The International SPAD Sensor Workshop
1st-4th June 2026 / Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea
The 2026 International SPAD Sensor Workshop (ISSW) is a biennial event focusing on Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes (SPAD), SPAD-based sensors, and related applications. The workshop welcomes all researchers (including PhD students, postdocs, and early-career researchers), practitioners, and educators interested in these topics.
This fifth edition of the workshop will take place in Seoul, South Korea, hosted at Yonsei University, in a venue suited to encourage interaction and a shared experience among the attendees. The workshop will follow a 1-day introductory school on SPAD sensor technology, which will be held in the same venue as the workshop on June 1st, 2026.
The workshop will include a mix of invited talks and peer-reviewed contributions. Accepted works will be published on the International Image Sensor Society website (https://imagesensors.org/). Submitted works may cover any of the aspects of SPAD technology, including device modeling, engineering and fabrication, SPAD characterization and measurements, pixel and sensor architectures and designs, and SPAD applications.
Topics
Papers on the following SPAD-related topics are solicited:
● CMOS/CMOS-compatible technologies
● SiPMs
● III-V, Ge-on-Si
● Modeling
● Quenching and front-end circuits
● Architectures
● Time-to-digital converters
● Smart data-processing techniques
● Applications of SPAD single pixel and arrays, such as:
o Depth sensing / ToF / LiDAR
o Time-resolved imaging
o Low-light imaging
o Quantum imaging
o High-dynamic-range imaging
o Biophotonics
o Computational imaging
o Quantum RNG
o High-energy physics
o Quantum communications
● Emerging technologies & applications
Draft paper submission
Submission portal TBD.
Paper format - Each submission should comprise a 1000-character abstract and a 3-page paper, equivalent to 1 page of text and 2 pages of images. The submission must include the authors' name(s) and affiliation, mailing address, and email address. The formatting can adhere to either a style that integrates text and figures, akin to the standard IEEE format, or a structure with a page of text followed by figures, mirroring the format of the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) or the IEEE Symposium on VLSI Technology and Circuits. Examples illustrating these formats can be accessed in the online database of the International Image Sensor Society.
The deadline for paper submission is 23:59 CET, January 11th, 2026.
Papers will be considered on the basis of originality and quality. High-quality papers on work in progress are also welcome. Papers will be reviewed confidentially by the Technical Program Committee.
Accepted papers will be made freely available for download from the International Image Sensor Society website.
Poster submission
In addition to talks, we wish to offer all graduate students, post-docs, and early-career researchers an opportunity to present a poster on their research projects or other research relevant to the workshop topics.
If you wish to take up this opportunity, please submit a 1000-character abstract and a 1-page description (including figures) of the proposed research activity, along with the authors’ name(s) and affiliation, mailing address, and e-mail address.
The deadline for paper submission is 23:59 CET, January 11th, 2026.
Key dates
The deadline for paper submission is 23:59 CET, January 11th, 2026.
Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their papers & posters latest by February 22nd, 2026.
The final paper submission date is March 29th, 2026.
The presentation material submission date is May 22nd, 2026.
Location
ISSW 2026 will be held fully in-person in Seoul, S. Korea, at the Baekyang Nuri Grand Ballroom at Yonsei University.
