Adaptive Learning and Intelligent Systems, 2026

Deakin City Campus, Melbourne

Call for papers:

We are pleased to announce the Artificial Intelligence track on Adaptive Learning & Intelligent Systems, as part of the Australasian Computer Science Week (ACSW) to be held in Melbourne in February, 2026. ALIS aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and industry leaders across all fields of Artificial Intelligence with a focus on modern, cutting-edge AI methods, including deep learning, reinforcement learning, generative AI, and large language models as well as their theoretical foundations and real-world applications. Accepted papers will be eligible to be published as part of the ACM's International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS) (please check details under 'Registration and Publication').

Venue:

Deakin City Campus (Melbourne)

Tower 2/727 Collins St, Docklands VIC 3008

Scope and Topics:

We invite high-quality submissions on all areas of AI, with particular emphasis on learning-based and adaptive systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

Generative AI: foundation models, multimodal generative systems, controllability, evaluation, safety
Deep Learning Advances: architectures, training methods, interpretability, scalability
Graph Neural Networks- based architectures, representations and applications
Reinforcement Learning & Control: single-agent, multi-agent, hierarchical RL, safe and explainable RL
Large Language Models (LLMs): reasoning, alignment, fine-tuning, efficient deployment, societal impact
Quantum Machine Learning, variational quantum algorithms, quantum-enhanced optimization, hybrid quantum–classical models
Adaptive Systems: online learning, continual learning, meta-learning, self-improving AI
Cognitive & Neurosymbolic AI: hybrid approaches, reasoning and learning integration
Trustworthy AI: fairness, robustness, explainability, human-centered design, responsible deployment
Applications: healthcare, robotics, education, finance, climate, creative industries

Submission Guidelines:

Submit your papers at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=acsw2026 . You will need to create an easychair account if you do not already have one.

Please make sure you have submitted the paper title and abstract by the abstract submission deadline (refer to section on "Important Dates"). At this stage, a pdf submission is not needed. A pdf of your full paper can be added later on, before the paper submission deadline.

Full Papers: Paper length of up to 8 pages, excluding references and appendices.

Short Papers: Paper length of 2-4 pages, excluding references and appendices.

Submissions must be original and unpublished. Papers submitted to arxiv or other non-archival venues can be submitted to ALIS.

All papers will undergo double-blind peer review.

Accepted papers will be published in the ALIS 2025 ACM Proceedings (details forthcoming).

Submissions should be prepared using the ACM template in: Overleaf or Microsoft Word

Important Dates:

Abstract submission deadline: 5th December, 2025, 23:59 PM (AEST)

Paper submission deadline: 12th December, 2025, 23:59 PM (AEST)

Notification of acceptance: 26th January, 2026

Camera-ready deadline: 30th January, 2026

Conference dates: TBA (between 9th and 13th February, 2026)

Registration and Publication:

Registration details and fees can be found here

Please also note these guidelines regarding publication in ACM's ICPS:

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Important note to authors about ACM's new open access publishing model

ACM has introduced a new open access publishing model for the International Conference Proceedings Series (ICPS). Authors based at institutions that are not yet part of the ACM Open program and do not qualify for a full geographic waiver will be required to pay an article processing charge (APC) to publish their ICPS article in the ACM Digital Library. To determine whether or not an APC will be applicable to your article, please follow the detailed guidance here: https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/author-guidance.

Further information may be found on the ACM website, as follows:

Full details of the new ICPS publishing model: https://www.acm.org/publications/icps/faq
Full details of the ACM Open program: https://www.acm.org/publications/openaccess

Please direct all questions about the new model to icps-info@acm.org.

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