Call for Papers – IP&MC 2026 Track

[Kevin Roitero]

📣 Call for Papers – IP&MC 2026 Track

Human Reasoning and Large Language Models: Alignments and Divergences

📍 Wuhan, China  

📅 30 October – 1 November 2026

This track is part of the Information Processing & Management Conference 2026 (IP&MC 2026), jointly sponsored by Information Processing & Management and Data and Information Management (Elsevier).

🧠 Scope

Human reasoning vs. LLM reasoning, including:

- Alignment & divergence in reasoning behaviors  

- Faithfulness, robustness, reliability  

- Human–AI hybrid reasoning  

- Evaluation, benchmarks, and cognitive perspectives  

📄 Submission Model (Double Submission)

- Poster papers → Conference presentation  

- Full papers → Conference presentation + Special Issue of Information Processing & Management (Scimago Q1)  

➡️ Only full papers are considered for the journal SI.

⏰ Key Dates

- Submission deadline: 30 June 2026  

- Final notification: 5 August 2026  

- Registration & early booking: 14 August 2026  

🌐 More Info

https://www.elsevier.com/events/conferences/all/information-processing-and-management-conference

📬 Enquiries  

Use [IP&MC2026-Humans+LLMs] in the subject and contact:  

- Kevin Roitero – kevin....@uniud.it  

- Johanne Trippas – j.tr...@rmit.edu.au  

- Mengdie Zhuang – m.zh...@sheffield.ac.uk