CFP

EAAI-26: The 16th Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence

Singapore

Singapore, Singapore, January 24-26, 2026

Conference website	https://eaai-conf.github.io/year/eaai-26.html
Submission link	https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eaai26
Abstract registration deadline	August 11, 2025
Submission deadline	August 18, 2025

Topics: ai education

EAAI-26 Call for Participation

EAAI-26: The 16th Symposium on Educational Advances in Artificial Intelligence invites AI educators and researchers to share and discuss advances in AI education.

EAAI website: https://eaai-conf.github.io/year/eaai-26.html

Important dates

Abstract deadline: August 11, 2025, at 11:59 PM UTC-12 (anywhere on Earth)
Paper deadline: August 18, 2025, at 11:59 PM UTC-12 (anywhere on Earth)
Notification date: November 3, 2025
Camera-ready submission deadline: November 13, 2025
Symposium dates: Jan 24-26, 2026 (co-located with AAAI-26)

Submission types

EAAI-26 features a main track and three special tracks: "Resources for Teaching AI in K-12", “AI for Education”, and "Model AI Assignments". All submissions are subject to double-blind review, and all accepted submissions will be presented at the symposium.

Main Track

Chairs: Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto Mississauga), Bradford Mott (North Carolina State University)

The main track invites papers that contribute to advancing AI education and pedagogy. Submissions may be framed as research papers or as experience reports. Potential topics include:

The design of an AI curriculum, course, or module.
The development and use of a tool or resource to enhance AI students’ learning experiences.
The impact of a pedagogical or mentoring technique on AI students.

Each paper must be submitted to only one of the contribution areas outlined below. Papers will be reviewed for the area to which they are submitted and will not be moved between areas.

Area 1: Research Papers

We invite submissions for Research on advances in AI education. The hallmark of papers in this area is the presence of a research question or hypothesis, along with an extensive evaluation to answer the question, including the use of learning sciences or pedagogical reasoning to demonstrate how research questions enhance educational experiences in AI. Papers in this area will be reviewed based on the clarity of the research questions posed, the soundness of the approaches used to address these questions, and the overall contribution. Both qualitative and quantitative research are welcome.

Area 2: Experience Report and Innovative Practice

We invite submissions for the Experience Report Area, which offers educators and researchers the opportunity to share their experiences, observations, insights, and outcomes with the broader AI education community. Papers in this area should describe the development and use of an AI education module, approach, or tool, the context of its use, the data collected, and, importantly, provide a rich reflection on what did or didn’t work and why. Contributions should be motivated by prior literature and highlight the novelty of the experience or tool presented, in addition to the reflection.

Special Track: Resources for Teaching AI in K-12

Chairs: Kate Moore (MIT), Amy Eguchi (UC San Diego)

This special track invites papers on the development and use of resources to support K-12 AI education. Examples include online demos, software tools, and structured activities. Submissions should follow the standard EAAI format for an academic paper and include the following: description of the resource; target age group and context; setup and resources required; AI concepts addressed; expected learning outcomes; and (if possible) implementation results. Online demos and software tools should be accompanied by brief video walk-throughs.

Special Track: AI for Education

Chairs: Narges Norouzi (University of California, Berkeley), Michael Liut (University of Toronto Mississauga)

Educational domains offer distinct task areas and challenges for AI, as well as unique opportunities for positive impact. This special track invites research on advances in AI applied to educational tasks and domains, including novel student models, intelligent learning environments, automated assistants, and instructional support. Submissions should be framed as research publications or experience reports consistent with the general call.

Special Track: Model AI Assignments

Chair: Todd Neller (Gettysburg College)

This special track invites assignments or resources for AI classes. Good assignments require a significant amount of work to design. If an assignment you have developed may be useful to other AI educators, this track provides an opportunity to share it. Model AI Assignments are kept in a public online archive.

This track has special submission instructions available at http://modelai.gettysburg.edu.

Paper Review criteria

Submissions will be reviewed for:

Relevance to the track and the area
Significance to the intended audience
Engagement with prior work
Novelty of contributions
Technical soundness
Clarity of presentation
Evaluation of claims/results (as applicable)
Engagement with questions of ethics/inclusivity (as applicable)

Paper Submission Instructions

All submissions must be anonymous for double-blind review.

Except for Model AI Assignments, which have their own format, papers should be:

Up to 7 pages long, plus up to 2 pages of references
Per AAAI-26 style guidelines (https://aaai.org/authorkit26/)
Submitted via EasyChair https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=eaai26

EAAI-26 will not consider any paper that, at the time of submission, is under review for or has already been published or accepted for publication in a refereed journal or conference. Once submitted to EAAI-26, papers may not be submitted to another refereed journal or conference during the review period. These restrictions do not apply to unrefereed forums or workshops that do not have archival proceedings.

Birds of a Feather Sessions

EAAI-26 is soliciting proposals for Birds of a Feather sessions to take place at the conference. If you have an idea for a Birds of a Feather session that would be relevant for the EAAI participants, please email a 1-page proposal (any format) to eaai26@aaai.org with the title “Birds of a Feather Proposal”.

Organization

Correspondence may be sent to EAAI at eaai26@aaai.org.

EAAI-26 chairs

Narges Norouzi (University of California Berkeley, California, USA)

Lisa Zhang (University of Toronto Mississauga, Mississauga, Canada)