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AIED 2026

Seoul, Republic of Korea

Call for Papers

Doctoral Consortium

Introduction

The AIED Doctoral Consortium is an interactive event to support doctoral students working in and across domains relevant to AIED. At the Doctoral Consortium, students share and discuss their research ideas and plans with other doctoral students as well as experienced expert colleagues who provide them with constructive feedback and recommendations on various aspects of their work. Doctoral Consortium participants also have the opportunity to informally introduce themselves to the larger AIED community.

We invite submissions from doctoral students working on dissertations in the field of AIED or related fields. Priority is given to candidates who are at a research stage when feedback from the AIED community is of most value. Successful submissions should have a clear topic relevant to AIED, propose an interesting research approach, and report on some progress, yet they should not have advanced so far along that they can no longer accommodate received feedback. Paper submissions must be primarily authored by the students (advisors and collaborators can be listed as co-authors).

Although the main objective of the Doctoral Consortium is to provide an opportunity for feedback on students' current research, we also seek to promote interdisciplinary research projects, theoretical frameworks, and methodological approaches, as the intersection of ideas with neighboring fields is critical for AIED scholarship. Therefore, it is of utmost importance that the Doctoral Consortium fosters such multi-disciplinary collaborative interactions among the participants of the conference in order to enhance the experience of all participants and build capacity in the field.

Format and Content

Accepted candidates will participate in two activities:

  1. Prior to the conference, each student with an accepted paper will be assigned mentor(s) whose background is relevant to the student's research topic or methodological approach. As a part of the application, students will list names of potential mentors in the AIED community they want to meet, and the organisers of the Doctoral Consortium will do their best to connect students with the mentors of their choice.
  2. During the conference, accepted students will participate in discussions with senior researchers and other students in which they will present their research and receive feedback.

Submissions

Please submit the following:

  1. A 6-page paper to be published in the conference proceedings (see more details below).
  2. An online form with requested mentors. The form should be completed after your paper has been submitted to EasyChair. Here is a link to the form: https://forms.gle/khDKVUe4kcGAUdLdA

The paper should include all authors info (that is, not blinded). The paper should follow the format template linked below and describe, in a logical and coherent manner, the aims and objectives of the proposed research by clearly illustrating the following:

  1. The problem(s) addressed, its connection to education, the state of the art in AIED (potentially, including the previous work the student has done).
  2. The theoretical framing and proposed solution(s), as well as the methodology adopted to achieve it, including the progress already made.
  3. The expected contribution(s) and impact of the research to the AIED community being mindful of both the Learning Sciences and Computer Science.
  4. Preliminary results are welcome but not required.

If the same research results are simultaneously submitted for consideration as a DC contribution and as a full/short paper at the main conference and the submission is accepted in both tracks, the work will be published as a full/short paper. The student can still present the work at the DC and receive feedback from mentors.

Submission Instructions

All submissions must be in Springer format and follow Springer policies on publication (including policies on the use of AI in the authoring process): https://tinyurl.com/3rk3zj3v.

Papers that do not use the required format may be rejected without review. Authors should consult Springer's authors' guidelines and use their proceedings templates, either for LaTeX or for Word, for the preparation of their papers. Springer encourages authors to include their ORCIDs in their papers.

Instructions:

  • The papers can be co-authored by the student and supervisor(s), the student must be the first author.
  • Papers should be up to 6 pages long (including references and appendices, if exist) using the format used for the conference, i.e. Springer's authors' guidelines should be followed and an appropriate template, either for LaTeX or for Word, should be used for the preparation of the papers.

Submissions will be handled via EasyChair: https://easychair.org/my2/conference?conf=aied26

Registration and Participation

Each accepted paper within the Doctoral Consortium track must be accompanied by a unique author registration (i.e., one registration per paper), completed by the early registration date cut-off. Please note that the authors of the papers accepted to the Doctoral Consortium track are expected to be on-site to give their presentations and interact with the audience, to have the paper included in the proceedings. An online streaming option will be set-up for remote observers. Scholarships are available for researchers who lack funding to present at the conference, see the website for more information.

Scholarships

To apply for a scholarship, visit the main conference page.

Important Dates

  • Submission due: February 27, 2026
  • Notification of acceptance: March 31, 2026
  • Camera-ready paper due: April 5, 2026
  • Conference: June 29 – July 3, 2026

Note: the submission deadline is at 11:59 pm AoE (Anywhere on Earth) time.

Organisation

Doctoral Consortium Co-Chairs

Yu Lu

Beijing Normal University

China

Ido Roll

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Israel

Irene-Angelica Chounta

University of Duisburg-Essen

Germany