The continuous evolution of Ambient Systems, Networks, and Enterprise Digital Transformation demands a focused approach to the Digital Human Factor. This workshop addresses the critical dual challenge of designing technology that promotes user wellbeing and autonomy while effectively detecting and mitigating the pervasive risks associated with digital compulsion and addiction. We seek contributions that bridge HCI, network science, and pervasive computing to create healthier, more ethical digital ecosystems.

Submission Guidelines

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:

• Full papers describing substantial and completed research work, including comprehensive results, analysis, and discussion.

Committees

Workshop Chair

Dr Basel Almourad, Associate Professor at Zayed University, UAE (basel.almourad@zu.ac.ae)

Publicity Char

Dr Emad Bataineh, Zayed University, UAE (Emad.Bataineh@zu.ac.ae)

Workshop Programme Committee:

Dr Zakaria Mamaar, University of Doha for Science and Technology, Qatar

Dr Hussein Fakhry, Zayed University, UAE

Dr Mohammed Hussein, Zayed University, UAE

Dr Ala Yankouskaya, Bournemouth University, UK

Dr. Mohamed Sellami ,Télécom SudParis , France  

Dr Mario Guimaraes,  South East State University, USA 

Dr Qusay Mahmoud, Ontario Tech University, Canada 

Dr Bilal Albataineh, Jadara University, Jordan

Dr Ghazi Al-Naymat , Ajman University, UAE 

Dr Islam Al-Qudah, Higher Colleges of Technology, UAE

Dr Magnus Liebherr, University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Dr Nawal Zangar, ESIEE, Parice, France

Dr Fatma Outay, Zayed University, UAE

Dr Ines Thabet, ESEN, Tunisia 

Zelal Wattar, Zayed University, UAE

Publication

PDF 2026 is running in conjunction with the 17th International Conference on Ambient Systems, Networks and Technologies (ANT 2026). 

The conference proceedings will be published by Elsevier Science in the open-access Procedia Computer Science series.

Procedia Computer Science is hosted by Elsevier on www.Elsevier.com and on the Elsevier content platform ScienceDirect (www.sciencedirect.com), and will be freely available worldwide. All papers in Procedia will be indexed by Scopus (www.scopus.com) and by Thomson Reuters' Conference Proceedings Citation Index (https://thomsonreuters.com/conference-proceedings-citation-index/).

All papers in Procedia will also be indexed by Engineering Village (Ei) (www.engineeringvillage.com). This includes EI Compendex (www.ei.org/compendex). Moreover, all accepted papers will be indexed in DBLP (https://dblp.uni-trier.de/). The papers will contain linked references, XML versions and citable DOI numbers. You will be able to provide a hyperlink to all delegates and direct your conference website visitors to your proceedings.

Venue

The conference will be held in Istanbul, Türkiye

Contact

All questions about submissions should be emailed to 

Dr Basel Almourad (basel.almourad@zu.ac.ae)

Publicity Char

Dr Emad Bataineh (Emad.Bataineh@zu.ac.ae)