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AAAI 2026 — rules and template

Read requirements separately from examples

Separate the initial seven-page technical allowance from final production options. The accepted publisher PDFs can include additional pages and are not evidence of the original submission budget.

AAAI uses author-year citations and places ordinary figure and table captions below their displays. Do not transplant numeric citations, table-caption placement or colored-table conventions from CVPR/ICCV. The official source register retains policy conflicts rather than inventing a resolution.

Subject and stageRule / recommendationAuthority and source
Initial technical contentsubmission7 pagesSeven technical pages. Reference and reproducibility-checklist pages are outside that limit; they are not extra method or result pages.requiredofficial policyAAAI-26 Submission Instructions · AAAI-26 Main Technical Track Call for Papers
Submission reference and checklist pagessubmissionadditional pages; no numerical total cap stated in checked 2026 instructionsDo not import the later AAAI-27 nine-page total cap into this historical edition.permittedofficial policyAAAI-26 Submission Instructions · AAAI-27 Submission Instructions
Final technical contentcamera-ready7 pages; up to 2 paid additional technical pagesMain-track production instructions permit two extra technical pages at $300 each. References and acknowledgments are additional. This is not an initial-submission allowance or a website charge.permittedofficial policyAAAI-26 Paper Publication and Conference Attendance
Final reference continuitycamera-readyretain submitted references unless supersededDo not silently remove relevant attribution while preparing the final paper.requiredofficial policyAAAI-26 Paper Publication and Conference Attendance
Anonymous review copysubmissionRemove identifying author and affiliation information and acknowledgments. Use the kit submission mode and check PDF metadata and supporting files for accidental identification.requiredofficial policyAAAI-26 Submission Instructions · AAAI-26 Supplementary Material · AAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive
Official formatsubmission · camera-readytwo columns; 10-point Times or Nimbus; US LetterUse the edition kit without layout modifications. The archive includes LaTeX and Word workflows. Preserve embedded fonts, margins and supplied style behavior.requiredtemplate implementationAAAI-26 Submission Instructions · AAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive
Title and abstractsubmission · camera-readyTitle Case; abstract without referencesUse the supplied abstract environment. No numerical abstract word cap was located in the inspected sources.requiredtemplate implementationAAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive
Citation conventionsubmission · camera-readyauthor-year; aaai2026.bstUse the supplied bibliography behavior and supported natbib commands. Do not import CVPR or ICCV numeric citations.requiredtemplate implementationAAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive
Figure and table captionssubmission · camera-readyboth below; 10-point RomanBoth figure and table captions go below the display. Figure labels must be at least 9 point. Captions must not be reduced or made entirely bold or italic.requiredtemplate implementationAAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive
Table readabilitysubmission · camera-ready10 point; 9 point if necessaryDo not shrink the whole table with resizebox. Restructure or split an oversized table instead of making its content unreadable.requiredtemplate implementationAAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive
Color and accessibilitysubmission · camera-readycolor restricted to figures; CMYK; readable without colorThe kit requires black body text and independent visual distinctions. Do not automatically carry colored table-cell preferences into this format.requiredtemplate implementationAAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive
Algorithm and listing presentationsubmission · camera-readyheader caption between rules; closing ruleUnlike ordinary figures and tables, algorithm and listing captions appear above their content. Line numbering is optional; listings have no background color.conditionaltemplate implementationAAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive
Headingssubmission · camera-readymain-section numbering optionalIf main sections are numbered, appendix sections use letters. The kit specifies back-matter order, not a universal scientific argument or main-section sequence.permittedtemplate implementationAAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive
Supporting materialsubmissionseparate technical PDF; multimedia ZIP; code/data ZIPAnonymize every part. Material essential to evaluation belongs in the main paper; reviewers need not inspect optional supplements. Do not extend the submission through web-hosted supporting material.permittedofficial policyAAAI-26 Supplementary Material
Supporting-material timingsubmission2025-08-04 23:59 UTC-12The supplementary deadline was three days after the main-paper deadline, not an extension for changing the main contribution.requiredofficial policyAAAI-26 Supplementary Material · AAAI-26 Main Technical Track Call for Papers
Reproducibility checklistsubmissioninside main PDF after referencesThe conference-specific submission page explicitly requires checklist answers after references, outside the technical-page limit. Questions require truthful answers, not invented affirmative evidence.requiredofficial policyAAAI-26 Submission Instructions · AAAI-26 Reproducibility Checklist
Reproducibility explanationssubmission · camera-readysource-linked definitions, protocols and uncertaintyThe checklist asks about assumptions, proofs, data provenance, selection, seeds, run counts, infrastructure and variation. Supply applicable evidence and identify unavailable material honestly.recommendedofficial recommendationAAAI-26 Reproducibility Checklist
Ethical Statementsubmission · camera-readyoptional unnumbered sectionThe kit permits an Ethical Statement. This does not waive relevant ethical responsibilities or make a formal impact section universally mandatory.permittedtemplate implementationAAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive · AAAI-26 Main Technical Track Call for Papers
Scope and limitationssubmission · camera-readyclear limitations of conclusionsThe reviewer instructions ask for scope and generalizability limits. No mandatory separately titled limitations section was found.recommendedofficial recommendationInstructions for AAAI 2026 Reviewers
Contribution and evidencesubmission · discussionsignificance, novelty, soundness, relevance and clarityThe main-track call recognizes theory, methods, algorithms, empirical, integrative and critical contributions. A narrow leaderboard improvement is not a universal acceptance requirement.requiredofficial policyAAAI-26 Main Technical Track Call for Papers
Author AI assistancesubmission · camera-readyconflicting official wording; clarification neededEditing author-written text is explicitly allowed. The call also contains broader permission alongside restrictive generated-text language repeated on the author-policy page. Do not interpret this as unqualified drafting permission; retain human responsibility and verify current instructions.conditional · conflicting wording: see cautions belowofficial policyAAAI-26 Main Technical Track Call for Papers · Policies for AAAI-26 Authors
Conference AI-review pilotdiscussionsupplementary reviews without ratings; human decisionsA conference-operated review pilot is separate from permission for an individual reviewer to disclose confidential submissions to an external service.conditionalofficial policyInstructions for AAAI 2026 Reviewers · Ethical Guidelines for AAAI-26 Reviewers
Final production packagecamera-readysingle LaTeX source file plus bibliography and used assets; ZIP up to 10 MBThe kit forbids input-based split source in the submitted production package and requires PDFLaTeX. Preserve separate assets and submit the matching source/PDF; do not transfer another conference's packaging convention automatically.requiredtemplate implementationAAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive · AAAI-26 Paper Publication and Conference Attendance
Final copyright and attendancecamera-readycopyright transfer; registered in-person author presentationFollow the final-production instructions and presentation policy. These conference participation requirements do not create a paid service dependency for this site.requiredofficial policyAAAI-26 Paper Publication and Conference Attendance · Policies for AAAI-26 Authors
Universal outline and artifact quotassubmission · camera-readyNo universal number of figures, tables, algorithms or theorems was located. Recommended artifact packages are conditional editorial guidance, not acceptance criteria.unspecifiedofficial policyAAAI-26 Main Technical Track Call for Papers · Instructions for AAAI 2026 Reviewers · AAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive

Conflicts and unknowns

Two incompatible AI-authoring descriptions remain visible

The call has a permissive Appropriate use paragraph and a restrictive Plagiarism paragraph. The separate author-policy page repeats the restrictive version. These sources do not provide a dated resolution. Editing author-written prose is expressly permitted; obtain clarification before relying on broader generated-text permission.

AAAI-26 Main Technical Track Call for Papers · Policies for AAAI-26 Authors

Conference instructions override generic back matter

The generic kit ends with references and says to check the conference-specific checklist instructions. AAAI-26 submission instructions explicitly require checklist answers after references. The checklist page places additional explanations in the technical appendix. These are different objects, not competing places for omitting the required answers.

AAAI-26 Submission Instructions · AAAI-26 Reproducibility Checklist · AAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive

Instruction prose and style implementation differ

The PDF says 10-point text with 12-point leading; the supplied aaai2026.sty defines normalsize as 10 on 11. Preserve the official file instead of manually changing its spacing. Its internal package date says 2026/06/17 although the downloaded archive members are dated July 2025; record the archive identity rather than inventing a revision chronology.

AAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive

A stale final-publication date remains

The publication paragraph says November 3, 2025; its sidebar says November 13, while the updated call timetable shows November 16 after a November 8 decision. Do not use the stale paragraph to reconstruct an operational deadline. The separately maintained planning calendar and actual production notices govern live planning.

AAAI-26 Paper Publication and Conference Attendance · AAAI-26 Main Technical Track Call for Papers · AAAI-26 Submission Instructions

AAAI-27 changes do not rewrite AAAI-26

AAAI-27 explicitly caps the initial PDF at nine pages with pages eight and nine reserved for references. The checked AAAI-26 instructions instead allow additional reference and checklist pages without that numerical total cap. Reverify the complete 2027 package for a new submission rather than reuse this historical ruleset.

AAAI-26 Submission Instructions · AAAI-27 Submission Instructions

Generic appendix examples are not extra review pages

The generic author kit describes optional appended sections but supplies no conference page allowance. AAAI-26 limits technical content to seven pages and provides a separate technical-appendix upload. Do not infer an unlimited attached appendix or web supplement from the generic template.

AAAI-26 Submission Instructions · AAAI-26 Supplementary Material · AAAI 2026 official AuthorKit26-1 archive

Official source register

Checked 2026-10-25. Shared policy pages can change; use the edition-specific author guide and the pinned template version when comparing historical requirements.