The 1st International Online Conference on Fractal and Fractional
The 1st International Online Conference on Fractal and Fractional
Theoretical Foundations and Interdisciplinary Applications
Part of the International Online Conference on Fractal and Fractional series
Event's Timezone: Central European Summer Time
12 December 2025
12 February 2026
8 April 2026
Fractals, Fractional Calculus, Fractal and Fractional Dynamics
The IOCFF 2026 is Now OPEN for Abstract Submission and Registration.
Instructions for authors are available online.
Submit your abstract HERE.
For your inquiries, please contact us at iocff2026@mdpi.com.
Welcome from the Chairs
It is our sincere pleasure and great honor to announce the 1st International Online Conference on Fractal and Fractional: Theoretical Foundations and Interdisciplinary Applications (IOCFF 2026), which will be held online by the MDPI open access journal Fractal and Fractional (ISSN: 2504-3110; Impact Factor: 3.3) from 13 to 15 April 2026.
Fractals and fractional calculus have changed the way we model and understand complexity across mathematics, physics, engineering, and beyond. Fractals offer a powerful framework for describing irregular, self-similar structures found in nature and science, while fractional calculus provides a flexible and accurate tool for modeling memory effects, anomalous diffusion, and nonlocal phenomena. Together, they have provided fundamental theories and inspired innovative applications in diverse fields, ranging from fluid dynamics and materials science to finance, biology, and data analysis. Their impact continues to expand in the study of complex systems in the modern scientific landscape.
IOCFF 2026 will focus on recent theoretical methods, advanced computational algorithms, and emerging applications of fractals and fractional calculus. Through analytical innovations, numerical methods, or interdisciplinary research, the conference aims to highlight the growing role of these fields in addressing complex problems across science and engineering. We invite you to join a dynamic exchange of ideas that reflects both the rich foundations and the evolving future of fractal and fractional research.
IOCFF 2026 will allow you to share and discuss your most recent research findings with a vibrant worldwide community of scientists and engineers in the field. Moreover, numerous internationally renowned speakers will share their current state-of-the-art research during the event through six live sessions, including comprehensive Q&A segments.
We look forward to having you join us at this exciting event.
Best regards,
Prof. Dr. Carlo Cattani
Event Chairs
Carlo Cattani, Professor of Mathematical Physics and Applied Mathematics at the Department of Economics, Engineering, Society and Enterprise (DEIM) of Tuscia University (VT)-Italy, appointed in 2015, and previously professor/research fellow at the Dept. of Mathematics University of Rome “La Sapienza” (1980-2004) and Dept. of Mathematics, University of Salerno (2004-2015). Research fellow of the Italian Council of Research, CNR (1978-1980) and Visiting Research fellow at the Physics Institute of the Stockholm University (1987-1988) and UPV-Valencia (Spain) in 2000. His main scientific research interests are focussing on numerical and computational methods, mathematical models and methods, fractals, fractional calculus, data analysis, computer methods and simulations, artificial intelligence, computational linguistics. Author of more than 350 scientific papers on international journals he has given significant contributions to fundamental topics such as numerical methods, dynamical systems, fractional calculus, wavelets, nonlinear waves, data analysis, neural networks and artificial intelligence. Founder and Editor in chief of the journal Fractal and Fractional he is author and editor of several books, dealing with wavelets, fractals, nonlinear waves, computational methods, AI. He has been awarded as Honory Distinguish professor at the Harran University (2022), Honorary professor at the Azerbaijan University (2019), and at the BSP University, Ufa-Russia (2009) for “his contribution in research and international cooperation”, In 2018-2021 he has been appointed as adjunct Professor at the Ton Duc Thang University – HCMC Vietnam. Since 2015 he is corresponding member of the Italian “Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti”. For the many achievements in research he has been listed in the World Top 2% Scientists (Stanford) since 2019, for the subject applied mathematics, numerical and computational mathematics and artifical intelligence.
Department of Mathematics and Science Education, Faculty of Education, Harran University, Sanliurfa, Türkiye
Prof. Dr. Haci Mehmet Baskonus received his Ph.D. from Applied Mathematics, Firat University, Elazig, Turkey in 2014. He is currently a Full Professor at Harran University, Turkey. His study area includes PDEs, ODE, analytical and numerical methods, epidemiological models and soliton theory. He has published more than 200 research articles in leading journals, as well as 5 book chapters and 3 projects with most international. Dr. Baskonus has received many awards, Springer, Young Distinguished Researchers Award, Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (2021,2022), Top 2% Scientist (Stanford University Report-2020,2021,2022,2023). He is a founder Editor-in-Chief of "International Journal of Mathematics and Computer in Engineering" indexed by Elsevier-Scopus Q1 quarter and Associate Editor of various reputed ISI journals. Dr. Baskonus is a visiting scientist (2019,2023,2024) with Yunnan Normal University and (2024) with China Agricultural University of China, and visiting researcher (2021,2022,2023,2024,2025) with Messina University of Italy because he is also recognized by Board of the Italian Academy (Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti).
Session chairs
Dr. Saptarshi Das
Centre for Environmental Mathematics, University of Exeter, Penryn Campus, Cornwall, UK
dynamical systems; systems and control theory; fractional calculus; computational intelligence; optimization; signal processing; machine learning; energy and power engineering; biomedical engineering; data science
Prof. Dr. Jordan Hristov
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Chemical Technology and Metallurgy, Sofia, Bulgaria
mathematical modeling; fractional calculus; non-linear diffusion; viscoelasticity
Prof. Dr. Camillo Porcaro
Department of Neuroscience and Padova Neuroscience Center, University of Padova, Padova, Italy
EEG; fMRI; MEG; fractal analysis (FA); brain–computer interface (BCI)
Prof. Dr. Dimplekumar N. Chalishajar
Department of Applied Mathematics, Virginia Military Institute (VMI), Lexington, VA, USA
control theory; dynamical system; fractional order systems; delay systems; stochastic system; partial differential equations
Prof. Dr. Rodica Luca
Department of Mathematics, "Gheorghe Asachi" Technical University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania
fractional differential equations; ordinary differential equations; partial differential equations; finite difference equations; boundary value problems
Dr. Anwarud Din
School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu, PR China
probability stochastic processes; stochastic modeling; Stochastic Analysis; Markov Processes; applied probability
Prof. Dr. Alex Iosevich
Department of Mathematics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
harmonic analysis; geometric measure theory; additive number theory; theoretical data science
Event Committee
fractal geometry theory; transports in fractal porous media; transports in fractal-like tree structures
Nonlinear system control theory and applications; Clustered energy system control; Control theory and applications of fractional/integer order diffusion systems
Lie symmetries; Conservation laws; Partial differential equations; Bifurcation theory; Chaos
Department of Mathematics, Western Kentucky University, Bowling Green, KY, USA
existence of positive solutions using fixed point theorems for BVPs in difference equations and in differential equations; calculus on time scales; dynamic equations and their applications to economics; fractional calculus and their applications to medica
Institute of Structural Analysis, Poznan University of Technology, Poznan, Poland
nonlinear analysis; material modeling; extreme loading; constitutive modelling
Faculty of Engineering, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
numerical analysis; numerical mathematics; partial/fractional differential equations; fractional diffusion equations
Faculty of Automation and Computer Science, Department of Automation, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
fractional calculus; predictive control; biomedical engineering; dead-time compensation
Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, Porto, Portugal
complex systems modelling; automation and robotics; fractional order systems modelling and control; data analysis and visualization; machine learning
Department of Physics, Stern College at Yeshiva University, 245 Lexington Ave, New York, NY, USA
fractional differential/difference equations; evolution of aging
Department of Mathematical Sciences, University of Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA
computational analysis; approximation theory; probability; theory of moments
Department of Chemistry, Biology, and Biotechnology, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy
complexity; artificial intelligence; fuzzy logic; photophysics; photochemistry; oscillatory reactions; complex systems; nonlinear dynamics; chaos
Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Medical Physiology, University of Belgrade, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia; University of Haifa, Haifa 3498838, Israel
computational methods in medicine; fractal analysis in medicine; fractional biological dynamics and biophysics; fractals in neurosciences; fractal analysis for artificial intelligence
Division of Graduate Studies and Research, Tijuana Institute of Technology, Tijuana, Mexico
type-2 fuzzy logic; fuzzy control; neuro-fuzzy; genetic-fuzzy hybrid approaches
Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, University of Catania, Italy
Elliptic partial differential equations; regularity; Morrey spaces; fractional calculus ; Mean Field Games
robust control; Linear Control; fractional-order systems; PID controllers; fractional-order control; Uncertain Systems
Department of Industrial Design and Production Engineering, University of West Attica, Aigaleo, Greece
fractal analysis; fractal dimension; long-memory; Hurst exponent; DFA; symbolic dynamics; R/S analysis; entropy; Tsallis entropy; earthquakes; pre-seismic precursors; radon; radon progeny; radon in soil; kHz-MHz electromagnetic radiation and ionising radi
Laboratory of Mechanics and Acoustics, French National Centre for Scientific Research LMA, CNRS, UMR 7031, Centrale Marseille, Aix-Marseille University CEDEX 20, Marseille, France
porous materials; micropolar and fractal materials; fractional calculus; ultrasonic and low frequency characterization; acoustic propagation; vibroacoustic; alloys; direct and inverse problem solving; optimization
estimation and control for fractional order systems; numerical solutions for fractional order differential equations
Departamento de Teoría de la Señal y Comunicaciones e Ingeniería Telemática, Universidad de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain
nonlinearity; solitons and fractals; photonics; quantum information; optical materials
Department of Statistics, Mathematical Analysis and Optimization, CITMAga, University of Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
nonlinear differential equations; fractional models; biomedical applications; digital twins
general topology; mathematical analysis
Department of Engineering, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
systems modeling and control; fractional order systems; soft computing techniques
Department of Mathematics, School of Digital Technologies, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia; Department of Mathematics and Physics, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
fractional calculus; Difference equations; Differential equations
Facultad de Ingeniería Mecánica y Eléctrica, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Av. Pedro de Alba S/N, Cd. Universitaria, San Nicolás de los Garza, Nuevo León, Mexico
Synchronization, complex networks, nonlinear dynamics, and chaos; fractional-order systems and fractional calculus; Lyapunov-based stability analysis.
Invited Speakers
Mathematical Institute of Serbian Academy of Science and Arts, Belgrade and Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, University of Niš, Nis, Serbia
Sessions
S2. Fractional Calculus and Its Applications in Engineering Systems
S3. Numerical Methods for Fractional Calculus
S4. Fractional Calculus in Complex and Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
S5. Fractional Calculus in Machine Learning: Applications and Challenges
S6. Fractal Geometry: Mathematical Foundations and Real-World Applications
Instructions for Authors
IOCFF 2026 will accept abstracts only. The accepted abstracts will be available online on Sciforum.net during and after the conference.
Important Deadline
1. Deadline for abstract submission: 12 December 2025
2. Abstract acceptance notification: 12 February 2026
You will be notified of the acceptance of an oral/poster presentation in a separate email.
Abstract submissions should be completed online by registering with www.sciforum.net and using the "Submit Abstract" function once logged into the system. No physical template is necessary.
1. The abstract structure should include the introduction, methods, results, and conclusions sections of about 200–300 words in length.
2. All abstracts should be submitted and presented in clear, publication-ready English with accurate grammar and spelling.
3. You may submit multiple abstracts. However, only one abstract will be selected for oral presentation.
4. The abstracts submitted to this conference must be original and novel, without prior publication in any journals, or they will not be accepted to this conference.
Detailed Requirements:
1. The submitting author must ensure that all co-authors are aware of the contents of the abstract.
2. Please select only one presenter for each submission. If you would like to change the presenter after submission, please email us accordingly.
Note: We only accept live presentations.
The slot for the oral presentation is 15 mins. We advise that your presentation lasts for a maximum of 12 mins, leaving at least 3 mins for the Q&A session.
Authors are encouraged to prepare a presentation in PowerPoint or similar software, to be displayed online along with the abstract. Slides, if available, will be displayed directly on the website using the proprietary slide viewer at Sciforum.net. Slides can be prepared in exactly the same way as for any traditional conference where research results are presented. Slides should be converted to PDF format prior to submission so that they can be converted for online display.
- Should include the title, authors, contact details and main research findings, as well as tables, figures and graphs where necessary.
- Size in pixels: 1080 width x 1536 height–portrait orientation.
- Size in cm: 38,1 width x 54,2 height–portrait orientation.
- Font size: ≥16.
- Examples of successful submissions can be viewed here at the following links: (1), (2), (3).
- You can use our free template to create your poster.
We will reach out to you closer to the dates of the conference with more information.
The poster template can be downloaded HERE.
It is the author's responsibility to identify and declare any personal circumstances or interests that may be perceived as inappropriately influencing the representation or interpretation of clinical research. If there is no conflict, please state "The authors declare no conflicts of interest." This should be conveyed in a separate "Conflict of Interest" statement preceding the "Acknowledgements" and "References" sections at the end of the manuscript. Any financial support for the study must be fully disclosed in the "Acknowledgements" section.
MDPI, the publisher of the Sciforum.net platform, is an open access publisher. We believe authors should retain the copyright to their scholarly works. Hence, by submitting an abstract to this conference, you retain the copyright to the work, but you grant MDPI the non-exclusive right to publish this abstract online on the Sciforum.net platform. This means you can easily submit your full paper (with the abstract) to any scientific journal at a later stage and transfer the copyright to its publisher if required.
Registration
If you are registering several people under the same registration, please do not use the same email address for each person, but their individual university email addresses. Thank you for your understanding.
Please note that the submission and registration are two separate parts. Only scholars who registered can receive a link to access the conference live streaming. The deadline for registration is 8 April 2026.
Publication Opportunity
1. Fractal and Fractional Journal Publication
Participants in this conference are cordially invited to contribute a full manuscript to the conference's Special Issue (to be updated), published in Fractal and Fractional (ISSN: 2504-3110, Impact Factor: 3.3), with a 10% discount on the publication fee.
Please note, if you have IOAP/association discounts, conference discounts will be combined with IOAP/association discounts. Conference discounts cannot be combined with reviewer vouchers. All submitted papers will undergo MDPI’s standard peer-review procedure. The abstracts should be cited and noted on the first page of the paper.
2. Proceeding Paper Publication
All accepted abstracts will be published in the conference report of the 1st International Online Conference on Fractal and Fractional in the Computer Sciences & Mathematics Forum (ISSN: 2813-0324); if you wish to publish an extended proceeding paper (4-8 pages), please submit it to the same journal after the conference.
Authors are asked to disclose that it is a proceeding paper of the IOCFF 2026 conference paper in their cover letter. Carefully read the rules outlined in the 'Instructions for Authors' on the journal’s website and ensure that your submission adheres to these guidelines.
Proceedings submission deadline: 28 May 2026.
Manuscripts for the proceedings issue must be formatted as follows:
Title;
Full author names;
Affiliations (including full postal address) and authors' e-mail addresses;
Abstract;
Keywords;
Introduction;
Methods;
Results and Discussion;
Conclusions;
Acknowledgements;
References.
Please click HERE to submit your proceeding paper to the Computer Sciences & Mathematics Forum.
Proceeding Template
Event Awards
To acknowledge the support of the conference's esteemed authors and recognize their outstanding scientific accomplishments, we are pleased to announce the establishment of Best Oral Presentation Award and Best Poster Award.
The Awards
Number of Awards Available: 6
1. Best Oral Presentation Award
Eligibility: Open to all authors selected as oral speakers who have delivered their presentation.
Criteria: Evaluation based on content quality, delivery clarity, audience interaction, and overall impact.
Prize: A prize of CHF 200 and a certificate celebrating your achievement.
2. Best Poster Award
Eligibility: Open to all authors who have presented their work through posters.
Criteria: Evaluation based on scientific merit, creativity, and ability to attract and engage viewers.
Prize: A prize of CHF 200 and a certificate celebrating your achievement.
Winner Announcement: The awards winners will be evaluated and selected by the science committee after the conference. Results will be announced on the website and all winners will be individually contacted via email.
Sponsors and Partners
Organizers
Media Partners
Conference Secretariat
Ms. Ann Li
Ms. Katrina Zhang
Ms. Valerie Lai
Email: iocff2026@mdpi.com
For inquiries regarding submissions and sponsorship opportunities, please feel free to contact us.
