5th IFC Workshop on "Data Science in Central Banking" - Call for papers

27 October 2026

The Irving Fisher Committee on Central Bank Statistics (IFC) of the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), together with the Central Bank of the Republic of Türkiye (CBRT) and with the support of Banca d'Italia, is organizing the 5th Workshop on 'Data Science in Central Banking', to be held in Istanbul on 23-25 March 2027.

The workshop will focus on the applications and impact of artificial intelligence (AI) across central bank functions, exploring the opportunities and challenges for productivity, operational efficiency, effectiveness, quality and governance. It will provide a forum for sharing experiences and presenting practical projects, with experts from central banks, national statistical offices, international organizations, universities and the private sector.

The call for papers and presentations particularly welcomes contributions on using AI in central banking, including AI agents, generative, vision, speech and language models, and tools supporting monetary policy, research, statistics, supervision and oversight. Other topics of interest include data science and machine learning methodologies for economic analysis and financial stability; technological and data infrastructure for developing and deploying and large-scale AI solutions; information governance, standards (including SDMX), open data and technologies for data sharing.

Projects accompanied by a replicable code that is open source or shareable will be particularly welcome. The contributions accepted will be published in a special issue of the IFC Bulletin.

Proposals in the form of abstracts of papers or presentations should be sent via the submission form available on the official event page by 30 November 2026. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 15 January 2027, and presentation slides are due by 28 February 2027. Papers intended for the special issue of the IFC Bulletin must be submitted for publication by 15 May 2027.

The workshop will take place in person, with online participation available to those not making presentations. Registration opened on 1 October 2026.

Please consult the official workshop page on the BIS website to see the programme, submission instructions and other information.

Information and call for papers

Workshop registration

For information, write to: IFC.secretariat@bis.org and events@tcmb.gov.tr.