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Special Session on
AI Agents: Progress, Architecture, and Applications - AIPAA 2026

28 - 30 October, 2026 - Angers, France

Within the 18th International Joint Conference on Computational Intelligence - IJCCI 2026


CO-CHAIRS

Maria Alice Bertolim
ESEO
France

 
Short Bio
Maria Alice Bertolim Nicoleau is a Researcher and Lecturer (HDR) at ESEO, affiliated with the Institut de Mathématiques de Bourgogne (IMB, UMR 5584 CNRS) at the Université Bourgogne Europe, Dijon, France. She is a member of the Geometry, Algebra, Dynamics and Topology (GADT) research team. Her research focuses on continuous dynamical systems, with a particular emphasis on Lyapunov graphs labelled with topological and dynamical invariants. Her work addresses classification results for Morse flows and Morse-Smale flows on manifolds, combining techniques from homological Conley index theory and network flow theory.
Christophe Cruz
Computer Science, Université Bourgogne Europe
France

 
Short Bio
Christophe Cruz is a Full Professor in Computer Science at the Université Bourgogne Europe. He is a member of the ICB (Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne), a CNRS joint research unit. His research spans Knowledge Modeling, Artificial Intelligence, Neuro-symbolic AI — with a growing focus on generative AI and agentic AI systems, explored through his initiative amae.net. His work has applications in areas such as disaster management, smart buildings, Healthcare and geospatial data. He has authored over 200 publications. Christophe has led and contributed to numerous international research projects funded by the ANR, German BMBF, Swiss FNS, and European partners. He also actively bridges academia and industry through technology transfer initiatives and PhD supervision.

SCOPE

This special session addresses the rapidly evolving field of AI agents, with a focus on their theoretical underpinnings, architectural design, and practical applications. Situated within the broader IJCCI scope of computational intelligence — encompassing fuzzy systems, evolutionary computation, neural networks, and explainable AI — the session explores how these paradigms converge in modern autonomous and semi-autonomous agent frameworks.
The session aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among researchers working on agent-based systems, large language model (LLM)-driven agents, and multi-agent coordination, with an emphasis on real-world deployability, interpretability, and safety.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
  • LLM-based Agent Architectures and Autonomous Decision-making
  • Multi-agent Systems: Coordination, Negotiation, and Emergent Behavior
  • Planning, Reasoning, and Tool use in AI Agents
  • Memory, Context Management, and Retrieval-augmented Generation (RAG)
  • Neuro-Evolutionary and Fuzzy Approaches to Agent Design
  • Explainable and Trustworthy AI Agents (XAI for Agents)
  • AI Agents in Healthcare, Robotics, Education, and Smart Systems
  • Benchmarking, Evaluation Frameworks, and Safety of Agentic AI
  • Human-agent Interaction, Collaboration, and Ethical Considerations

IMPORTANT DATES

Paper Submission: July 31, 2026
Authors Notification: September 9, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration: September 18, 2026

SPECIAL SESSION PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Dr. Zafar Ali, Southeast University, Nanjing, China, Switzerland
Itzhak Aviv, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Iceland
Shuvodeep De, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, United States
Vincenzo Deufemia, Università di Salerno, Italy
Domenico Furno, Department of Management & Innovation Systems (DISA-MIS), University of Salerno, Italy
Vassilis Galanos, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Jinzhu Gao, University of the Pacific, United States
Cathy Guevara-Vega, Universidad Técnica del Norte, Ecuador
Ekta Gujral, Independent Researcher, United States
Shohreh Haddadan, Moffitt Cancer Center, United States
Timo Kapsalis, University of Derby UK, France
Dr. Weixu Liu, Anhui Medical University, China, Switzerland
Tea Marasović, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture, Costa Rica
Aziida Nanyonga, School of Engineering and Technology, University of New South Wales, Canberra, ACT 2600, Australia, Australia
Gabriel Neagu, National Institute for R&D in Informatics, Bucharest, Romania
Federico Sabbatini, Università degli Studi di Urbino Carlo Bo, Dipartimento di Scienze Pure e Applicate, Italy

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PAPER SUBMISSION

Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics listed above.
Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at: Paper Templates
Please also check the Guidelines.
Papers must be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system using the appropriated button on this page.

PUBLICATIONS

After thorough reviewing by the special session program committee, all accepted papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings book - under an ISBN reference - and abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, INSPEC, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus and zbMATH. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings.

SECRETARIAT CONTACTS

IJCCI Special Sessions - AIPAA 2026
e-mail: ijcci.secretariat@insticc.org
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