[CFP] Discovery Science 2026 (Abstract registration deadline this weekend)

[Jan N. van Rijn]

Dear colleagues, 

As a friendly reminder, the abstract registration deadline is on June 1st. This is an important moment for us to also know how many submissions we can expect. We invite submissions to the 29th International Conference on Discovery Science, welcoming paper submissions from all areas relevant to artificial intelligence and data science. For all information, please see: https://discovery-science.org/

The Discovery Science 2026 conference provides an open forum for intensive discussions and exchange of new ideas among researchers working in different areas of Artificial Intelligence and the data sciences, focusing on discovering and advancing scientific knowledge. Its scope includes developing and analyzing methods for discovering scientific knowledge, coming from machine learning, data mining, intelligent data analysis, and big data analytics, as well as their application in various domains of physical, life, environmental, natural and social sciences. This year, we particularly invite submissions dealing with methodological contributions to the automation or partial automation of discovery in various domains of the natural and human sciences, from a methodological perspective.

Discovery Science 2026 is part of the AI4Science Week and co-located with the 2nd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Science (AI4Sci 2026), which features separate AI4Physics, AI4Chemistry & Materials, AI4LifeSciences, and AI4Humanities&SocialSciences tracks dealing with applications of AI and Machine Learning. You are welcome to submit abstracts in any of those tracks as well, especially if your contribution focuses on the application of existing techniques to a specific field of scientific inquiry. Contrary to the main track of Discovery Science 2026, note that AI4Sci tracks are non-archival and also suited to ongoing or already published work, similarly to workshops co-located with other major conferences.

When	Oct 5, 2026 - Oct 9, 2026
Where	Mainz
Abstract Registration Due	Jun 1, 2026
Submission Deadline	Jun 8, 2026
Notification Due	Jul 21, 2026
Final Version Due	Aug 1, 2026

Submit your paper here: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/DS2026/

** Note that we also have a Senior Researcher Track, in which senior researchers can apply to give a visionary talk! (Deadline later in the summer, see here: https://discovery-science.org/senior-researcher-presentation-track/)

Hope to see many of you there!

Mattia Cerrato & Jan N. van Rijn (PC Chairs)

Stefan Kramer (General Chair)