[CFP] CIKM 2025 Workshop on Advances in Financial AI
Yongjae Lee
[Call for Papers] CIKM 2025 Workshop on Advances in Financial AI: Innovations, Risk, and Responsibility in the Era of LLMs
The finance sector is rapidly integrating machine learning and AI, with Large Language Models (LLMs), ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) investing, and AI Safety significantly reshaping the field. This workshop aims to foster interdisciplinary discussion on how these advancements intersect with core financial AI applications. We invite submissions that combine technical rigor with societal relevance in AI-driven financial decisions. This workshop will be held as part of CIKM 2025 on November 14th at COEX (Gangnam) in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
Workshop Theme and Topics
This workshop explores the evolving landscape of machine learning and AI applications in finance, with a particular focus on the emerging roles of Large Language Models (LLMs), responsible AI practices, and risk-aware decision-making. As financial institutions increasingly adopt AI technologies, the demand for interpretable, trustworthy, and domain-aligned models is higher than ever. This workshop aims to bridge technical advances with real-world constraints, regulatory expectations, and ethical considerations.
Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to:
LLMs for financial applications: fine-tuning, prompting, retrieval, and evaluation
Risk modeling and robust learning under distributional shifts in financial data
AI safety, fairness, and explainability in high-stakes financial environments
Multi-lingual and region-specific challenges in applying AI to finance
Responsible AI development and deployment in fintech, banking, and asset management
Submission Guidelines
We welcome original research contributions, as well as working papers that foster discussion among students, academic researchers, and industry professionals. All submissions must adhere to the CIKM formatting guidelines, available at: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template.
Long Papers: Up to 8 pages, excluding references and appendices.
Short Papers: Up to 4 pages, excluding references and appendices.
At least one author of each accepted paper must register for and attend the workshop in person to present their work. Failure to do so will result in the withdrawal of the paper from the workshop.
Important Dates
Paper submission deadline: September 14, 2025 AoE
Author notification: September 30, 2025 AoE
Camera ready deadline: October 31, 2025 AoE
Workshop date: November 14, 2025
Submission System
Submissions will be managed through OpenReview:
https://openreview.net/group?id=ACM.org/CIKM/2025/Workshop/FinAI
Review Process
This workshop will follow a single-blind review process, where authors’ identities are known to the reviewers, but reviewers’ identities are not disclosed to the authors. There will be no rebuttal period, and all submissions will be treated with strict confidentiality.
Accepted Papers
All accepted papers will be invited to participate in the poster session. Participants are required to print and bring their own posters to the event. Detailed specifications on poster format and requirements will be provided by the organizers after acceptance.
Selected papers may also be given the opportunity for an oral presentation, subject to scheduling constraints.
Please note that the workshop is non-archival and will not have official proceedings. Only the author names and titles of accepted papers will appear on the website, with no disclosure of any content.
Workshop Organizers
Yongjae Lee, UNIST, South Korea
Nazanin Mehrasa, RBC Borealis, Canada
Jacob Chanyeol Choi, LinqAlpha, United States
Chung-Chi Chen, AIST, Japan
Dhagash Mehta, BlackRock, Inc., United States
Stefan Zohren, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Yoon Kim, MIT, United States
Chulheum Lee, K-Credit, South Korea
Yeonhee Lee, ETRI, South Korea
Eunsook Oh, KFTC, South Korea
Contact Person
Yongjae Lee (email: yongj...@gmail.com)
