Author Instructions

The C4AI4C Workshop will be held in-person as part of CAI 2026. The Workshop will be comprised of keynote talks by leaders in the field, together with oral presentations of technical peer-reviewed papers and abstracts, and other networking events. More details for authors can be found below.

Author instructions:

Paper submissions: Authors that wish to have their papers appear in the CAI 2026 conference proceedings and in IEEE Xplore, will need to submit their full (up to 6 pages, with potential for 2 additional pages - total of 8 - at a cost for each additional page) papers to the CAI 2026 conference using this link. Choose "Submit a Contribution to CAI 2026". Under the first submissions category, choose the "Workshop Session Papers" and use code: W12-SECURITY.

You can find MS-Word and LaTeX templates here.

Short papers not appearing on the CAI 2026 proceedings and IEEEXplore should be at most 2 pages, including figures, tables and references. A maximum of two extra pages per paper is allowed (i. e., up to 4 pages), but with additional charge.

Please note that IEEE CAI 2026 will pursue a double-blind review process. All submissions must be anonymised and may not contain any identifying information that may violate the double-blind reviewing policy.  This policy applies to any supplementary or linked material as well, including code.

Deadlines:

Deadline for Paper Submission (for papers to appear on IEEEXplore): January 30, 2026
Notification of acceptance (proceedings papers): February 10, 2026
Deadline for Camera-Ready (Accepted) Papers appearing in the CAI 2026 proceedings and author registration: February 28, 2026 (**new deadline, posted February 11**)

Deadline for Short Papers Submission (for papers not appearing on IEEEXplore): February 15, 2026
Notification of acceptance (non proceeding papers): February 20, 2026
Deadline for Camera-Ready (Accepted) Short Papers not appearing in IEEEXplore: March 1, 2026

Short Paper PDFs should be submitted by email. 

Registration:

All authors of accepted papers will be required to register for the CAI 2026 conference. Rates and registration details will be available here.