AAAI 2026 accepted papers by research area
4,417 papers were accepted at AAAI 2026 (+931 vs 2025). Here is how they split across 20 research areas, and which topics gained the most ground.
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Research areas
| Area | Papers | Share | Change in share vs 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Large language models | 695 | 15.7% | +1.4 pts |
| Vision-language and multimodal | 543 | 12.3% | +3.8 pts |
| Label-efficient and robust learning | 395 | 8.9% | -2.4 pts |
| Image generation | 342 | 7.7% | -0.6 pts |
| Learning theory and algorithms | 266 | 6.0% | -0.6 pts |
| Graph learning | 248 | 5.6% | -0.7 pts |
| 3D vision | 246 | 5.6% | +1.6 pts |
| Video | 228 | 5.2% | +0.1 pts |
| Multi-agent systems and games | 224 | 5.1% | +1.1 pts |
| Architectures and efficiency | 197 | 4.5% | -0.2 pts |
| Probabilistic and scientific modeling | 183 | 4.1% | -0.6 pts |
| Detection and segmentation | 168 | 3.8% | -1.4 pts |
| Reinforcement learning | 139 | 3.1% | +0.1 pts |
| Adversarial robustness and security | 137 | 3.1% | +0.1 pts |
| Federated learning and privacy | 115 | 2.6% | -0.5 pts |
| Time series | 105 | 2.4% | +0.3 pts |
| Point clouds | 72 | 1.6% | -0.5 pts |
| Continual learning | 58 | 1.3% | steady |
| Bandits and online learning | 31 | 0.7% | -0.2 pts |
| Optimization | 25 | 0.6% | -0.6 pts |
Fastest-growing topics at AAAI 2026
Change in share of AAAI papers from 2025 to 2026, topics with at least 10 papers.
- Multimodal LLMs (Vision-language and multimodal): 55 → 218 papers
- Reasoning and chain of thought (Large language models): 16 → 119 papers
- LLM agents (Multi-agent systems and games): 16 → 113 papers
- Cross-modal learning (Vision-language and multimodal): 74 → 153 papers
- Robot action and navigation (Vision-language and multimodal): 4 → 50 papers
- Gaussian splatting (3D vision): 29 → 79 papers
- Agents, code and math (Large language models): 77 → 126 papers
- Long-term forecasting (Time series): 27 → 57 papers
- Video generation (Video): 45 → 79 papers
- Alignment and preferences (Large language models): 24 → 51 papers
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