We are delighted to announce the publication of the official IFCS 2026 Conference Proceedings:

Navigating Complexity: Statistical Methods, Data Analysis, and Machine Learning for Actionable Insights

The volume has been published by Springer in the prestigious series Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization.

Edited by Paula Brito, Francesco Denti, Francesca Greselin, Krzysztof Jajuga, and Mariangela Zenga, the book brings together 36 selected, peer-reviewed contributions presented at the 19th Conference of the International Federation of Classification Societies (IFCS 2026), held in Milan on July 14–16, 2026.

The contributions cover a broad range of topics in statistics, classification, data analysis, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, with particular emphasis on methods for extracting actionable insights from complex data.

Publication details

• Publisher: Springer Nature
• Series: Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization
• eBook ISBN: 978-3-032-32009-4
• Softcover ISBN: 978-3-032-32008-7
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-032-32009-4

View the IFCS 2026 Proceedings on Springer Nature

We warmly thank all authors, reviewers, editors, and members of the organizing committee whose contributions made this publication possible.