Full name: 13th International Conference on Analysis of Images, Social Networks, and Texts
Abbreviation: AIST 2026
Astana, Kazakhstan | October 16-18, 2026
https://aistconf.org


We are pleased to announce that the 13th International Conference on Analysis of Images, Social Networks, and Texts (AIST 2026) will take place on October 16-18, 2026 at Nazarbayev University in Astana, Kazakhstan.

AIST is an international research conference for researchers and practitioners interested in data science, machine learning, artificial intelligence, image analysis, social network analysis, natural language processing, and related areas. The conference focuses on innovative applications of data analysis and machine learning techniques to image processing, network data analysis, text processing, and other domains, including economics, social sciences, education, and geographic information systems.

The previous editions of AIST, held in 2012-2024, attracted students, researchers, academics, and engineers working on the analysis of images, texts, and social networks.


*Proceedings

Similar to previous years, the main volume of the conference proceedings will be published in Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). The companion volume will be published in Communications in Computer and Information Science (CCIS).

Traditionally, AIST has no registration fee, making publication of accepted papers free of charge with Springer.


*Call for Papers

We invite submissions on any application of AI, deep learning, machine learning, and data analysis, including but not limited to the following topics:

1. Analysis of images and video
2. Analytics for geoinformation systems
3. Core data mining and machine learning techniques
4. Discovering and analyzing processes using event data
5. Deep learning applications
6. Educational data mining
7. Game analytics
8. Machine learning and data mining for economics and social sciences
9. Natural language processing and computational linguistics
10. Optimization problems in complex networks
11. Recommender systems and collaborative technologies
12. Semantic web and ontologies
13. Social network analysis


*Important Dates

Abstract deadline: July 1, 2026
Submission deadline: July 10, 2026
Notification of acceptance: August 10, 2026
Camera-ready papers due: August 18, 2026
Conference dates: October 16-18, 2026

All deadlines are 11:59 pm UTC-12h, anywhere on Earth.


*Submission

All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. Papers should be formatted according to the Springer LNCS template and submitted through the OpenReview conference management system.

Submission system:
https://openreview.net/group?id=aistconf.org/AIST/2026/Conference

Detailed submission instructions are available on the conference website:
https://aistconf.org

We strongly encourage offline participation in Astana; however, virtual presentations will also be allowed.


*Venue

Nazarbayev University
Astana, Kazakhstan


*Contact

AIST 2026 Organizing Committee
E-mail: org@aistconf.org
Website: https://aistconf.org