A hackathon for MSc and PhD students to turn ideas into impact – together we advance Computer Vision
@ Speinshart Monastery, home to the Scientific Center for AI and SuperTech (SSC) in Bavaria
An intensive, hands-on innovation event jointly organized by FAU and P&G.
You will tackle challenging computer vision and AI problems using real-world
industry data.
Over three days we will explore different modern and classical Computer Vision
and AI approaches, and develop creative solutions.
All in close collaboration with researchers and industry experts.
Apply now! https://daiper.tf.fau.eu
(application deadline February 6th)
ACM ICMI 2026: Call for Papers
February 3rd, 2026 
Daniela Lopez de Luise ============================================
The 28th International Conference on Multimodal Interaction (ICMI 2026) will be held in Napoli, Italy. ICMI is the premier international forum for advancing research at the intersection of multimodal artificial intelligence (AI) and social interaction to create technically innovative, effective, and human-centered multimodal interactive systems. A unique aspect of ICMI is its multidisciplinary nature, bringing together research in AI, multimodal data processing, human-machine, and human-human interaction to bridge behavioral understanding with technology, with an eye towards impactful applications that benefit people and society.
Novelty will be evaluated along two dimensions: scientific novelty and technical novelty. Accepted papers at ICMI 2026 must demonstrate novelty in at least one of these two dimensions.
The theme of this year's conference is “Context and Cultural Awareness for Multimodal Interaction”, to explore how context and cultural factors influence multimodal interaction systems, including their design, implementation, and evaluation. We welcome papers that address the integration of contextual understanding, such as environmental, social, and emotional factors, into multimodal interaction systems. We also encourage contributions that explore cultural considerations in the development and deployment of interactive technologies.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
* Affective computing and interaction
* User-adaptive systems
* Cognitive modelling and multimodal interaction
* Context-aware modelling
* Cross-cultural design and evaluation
* Gesture, touch, and haptics
* Healthcare, assistive technologies
* Human communication dynamics
* Human-robot/agent multimodal interaction
* Human-centred AI and ethics
* Interaction with a smart environment
* Machine learning for multimodal interaction
* Mobile and wearable multimodal systems
* Multimodal behaviour generation
* Multimodal datasets and validation
* Multimodal dialogue modeling
* Multimodal fusion and representation
* Multimodal interactive applications
* Novel multimodal datasets
* Spoken/visual behaviours in social interaction
* System components and multimodal platforms
* Virtual/augmented reality and multimodal interaction
Commitment to ethical conduct is mandatory, and submissions must adhere to ethical standards, in particular when human-derived data are employed. Authors are encouraged to consult the ACM Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct (https://ethics.acm.org/).
*** Important Dates
Abstract deadline April 13, 2026
Paper Submission April 20, 2026
Rebuttal Period June 1, 2026
Paper notification July 6, 2026
Camera-ready paper July 23, 2026
Presenting at the main conference October 6-8, 2026
*** ACM Publication Policies
ACM's New Open Access Publishing Model. Starting January 1, 2026, ACM will fully transition to Open Access. All ACM publications, including those from ACM-sponsored conferences, will be 100% Open Access. Authors will have two primary options for publishing Open Access articles with ACM: the ACM Open institutional model or by paying Article Processing Charges (APCs). With over 1,800 institutions already part of ACM Open, the majority of ACM-sponsored conference papers will not require APCs from authors or conferences (currently, around 70-75%).
Authors from institutions not participating in ACM Open will need to pay an APC to publish their papers, unless they qualify for a financial or discretionary waiver. To find out whether an APC applies to your article, please consult the list of participating institutions in ACM Open and review the APC Waivers and Discounts Policy. Keep in mind that waivers are rare and are granted based on specific criteria set by ACM.
Understanding that this change could present financial challenges, ACM has approved a temporary subsidy for 2026 to ease the transition and allow more time for institutions to join ACM Open. The subsidy will offer:
* $250 APC for ACM/SIG members
* $350 for non-members
This represents a 65% discount, funded directly by ACM. Authors are encouraged to help advocate for their institutions to join ACM Open during this transition period. This temporary subsidized pricing will apply to all conferences scheduled for 2026, including ICMI.
Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture (AgriAI’26) – IEEE CORE B
January 27th, 2026 Daniela Lopez de Luise This event will take place within the framework of the 21st FedCSIS 2026, held in Riga, Latvia, August 23-26,, 2026.
Please see the Thematic Session Website: https://2026.fedcsis.org/thematic/agriai/ and the general conference Web page https://2026.fedcsis.org/ .
Paper submission deadline: April 15, 2026
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is increasingly used in agriculture for a variety of uses, from plant disease detection to weeding automation, soil status monitoring, crop prediction, irrigation management, and decreased use of resources for improving quality and productivity. This Thematic Session welcomes contributions related to a wide variety of interdisciplinary research and applications related to the application of intelligence systems in agriculture. AI can, in fact, provide highly positive effects on precision agriculture by optimizing, automating, and forecasting several aspects of farming and revolutionizing the sector, providing helpful information and driving decisions using multiple sources of data and different sensors.
Moreover, in the climate change era, AI can improve sustainability by optimizing resources such as water and soil management as well as fostering novel methods and approaches. We welcome innovative contributions, early results, and position papers addressing one or more of the topics listed below. We intend to foster informal discussions and bring together researchers, practitioners, and industry experts to explore the challenges and opportunities of intelligence systems and agriculture.
We look forward to receiving your submissions and seeing you at the thematic session!
Topics
Papers related to theories, methodologies, and applications in science and technology in the field of AI in Agriculture are especially solicited. Topics covering academic research, applications and lessons learnt are included, but not limited to:
• Computer vision in agriculture
• Signal and image processing in agriculture
• Computational intelligence in agriculture
• Generative AI for Agriculture
• Intelligence systems and decision support in agriculture
• Expert systems & predictive systems
• LLM for AKIS (Agriculture Knowledge Information System)
• AI-based precision agriculture
• Machine learning and pattern recognition
• Federated AI for Agriculture
• IoT, Edge efficient AI & Low-Connectivity ML in agriculture
• Biosecurity & surveillance AI
• Food and livestock management
• Big data
• Water Management
• Remote sensing
• Phenotyping & Genomics
• Uncrewed aerial vehicles
• Autonomous driving in agriculture
• Geospatial AI in agriculture
• Harvesting automation
• Robotics and robotic perception in agriculture
• Digital twins for agriculture
• Data space for agriculture
• AI for biodiversity and sustainable agroecology
• Ethics and social impact of AI on agriculture
• AI-based crowd-sensing and participatory approaches in agriculture
Submission rules
• Authors should submit their papers as Postscript, PDF or MSWord files.
• The total length of a paper should not exceed 12 pages IEEE style (including tables, figures and references). More pages can be added for an additional fee. IEEE style templates are available a the following address: https://2026.fedcsis.org/for_authors/instructions
• Papers will be refereed and accepted on the basis of their scientific merit and relevance to the Topical Area.
• Preprints containing accepted papers will be published online.
• Only papers presented at the conference will be published in Conference Proceedings and submitted for inclusion in the IEEE Xplore® database.
• Conference proceedings will be published in a volume with ISBN, ISSN and DOI numbers and posted at the conference website.
• Conference proceedings will be submitted for indexation according to information at the following address: https://2026.fedcsis.org/for_authors/indexation
• Organisers reserve the right to move accepted papers between FedCSIS Sessions.
Thematic Session organizers
• Martinelli Massimo, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, Pisa, Italy
• Moroni Davide, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council of Italy, Pisa, Italy
• Procházka Ales, University of Chemistry and Technology & Czech Technical University CIIRC, Prague, Czech Republic
• Charvat Karel, Czech Center for Science and Society, Prague, Czech Republic
Contact: agriai@fedcsis.org
Program Committee ( updating )
• Bacco Manlio, Joint Research Centre, Varese Italy, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
• Gajinov Senka, DunavNET, University of Donja Gorica, Novi Sad, Serbia
• Pereira de Figueiredo Felipe Augusto, National Institute of Telecommunications, Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Brazil
• Ienco Dino, Territories, Environment, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information, Montpellier, France
• Kosmopoulos Dimitrios, Computer Engineering and Informatics Department, University of Patras, Greece
• Krco Srdjan, DunavNET, University of Donja Gorica, Novi Sad, Serbia
• Loukatos Dimitrios, Agricultural University of Athens, Greece
• Majdik András, Lászlóm, Institute for Computer Science and Control, Budapest, Hungary
• Mildorf Tomas, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
• N.N. Misra, Taif University, Saudi Arabia
• Petrovic Veljko, Faculty of Technical Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Serbia
• Peña Barragán José Manuel, Institute of Agricultural Sciences, CSIC, Madrid, Spain
• Rabbani Kashif , Digital Catapult, London, United Kingdom
• Salvetti Ovidio, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
• Scozzari Andrea, Institute of Information Science and Technologies, National Research Council, Pisa, Italy
• Silvestri Nicola, Department of Agricultural, Food and Agro-environmental Sciences, University of Pisa, Italy
• Szczuka Marcin, Institute of Informatics, The University of Warsaw
• Trocan Maria, Institute of Digital Technology, Paris, France
• Zacepins Aleksejs, Faculty of Information Technologies, University of Life Sciences and Technologies, Jelgava, Latvia
CFP: IJCNN 2026 Workshop on Generative AI for Decision-Making
January 27th, 2026 Daniela Lopez de Luise Dates: June 21–26, 2026
Website: https://sites.google.com/view/ddm-genai-ijcnn26/
The workshop focuses on reliable and uncertainty-aware Generative AI methods, including probabilistic and Bayesian generative modeling, robustness, calibration, and decision-making applications beyond standard data synthesis. We particularly encourage contributions at the intersection of generative models, uncertainty quantification, and real-world applications.
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Generative neural networks
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Score-based, diffusion, and flow-based models
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Generative AI for data-driven decision-making
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Probabilistic and Bayesian generative modeling
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Uncertainty-aware learning and control
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Trustworthy, explainable, and reliable Generative AI
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Applications of generative models beyond data synthesis
Selected accepted papers will be invited to submit an extended version to a forthcoming Special Issue on Generative AI in the journal Information (MDPI).
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Paper submission deadline: 19 April 2026
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Paper review deadline: 04 May 2026
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Acceptance notification: 18 May 2026
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Camera-ready deadline: 06 June 2026
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Submission guidelines: https://sites.google.com/view/ddm-genai-ijcnn26/instruction-for-authors
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Submission system (Microsoft CMT): https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/DDMGenAI2026
PhD Candidate in Artificial Intelligence
University of Naples Parthenope
Naples, Italy
The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering (SANER 2026): Call for Participation
January 27th, 2026 Daniela Lopez de Luise |
*** Call for Participation ***
The 33rd IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution
and Reengineering (SANER 2026)
17-20 March, 2026, 5* St. Raphael Resort and Marina, Limassol, Cyprus
*** Early Registration Deadline: 13th February, 2026 (extended) ***
The IEEE International Conference on Software Analysis, Evolution and Reengineering
(SANER) is the premier event on the theory and practice of recovering information from
existing software and systems. The event explores innovative methods to extract the
many kinds of information that can be recovered from software, software engineering
documents, and systems artifacts, and examines innovative ways of using this
information in system renewal and program understanding.
INVITED SPEAKERS
Nicole Novielli and Alexander Serebrenik are the keynote speakers of SANER 2026.
REGISTRATION
Registration is open. Please visit:
*** Early registration till 13th February, 2026 (extended) ***
If you have not yet registered, there is still time to register at the reduced rate.
Special rates for IEEE members and for students.
The conference organisation is able to provide visa support letters to attendees that
require visa.
VENUE
SANER 2026 is taking place in Limassol, Cyprus. St. Raphael Resort is located on one of
the most renowned beaches in Limassol, only a short coastal drive from the lively centre
of town, approximately 10 minutes away.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
SANER 2026 workshops take place on 17th March and the main conference between
18th and 20th of March.
SANER 2026 features many tracks with talks in different areas of Software Analysis,
Evolution and Reengineering.
• Research Track (47 papers)
• Industrial Track (19 papers)
• Early Research Achievement Track (15 papers)
• Short Papers and Posters Track (19 papers)
• Reproducibility Studies and Negative Results Track (4 papers)
• Tool Demo Track (13 papers)
• Journal First Papers (18 papers)
• Registered Report Track (5 papers)
• Workshops (7 workshops)
• Tutorials (1 tutorial)
WORKSHOPS
– SQA4AI – Software Quality Assurance for Artificial Intelligence Workshop
– Greenvolve – The Green Software Evolution Workshop
– Fairness 2026 – 2nd International Workshop on Fairness in Software Systems
– F-TRANSFER – Facilitating Continuous Education and Training Through AI in SE
– IWBOSE 2026 – Ninth International Workshop on Blockchain Oriented Software Engineering
– VST 2026 – 9th Workshop on Validation, Analysis and Evolution of Software Tests
– MSR4P&S 2026 – 4th International Workshop on Mining Software Repositories
Applications for Privacy and Security
ORGANISING COMMITTEE
General Chair
• Georgia Kapitsaki, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Local Organizing Chair
• George Angelos Papadopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Program Chairs
• Eunjong Choi, Kyoto Institute of Technology, Japan
• Matthias Galster, University of Canterbury, New Zealand
Industrial Chairs
• Anne Etien, University of Lille, France
• Tushar Sharma, Dalhousie University, Canada
ERA Chairs
• Mairieli Wessel, Radboud University, Netherlands
• Christoph Treude, Singapore Management University, Singapore
Short Papers and Posters Chairs
• Eleni Constantinou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
• Sandro Schulze, Anhalt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
RENE Chairs
• Apostolos Ampatzoglou, University of Macedonia, Greece
• Sebastian Proksch, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Workshop/Tutorial Chairs
• Marcelo De Almeida Maia, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil
• Juri Di Rocco, University of L'Aquila, Italy
Journal-First Chairs
• Luigi Lavazza, Università degli Studi dell'Insubria, Italy
• Yuxia Zhang, Beijing Institute of Technology, China
Registered Report Chairs
• Sherlock A. Licorish, University of Otago, New Zealand
• Sebastiano Panichella, Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland
Tool Demo Chairs
• Maliheh Izadi, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
• Roberto Verdecchia, University of Florence, Italy
Diversity, Inclusion, and Newcomers Chairs
• Catia Trubiani, Gran Sasso Science Institute, Italy
• Aldeida Aleti, Monash University, Australia
Proceedings Chair
• Raula Gaikovina Kula, Osaka University, Japan
Most Influential Paper Award Chairs
• Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, University of Macedonia, Greece
• Michele Lanza, Software Institute – USI, Lugano, Switzerland
Sustainability Chair
• Maria Papoutsoglou, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Financial Chair
• Constantinos Pattichis, University of Cyprus, Cyprus
Publicity and Social Media Chair
• Erina Makihara, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
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