ConfAI 2026

 

Plaksha University invites you to submit an abstract to ConfAI 2026, the Conference on Artificial Intelligence, which will be hosted at Plaksha University from October 30 – November 1, 2026.

 

About ConfAI: A flagship three-day academic conference that brings together students, researchers, and practitioners to explore the potential of AI in addressing societal challenges. Through talks, panel discussions, and collaborative sessions, the conference aims to foster knowledge sharing and shape the future of impactful AI research and applications in the Indian landscape.

Review ConfAI 2025 highlights – here

 

Call for Abstracts: ConfAI 2026 invites research abstracts (unpublished or already published), not exceeding 250 words, on applications of Artificial Intelligence in — but not limited to — the following tracks:

1. AI in the Economy
2. AI in Healthcare
3. AI in Sensors
4. Reasoning in Vision Language Models
5. AI4Cities: Enhancing Resilience, Improving Liveability
6. Responsible and Ethical AI
7. AI and Logic: Relations and Applications
   ConfAI 2026 will also feature a poster presentation segment. Invitations for poster presentations will be extended to select participants at a later stage

Important Dates

• Abstract Submission Closes: August 10, 2026
• Notification of Acceptance: August 31, 2026

Selected Authors: For all authors with accepted abstracts: the conference fee will be waived, accommodation on the Plaksha campus will be provided, and airfare up to INR 20,000 will be covered.

 

Abstract submission: All submissions must be made online via the ConfAI submission portal. Submissions will be reviewed by our Technical Program Committee and must not contain plagiarized material. For any queries, please write to: confai@plaksha.edu.in

 

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General Co-Chairs, ConfAI 2026

1. Prof. Rajesh Sharma
   Associate Dean, Harish and Bina Shah School of AI and Computer Science
   Program Chair, Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence, Plaksha University
2. Prof. Siddharth
   Lead — Human-Technology Interaction Lab
   Assistant Professor, Plaksha University

 

Notable Speakers — ConfAI 2025 (Non-exhaustive)

1. Dr. Rajesh Gupta — Dean, Halıcıoğlu School of Data Science and Computing, UC San Diego
2. Dr. Debjani Ghosh — Distinguished Fellow, NITI Aayog
3. Dr. Mayur Naik -- Misra Family Professor, CIS, University of Pennsylvania
4. Dr. Sunita Sarawagi — Professor, IIT Bombay
5. Dr. Venkat Padmanabhan — Managing Director, Microsoft Research India

 

Advisory Committee – ConfAI 2025 

1. Dr. M. Balakrishnan, Distinguished Visiting Professor, Plaksha University
2. Dr. Uday Desai, Founding Director, IIT Hyderabad
3. Dr. Sandeep Juneja, Director, Safexpress Centre for Data, Learning and Decision Sciences; Professor, Ashoka University

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We look forward to your participation in ConfAI 2026 — Conversations that Shape AI Futures!

Warm regards,
Team ConfAI 2026
Plaksha University

confai@plaksha.edu.in

 

Domains 

01 ​AI in the Economy

Track Co-Chairs 

Dr. Alok Ranjan, Dr. Nikhil George, Dr. Divyanshu Jain​

​This track focuses on artificial intelligence as a transformative force across three interlocking pillars of modern economies: labor markets, financial systems, and governance structures.

 

02 AI in Healthcare

Track Co-Chairs

Dr. Sunita Chauhan, Dr. Chaitanya Lekshmi Indira, Dr. Sandeep Manjanna, Dr. Monika Sharma

This session aims to explore how AI technologies can be designed and deployed to deliver tailored healthcare solutions while ensuring fair and inclusive access.​​

 

03 AI in Sensors

​Track Co-Chairs
Dr. Anil Roy, Dr. Praveen Kumar

This session focuses on AI as a transformative force in sensor technology, highlighting the co-design of intelligent hardware, software, and real-time analytical systems across diverse application domains.

 

04 Reasoning in Vision Language Models

Track Co-Chairs
Dr. Pankaj Pansari, Dr. Deepan Muthirayan​

This session focuses on evaluating and advancing reasoning in Vision Language Models (VLMs), spanning benchmark evaluation, fine-tuning, inference-time scaling, and novel model architectures.​​​​​​

 

05 AI4Cities: Enhancing Resilience, Improving Liveability

Track Co-Chairs 

Dr. Anupam Sobti, Dr. Malini Balakrishnan, Dr. Prashanth Suresh Kumar, Dr. Pankaj Pansari

This session focuses on AI-driven solutions for rapidly expanding Indian cities, leveraging real-time, data-driven predictive management to optimize urban infrastructure, climate resilience, and local governance.

 

​06 Responsible and Ethical AI

​Track Co-Chairs

Dr. Rajesh Sharma, Dr. Sachindranath

​This session focuses on the ethical, legal, and sociotechnical dimensions of responsible AI, translating foundational ethics into practical governance, algorithmic fairness, and cross-jurisdictional regulatory frameworks.

 

07 AI and Logic: Relations and Applications

Track Co-Chairs

Dr. Deepak Khemani, Dr. Saeed Salehi,  Dr. Tapas Pandit

This session focuses on the two-way synergy between logic and AI, highlighting how logic designs reliable AI systems while AI tools solve complex logical and mathematical problems.