About us

The Future Leaders of AI event at the ACM AI Leadership Summit provides a dedicated forum for doctoral students to engage with researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and more, at a formative stage of their careers. The event is designed to help doctoral students broaden their perspective beyond individual research problems and situate their work within the evolving technical, ethical, and societal landscapes of AI.

Important Dates

Sat, May 9, 2026
Abstract registration deadline
Sat, May 9, 2026
Submission deadline

Call For Paper

Artificial Intelligence: ML/AI theory and methods, computational reasoning
Systems & Networking: Operating systems, distributed systems, networking, performance, hardware-software co-design, embedded and cyber–physical systems, automated design
Software: Software development practices and processes, languages and compilers
Data Management: data management and databases, search and retrieval, data mining, geospatial systems
Human–Computer Interaction & Media: Interaction design, multimedia computing, web science, communication interfaces, accessible computing, graphics, visualization & interactive media
Theory, Logic & Formal Methods: Theoretical foundations of computing, algorithms, formal methods, logic
Security, Privacy & Ethics: Cybersecurity, privacy, trust, assurance in computing and AI deployments
Applied Computing & Interdisciplinary: Interdisciplinary applications, societal impacts, computing education

Students interested in participating to the Doctoral Consortium should submit a two-page position statement, a Curriculum Vitae (CV) (maximum 2 pages), and an Advisor Letter.

Committee

Committees

Imtiaz Karim

University of Texas at Dallas

Shagufta Mehnaz

Pennsylvania State University

Elisa Bertino

Purdue University