Call for Papers

32nd IEEE Real-Time and Embedded Technology and Applications Symposium
Part of CPS-IoT Week
Saint Malo, France
May 12–14, 2026

Submit Your Paper

RTAS is a top-tier conference with a focus on systems with timing requirements. RTAS’26 welcomes papers describing applications, case studies, methodologies, tools, algorithms, operating systems, middleware, or hardware innovations that contribute to the state of the art in the design, implementation, validation, verification, and evolution of systems with timing requirements.

RTAS’26 consists of two tracks:

• Track 1: Systems and Applications
• Track 2: Applied Methodologies and Foundations

Scope

To be in scope, papers must explicitly consider at least one of the following:

• Some kind of timing requirements
• Improvements or innovations that directly support the fundamental properties of systems with timing requirements

Timing Requirements

The timing requirements of interest are broadly defined, including:

• Hard real-time
• Soft real-time
• Probabilistic timing
• QoS, throughput, or latency constraints

⚠️ Example: Speeding up an AI algorithm is not in scope. Guaranteeing response time is.

Authors must state clearly the type of timing properties addressed.

Innovations Supporting Timing-Critical Systems

We welcome work that enhances:

• Determinism
• Predictability
• Dependability
• Efficiency

✅ In scope examples:

• OS verification to ensure timing guarantees
• Compiler reducing WCET or providing sound timing variability

❌ Not in scope: Functional test case generation without timing aspects.

Application Areas

Any system with timing requirements, such as:

• Embedded systems
• Distributed CPS
• Cloud, edge, fog computing
• IoT, robotics, smart grid, smart cities
• Middleware and runtime frameworks
• ML and signal processing with timing guarantees

Both formal proofs and empirical validations are welcome.

Tracks

Track 1: Systems and Applications

Focus on empirical research related to:

• Applications with timing constraints
• RTOSes, hypervisors, middleware
• Hardware architectures (memory, FPGAs, GPUs)
• Real-time networks and CPS/IoT infrastructure
• Cloud/Edge/AI systems with timing requirements
• Tools, compilers, benchmarks, WCET analysis

🧪 Experiments required: Must include evaluation on real systems or compelling industrial case studies. Simulation is acceptable with justification.

📊 Surveys welcome: Empirical methods (e.g., interviews, use cases) about state-of-the-practice in real-time systems are encouraged.

Track 2: Applied Methodologies and Foundations

Focus on models and analysis techniques, including:

• Modeling languages and learning
• Scheduling, resource allocation
• Co-design and optimization methods
• Design space exploration
• Verification/validation methods

📌 Must include a real use case and experimental results.
Synthetic data is fine if well motivated.

Submission Guidelines

RTAS’26 uses double-anonymous peer review.

🗨️ Authors may respond to reviews (no new material allowed).
🧪 Optional Artifact Evaluation (AE) to assess reproducibility.
📦 Authors encouraged to provide repeatability packages (anonymous GitHub allowed).

Important Dates

For questions, please contact the RTAS 2026 organizers.