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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 1
Vol. 40 No. 1Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 1) consists of 840 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Application Domains I
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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 2
Vol. 40 No. 2Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 2) consists of 840 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Application Domains II
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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 3
Vol. 40 No. 3Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 3) consists of 604 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Cognitive Modeling & Cognitive Systems
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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 4
Vol. 40 No. 4Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 4) consists of 899 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Computer Vision I
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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 5
Vol. 40 No. 5Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 5) consists of 901 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Computer Vision II
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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 6
Vol. 40 No. 6Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 6) consists of 907 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Computer Vision III
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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 7
Vol. 40 No. 7Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Thirty-Ninth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on February 25 – March 4, 2025, Philadelphia, Pennyslvania. The program chairs were Julie Shah (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) and Zico Kolter (Carnegie Mellon University, USA).
The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 7) consists of 903 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Computer Vision IV
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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 8
Vol. 40 No. 8Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Thirty-Ninth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on February 25 – March 4, 2025, Philadelphia, Pennyslvania. The program chairs were Julie Shah (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) and Zico Kolter (Carnegie Mellon University, USA).
The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 8) consists of 906 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Computer Vision V
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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 9
Vol. 40 No. 9Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 9) consists of 907 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Computer Vision VI
-
AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 10
Vol. 40 No. 10Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 10) consists of 903 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Computer Vision VII
-
AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 11
Vol. 40 No. 11Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 11) consists of 906 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Computer Vision VIII
-
AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 12
Vol. 40 No. 12Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 12) consists of 899 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Computer Vision IX
-
AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 13
Vol. 40 No. 13Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 13) consists of 901 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Computer Vision X
-
AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 14
Vol. 40 No. 14Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 14) consists of 905 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Computer Vision XI
-
AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 15
Vol. 40 No. 15Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 15) consists of 902 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Computer Vision XII
-
AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 16
Vol. 40 No. 16Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 16) consists of 977 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Computer Vision XIII
-
AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 17
Vol. 40 No. 17Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 17) consists of 911 pages and 2 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization
AAAI Technical Track on Data Mining & Knowledge Management I -
AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 18
Vol. 40 No. 18Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 18) consists of 804 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Data Mining & Knowledge Management II
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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 19
Vol. 40 No. 19Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 19) consists of 751 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Data Mining & Knowledge Management III
-
AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 20
Vol. 40 No. 20Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 20) consists of 733 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Game Theory and Economic Paradigms
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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 21
Vol. 40 No. 21Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 21) consists of 780 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Humans and AI
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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 22
Vol. 40 No. 22Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 22) consists of 782 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Intelligent Robotics
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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 23
Vol. 40 No. 23Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 23) consists of 585 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
-
AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 24
Vol. 40 No. 24Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 24) consists of 911 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Machine Learning I
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AAAI-26 Technical Tracks 25
Vol. 40 No. 25Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
Thirty-Eighth Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence
Sixteenth Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence
Edited by Sven Koenig, Chad Jenkins, Matthew E. Taylor
Sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
January 20–27, 2026, Singapore.Published by AAAI Press, Washington, DC, USA
Copyright © 2026, Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
601 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20004
All Rights Reserved
ISSN 2374-3468 (Online)
ISSN 2159-5399 (Print)
ISBN-10: 1-57735-906-2
ISBN-13: 978-1-57735-906-7The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence was held on January 20 -- January 27, 2026, Singapore. The program chairs were Chad Jenkins (University of Michigan, USA) and Matthew Taylor (University of Alberta, Canada).
AAAI-26 welcomed submissions on research that advances artificial intelligence, broadly conceived. The conference featured technical paper presentations, special tracks, invited speakers, workshops, tutorials, poster sessions, senior member presentations, competitions, and exhibit programs. Many of these activities were tailored to the theme of bridges and were selected according to the highest standards, with additional programs for students and young researchers. In addition to the Main Technical Track, authors were encouraged to submit papers for the Special Track on AI for Social Impact and the Special Track on AI Alignment.
AAAI-26 received unprecedented interest from the global AI community. Nearly 29,000 papers were submitted to the Main Technical Track, with roughly 23,000 remaining under review after policy compliance filtering. This represents nearly twice the number of papers reviewed at AAAI-25. Submissions came from over 75,000 unique authors, with particularly strong engagement from China, which accounted for approximately 20,000 of the total submissions. The three largest research areas by submission volume were Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Natural Language Processing. To meet this demand, the Program Committee was expanded to over 28,000 members, nearly three times the size of the previous year's committee.
Driven by its disciplinary diversity, AAAI has incubated numerous AI sub-disciplines and conferences and has nurtured for decades the cohesion of AI. The purpose of this year's Bridge Program is to tap into new sources of innovation by cultivating collaboration between two or more communities directed towards a common goal. Hence, the communities that our Bridge Program is intended to bring together could be distinct subfields of AI, such as planning and learning, or different disciplines that contribute to and benefit from AI, such as AI and the humanities.
The conference scope included 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. In addition to fundamental work that focused on any one of these areas, AAAI-26 encouraged work across technical areas of AI, (e.g., machine learning and computer vision; computer vision and natural language processing; or machine learning and planning), bridges between AI and a related research area (e.g., neuroscience; cognitive science) or developing AI techniques in the context of important application domains, such as healthcare, sustainability, transportation, and commerce.The conference also continued its tradition of colocating with the long-running Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence conference (IAAI-26). IAAI-26 was chaired by Eren Kurshan (Princeton University, USA). The IAAI-26 papers are included in this proceedings. Also included are the papers from the Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence (EAAI-26). EAAI-26 was cochaired by Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, USA) and Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto, Canada).
The proceedings have been published in 48 consecutive issues. This issue (volume 40 no. 25) consists of 913 pages and 1 tracks:
AAAI Technical Track on Machine Learning II
