Technological Innovation to Tackle Societal Challenges: 17th IFIP WG 5.5 Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, DoCEIS 2026, Caparica, Portugal, June 17-19, 2026, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th IFIP WG 5.5 Doctoral Conference on Computing, Electrical and Industrial Systems, DoCEIS 2026, held in Lisbon, Portugal, during June 17-19, 2026.

The 36 full papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 62 submissions.

They are grouped into the following topics: AI in Systems Design; Computational Intelligence and Machine Learning Methods; AI in Biomedical Systems; Smart and Fair Energy Communities; Intelligent Energy Systems; Water Management Systems; Human-centered Intelligent Systems; Interoperability and Collaborative Decision Making; Smart Cities and Sustainable Urban Systems; and Smart Infrastructures.