Call for Papers
The 27th ACM Symposium on Document Engineering (DocEng’27) will take place 24–27 August 2027, hosted by Mount Royal University in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
DocEng invites original contributions to the computational design, creation, analysis, processing, presentation, management and use of documents and document collections. We welcome research on document structure, intelligence, accessibility, security, interaction and applications across scientific, industrial and public-service contexts.
2027 call status: The technical theme, submission deadlines and paper requirements have not yet been announced. The sections below are editable draft content based on the structure of the DocEng 2026 call, not confirmed DocEng’27 policy.
Important Dates
| Milestone | Full papers | Short papers and demonstrations |
|---|---|---|
| Abstract submission | To be announced | To be announced |
| Manuscript submission | To be announced | To be announced |
| Acceptance notification | To be announced | To be announced |
| Camera-ready deadline | To be announced | To be announced |
Deadline time zone and time-of-day convention: to be confirmed.
Submission Categories
DocEng traditionally welcomes:
- Full papers: complete research contributions.
- Short papers: focused findings, smaller completed studies, emerging challenges and research visions.
- Demonstrations: practical presentations of tools, prototypes and applications.
2027 page limits, review procedures and publication arrangements are to be confirmed. In 2026 the limits were 10 pages, 4 pages and 2-page abstracts respectively; do not treat these as 2027 requirements until approved.
Topics of Interest
Submissions may address, among other areas:
AI and Computational Document Processing
- Document understanding, recognition and information extraction.
- Generative AI and large language models for document workflows.
- Semantic structure, layout analysis, multimodal and historical documents.
Document Creation, Transformation and Presentation
- Authoring, design, typography and layout generation.
- Document conversion, interchange formats and interoperability.
- Publishing workflows and automated document production.
Human–Document Interaction and Accessibility
- Inclusive design, accessible and assistive document technologies.
- Search, navigation, annotation, collaboration and user experience.
- Interaction with scientific, educational and professional documents.
Document Collections and Systems
- Representation, indexing, retrieval and management at scale.
- Digital archives, collections, metadata and knowledge organisation.
- Distributed document services and processing infrastructures.
Security, Trust and Responsible Systems
- Authenticity, provenance, privacy and integrity.
- Responsible and sustainable document processing.
- Evaluation, benchmarking and reliable deployment.
The final 2027 topic list and any special theme will be announced by the Programme Chairs.
Submission and Proceedings
Submissions should present original, unpublished work and follow the formatting and ethics requirements established for DocEng’27. The ACM proceedings templates are a useful starting point, subject to the final 2027 instructions.
- 2027 submission portal: To be announced.
- 2027 review model: To be confirmed.
- ACM Digital Library and open-access charges: Follow the 2027 conference and ACM announcements; do not reuse the 2026 transitional APC pricing.
See Submission for detailed author instructions as these become available.
Contact
The 2027 programme contact address will be published here when confirmed.