CFP: SIMBig 2026, 13th Edition | LASAI: AI School | Peru
Juan Antonio Lossio-Ventura
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Third CALL FOR PAPERS - SIMBig 2026 - LASAI
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13th International Conference on Information Management and Big Data - SIMBig 2026
Where: Universidad Católica San Pablo, Arequipa, PERU
When: October 28 - 30, 2026
Website: https://simbig.org/SIMBig2026/
==========================================================================OVERVIEW
----------------------------------SIMBig 2026 invites the submission of original research contributions in Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Science, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, and related areas. The conference provides an international forum for researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to present and discuss advances in AI with an emphasis on large-scale data-driven methodologies and technologies.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
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Hugo AERTS, Harvard University, USA
Gabriela CSURKA, Naver Labs, France
Dan JURAFSKY, Stanford University, USA
Tom MITCHELL, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
Hoifung POON, Microsoft Research, USA
- more KS will be announced soon
IMPORTANT DATES
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- June 30, 2026: Papers submission deadline
- July 30, 2026: Notification of acceptance
- October 28–30, 2026: Conference in Arequipa, Peru
PUBLICATION
----------------------------------All accepted papers of SIMBig 2026 will be published in the Springer CCIS Series.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
----------------------------------SIMBig 2026 has a broad and inclusive scope. Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Artificial Intelligence
- Big Data and Massive Data Analytics
- Data Science
- Machine Learning
- Deep Learning
- Natural Language Processing
- Semantic Web
- Data-driven Software Engineering
- Healthcare Informatics
- Biomedical Informatics
- Data Privacy and Security
- Information Retrieval
- Ontologies and Knowledge Representation
- Social Networks and Social Web
- Information Visualization
- Computer Vision
SPECIAL TRACKS
----------------------------------SIMBig 2026 features special tracks in addition to the main conference:
CO-LOCATED SCHOOL: LASAI 2026
----------------------------------Co-located with SIMBig 2026, the Latin American School of Artificial Intelligence (LASAI) 2026 offers intensive AI training for students, researchers, and professionals across Latin America.
- When: October 23–26, 2026
- Where: UPC, Lima, Peru (in-person and online)
- Languages: Primarily Spanish (~80%), some sessions in English
- Info: https://simbig.org/lasai/2026/
CONTACT
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- Juan Antonio Lossio-Ventura, National Institutes of Health, USA (juan....@nih.gov)
- Hugo Alatrista-Salas, De Vinci Research Center, France (hugo.alatr...@devinci.fr)