Call for Papers: ACM Symposium on Applied Perception (SAP) Inria Rennes

Dear colleagues,

The ACM Symposium on Applied Perception (ACM SAP) provides an intimate forum for researchers who combine knowledge, methods, and insights from perception research and computer science disciplines. ACM SAP 2026 will be held in person at Inria, Rennes, France, on August 26th and 27th.

We welcome submissions in all areas of applied perception, including all sensory modalities (vision, haptics, acoustics, proprioception, etc.). Short and long papers of up to 4 and 8 pages may be submitted, respectively (not including references or appendices). Additional details can be found here: http://sap.acm.org/2026/.

Submission deadlines

• April 21: Abstract submission

• April 28: Paper submission

• June 02: Notifications

• June 19: Camera-ready version due for SAP papers

Invited ACM TAP Journal Publication

Under an agreement with the ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP) and the ACM Publications Board, the strongest accepted papers will be offered publication as full papers in the ACM journal TAP (instead of appearing in the proceedings) after an additional review cycle.

Information for authors

Please have a look at the CfP section on the symposium website for submission guidelines. In particular, be aware of an important update on ACMs new open access publishing model for 2026 ACM Conferences! While publishing is not for free anymore, ACM grants a 65% discount off the regular APC list prices for our Symposium.

Topics of interest

SAP welcomes submissions related to topics relevant to both perception and computer science summarized as follows.

Application of perceptual research to any area of computer science, including but not limited to:

• modeling, rendering, animation

• virtual environments, characters, embodied conversational agents, avatars

• processing information from artificial sensors

• representation of data, communication of data, interaction with data

Applications of computer science to any area of perception, including but not limited to:

• perceptually motivated algorithms (e.g., foveated rendering, image and video compression, tone mapping)

• perceptual topics in displays (luminance, contrast, depth perception, frame rate)

• modeling natural perceptual systems

• simulating natural perceptual systems

Emerging topics such as:

• animal perception

• privacy and security

• novel sensors

• studies that combine perception and computing research toward applications to healthcare, deep space exploration, cultural and ecological preservation

We are looking forward to your contributions.

Sincerely,

Program Chairs

• Nuria Pelechano, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Spain, npelechano@cs.upc.edu

• Torsten Kuhlen, RWTH Aachen University, Germany, kuhlen@vr.rwth-aachen.de

Conference Chairs

• Ludovic Hoyet, Inria Rennes, France, ludovic.hoyet@inria.fr

• Katja Zibrek, Inria Rennes, France, katja.zibrek@inria.fr