Dear colleagues,

We are excited to invite you to submit a paper to AIST 2026, the 13th research conference on Analysis of Images, Social Networks, and Texts, which will take place on October 16–18, 2026 at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan.

The conference is intended for researchers and practitioners interested in data science, focusing on innovative applications of data analysis and machine learning techniques to image processing, analysis of network data, text processing, and other domains, such as economics or geographic information systems.

The twelve previous editions of the AIST conference held in 2012–2024 attracted a significant number of students, researchers, academics, and engineers working on the analysis of images, texts, and social networks.

Similar to the previous years, the main volume of the conference proceedings will be published in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). The companion volume will be published in Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS). For reference, the proceedings of the previous edition are available herehttps://urldefense.com/v3/__https://link.springer.com/conference/aist__;!!J2_iJ0WgAoU!eH8RezRbWnjPcKiIqN61r2BjON6WYBLicnlkoOYaQv4tIm9ppLhGOi_o5WVfJdKYnBNiEyqJi2UkppBWG-oT2PBFnRg$. Traditionally, the conference has no registration fee making a publication of accepted papers free of charge with Springer.

We are encouraging submission on any application of AI, deep learning, and data analysis including, but not limited to, the following topics:

* Analysis of images and video

* Analytics for geoinformation systems

* Core data mining and machine learning techniques

* Discovering and analyzing processes using event data

* Deep learning applications

* Educational data mining

* Game analytics

* Machine learning and data mining for economics and social sciences

* Natural language processing and computational linguistics

* Optimization problems in complex networks

* Recommender systems and collaborative technologies

* Semantic web and ontologies

* Social network analysis

Important Dates

* Abstract deadline: July 1, 2026

* Submission deadline: July 10, 2026

* Notification of acceptance: August 10, 2026

* Camera-ready papers due: August 18, 2026

* Conference dates: October 16–18, 2026

All deadlines are 11:59 pm UTC -12h ("anywhere on Earth").

Submission All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Papers formatted in Springer LNCS template should be submitted through the OpenReview conference management system (see detailed instructions at the web site). We strongly encourage offline participation in Astana, but virtual presentations will be also allowed.

Important links

* Website: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aistconf.org/__;!!J2_iJ0WgAoU!eH8RezRbWnjPcKiIqN61r2BjON6WYBLicnlkoOYaQv4tIm9ppLhGOi_o5WVfJdKYnBNiEyqJi2UkppBWG-oTN6-Tucc$ https://aistconf.orghttps://urldefense.com/v3/__https://aistconf.org/__;!!J2_iJ0WgAoU!eH8RezRbWnjPcKiIqN61r2BjON6WYBLicnlkoOYaQv4tIm9ppLhGOi_o5WVfJdKYnBNiEyqJi2UkppBWG-oTN6-Tucc$

* Submission: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://openreview.net/group?id=aistconf.org*AIST*2026*Conference__;Ly8v!!J2_iJ0WgAoU!eH8RezRbWnjPcKiIqN61r2BjON6WYBLicnlkoOYaQv4tIm9ppLhGOi_o5WVfJdKYnBNiEyqJi2UkppBWG-oTqpmQPXU$ https://openreview.net/group?id=aistconf.org/AIST/2026/Conferencehttps://urldefense.com/v3/__https://openreview.net/group?id=aistconf.org*AIST*2026*Conference__;Ly8v!!J2_iJ0WgAoU!eH8RezRbWnjPcKiIqN61r2BjON6WYBLicnlkoOYaQv4tIm9ppLhGOi_o5WVfJdKYnBNiEyqJi2UkppBWG-oTqpmQPXU$

* Contact: org@aistconf.orgmailto:org@aistconf.org

Best regards, AIST 2026 Organizing Committee