IAAI-27 Timetable for Authors

Details regarding the organizing and timing of IAAI-27 will be forthcoming. Final papers will be due for submission no earlier than July 27th.

Note: All deadlines are “anywhere on earth” (UTC-12). Deadlines are track-specific and may differ from those listed above. Track-specific deadlines are listed on their respective CFP.

IAAI-27 Call

The Thirty-Ninth Annual Conference on Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence (IAAI-27) is a premier venue for novel studies of AI deployments in real-world applications. IAAI-27 will feature technical papers, best practices, invited talks, and panel discussions that explore challenges, methodologies, and lessons learned from the practical use of AI. Submissions should focus on applied AI; purely theoretical work and algorithmic descriptions are more suited for AAAI-27.

IAAI-27 seeks novel contributions in the following areas: (1) Deployed Applications showcasing the novel use of AI with measurable benefits, best practices, and lessons learned; (2) Emerging Applications of AI on trajectory for full deployment; (3) Tools and Methodologies that accelerate safer AI development and deployment and analysis of factors contributing to failures, incidents and their mitigation.

Tracks and Topics 

1. Deployed Highly Innovative Applications of AI​ 

Papers submitted to this track must describe deployed applications that demonstrate measurable benefits through innovative use of AI technology. An application is considered deployed once it is in production and used by end-users, with meaningful data collected on its performance. Submissions may focus on either standalone applications or components of larger systems. Papers will be evaluated based on the quality of the problem description, AI approach, innovation in AI use, measurable improvements, deployment details, and lessons learned during development, deployment, and maintenance. In-depth algorithm descriptions are better suited for AAAI. Each accepted paper in this track will receive the IAAI ‘Deployed Application’ Certificate Award.

Page Limit: 8 pages, Format: AAAI style and formatting guidelines. 

*No page limit for references and appendices.

2. Emerging Applications of AI 

The Emerging Applications track focuses on novel applications of AI methods to real-world problems that are not yet fully deployed but include early deployment or pilot-stage results. Submissions must demonstrate a clear path toward full-scale deployment, addressing emerging engineering or sociotechnical challenges and their practical relevance. Papers will be evaluated on problem significance, innovation, AI methodology, technical quality, and clarity, with a clear path toward deployment. Submissions to this track have greater flexibility in how the papers are reviewed, but the quality threshold for acceptance is heightened with increasing distance from deployment. Papers without an articulated path to deployment may be rejected without review of the paper substance.

Page Limit: 6 pages, Format: AAAI style and formatting guidelines.
*No page limit for references and appendices.

3. Tools and Methodologies for Moving Faster and Safer 

Within this track, we solicit papers describing deployed tools, practices, policies, and methods improving applied AI innovation and deployment of AI systems. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to: 

• Incident Analysis: Analysis of development and deployment processes and artifacts, focusing on real-world harm resulting from one or more AI incidents.
• Incident Trend Analysis: Analyze trends in AI incidents to identify unresolved challenges in the deployment of AI systems.
• Incident Best Practices: Detail best practices in use for producing and deploying systems to prevent or mitigate AI incidents.
• Deployed Process Organization: Tools in use that help manage and assure the development, evaluation, or deployment of AI systems. 
• Deployed Data Hygiene and Data Quality Tools: Tools in use that are designed to address challenges in processing raw data in AI systems. 
• Deployed Meta-Optimization: Tools in use for enhancing AI systems through algorithm configurators, algorithm portfolios, and hyperparameter optimization.
• Deployed novel computational models: Tools in use to exploit new computational hardware, such as neuromorphic processors, quantum computers, and other application-specific AI chips and systems. 

Papers will be evaluated primarily by the following criteria: the extent to which the research presented advances real world application quality, development, deployment, maintenance costs, productivity, reliability, and/or scaling. Tools that are deployed will be ranked more highly in the review process. Analysis of failures must center on failures experienced during AI deployments (i.e., with systems directly impacting the real world). The evaluation will strongly factor in the degree to which the research is likely to enable real-world applied AI researchers to produce better AI solutions, including factors related to ease of use, adoption, documentation, and impact on the practices of the applications community.

Tools and methodologies still in the concept phase, or tested only in laboratory settings, are not suitable for this track. Responsive papers will demonstrate that use of the tool/methodology has led to measurable benefits.

Papers will be reviewed by a program committee of AI researchers, industry experts, human factors, safety, and ethics, with a particular focus on whether the paper efficiently informs the production and deployment of AI systems.  

Page Limit: 6 pages, Format: AAAI style and formatting guidelines.
*No page limit for references and appendices.

Submission Instructions

Electronic submissions are required. Papers must be in trouble-free, high-resolution PDF format, US letter (8.5” x 11”) and AAAI two-column format (use the CameraReady templates in the AAAI-27 Author Kit). Please see track descriptions for specific page limits above. 

Supplementary material in the form of (1) technical appendix, (2) multimedia, (3) code, and (4) data may be submitted alongside all papers. The main submission may reference the supplementary material, but it should be self-contained. Evaluations are primarily based on the main submission, and reviewers are not obliged to consult the supplementary material.

Submissions to IAAI-27 should contain identifying information about the authors and their affiliations. Reviewing is single-blind (anonymous reviewers), NOT double-blind. It is also recommended that authors from the deploying institutions be involved as co-authors to show the real-world impact of the submission.

Authors should register on the IAAI-27 OpenReview paper submission site. IAAI does not accept papers submitted through other channels. Submissions received after the deadline or not meeting the length or formatting requirements detailed above will not be accepted for review. Notification of the electronic paper receipt will be emailed to the first author (or designated contact author) soon after receipt. 

By submitting a paper to IAAI, the authors agree that the Chairs have the final decision on the acceptance of publication at the conference. Authors will not be invited to rebut their reviews, but select papers may be paired with a member of the Program Committee to “shepherd” the paper. Shepherding means the paper would be acceptable with specific changes (e.g., providing more information about the deployment). The shepherd works with the authors to ensure those changes are made, then renders a final recommendation to the Program Committee on whether to accept the paper. 

All submissions must be original. IAAI-27 will not consider any paper that, at the time of submission, is identical or substantially similar to another paper that is submitted concurrently to IAAI-27, or that is under review, accepted for publication, already published or accepted for publication in a journal or another conference. Once submitted to IAAI-27, authors may not submit the paper or a substantially similar version elsewhere during IAAI’s review period. These restrictions apply only to refereed journals and conferences, not preliminary versions posted as preprints to arXiv.org or other unrefereed forums, or workshops with a limited audience and without archival proceedings. Authors must confirm that their submissions to IAAI conform to these requirements at the time of submission. 

Organization and Timing

Details regarding the organizing and timing of IAAI-27 will be forthcoming. Final papers will be due for submission no earlier than July 27th.

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