iWOAR 2026
iWOAR 2026 - 11th international Workshop on Sensor-Based Activity Recognition and Artificial Intelligence
10. - 11. September 2026, Wiesbaden, Germany
In the past years, the increasing acceptance of wearable sensors has opened new possibilities of applications aiming to better understand the human body, including (but not limited to) human activity recognition, emotion and stress recognition, pain recognition, sleep analysis, nutrition medicine. Due to their ability to collect large amounts of data in unobtrusive ways, wearable devices have attracted the interest of various actors in both the academic and industrial fields, and given them an incentive to develop solutions for the continuous monitoring of the human state in a daily life, workplace or medical context. For these reasons, wearable computing has become an active field of research, with on-going investigations to propose user-friendly and unobtrusive systems that provide high performing services.
iWOAR is an international workshop with a conference-like format, hosted by the Hochschule RheinMain. This year's workshop is being held in Wiesbaden, Germany, on the Hochschule RheinMain campus. The workshop focuses on recognizing human (and animal) activities using artificial intelligence, with wearable and device-free sensors, as well as related technologies.
All scientific submissions undergo a single-blind peer-review process to ensure that high-quality content is published. Each submission typically receives 2-3 reviews. All submissions are discussed among the program committee members. The designated program committee chairs make the final decision on acceptance or rejection. We invite submissions that target (but are not limited to) the following topics and applications:
• Human Activity /Behavior/Wellbeing Recognition
• Animal Activity and Wellbeing/Welfare Recognition
• Wearable Sensing, Computing and Artificial Intelligence
• Device-free Sensing
• Sensing in Virtual, Mixed, and Augmented Reality
• Affective Computing
• Real-time Activity Recognition
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Human-Centered Intelligence
• Wireless Sensor Networks/IoT
• Context Awareness
• Assistive Technologies
• Active and Healthy Living
• Pervasive & Ubiquitous Computing
• Applications for (Mental) Health, Therapy and Rehabilitation
• Digital Health and Medical Technology
• Occupational Safety, Healthcare and Wellness
• Assisted Production
• Privacy and Ethical Considerations in Human/Animal Sensing
iWOAR is an international workshop with a conference-like format, hosted by the Hochschule RheinMain. This year's workshop is being held in Wiesbaden, Germany, on the Hochschule RheinMain campus. The workshop focuses on recognizing human (and animal) activities using artificial intelligence, with wearable and device-free sensors, as well as related technologies.
All scientific submissions undergo a single-blind peer-review process to ensure that high-quality content is published. Each submission typically receives 2-3 reviews. All submissions are discussed among the program committee members. The designated program committee chairs make the final decision on acceptance or rejection. We invite submissions that target (but are not limited to) the following topics and applications:
• Animal Activity and Wellbeing/Welfare Recognition
• Wearable Sensing, Computing and Artificial Intelligence
• Device-free Sensing
• Sensing in Virtual, Mixed, and Augmented Reality
• Affective Computing
• Real-time Activity Recognition
• Human-Computer Interaction
• Human-Centered Intelligence
• Wireless Sensor Networks/IoT
• Context Awareness
• Assistive Technologies
• Active and Healthy Living
• Pervasive & Ubiquitous Computing
• Applications for (Mental) Health, Therapy and Rehabilitation
• Digital Health and Medical Technology
• Occupational Safety, Healthcare and Wellness
• Assisted Production
• Privacy and Ethical Considerations in Human/Animal Sensing
All submissions should follow the Springer LNCS format. Accepted submissions will be published in the iWOAR 2026 Proceedings online in the SpringerLink digital library.
Previous Editions of iWOAR
Initially established by Fraunhofer IGD Rostock
iWOAR 2025 - 10th international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Artificial Intelligence
(September 18-19, 2025)
iWOAR 2024 - 9th international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Artificial Intelligence(September 26-27, 2024)
iWOAR 2023 - 8th international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Artificial Intelligence(September 21-22, 2023)
iWOAR 2022 - 7th international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Artificial Intelligence(September 19-20, 2022)
iWOAR 2019 - 6th international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction(September 16-17, 2019)
iWOAR 2018 - 5th international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction (September 20-21, 2018)
iWOAR 2017 - 4th international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction (September 21-22, 2017)
iWOAR 2016 - 3rd international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction (June 23-24, 2016)
iWOAR 2015 - 2nd international Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition and Interaction (June 25-26, 2015)
WOAR 2014 - 1st Workshop on Sensor-based Activity Recognition (March 11, 2014)
Last year, 19 full papers and 12 short papers were published in the previous volume. All submissions underwent a peer review process to assure high quality content. Each submission received at least 2, maximum 4 and on the average 3.75 reviews by our program committee members. The overall acceptance rate resulted in 45.24%. Submissions came from all other the globe including these countries: Germany, Netherlands, Czechia, UK, Turkey, Belgium, Hong Kong, Italy, Slovenia, United States, Sweden, Austria, China, and Brazil. Last year we invited two keynote talks by Prof. Dr. Michael Beigl and rof. Dr. Kate Farrahi. The Best Paper Award was awarded to Redona Brahimetaj, Elena Botti, Ivan Bautmans, Eva Swinnen and Bart Jansen, for the paper entitled "Topological Versus Spatiotemporal Gait Parameters for Fall Risk Detection with IMU Sensors".
Here are some visual impressions of iWOAR 2025:
Here are some visual impressions of iWOAR 2025:
Important Dates
Paper Submission Deadline
June 25, 2026 - 23.59 (CET)
Author‘s Notification
August 01, 2026 - 23.59 (CET)
Poster Submission Deadline
August 07, 2026 - 23.59 (CET)
Author Registration Deadline
Sept. 01, 2026 - 23.59 (CET)
Begin of Event
Sept. 10, 2026 - 9.00 (CET)
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