Call for Papers

The 14th EETN Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SETN 2026) will be held in Chania, Crete, Greece between 9 and 11 of September 2026. SETN 2026 is organized by the Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Society (EETN) in collaboration with the Technical University of Crete (TUC). The venue of the conference will be the Cultural Centre of Chania, kindly offered by the Region of Crete (Regional Unit of Chania), which will be a co-organizer of the conference. To date, Platinum Sponsors of SETN-2026 are Starttech Ventures, EPIGNOSIS, and yodeck.

SETN 2026 is dedicated to the loving memory of Pavlos Peppas and Themis Panagiotopoulos.

Background

The EETN Conference on Artificial Intelligence (SETN), also known as the Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence, was established in 1996 as the conference of the Hellenic AI Society (EETN – www.eetn.gr/en), and since 2002 is held biennially at different locations in Greece. The conference is international, its official language is English, and international participation is highly encouraged. It is one of the most prominent forums in Greece for Greek and International AI scientists to present original and high-quality basic/theoretical and applied research in AI.

The conference aims to:

• bring together AI researchers, to promote knowledge dissemination and collaborations,
• inform students about the current state of the art in topics related to AI,
• promote research results to companies and facilitate the development of innovative products.

Scope of the SETN-2026 conference

The conference invites high-quality submissions describing work in all areas of Artificial Intelligence, from fundamental theoretical work to applications in various domains. The main track of the conference is intended for full or short papers (see below) presenting unpublished, novel research in any AI area. Areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Machine Learning (ML)
• Multi-Agent Systems (MAS)
• Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KRR)
• Speech, Natural Language Processing and Understanding (NLP)
• Search, Planning and Scheduling (PLAN)
• Safe, Explainable, and Trustworthy AI (XAI). Includes ethical AI.
• Uncertainty in AI (UAI)
• Robotics (ROB)
• Game theory and social choice (GT)
• Constraint satisfaction and optimization (CS)
• Games and Virtual Environments (GAME)
• Human Aspects in AI (HAI)
• Data Mining and Data Science (DMS)
• Vision (VIS)
• Multidisciplinary Topics and Applications (MULT)
• Applications of AI (AAI)

Paper Submission – Proceedings

All paper submissions will be handled electronically via the Easychair Conference Management System at a submission address that will be announced at a later date.

All accepted papers (with the exception of "nectar" papers – kindly see below) will be included in the conference Proceedings, which will be published by ACM (International Conference Proceedings Series) and will become available through the ACM Digital Library (approval pending).

All submitted papers will be peer-reviewed on the basis of technical quality, relevance to the topics of the conference, originality, novelty, significance, and clarity. The review process (for non-nectar papers) will be double-blind, hence authors should ensure that they do not reveal their identities.

To prepare their manuscripts, the authors should follow the ACM SIG Proceedings guidelines:

www.acm.org/publications/proceedings-template

SETN 2026 accepts submissions of three types of papers:

1. Full papers (6-10 pages)
2. Short papers (2-4 pages)
3. Nectar papers (1-page abstracts of already published papers, without obligation for the paper abstract to appear in the proceeding)

Submitting a paper to the conference means that in case of acceptance and regardless of paper type (full, short, or nectar), at least one author is required to fully register at SETN-2026 as an "Author" for the paper to be included in the proceedings and to be presented at the conference. Moreover, it is expected that at least one author will attend the conference to present the paper.

All accepted full and nectar papers will be presented during oral presentation sessions.

All accepted papers –full, short, or nectar ones– will also have the opportunity to be presented during poster sessions.

In addition, short paper authors will have the opportunity to give a flash oral presentation that highlights what their paper is about, and why it will be great for attendees to come to their poster and get more information about it.

Awards

In SETN 2026 the following awards concerning full paper submissions are foreseen and will be presented at a special session during the conference.

• Best Paper Award
• Best Student Paper Award (for full papers whose first author is a student)

Moreover, it is worth mentioning that recent recipients of the EETN’s Best PhD Dissertation Award will be invited to give a talk on their PhD topic at the conference.

Important Dates

• Paper Submission Deadline (all papers): April 3, 2026 (AOE) - provisional date, subject to change
• Author Notification: May 29, 2026 (AOE) - provisional date, subject to change
• Camera-Ready Paper Submission Deadline: June 20, 2026 (AOE) - provisional date, subject to change
• Conference Dates: September 9-11, 2026

AOE: Anywhere On Earth Time Zone, 12 hours behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC)

The Program Chairs

Michail G. Lagoudakis, Technical University of Crete, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dimitris Plexousakis, University of Crete, Computer Science Department and Foundation for Research and Technology Hellas, Institute of Computer Science