AAAI-26: Main Technical Track Call for Papers

The 40th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-26) will take place in Singapore EXPO from January 20 to January 27, 2026.

The conference theme is to create collaborative bridges within and beyond AI, with an emphasis on AI for social impact and responsible AI.

Submission Tracks

• Main Technical Track
• Special Track on AI Alignment
• Special Track on AI for Social Impact
• Demonstration Program
• EAAI-26
• IAAI-26
• New Faculty Highlights
• Senior Member Presentation Track
• Tutorial and Lab Forum
• Workshops

Topics

AAAI-26 welcomes submissions reporting research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference scope includes machine learning, natural language processing, computer vision, data mining, multiagent systems, knowledge representation, human-in-the-loop AI, search, planning, reasoning, robotics and perception, and ethics. Work that cuts across technical areas of AI, bridges between AI and related research areas (e.g., neuroscience, cognitive science), or develops AI techniques in the context of important application domains (e.g., healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce) is expressly encouraged.

Review Process

• Two-phase reviewing for the Main Track: Phase 1 includes two human reviews supplemented by one AI-generated, non-decisional review. Phase 2 involves additional reviews for papers not rejected in Phase 1, followed by an author response window. Metareview and disposition decisions follow the author response period.
• AAAI-26 is an in-person conference.

Submission Guidelines

• Submissions may consist of up to 7 pages of technical content plus additional pages solely for references.
• Authors may submit supplementary material (technical appendix, multimedia, code and data), but reviewers are not required to review it.
• All authors must complete a reproducibility checklist.
• Authors are expected to be available to review (light load).

Important Dates (Anywhere on Earth - UTC-12)

• Open Review submission site opens for author registration: June 18, 2025
• Open Review submission site opens for paper submission: June 25, 2025
• Abstracts due: July 25, 2025
• Full papers due: August 1, 2025
• Supplementary material and code due: August 4, 2025
• Notification of Phase 1 rejections: September 8, 2025
• Author feedback window: October 2-8, 2025
• Notification of final acceptance or rejection (Main Technical Track): November 3, 2025
• Submission of camera-ready files (Main Technical Track): November 13, 2025
• AAAI-26 Conference: January 20-27, 2026

Author Responsibilities and AI Use

• Authors may judiciously use generative AI tools, but remain fully responsible for all submitted material.
• Plagiarism, non-existent references, or violations of the AAAI Code of Professional Ethics and Conduct will be subject to sanctions.
• Papers including AI-generated text are prohibited unless presented as part of an experimental analysis.
• AI systems cannot be authors or citable sources.

Contact Information

• For conference registration inquiries: aaai26@aaai.org
• For submission process and conference questions: workflowchairs26@aaai.zendesk.com