2026 9th International Conference on Algorithms, Computing and Artificial Intelligence (ACAI 2026) 
Location: Hangzhou, China
Dates: December 18-20, 2026
Website: https://www.acai-conf.net/
Conference Format: Online and In-person

2026 9th International Conference on Algorithms, Computing and Artificial Intelligence (ACAI 2026), sponsored by Zhejiang University of Technology, Nanjing University, IEEE and IEEE Nanjing Section, hosted by College of Computer Science and Technology, Zhejiang University of Technology, supported by Software Engineering Institute of East China Normal University, will be held during December 18-20, 2026 in Hangzhou, China. ACAI aims to provide a forum for researchers, practitioners, and professionals from the industry, academia and government to discourse on research and development, professional practice in Algorithms, Computing and Artificial Intelligence. ACAI 2026 will include presentations in form of contributed papers, poster sessions, and state of the art lectures by invited keynote speakers.

Topics:
Advanced numerical algorithms
Artificial immune systems 
Applications of computation as a scientific paradigm
Artificial Intelligence in modelling and simulation
Applications of computational science
Artificial Intelligence in scheduling and optimization
Complex systems: modeling and simulation
Artificial life 
Computational complexity, economics, geometry
Brain-machine interfaces
Computational geometry
Machine Learning
Computational humanities
Cognitive systems and applications
(For more topics: https://www.acai-conf.net/topics.html)

Paper Publication and Indexing:
Accepted papers after proper registration and presentation will be included in ACAI 2026 Conference Proceedings, published by IEEE and indexed by Ei Compendex, Scopus, CPCI and other important databases.
Previous Publication and indexing:
*All papers included in ACAI 2018-2025 have been published and indexed by EI and Scopus successfully!

Paper Submission (Choose one way to submit your paper):
1. Submission System: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ACAI2026/ (Recommend)
2. Email Submission
 
You are also welcome to join us as:
As Presenter: If you want to share you latest research results by giving presentation without publishing papers, please submit your abstract (300-400 words)
As Listener: You are also warmly welcomed to take part in ACAI 2026 as a listener even though you have no paper to submit.
As Reviewer: To ensure the fairness and to guarantee the quality of ACAI 2026, we cordially invite experts and scholars join us as a reviewer.

ACAI 2026 Organizing Committee:
Conference Chairs:
Prof. Xiangjie Kong, Zhejiang University of Technology, China
Prof. James Tin Yau KWOK (Fellow IEEE), The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China
Prof. Wanyang Dai, Nanjing University, China

Program Chairs:
Prof. Zhen Lei, IEEE Fellow, IAPR Fellow, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Prof. Yudong Zhang, Southeast University, China
Prof. Xiaodong Liu, Head of Intelligence-Driven Software Engineering Research Group, Edinburgh Napier University, UK
Prof. Lei Zhang, Vice Dean, East China Normal University, China