This book constitutes the proceedings of the 28th International Conference on Big Data Analytics and Knowledge Discovery, DaWaK 2026, held in Graz, Austria, during August 11–13, 2026.

The 17 full papers and 11 Short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 65 submissions. They focus on Mature, Well-Developed Research, Novel, Early-Stage Research, Emerging Concepts, and Preliminary Findings.