The CogSIMA conference series provides an annual venue for presenting multi-disciplinary
research on complex heterogeneous dynamical systems – of interacting humans, machines
(AI, automation, robots), computer agents and/or networks – whose individual and/or collective
behavior depends on their situation awareness.
Application areas include autonomous vehicles, command and control systems, disaster
monitoring and recovery systems, human-robot teams, human-AI teaming, physical and cyber
security situation awareness and cyber warfare systems, intelligent transportation systems,
health care medical situation control systems, and others.
The CogSIMA conferences are aimed at researchers and practitioners from academia,
industry, and government, with a wide variety of backgrounds and experience including
computer science, artificial intelligence, human factors, cognitive science, modeling and
simulation, robotics, and systems engineering.
Accepted papers and poster presentations will be submitted for publication in the IEEE
Xplore® Digital Library, which will be indexed by all major indexing and web discovery services
(such as Google Scholar, Scopus, Web of Science, DBLP, Semantic Scholar etc.).
Please consult https://edas.info/web/cogsima2026/home.html for further information and
updates on our program, venue, submission guidelines, and author requirements.
Submit your paper: https://edas.info/N34186
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
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Conceptual framing of human-machine teams, including machines as fully-fledged
teammates vs. tools, human-animal teaming analogs, and anthropomorphism
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Sociotechnical studies, including test and evaluation of application-specific research
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Cognitive architectures for human-machine teaming
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Team performance metrics and measurement in human-machine systems
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Expert to novice comparisons in human-machine systems
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Human-machine relative task difficulty impacts on performance
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Sequential decision making and impacts to human-machine performance
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Quantitative modeling of social factors impacting
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Human-machine decision dyads
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Situation sensing, perception, comprehension, and prediction
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“Big Data” analysis and social media processing for situation awareness
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Cognitive information fusion
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Integration of human and signal intelligence, cyber-physical-social systems
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Models of collaboration and emergent behavior in cognitive multi-agent systems
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Situation recognition in autonomous systems and autonomous vehicles
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Situation assessment in reinforcement learning and deep learning
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human-machine interaction
Generative AI and explainable AI for situation awareness and situated
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Cognitive situation management with neuroergonomics and Brain-Machine Interface
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Biologically-inspired computational models of situation management
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and actions
Approaches to spatial and temporal reasoning, reasoning about goals, intentions,
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Models of human-machine collaboration
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Performance evaluation and metrics of human-machine systems, including
human-AI teaming
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Ontology-based computing, context modeling and discovery, situation modeling,
representation, and identification
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support
Systems, platforms, and tools for situation awareness, situation control, and decision
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System-level experiments and application-specific research
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Use of Large Language Models for improving situation understanding
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SUBMISSION GUIDELINES AND PUBLICATION
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Two types of paper submissions will be accepted:
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Regular Papers (5-8 pages) that describe new results that advance the state-of-the-art.
Each accepted paper will be allocated a slot for oral presentation during the conference.
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Poster Papers (3-5 pages) that describe work in progress. Each accepted poster will be
presented in a 5 min. talk in the poster session and will be included in the final conference
proceedings submitted to the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library.
All paper submissions will be handled electronically by EDAS. Authors should prepare a
Portable Document Format (PDF) version of their full paper in 2-column style (main text in
10-point size). Please use the stylesheet templates provided by IEEE to assure that your
submission is in line with the IEEE guidelines. The conference proceedings will be
electronically published in the IEEE CogSIMA Conference Proceedings and will be submitted
to the IEEE Xplore® Digital Library. At least one author of an accepted paper is required to
register for the conference at the full rate and the paper must be presented by an author of that
paper at the conference unless the TPC/conference organizers grant permission for a virtual
presentation or a substitute presenter. Non-refundable registration fees must be paid prior to
uploading the final IEEE formatted, publication-ready version of the paper.
Submit your paper: https://edas.info/N34186
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DUE DATES
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Regular and Special Session Papers submission: Oct. 24, 2025
Poster Papers submission: Oct. 24, 2025
Acceptance Notification: Dec. 15, 2025
Camera Ready: Jan. 15, 2026
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CALL FOR SPECIAL SESSION PROPOSALS
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The CogSIMA 2026 Organizing Committee is also welcoming proposals for Special Sessions
on complex heterogeneous dynamical systems - of interacting humans, machines, and
computer agents - whose collective behavior depends on their cognitive capabilities to
comprehend, explain, predict, and act upon the surrounding operational situations.
The purpose of special sessions is to stimulate a focused discussion on new or innovative
topics. Of particular interest are proposals that address cutting-edge research or topics beyond
traditional situation understanding and management. Organizers of accepted special sessions
will be asked to chair the session and will be consulted when finalizing the list of papers in the
session.
Proposal Requirements: Each special session proposal should include an overview of the topic
that identifies its relevance and introduces the papers to be presented. This description will be
made available in the proceedings. Each proposal should also include a list of committed
papers.
The following information must be included in a complete special session proposal:
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Title of the proposed special session
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Names and affiliations of the organizers, including brief bio and contact information
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Session abstract (less than 250 words), including the significance of the topic and the
rationale for the proposed session
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List of committed papers, including a tentative title, author list, and a short abstract for
each paper. At least 5 papers are expected. Committed papers are not automatically accepted;
they must be submitted to the conference by the standard deadline and will be reviewed
through the same process as regular papers.
Evaluation Criteria: Special session proposals will be evaluated based on the importance of
the topic, relevance to the cognitive and computational aspects of situation management, the
number of potential papers (assessed from the list of committed papers), and the qualification
of the organizers. Once the proposal has been approved, it will be included among the
sessions available for authors to submit their papers to. Proposals will be evaluated on a
rolling basis. Please submit as soon as possible but not later than Oct. 1.
All papers submitted to a special session will be reviewed through the same review process as
the regular papers of the conference to ensure that contributions are of high quality. If a special
session has more papers accepted than can be accommodated in the schedule can
accommodate, some papers might be moved to other relevant sessions.
Important Dates: Submission of special session proposals: October 1, 2025.
Notification of acceptance: October 10, 2025.
Questions and submissions: specialsessions@cogsima.org
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For questions, please contact us at admin@cogsima.org and visit the conference
website: https://edas.info/web/cogsima2026/home.html
Best regards,
the IEEE CogSIMA 2026 Organizing Committee
Further information:
CogSIMA 2026 conference website: https://edas.info/web/cogsima2026/home.html