The AIxIA 2026 edition marks the 24th year of a conference that originated within the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence and has grown into an international event, also attracting researchers from around the world. This year’s edition will be organized by the University of Perugia.

Topics of Interest

The main conference covers a broad spectrum of topics reflecting current trends in Artificial Intelligence. Several specific topics will also be addressed through dedicated thematic workshops held alongside the main conference. The main track of the AIxIA 2026 conference welcomes submissions covering all areas of AI:

• Machine Learning
• Language Models
• Search and Planning
• Knowledge Representation, Reasoning, and Argumentation
• Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization
• Natural Language Processing
• Robotics and Perception
• Autonomous Agents and Multi-agent Systems
• Ethical and Cultural Issues in AI.

Welcome all kinds of high-quality contributions, including theoretical, engineering, and applied papers. We also encourage submissions on AI techniques in both established and emerging application domains, such as:

• (Cyber)Security
• Sustainability
• Aging and Health Care
• Education
• Cultural Heritage
• Manufacturing
• Transportation
• Commerce and Recommendation Systems

Papers describing AI approaches and applications that address societal challenges are particularly welcome. This includes solutions for managing public health crises, as well as popular community topics, such as identifying and reducing biases and ethical issues in AI.

Besides regular papers presenting results not already published, we also welcome short "discussion papers" containing:

• descriptions of results recently published or accepted for presentation in première international conferences and journals related to the AI field;
• position papers discussing potentially controversial topics in AI or personal points of view about specific topics in AI

Discussion papers offer authors an opportunity to share their recent findings with the AI community and to encourage discussion among AIxIA 2026 attendees and potential collaborators.

At least one author of each accepted paper is required to register and attend the conference to present the work.

Proceedings of Papers

Proceedings of Regular Papers

Accepted regular papers will be included in the conference proceedings and published by Springer Verlag in the Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) series.

Authors of selected regular papers accepted to the main track will be invited to submit an extended version for publication in "Intelligenza Artificiale", the International Journal of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, published by IOS Press and indexed by Thomson Reuters' "Emerging Sources Citation Index" and Elsevier Scopus.

Proceedings of Discussion Papers

Discussion papers will be published in CEUR Workshop Proceedings, and presented at the conference together with regular submissions.

Best Papers Awards

The Program Committee will select the Best Student Paper and the Best Paper from the accepted regular papers. To qualify for the Best Student Paper Award, at least one author must be a student.

Submission Guidelines

Submitted papers should be written in English and formatted according to the Springer LNCS style.
Regular papers must be original and not submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. These papers should not exceed 12 pages, with any number of additional pages containing bibliographic references only.
Discussion papers should not exceed 4 pages (CEUR Workshop Proceedings style) with any number of additional pages containing bibliographic references only.

Paper submission is electronic through Easychair:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aixia2026

Important Dates

Regular Papers

• Abstract Submission: June 16, 2026
• Paper Submission: June 23, 2026
• Notification: July 25, 2026
• Camera ready: August 5, 2026

Discussion Papers

• Abstract Submission: July 5, 2026
• Paper Submission: July 10, 2026
• Notification: July 26, 2026
• Camera ready: August 25, 2026

Call for Papers Chairs

Marco Maratea
Università della Calabria, Rende, Italy
Email: marco.maratea@unical.it

Francesco Santini
Università degli Studi di Perugia, Perugia, Italy
Email: francesco.santini@unipg.it