with EDBT 2026 – March 2026 - Tampere, Finland


8th International Workshop on Big Mobility Data Analytics (BMDA)
co-located with the EDBT/ICDT Conference, March 24-27, 2026, Tampere, Finland

https://www.datastories.org/bmda26/; https://edbticdt2026.github.io/

[Selected accepted papers will be considered for a special issue at Springer's Geoinformatica journal]


Workshop Description

The Big Mobility Data Analytics (BMDA) workshop (https://www.datastories.org/bmda/), co-located with the EDBT/ICDT Conference since 2018, aims at bringing together experts from research and industry to discuss the present and future of mobility-aware analytics. In its 8th edition, BMDA will foster the exchange of new ideas on multi-disciplinary real-world problems, discuss proposals for innovative solutions, and identify emerging opportunities for further research in the field of big mobility data analytics, such as AI/ML on mobility data, edge computing, and visual analytics. The workshop aims to bridge the gap between experts from diverse mobility-aware domains, including urban, maritime, and aviation transportation, as well as human complex networks. Multiple fields of big mobility data analytics relate to the objectives of this workshop, including, but not limited to:


As in the previous years, selected accepted papers will be considered for a special issue in (GeoInformatica https://link.springer.com/journal/10707; 2024 IF: 2.6), following a thorough review process on an extended version of the workshop paper.

Paper Submission Procedure and Workshop Proceedings

We invite papers discussing novel research and ideas without substantial overlap with papers that have been published or submitted to a journal or a conference with proceedings. Submitted papers can be of two types:


Papers should be formatted according to the EDBT 2026 guidelines (see the instructions at https://edbticdt2026.github.io/?contents=EDBT_CFP.html) and submitted via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=bmda2026. All submitted papers will be peer reviewed by at least three reviewers. If accepted, at least one of the authors must register for EDBT/ICDT and present the paper..

Following the tradition of recent EDBT/ICDT workshops, all workshop papers will be published online under the CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org).

Important dates


Organization and Support

Workshop co-chairs:


BMDA Steering Committee:


Supported by: