WCAL solicits submission of high quality technical papers reporting original work not previously published, nor currently submitted for consideration elsewhere.

Call for Workshop (WCAL) Papers: Workshop (WCAL) papers are limited to 5 to 9 single-column CEUR-WS format pages. Workshop Program Committee Chairs: Lucie Klus, Tampere University, Finland; Guohao Zhang, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong

Manuscripts are submitted according to the instructions for authors. Papers undergo a single-blind review process by at least two reviewers. Accepted WiP papers will be submitted to CEUR-WS.org, which is currently indexed by Scopus, Ei Compendex and DBLP.

Please note that the TPC strictly adheres to strict rules for the peer review process. Reviewers treat the contents of the submitted papers as confidential information not to be disclosed to others before publication. We expect our reviewers to not make any inappropriate use of the special knowledge that the access provides.

The conference emphasizes open science practices, which will be positively received during the review process.

Topics of interest include:

• AI-assisted localization (snapshot vs. recurrent) and sensor fusion (deep Kalman filter)
• Location awareness & context detection
• Augmented Reality & Virtual Reality applied to localization
• Benchmarking, assessment, evaluation, standards
• Data simulation & augmentation for AI-based systems
• Health & wellness applications
• Indoor maps, indoor geospatial data model, indoor mobile mapping & 3D building models
• Location-based services & applications
• Monitoring & modeling of human motion
• Indoor positioning, navigation & tracking methods
• AI-based systems o Wireless sensor or cellular networks-based positioning
• AoA-, TOA-, TOF-, TDOA-based localization
• Channel Impulse Responses
• Cooperative systems applied to localization
• Fingerprinting
• Hybrid IMU pedestrian navigation & foot mounted navigation
• (Visual) Inertial Odometry
• Magnetic field-based methods
• Multipath Component Analysis & Tracking
• Optical systems
• Inertial & hybrid systems
• Passive & active RFID, radar, device-free systems
• Routing in indoor environments
• RSSI (BLE & Wi-Fi) fingerprinting
• (Visual) Simultaneous Localization & Mapping (SLAM)
• Sound and Ultrasound systems
• 5G, 6G & UWB
• Privacy & security for ILS
• Satellite-based navigation
• High Sensitivity GNSS, Indoor GNSS, Pseudolites
• RTK GNSS with handheld devices
• Mitigation of GNSS errors when switching indoors
• Industrial metrology & geodetic systems, iGPS
• Smartphone-based positioning
• User requirements for location-based systems
• Wearable-based systems

The conference includes keynotes, tutorials and industry exhibitions.

Accepted Special Sessions NEW!

• Advanced Autonomous Navigation Technology using Heterogenous Sensors under Signal-denied Scenarios
• Machine Learning for Localization and Navigation
• Reproducible Research, with Open Data and Code, Plus an Extra Touch of Care
• Seamless Positioning, Navigation, and Timing with GNSS, LEO, and Sensors Integration

Important dates

• WCAL Submission: 13 July 2025 [Hard deadline]
• Notification of WCAL Acceptance: 04 August 2025 already passed!
• Camera-ready submission: 15 August 2025 already passed!