Fifth International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence Call for Papers

ICPRAI 2026: The Fifth International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence

June 15-18, 2026. Montreal, Canada

ICPRAI 2026 will be held in person in Montréal, Québec, Canada

Note that the paper submission deadline has been extended to January 25, 2026.


CENPARMI (The Centre for Pattern Recognition and Machine Intelligence)
of Concordia University is organizing
an international conference on Pattern Recognition & Artificial Intelligence.

Topics of interest include, but not limited to:

Track 1: Recognition of different types of patterns, handwriting,
document, text, face, fingerprint, iris, brain, and strategic objects
and targets.

Track 2: Computer vision and image processing, biomedical analysis, 2D
and 3D images, tomography, graphics, robotics, and multimedia
applications.

Track 3: Artificial Intelligence, machine learning, neural networks,
deep learning and classification techniques, speech and language
processing, semantic analysis, computational linguistics, e-learning
and innovative teaching methods.

Track 4: Security and forensic studies, mobile applications, big data,
small sample size, data mining and performance evaluation, intelligent
systems, AI power, regulations and limits, and various applications.


Special Sessions:

1 Frontiers of Artificial Intelligence for Medical Applications:
Models, Reasoning, Perception, and Interaction Chairs:Ghazaleh
Khodabandelou, University Paris-Est, France and Mounim A. El Yacoubi,
Institut Polytechnique de Paris, France

2 Architecting the Future of Intelligent Perception: Fusion of Quantum
Technologies, Advanced AI, and IoT Systems
Chairs:Adel M. Alimi, University of Sfax (Tunisia), Sid Ahmed
Selouani, University of Moncton (Canada), and Lokman Sboui, ETS of
Montreal (Canada)


Notes:

The conference proceedings will be published by Springer, in the
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Scopus-indexed) series.
The template can be downloaded from Springer.

1. Best papers will be selected for a Special Issue in the
   International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial
   Intelligence.,

2. Papers of general interest will be considered for a new book in the
   Book Series of Language Processing, Pattern Recognition, and
   Intelligent Systems (http://www.worldscientific.com/series/scpl).

3. The conference proceedings will be published in Lecture Notes in
Computer Science (Scopus-indexed)

Call for Sponsors:

The organizers of ICPRAI 2026 would like to invite you to participate
in our conference as a corporate sponsor.  Please visit our web page
to see the benefits of becoming a sponsor: https://icprai2026.com/.

New Competition:

We have added a competition to our conference with three prizes of
CAD$500. Participants are invited to submit a 3-page discussion paper
on one of three AI/PR related topics.  Please visit our web page for
details.

Important Dates:

  Paper Submission Deadline: January 25, 2026
  New Competition Deadline:   February 15, 2026
  Acceptance notification:   March 7, 2026
  Camera ready papers:       March 13, 2026
  Conference:                June 15-18, 2026

Important Links:

  Website:             https://icprai2026.com/
  Alternate Website:   https://users.encs.concordia.ca/~icprai26/
  Paper Submission:    https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=icprai2026
  Contact Secretariat: icprai26@encs.concordia.ca.

Ching Suen, ICPRAI 2026 Chair and the Organizers of ICPRAI 2026.

ICPRAI 2026 Secretariat
email: icprai26@encs.concordia.ca
Web: https://icprai2026.com/ 
or https://users.encs.concordia.ca/~icprai26/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@cenparmi/