Welcome to AI 2026!

The 39^th Canadian Conference on Artificial Intelligence (Canadian AI 2026) took place in-person at Simon Fraser University - Burnaby Campus, from Monday to Friday, May 25^th to 29^th, 2026. The event was co-located with the Computer and Robot Vision conference (CRV) as part of the joint Canadian Conference on AI, Robots & Vision (AI/CRV) 2026. See the main AI/CRV website for more details on logistics and events.

Each year Canadian AI brings together leading researchers and practitioners in AI from academia, industry, government, and NGOs to build a stronger AI community in Canada. Participants showcase Canada's ingenuity, innovation and leadership in intelligent systems.

Accepted Papers

Please find here the accepted papers, merged into 3 PDF files: long papers, short papers and graduate student symposium (GSS) papers.

Best Student Paper

Seyedeh Ava Razi Razavi, James Sargant, Sheridan Houghten, and Renata Dividino (Brock University) -- Density-Aware Graph Generation with Learnable Edge Prediction, paper #75.

Best Paper

Shyamal Dharia, Stephen Smith, and Camilo Valderrama (The University of Winnipeg) -- Differentiable Logic Gate Networks for Low-Latency EEG Classification on Edge Devices, paper #199.

Thanks to our Platinum Sponsors

Thank you to our sponsors — your generous support makes this conference possible.

	CIFAR is a Canadian-based global research organization. They convene extraordinary minds to address the most important questions facing science and humanity. https://www.cifar.ca
	The Mental Health Commission of Canada is a pan-Canadian health organization dedicated to improving mental health outcomes for everyone living in Canada.    https://mentalhealthcommission.ca