Co-sponsored by Intelligent Systems magazine
Artificial Intelligence (AI) will celebrate its 70th anniversary in 2026. Since its inception, AI has experienced cycles of progress and setbacks, yet its recent breakthroughs have been revolutionary. Today, AI stands as one of the most transformative and impactful
technologies of our time, reshaping industries, economies, and societies. Its rapid evolution continues to open new frontiers while raising complex challenges that demand thoughtful attention and solutions.
The new COMPSAC Symposium on Applied Artificial Intelligence provides a timely forum to explore the latest advancements, innovations, applications, and critical issues in AI. It seeks to bring together researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and industry leaders to share knowledge, foster dialogue, and shape the future of AI in practice.
We invite submissions of original research, practice-based studies and solutions, or thoughtful perspectives across all areas of applied AI. Topics of Interest include, but are not limited to:
- Agentic AI and AI Agents
- Generative AI, Chatbots, and Guardrails
- Embedded AI and Edge AI
- Neuro-symbolic AI
- Physical AI
- Polymorphic AI
- Multi-model AI
- Collaborative AI
- Novel Applications of AI across domains – healthcare, education, industry, warfare,
transportation, SCM, logistics, agriculture, financial services, etc. - AI-Driven Autonomous Systems
- GenAI/AI for software development
- Software Engineering for AI; AI engineering
- Scaling AI
- Enterprise AI Strategy and Adoption
- AI Regulation, Audit, and Legal Issues
- AI Standards
- AI Security, Safety, and Robustness
- Responsible, Explainable, and Trustworthy AI
- Human–AI Collaboration and Cognitive Partnerships
- Green and Sustainable AI
- Computing Infrastructure for AI
- LLMs, SLMs
- Advances in Machine Learning and Deep Learning
- Open-source AI
- AI Concerns and Risks
- Ethical, Societal, and Economic Implications of AI
- Case Studies, Lessons Learned, and Emerging Directions
- Envisioning the Future of AI
Conference-to-Journal Publication: Selected papers accepted for this symposium will be recommended for early publication in IEEE IT Professional magazine, subject to submission (to the magazine) of an updated version of the paper with additional content that satisfies the magazine’s manuscript requirements.
Symposium Chairs
San Murugesan
BRITE Professional Services
Luiz Capretz
Western University, Canada
Ali Bou Nassif
University of Sharjah, UAE
Program Committee
Saad Abed
University of Anbar
Shamsu Abdullahi
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Deepak Bhaskar Acharya
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
Bassel Al Homssi
University of Sharjah
Asma Alali
University of Sharjah
Ammar Alazzawi
University of Babylon
Eman Alharthi
Sharjah University
Fadi Almahamid
Western University
Amna Alnaqbi
Sharjah University
Mariam Alshamsi
University of Sharjah
Amna Abdelrahim Alzarooni
University of Sharjah
Shekeela Alu
Sharjah University
Aamir Amin
University of Portsmouth
Stephen Andriole
Villanova University
Prof. Mohammad Azzeh
Princess Sumaya University
Abdullateef Balogun
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Md Abdul Barek
University of West Florida
Noah Barsky
Villanova University
Aswani Kumar Cherukuri
VIT Vellore
Abhijith Chikkalingaiah
Apple Inc
Deepak Dasaratha Rao
Sysintel Inc
Rohit Dhawan
Amazon
Omar Elgendy
University of Sharjah
Dagimawi Eneyew
Western University
Abdul Rehman Gilal
Florida International University
Susmita Haldar
Fanshawe College
Bo Han
Hong Kong Baptist University
Nur Imtiaz Haque
Northern Illinois University
Lucas Hartman
University of Western Ontario
Abdullahi Abubakar Imam
University Brunei Darussalam
Mohammadnoor Injadat
Canadian University Dubai
Md Morshedul Islam
Concordia University of Edmonton
Victoria Jackson
University of Southampton
Jingdong Jia
Beihang University
Ishraq Karim
Kennesaw State University
Muhammad Umair Khan
AlFaisal University
Jack Lacy
Western University
Linda Lai
Independent scholar and consultant
Hussaini Mamman
Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Tamer Mohamed
Canadian University Dubai
Hammed Mojeed
Gdansk University of Technology
Lia Morra
Politecnico di Torino
Liqiang Nie
Harbin Institute of Technology
Soodeh Nikan
University of Western Ontario
Daniel Oyefidein
Universiti Teknologi Petronas
Ethan Pigou
Western University
Kapil Kumar Reddy Poreddy
Walmart Global Tech
Muhammad Amir Quraishi
DAWSON
Malek Rabaia
University of Sharjah
Yasmeen Rawajfih
Tuskegee University
Abm Kamrul Riad
University of West Florida
Fadi Salo
University Western Ontario
Ashish Seth
Inha University
Sharaban Tahora
Kennesaw State University
Noureen Talpur
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Huobin Tan
Beihang University
Samia Tasnim
University of Toledo
Marcus Tuen Muk
Western University
Ayad Turky
University of Sharjah
Anand Vasudevan
IEEE
Muhammad Yahaya
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Saidu Yahaya
Taraba State University
Muhammad Sani Yahya
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Jameel Shehu Yalli
Universiti Teknologi PETRONAS
Yimin Yang
Western University
Binchi Zhang
University of Western Ontario
Key Symposium Dates
Symposium Paper submission:
Extended to 20 February 2026 31 January 2026
Symposium Paper Acceptance Notification:
12 April 2026
Camera Ready Paper submission:
21 May 2026
Paper Templates
IEEE Paper templates are available in MS Word, LaTex, and Overleaf. All submissions must use US 8.5×11 letter page format.
IEEE Conference Publishing Policies
All submissions must adhere to IEEE Conference Publishing Policies.
Open Access Option
Authors may choose to publish their accepted papers as open access. For details, please refer to the Author Information page.
IEEE Cross Check
All submission will be screened for plagiarized material through the IEEE Cross Check portal.