Fwd: [SiC] SiC26 Call for Papers
Cédric Mesnage
There is no agreed-upon definition of superintelligence (SI), we may think of SI as an artificial entity that surpasses humans in overall intelligence or in some particular measure of intelligence. SiC intends to become a forum to discuss matters of Superintelligence and define it. Recent developments in neural networks with transformers and large language models (LLM) are showing us glimpses of what Superintelligence is capable of, affecting every field of knowledge and research. It is essential to prepare as well as understand the foundations of such machines.
Conference scope and themes
The topic of SI is interdisciplinary in nature. We welcome submissions from a range of fields including: computer science and engineering (e.g. robotics, expert systems, natural language processing, artificial intelligence, human-computer interaction), philosophy and ethics, social sciences (e.g. political science, psychology, economics), environmental and space sciences, law and public policy, humanities(literature, art and history), neuroscience and biomedical sciences (e.g. animal behaviour, cognition).
Topics of interest (conference streams) include but are not limited to:
Pathways and foundations of SI (e.g. scaling laws and their limits, post-Transformer architectures [state-space models, JEPA and world models, neuro-symbolic systems], training beyond pretraining [RLHF/RLAIF/RLVR, self-play, synthetic data], agency and long-horizon capability, self-improvement and automated ML research, embodiment and sensorimotor grounding, biological and hybrid pathways [brain emulation, organoid intelligence, BCIs], theoretical and information-theoretic limits of general intelligence)
Conceptualising and evaluating SI (e.g. defining SI, AI's progress towards SI [from LLMs to true understanding], uncertainty in AI and SI, quantum computing and its role in SI, quantifying SI [metrics, tests, levels, evaluations], impacts of commercial LLMs on the future of AI, explainability and interpretability in SI systems)
Cognitive science of SI (autonomous systems and decision-making at SI levels, AI reasoning, biological vs. artificial pathways to SI, neuroscience-inspired approaches to SI, human-AI collaboration and augmented intelligence)
Ethical, legal, and policy implications of SI (e.g. existential risk mitigation, the role of embodiment in SI agents, adversarial AI and security threats, consciousness of SI agents, machine morality, frameworks for SI governance)
Frontiers and human progress with SI (e.g. AI Scientist, SI in science discovery and acceleration, computational creativity and SI art generation, how SI changes human life routines and re-shapes civilisations, multi-agent coordination among SI entities, role of researchers in a world with SI, democracy and sustainable development)
Submission guidelines
Authors are invited to submit original academic works in the following formats:
Workshop proposal (1-page)
Abstract submission (1-page including references)
Research poster (1 slide)
Full paper (up to 4-pages, excluding references)
All submissions must use the “IEEE conference template”: https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/ieee-conference-template/grfzhhncsfqn. Submissions must be original (unpublished) work. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by an expert committee and accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings. Reviews will be double-blind, hence do not include your names as authors for your submission, you may use “anonymous”.
Submissions should be made electronically through the SiC 2025 submission portal :
https://openreview.net/group?id=SIC/2026/Conference
Important dates
Submission Deadlines: 5th July 2026 (all submission formats)
Notification of Acceptance: 15th August 2026
Camera Ready : 1st September 2026
Conference Dates: 9-11th September 2026
For more details, please visit our official website:
https://www.superintelligenceconference.org/
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We look forward to your contributions and to an exciting conference to discuss technical, ethical, and societal aspects of Superintelligence!