We are pleased to announce that the paper submission deadline for the
Special Session *"Self-Improving Systems: The Convergence of Evolutionary
Strategies and Machine Intelligence using XAI and LLMs"* at *IEEE EAIS 2026*
has been extended.
The new submission deadline is *March 25, 2026.*
This extension provides researchers additional time to contribute their
work to this interdisciplinary forum focused on creating adaptive,
resilient, and transparent computational entities.
*Updated Important Dates:*
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*Paper Submission Deadline:* March 25, 2026 (Extended)
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*Acceptance Notification:* May 15, 2026
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*Camera-Ready Deadline:* June 15, 2026
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*Conference Dates:* September 21–23, 2026
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*Location:* University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy
*Topics of Interest Include:*
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Hybrid ES and Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) architectures.
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LLMs as intelligent operators for mutation and code synthesis.
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XAI methods for interpreting evolved policies and decision-making.
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Applications in Robotics, Scientific Discovery, and AutoML.
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Safety, Ethics, and Governance in self-improving AI.
*Submission Process:* Please follow the submission guidelines on the
official *IEEE EAIS 2026* website and select our Special Session title
during the upload process. Accepted and presented papers will be published
in the *IEEE Xplore Digital Library.*
*More Information:* https://sites.google.com/view/siseais2026/inicio
<https://sites.google.com/view/siseais2026/inicio?authuser=1>
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Best regards,
*The Organizing Committee:*
Dr. Diego Oliva (Universidad de Guadalajara, México)
Dr. Jorge Ramos-Frutos (Tecnológico Nacional de México Jiquilpan, México)
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