The 2026 Workshop on Crystal-Free/-Less Radio and System-based Research for IoT (CrystalFreeIoT 2026)
The CrystalFreeIoT 2026 workshop will bring together researchers and technical experts to share experiences and state-of-the-art research work under crystal-free/-less radio or system integration and thinking in multiple IoT related topics. It will be co-located with EWSN 2026 in Dresden, Germany and held on 16 September 2026.
This is the fourth in a series after the first Invited Workshop at Inria Paris in September 2023, the second workshop co-located with CPS-IoT Week in Hong Kong in May 2024, and the third workshop co-located with EWSN 2025!
Click here for a PDF version of the call for papers.
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We solicit 6-page paper submissions with systematic design on topics including, but not limited to:
- System-level Design for IoT (including low-power wireless networking, VLSI, standards-compliant or -compatible protocols, new radio designs, data fusion for multiple-sensor systems)
- Crystal-Free Radio Design and Calibration Techniques
- Wireless Indoor Localization
- Cross IoT-Protocols support
- Swarm Robotics and Behaviors Analysis
- Miniaturization of IoT devices
- Synchronization in Wireless System
- Cryptography for IoT devices (PUF, digital fingerprint, etc.)
- Integrated Backscatter Devices
- Sustainable Electronics for Wireless Communication and Backscatter RFID
- Low-power 3GPP compatible wireless architectures
We also welcome poster submissions (with or without demos) in a 2-page short paper format to showcase in-progress research, new problem discussions, or recent results.
Important Dates
- Workshop Paper Deadline: 20 June 2026 (AoE, 23:59 UTC-12)
- Notification of Paper Acceptance: 30 July 2026
- Camera-Ready Deadline: 5 August 2026
If your paper is accepted to the workshop, it is expected that one of the authors will be available to present in-person on 16 September 2026 in Dresden, Germany.
We also invite any presenting authors to register and attend the main EWSN conference which will occur on 17-18 September 2026.
Submission Instructions
The workshop language is in English. Submitted papers are required to comply with guidelines for ACM conference manuscripts and must not exceed 6 pages in length for regular workshop papers and 2 pages for short papers.
The paper submission system is hosted on EasyChair. Submit papers to EasyChair here!
More details about document preparation can be found in the call for proposals on this site.
Support
The 2026 Workshop on Crystal-Free/-Less Radio and System-based Research for IoT is supported by:
