LaCATODA 2026

The 10th Linguistic and Cognitive Approaches to Dialog Agents Workshop at the 40th AAAI conference (Singapore Expo, Jan 20-27 )

January 27, 2026 (morning, half day)

Important Dates:
Paper Submission deadline: October 22nd 24th, 2025 (AoE)
Acceptance notification: November 5th, 8th, 2025
WS-CUER camera ready deadline: January 15th, 2026

Short Description
A multidisciplinary workshop for researchers who develop more sophisticated dialog agents and methods for achieving more natural machine-generated conversation or study problems of human communication which are difficult to mimic algorithmically.

Workshop Goals
Our workshop aims to bridge the persistent gap between current “chatbots” and truly natural,

human-like conversational AI. While Generative AI has demonstrated remarkable fluency, the underlying mechanisms for genuine dialogue understanding, nuanced interaction, and cognitive grounding remain significant challenges.

This workshop is to discuss the multidisciplinary issues crucial for developing sophisticated dialogue agents that move beyond mere information exchange to truly engage with human users. We will invite papers exploring the intricate interplay of linguistics, cognitive science, and computational approaches to foster a deeper understanding of human communication, enabling the creation of AI systems that are not only effective but also empathetic, ethical, humorous, etc.

Related Keywords:

Adaptive Dialogue Management,
Cognitive Gaps in LLMs,
Common Sense Reasoning,
Complex Dialogue Systems,
Computational Linguistics,
Conversational AGI,
Embodied and Situated Dialogue,
Ethical AI and Trustworthy Dialogue,
Human-Computer Interaction,
Humor Processing,
Machine Learning for Dialog,
Nuance of Affect and Intent,
Persona Modeling,
Proactive Dialogue Management,
RAG (and beyond)-based Dialogue

Program Committee:

Don Divin Anameta, Hokkaido University, Japan
Nor Saiful Azam Bin Nor Azmi, Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan
Lin Chia, Kanazawa Gakuin University, Japan
Abu Nowhash Chowdhury, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh
Siaw-Fong Chung, National Chengchi University, Taiwan
Karolina Drozdz, IDEAS RI, Poland
Kacper Dudzic, IDEAS RI/ Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland
Juuso Eronen, Prefectural University of Kumamoto, Japan
Magdalena Igras-Cybulska, AGH, Poland
Khalifah Mujahid Jamal A, Saudi Arabia
Pawel Lempa, Cracow University of Technology, Poland
Chia Zheng Lin, Kanazawa Gakuin University, Japan
Da Li, Kyoto Sangyo University, Japan
Tanjim Mahmud, Rangamati Science and Technology University, Bangladesh
Michal Mazur, Ritsumeikan Asia Pacific University, Japan
Karol Nowakowski, University of Yamanashi, Japan
Michal Ptaszynski, Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan
Rafal Rzepka, Hokkaido University, Japan
Hiroki Sakaji, Hokkaido University, Japan
Ryoma Shinto, Hokkaido University, Japan
Daiki Shirafuji, Mitsubishi Electric, Japan
Marcin Skowron, Dee psearch GmbH & Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Austria
Joanna Staszkow, Orange, Poland
Sho Takishita, Fujitsu, Japan
Lu Wang, Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan
Zanwei Wang, Nihon University, Japan
Liu Zhenzhen, Kitami Institute of Technology, Japan

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