Foundation models have recently emerged as a powerful tool for various applications. However, their impact on mobile applications has been less investigated. Recent research showcases their ability to achieve unprecedented capabilities in areas such as task automation, hand sign detection, and visual question answering.
However, their increasing complexity poses significant challenges in terms of sensor modality, diverse sensor environments, model efficiency, interactivity, and user experience.
The EIFCom workshop aims to provide a forum for researchers, developers, and industry partners to share their experiences, present innovative solutions, and discuss the latest advancements in efficient foundation models for mobile applications.
Call for Papers
Topics of Interest
We solicit papers that present preliminary research in broad areas of mobile foundation models, including but not limited to:
- Efficient Architectures: On-device training and inference, model compression, quantization, and pruning for mobile budgets.
- Green FMs: Uncoventional techiques, frameworks, and hardware architecture to make foundation models more environmental friendly.
- Multimodal Systems: Integration of diverse sensors (LIDAR, camera, IMU, audio) with foundation models.
- Interactivity & UX: Latent-aware response, personalized models, and human-centered AI for mobile devices.
- Privacy & Security: Federated learning, on-device privacy-preserving architectures.
- Applications: Innovative use cases in task automation, health monitoring, accessibility, and AR/VR.
Submission Instructions
We invite original research papers that have not been previously published and are not currently under review for publication. All submissions must be provided in PDF format, and follow the formatting guidelines of MobiSys 2026.
- Full papers: No longer than 6 pages including references.
- Position papers: Limited to 4 pages including references.
- Review Process: EIFCom follows a single-blinded review process.
All submissions must use a 10pt font (or larger) and be correctly formatted for printing on letter-sized (8.5" by 11") paper. Paper text blocks must follow ACM guidelines: double-column, with each column 9.25" by 3.33", 0.33" space between columns, and single-spaced. The abstract should contain less than 250 words.
Latex Template
Submissions can use this LaTex template which is known to comply with the formatting requirements. Authors remain responsible for checking that their resulting PDF meets our formatting specifications.
Submission Site
The papers can be submitted at: https://eifcom26.hotcrp.com/
If you have any questions, please reach out to the organisers via phamn@cardiff.ac.uk, hong.jia@auckland.ac.nz, or taesik.gong@unist.ac.kr.
Workshop Program
The detailed program will be announced after the notification of acceptance.
| 09:00 - 09:15 | Opening Remarks |
| 09:15 - 10:15 | Keynote Session |
| 10:15 - 10:45 | Coffee Break |
| 10:45 - 12:00 | Technical Session I |
| 12:00 - 13:30 | Lunch Break |
| 13:30 - TBA | Afternoon Sessions & Closing |
Important Dates
All deadlines are 23:59 AoE (Anywhere on Earth).
- Paper Submission: April 3, 2026 Add to Calendar
- Acceptance Notification: April 17, 2026
- Camera-Ready Submission: April 24, 2026
- Workshop Date: TBA (Co-located with MobiSys 2026)
Organization
General Chairs
Nhat (Nick) Pham
Cardiff University, UK
Hong Jia
University of Auckland, NZ
Taesik Gong
UNIST, South Korea
Web Chair
Hakan Kayan
Cardiff University, UK
Social Chair
- TBA
Publication Chair
- TBA
Technical Program Committee
- Nam Bui, University of Colorado Denver
- Tao Ni, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
- Talia Xu, University of Auckland
- Qiang Yang, University of Cambridge
- Yu (Yvonne) Wu, Dartmouth College
