由青岛大学和亚洲控制协会数据驱动控制系统专业委员会主办，IEEE 北京分会协办，吉首大学和湖南科技大学承办的2026年IEEE第十五届数据驱动控制与学习系统会议（DDCLS’26）将于2026年5月8日-11日在湖南吉首召开。会议旨在为数据驱动控制、学习与优化领域的国内外学者与技术人员提供一个学术交流平台，展示最新的理论与技术成果。会议采用大会报告、专题研讨会、会前专题讲座、分组报告和张贴论文等形式进行交流。

        DDCLS会议已连续成功举办14届。会议组委会与各承办单位精心筹备、通力配合，通过精彩的特邀报告、多样的会议形式、丰硕的研究成果及深入的学术交流，不仅为国内外学者与技术员搭建了高水平的学术交流平台，更在数据驱动控制、学习与优化领域的研究中开拓了新方向。DDCLS会议于2022年入选中国科协《重要学术会议指南》名录。DDCLS’26会议将持续推进前沿性、规模化和国际化进程，其成功召开必将进一步推动数据驱动控制、学习与优化领域的研究和发展，显著增强该领域在国际学术界的影响力。

        本次会议的召开地点——吉首市，坐落于湖南省西部，作为湘西土家族苗族自治州首府，其地处武陵山脉腹地，湘、鄂、渝、黔四省市交界处，素有"神秘湘西"之称。作为国家森林城市，吉首有美丽多情的凤凰古城、有挂在瀑布上的芙蓉古镇、有神秘幽深的德夯大峡谷、有雄奇壮观的矮寨大桥、有烟火气十足的乾州古城。吉首人文积淀深厚，既是沈从文笔下《边城》的原型地之一，也是经艺术大师黄永玉的笔触点染，将自然景观与人文艺术完美交融的美丽小城。

         DDCLS历届会议收录的英文论文均已进入IEEE Xplore数据库并被EI检索，DDCLS’26会议录用的英文论文经IEEE审核后也将进入IEEE Xplore数据库并送EI检索。DDCLS’26会议征文范围包括但不限于以下范围：

The 2026 IEEE 15th Data Driven Control and Learning Systems Conference (DDCLS’26) will be held in Jishou, Hunan Province, China, on May 8-11, 2026, jointly organized by Qingdao University and Technical Committee on Data Driven Control System, Asian Control Association, sponsored by IEEE Beijing Section, locally organized by Jishou University, and Hunan University of Science and Technology.

        The DDCLS conference has been successfully held for 14 years. Through meticulous preparation and collaborative efforts by the organizing committee and host institutions, the conference has established itself as a premier academic platform by wonderful invited presentations, diverse formats, fruitful research results, and in-depth academic exchanges. This event not only provides a high-level international forum for academic and technologists worldwide but also pioneers new research frontiers in data-driven control, learning, and optimization, significantly elevating China's scientific capabilities in this field. DDCLS has already been issued as the Top Academic Conferences by Chinese Association for Science and Technology (CAST) in 2022. Looking ahead, the DDCLS’26 will further advance its frontier positioning, scale, and globalization. Its successful convening is poised to catalyze breakthroughs in data-driven control, learning, automation and optimization. while substantially enhancing the field's international academic influence.

        The conference is held in Jishou City, located in the western part of Hunan Province. As the capital of Xiangxi Tujia and Miao Autonomous Prefecture, it sits in the heart of the Wuling Mountain Range and is renowned as the "Mysterious Xiangxi". Recognized as a national forest city, Jiushou boasts an array of scenic and cultural treasures: the romantic Phoenix Ancient Town, the waterfall-clad Furonɡ Town, the mysterious Dehang Grand Canyon, the spectacular Aizhai Bridge, and the vibrant Qianzhou Ancient City. With profound cultural heritage, Jiushou is one of the prototype sites of Shen Congwen's novel The Border Town and has been artistically enriched by the master Huang Yongyu, seamlessly integrating natural landscapes with humanistic artistry.

        The English papers accepted by our previous DDCLS conferences had been included in the IEEE Xplore, and indexed by EI Compendex or ISTP database. The DDCLS’26 will cover both theory and applications in all the areas of data driven control and learning systems. The topics of interest include, but not limited to:

• -- Data-driven control theory, approaches, and applications
• -- Model-free adaptive control theory and applications
• -- Active disturbance rejection control and applications
• -- Data-driven fault diagnosis, health maintenance and performance evaluation
• -- Iterative learning identification, iterative learning control (repetitive control)
• -- Data-driven modeling, optimization, scheduling, decision and simulation
• -- Statistical learning, data mining and practical applications in automation field
• -- Neural networks, fuzzy systems control methods in data driven manner
• -- Reinforcement learning control, ADP based learning control and learning based control
• -- Robustness of data-driven control
• -- Relationships between data-driven and model-based control methods
• -- Applications of data-driven methods in industrial processes
• -- Data-driven modeling, control, and optimization for complex systems
• -- Data-driven control for practical complex processes
• -- Technologies and applications of complex big-data systems
• -- Big data in industrial processes, and applications in modeling and control
• -- Complex systems and artificial intelligence

    Submission Notices: Full papers (regular or invited) describing original work, extended abstract, invited session proposals should be submitted by December 31, 2025 through the portal http://cms.amss.ac.cn/. Upon acceptance, authors will be required to register and present their papers at DDCLS’25. For further information and submission requirements for manuscript, please refer to the conference website https://ddcls26.jsu.edu.cn or contact us via email secretary_ddcls@163.com.