2
      1Beihang University · 2Beijing Institute of Technology
    4. 15:04
      From Contact to Context: An Anatomically Organized Hand-Pressure Perception Layer for EIoT
      Huaizhi Tang1, Kang Ma2, Shiji Yuan2, Feiyang Zhang2, Xiao Liang2, Dezhi Zheng2, Haodong Zhang3
      1Beihang University · 2Beijing Institute of Technology · 3National University of Defense Technology
    5. 15:12
      PhyMoCM: Cross-Modal Physiological Representation Learning for EEG–EMG-Based Lower-Limb Motion Prediction
      Qiaoyi Wang1, Yanzhou Hu1, Ying Sun1, Shuailei Zhang2, Chun Hu1, Dezhi Zheng1, Kang Ma1, Feiyang Zhang1
      1Beijing Institute of Technology · 2Nanyang Technological University
    6. 15:20
      DBMF-Net: An Enhanced Dual-Branch Multidimensional Feature Fusion Network for EEG-Based Fatigue Detection
      Chun Hu1, Yanzhou Hu1, Qiaoyi Wang1, Ying Sun1, Shuailei Zhang2, Dezhi Zheng1, Kang Ma1, Feiyang Zhang1
      1Beijing Institute of Technology · 2Nanyang Technological University
  3. 15:30 – 16:00

    Coffee Break

  4. 16:00 – 16:30

    Keynote Talk II

    Hao Cao
    Hao Cao
    Senior Research Engineer
    ModelBest (面壁智能)
    On-Device Deployment and Inference Optimization for Multimodal Full-Duplex Models
    多模态全双工模型端侧部署与推理优化
  5. 16:30 – 17:30

    Paper Presentations — Session II

    7 papers 6 min talk + 2 min Q&A

    Embodied Agents & Intelligent Systems

    1. 16:30
      Answering Correctly Is Not Enough: Diagnosing Evidence Localization in Embodied Long-Video Question Answering
      Xinze Yu, Kaiwen Xu, Zhengtao Zou, Qingzhe Han, Fan Dang
      Beijing Jiaotong University
    2. 16:38
      EmergencyVLM: Towards Multi-Granularity Fire Scene Understanding with Vision-Language Models
      Xiaoyue Chen1, Nan Zhou1, Han Li1, Ziyi Zhou2, Bin Zhang2, Chen Gao1, Zhi Li1, Xinlei Chen1
      1Tsinghua University · 2Shenzhen Smart City Technology Development Group
    3. 16:46
      Beyond Semantic Relevance: Retrieving Constraint-Consistent Evidence for Industrial Agents
      Peiran Liu1, Xu Wang1, Wei Yuan2, Zhidong Zhou3, Hongjun Tang4
      1Tsinghua University · 2Sichuan Hebang Biotechnology Co., Ltd. · 3Fujian Xunteng Electric Power Energy Management Co., Ltd. · 4Architectural Design & Research Institute of Tsinghua University
    4. 16:54
      SolarChain: A Physics-Grounded Embodied IoT System for Verifiable Urban Solar Market Design
      Shilin Ou, Yifan Xu, Zhenshan Zhang, Luyao Zhang, Ming-Chun Huang
      Duke Kunshan University
    5. 17:02
      Fast-Slow Coupled Exploration with Active Information Sampling for UAV Object Navigation
      Zhiyuan Deng, Zhuozhu Jian, Chen Gao, Xinlei Chen, Jian Song
      Tsinghua University
    6. 17:10
      Two-timescale Content-Prompt Caching and Trajectory Optimization for UAV-Enabled AIGC Services
      Yiwen Zhang1, Liang Zhao1, Deji Chen1, Yuying Zhang1, Victor C. M. Leung2
      1China Three Gorges University · 2Shenzhen University
    7. 17:18
      A Comparative Study of Cross-Domain Display Sharing for Multi-OS Automotive Cockpits: DRM FD Binding vs. DC Hardware Layer Schemes
      Zhaodan He, Jiongyu Chen, Tianbin Xie, Mingtao Chen, Zhangjin Zhao, Yiwen Fang
      Unaffiliated
  6. 17:30

    End of Workshop

ABOUT THE WORKSHOP

Ubiquitous computing is entering a new phase. The Internet of Things (IoT) has interconnected billions of devices; the Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) has begun to embed learning and inference into them; and the emerging paradigm of Embodied Intelligence of Things (EIoT) envisions a further leap — where intelligence itself is physically grounded, dynamically composed, and continuously evolving across networks of embodied agents that sense, reason, act, and coordinate in the real world.

Realizing this vision requires progress across a broad set of interlocking research threads: physical-world understanding, data-efficient and physics-informed learning, on-device and edge foundation models, opportunistic multi-agent interaction, and continual adaptation under real-world constraints.

This workshop continues and expands the CPD (UbiComp 2018–2023) and PICASSO (MobiCom 2024, UbiComp 2025) workshop series, which has for eight editions established a vibrant ubiquitous-computing community around physical-knowledge-informed AI. Building on that foundation, EIoT 2026 broadens the scope to encompass embodied agents, multi-agent coordination, and self-evolving systems — topics the community is increasingly asked to engage with as EIoT takes shape. We invite submissions spanning this spectrum, from continued work on physics-informed sensing and limited-data inference, to new directions in situated agents, distributed coordination, and evolutionary learning. Preliminary and ongoing research contributions are welcome.

CALL FOR PAPERS

EIoT 2026 welcomes submissions across the full spectrum of research needed to realize physically grounded, distributed, and evolving intelligence in ubiquitous computing. Topics of interest span three broad, overlapping themes. Preliminary and on-going work is welcomed.

Topics of Interest

Physically grounded perception and reasoning

  • - Learning algorithms that integrate physical knowledge or analytical models for sensor perception and understanding
  • - Experiences, challenges, analysis, and comparisons of sensor data in terms of its physical properties
  • - Sensor data processing to improve learning accuracy under limited or noisy labels
  • - On-device and edge foundation models for multimodal physical-world understanding
  • - Physical-to-digital mapping under resource, energy, and latency constraints

Distributed sensing, communication, and coordination

  • - Heterogeneous collaborative sensing across mobile, wearable, and embedded platforms
  • - Opportunistic and context-aware interaction among embodied agents
  • - Backscatter, cross-technology, and collision-resilient communication for low-power agents
  • - Distributed sensing and actuation for cyber-physical systems

Continual adaptation, evolution, and trust

  • - Continual, federated, and on-device learning under real-world constraints
  • - Self-evolving and lifelong-learning embodied agents
  • - Safety, verifiability, and ethics of autonomous and decentralized systems
  • - Evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and datasets for embodied IoT
Application areas include, but are not limited to:
  • - Human-centric sensing, health, wellness, and medical applications
  • - Environmental and structural monitoring
  • - Smart cities and urban health
  • - Smart energy systems and intelligent transportation
  • - Embodied robotics, drone and vehicle swarms, and industrial EIoT
  • - Human–agent collaboration and assistive systems

Authors must cite and relate their submissions to relevant prior publications of their own. If applicable, ethical approval for experiments with human subjects should be demonstrated as part of the submission.

Important Dates

Submission Deadline: July 5, 2026

Author Notifications: July 25, 2026

Camera-ready Deadline: August 5, 2026

Workshop Date: October 11, 2026 (Shanghai, China)

Submission Guidelines

Submitted papers must be no longer than five (5) pages, including all figures and tables, followed by 1 page of references. Submissions should be a single double column PDF file with all fonts embedded, in the ACM sigconf template with 9-point font. For LaTeX users, please directly use \documentclass[sigconf]{acmart}.

All submissions will be reviewed by at least two workshop technical committee members or organizers. All submissions must be double-blind and authors should remove all references to their names and affiliations. Authors of accepted papers are expected to present their work at the workshop. Accepted papers will be published in the ACM Digital Library as part of the UbiComp/ISWC 2026 Adjunct Proceedings.

Submission site: https://eiot2026-ubicomp.hotcrp.com/

ORGANIZERS

General Co-Chairs

Edith C. H. Ngai

Edith C. H. Ngai The University of Hong Kong

Fan Dang

Fan Dang Beijing Jiaotong University

TPC Co-Chairs

Miloš Stojmenović

Miloš Stojmenović Singidunum University

Jingao Xu

Jingao Xu The University of Hong Kong

Steering Committee

Yunhao Liu

Yunhao Liu Tsinghua University · ACM Fellow

Pei Zhang

Pei Zhang University of Michigan

Technical Program Committee

Xinlei Chen Tsinghua University

Qingyong Hu The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Zhihan Jiang Columbia University

Danyang Li Tsinghua University

Lingkun Li Beijing Jiaotong University

Leming Shen The Hong Kong Polytechnic University & UCL

Xu Wang Tsinghua University

Pengfei Zhou University of Pittsburgh

THE VENUE

EIoT 2026 takes place on Sunday, October 11, 2026, 14:00 – 17:30 in Room 5C, Shanghai International Convention Center.

The workshop is co-located with ACM UbiComp/ISWC 2026, held October 11–15, 2026 in Shanghai, China.

WORKSHOP HISTORY

EIoT 2026 is the direct successor of the CPD workshops (UbiComp 2018–2023) and PICASSO workshops (MobiCom 2024, UbiComp 2025). Across eight editions, the series has received 100+ submissions from Asia, Australia, Europe, and North America, and built a durable community around physical-knowledge-informed AI. The most recent edition, PICASSO 2025 (UbiComp, Espoo), received 23 submissions, accepted 11 papers (48% acceptance rate), and drew 50+ in-person attendees.

Each edition has preserved its predecessors' research foundation and layered new scope and ambition outward — from cyber-physical systems and IoT (CPD), to mobile embedded AI and AIoT (PICASSO), to embodied, physically grounded, and self-evolving intelligence (EIoT).

Previous editions: