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AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2026

The AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence is a major international conference that covers research advances across the breadth of artificial intelligence. The conference brings together researchers, practitioners, students, and engineers from around the world for technical paper sessions, invited talks, workshops, tutorials, demonstrations, competitions, and community activities. Tracks span core AI methods, applications, and special themes such as AI alignment and AI for social impact. AAAI-26, the 40th annual conference, will be held at Singapore EXPO from January 20 to January 27, 2026. The conference features technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. AAAI is the flagship conference of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), one of the most prestigious and influential AI research conferences in the world.

Conference Information

Conference Highlights

  • Comprehensive AI conference program that includes main technical tracks, special tracks on topics such as AI alignment and AI for social impact, a rich workshop and tutorial program, student activities, and industry and community engagement. Features technical paper presentations, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Includes IAAI-26 (Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence) and EAAI-26 (Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence) co-located conferences. Student activities include Student Abstract and Poster Program, Tutorial and Lab Program, Undergraduate Consortium, Doctoral Consortium, and Student Scholar Volunteer Program.

What It's Known For

Widely recognized as one of the core general AI conferences that showcases leading research results and advances in artificial intelligence across many subfields, from reasoning and planning to learning and perception. The flagship conference of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), one of the most prestigious and influential AI research conferences in the world. Known for rigorous peer review, high-quality research contributions, and comprehensive coverage of AI topics.

Target Audience

AI and machine learning researchers, students, and practitioners from academia, industry, and government who focus on advancing the theory, methods, and applications of artificial intelligence. Graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, faculty members, industry researchers, government researchers, and AI practitioners interested in cutting-edge AI research and applications.

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Peter Stone

Keynote Speaker

University of Texas at Austin - Truchard Foundation Chair in Computer Science, Chair of Computer Science Department, Founding Director of Texas Robotics

Dr. Peter Stone holds the Truchard Foundation Chair in Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin. He is Chai ...

Bowen Zhou

Keynote Speaker

AI Research Organization - AI Researcher

Bowen Zhou is a leading researcher in artificial general intelligence (AGI) and high-efficiency AI systems. His work foc ...

Daniel Whiteson

Keynote Speaker

University of California, Irvine - Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Daniel Whiteson is a Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine. He is known for his wor ...

Yolanda Gil

Keynote Speaker

University of Southern California, Information Sciences Institute - Director of Knowledge Technologies

Yolanda Gil is Director of Knowledge Technologies at the University of Southern California Information Sciences Institut ...

Katerina Fragkiadaki

Keynote Speaker

Carnegie Mellon University - Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Katerina Fragkiadaki is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. Her research focuses o ...

Isabelle Guyon

Keynote Speaker

ChaLearn - President

Isabelle Guyon is President of ChaLearn and a leading researcher in machine learning, particularly in automated machine ...