TGD @ EDBT 2026: Transforming Graph Data Workshop Call for Papers

[Anna Bernasconi]

(apologies for cross-posting)

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The second edition of the TGD workshop on "Transforming Graph Data" will be held on March 24th, 2026, as a full-day event co-located with the EDBT conference in Tampere, Finland (https://transforming-graph-data.github.io/2026/). The workshop aims to create a collaborative platform for communities working on and with graph transformations and queries to exchange expertise and showcase recent work.


### Important Dates ###

* Abstract Submission: January 12th, 2026
* Paper Submission: January 23rd, 2026
* Paper Notification: February 7th, 2026
* Camera Ready: February 13th, 2026
* Workshop Date: March 24th, 2026


### Topics ###

We welcome contributions on various topics, including but not limited to the following:

* Graph Transformations and Querying
- Human-centred and human-based approaches for graph transformations
- Logical aspects of graph transformations (based on rules, rewriting, algebra, etc.)
- Generative AI (LLM) methods for transforming graphs
- Learning graph transformations (inductive learning, self-regulated learning, etc.)
- Applying graph query languages for specifying transformations
- Optimisation for graph transformation and its relation to query optimisation

* Graph Changes and Evolution
- Formalisms to describe changes in graph data
- Dynamic graph data transformations
- Continuous queries and streaming graph processing

* Ecosystems for Graph Transformations
- Design and deployment of interoperability layers for graph data technologies
- Ensuring the reliable processing of graph data (verification and validation)
- Scalable, transformation-prone graph data processing and querying
- Human aspects of graph transformation ecosystems
- Usability, data integrity, quality
- Exploration of large evolving graphs


### Submission Link ###

Please submit your paper via the following link:
https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/TGDWorkshop2026/


### Submission Guidelines ###

TGD welcomes high-quality research, application, and vision papers.

* Research papers should describe research ideas and results relevant to TGD’s topics of interest, and that fall into one of the following categories:
- original and unpublished results or
- recent results that have already been accepted or published at an international workshop or conference. These will not count as new publications. If accepted, a short abstract referencing the original publication will be included in the proceedings.

* Application papers are expected to describe graph transformations in the industrial setting or in new application domains. Discussions and lessons concerning technology transfer of research ideas to the real-world setting are particularly encouraged.

* Vision papers should describe graph transformation use cases/scenarios that push the limits of existing solutions. These should motivate the importance of the studied use case, present gaps in the state-of-the-art, and lay out directions for addressing these.

The expected format for all submissions is six pages in CEUR Double Column Format.


### After Acceptance ###

All TGD papers will be published in the CEUR online proceedings, either in full for unpublished works or as short abstracts for submissions summarising published works. Selected unpublished submissions will be invited to contribute an extended version to a special issue (acceptance pending) of the Transactions on Graph Data and Knowledge (TGDK) Journal.


### Workshop Organisers ###

* Anna Bernasconi, Politecnico di Milano, Italy.
Email: anna.be...@polimi.it

* Stefania Dumbrava, ENSIIE & SAMOVAR Télécom SudParis, France.
Email: stefania...@ensiie.fr

* Riccardo Tommasini, INSA Lyon & LIRIS, France.
Email: riccardo....@insa-lyon.fr