How to submit to AAAI (2026)
Broad AI venue. Held February. Friendly to a wide range of AI subfields.
Key facts
- Full name
- AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- Kind
- Conference
- Field
- Artificial intelligence (broad)
- Next cycle
- AAAI 2027
- Page limit
- 7 pages + refs
- Template
- Official AAAI template
- On Lumina
- $250 per paper
Deadlines
| Milestone | Date |
|---|---|
| Abstract submission tentative | 1 August 2026 |
| Full paper submission tentative | 8 August 2026 |
| Phase 1 notification tentative | 30 September 2026 |
| Phase 2 notification tentative | 15 November 2026 |
| Camera-ready tentative | 15 December 2026 |
| Conference tentative | 4 February 2027 |
As recorded in Lumina's venue data on 9 September 2026; confirm on the venue's site.
Formatting and submission rules
- 7 pages of content + 2 pages refs
- Single-blind
- Two-stage review process (Phase 1 desk + Phase 2 full)
A roadmap that counts back from the deadline
Each step counts back from the submission deadline.
- 18 weeks beforeFrame the contribution
A 1-sentence claim + an experiment that would falsify it. Map it to the venue's scope.
- 16 weeks beforeLiterature review
Find prior work the reviewer will expect you to cite. 12-20 papers, 2-line summary each.
- 15 weeks beforeReproduce baselines
Get a published baseline working on your data first. Log seeds and configs.
- 13 weeks beforeMain experiments
Run your method vs. baselines across 3+ seeds.
- 4 weeks beforeAblations
Strip components; isolate what your contribution actually adds.
- 3 weeks beforeFull draft v1
Every section. Aim for ugly-but-complete, not polished-but-partial.
- 2 weeks beforeInternal review pass
Have a peer or mentor read it. Address every confusion before reviewers see it.
- 1 week beforePolish + reproducibility kit
Clean figures, captions, code release, supplementary, ethics statement.
- Deadline weekSubmit
Upload PDF + supplementary by venue deadline (AoE in most cases).
What Lumina does for a AAAI submission
Venue Fit checks that AAAI is the right target for the paper. The Guided Builder writes it in AAAI's format, the Manuscript Audit re-checks the statistics and the claims the way a reviewer would, the Submission Checklist runs the venue's rules before you upload, and deadline reminders keep the roadmap above honest. Every tool needs a free account; preparing a paper for AAAI is $250, paid once per paper.
Format your paper for AAAI — free to start See the roadmap
Questions
Is there a page limit?
7 pages + refs. As recorded in Lumina's venue data on 9 September 2026; confirm on the venue's site.
When is the deadline?
Abstract submission: 1 August 2026 (tentative). As recorded in Lumina's venue data on 9 September 2026; confirm on the venue's site.
Does Lumina submit for me?
No. You submit through AAAI's own system; Lumina prepares and checks the paper.
Lumina is not affiliated with AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence; submission decisions are the venue's alone.
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