Dear colleagues,
The Thirteenth Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems (ACS) will take place at the University of Edinburgh from October 6 to 9, 2026, with proposals for workshops/tutorials due on June 2, 2026, and paper submissions due on June 30, 2026.
Full details are available at:
https://mkunda.github.io/acs2026/
The ACS conference brings together researchers who aim to explain cognition and learning in computational terms and to reproduce a broad range of intelligent behaviors and human abilities in computational artifacts.
- We encourage many types of research, including demonstrations of new capabilities, empirical studies of implemented systems, and formal analyses of challenging tasks.
- Note, evaluation against prior systems and benchmarks are welcome, but are not expected or required, particularly for submissions that introduce novel capabilities for which no comparable baselines exist.
Papers may be 16 pages in the single-column format described at
http://cogsys.org/instructions/. Each submission will receive 2-3 external reviews, and well-written submissions will be accepted for either oral or poster presentation. Authors of papers accepted for oral presentations may also be invited to publish an expanded version of their paper in a journal special issue.
Whether you're a long-time member of the community or newly interested in cognitive systems research, we hope you'll join us in the beautiful city of Edinburgh this October!
👉 Consider joining the Cognitive Systems mailing list:
https://groups.google.com/g/cognitive-systems
📅 Important Dates
Workshop/tutorial proposals due: June 2, 2026
Paper abstracts due: June 23, 2026
Full paper submissions due: June 30, 2026
Conference dates: October 6-9, 2026
- Maithilee Kunda
Program Chair, ACS 2026
Reader in Computational Cognitive Science, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh
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