[CFP] ICAIF 2026 – ACM International Conference on AI in Finance | Milan, Nov 14–17, 2026 | Submission Deadline: August 2

[marcello...@gmail.com]

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite submissions to the 7th ACM International Conference on AI in Finance (ICAIF 2026), to be held in Milan, Italy, from November 14 to 17, 2026.

ICAIF is the premier peer-reviewed venue bringing together researchers from academia, government, and industry to share advances at the intersection of Artificial Intelligence and Finance.

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IMPORTANT DATES
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• Paper Submission Deadline: August 2, 2026 (AoE)
• Author Notification:         September 27, 2026
• Main Conference:             November 14–17, 2026

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TOPICS OF INTEREST
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We welcome high-quality research connecting AI and Finance from both methodological and application-oriented perspectives. Topics include (but are not limited to):

Methodologies:
• Generative AI, simulation, and synthetic data generation
• Foundation models and LLMs for financial decision-making
• AI agents and multi-agent systems
• Reinforcement learning and sequential decision-making
• NLP and multimodal financial data analysis
• Trustworthy and responsible AI — explainability, fairness, privacy, security
• AI governance, computational regulation, and compliance
• Robustness, uncertainty quantification, and model validation
• Federated learning and decentralized finance
• Graph theory and network analysis

Applications:
• Fraud detection, risk modeling, and default prediction
• Trading, market microstructure, and optimal execution
• Asset pricing, robo-advising, and portfolio optimization
• Financial time series analysis and forecasting
• ESG investing and AI-driven financial inclusion
• Blockchain, cryptocurrency, and DeFi

• Regulatory technology (RegTech), compliance, and AML

• Systemic risk, financial contagion, and network modeling

• Alternative data for investment

• Credit scoring and consumer lending

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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
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• Papers must be submitted via Microsoft CMT:
  https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ICAIF2026/
• Maximum 8 pages (two-column ACM sigconf format), including figures and references
• Double-blind review process; no supplementary materials
• ACM LaTeX/Word templates: https://www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template
• ICAIF 2026 is an in-person conference; at least one author per accepted paper must present in person

Full details at: https://icaif2026.org/call-for-papers.html

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CONTACT
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General Chair:    Andrea Maurino (andrea....@unimib.it)
Program Chairs:   Vikram Agarwal, Svitlana Vyetrenko, Riccardo Zecchina


We look forward to welcoming you to Milan!

Best regards,

Marcello Restelli