The IEEE International Conference on Smart Data Services (SMDS) (formerly the IEEE Big Data Congress) is the flagship theme-topic conference for data-driven applications and smart data-aware solutions under the as-a-service model, including analytic & learning-based services, smart data infrastructures, big data management, data quality and trustworthiness, data computing at the edge/IoT systems, and case studies of smart data services. IEEE SMDS aims to bring together researchers and practitioners working on AI, Systems, Data Science, and Services Computing to provide a dynamic and interactive forum to present and discuss their latest research findings, results, and challenges in this emerging area of mutual interest.