Sponsors

The German Federal State of Bremen is proud to host IJCAI and ECAI 2026. Based on its many years of expertise, strong networks, and excellent research, Bremen has established itself as a location for interdisciplinary AI research with a strong focus on practical applications, particularly in industry. AI and machine learning are highly relevant as key technologies for every company. They offer enormous potential for value creation, e.g., in sectors such as robotics, medical technology, and traditional industrial applications. Bremen is home to strong players and world-leading minds in this field of technology, who contribute their vast reservoir of knowledge. The Senate, the government of the Federal State of Bremen, is promoting the development of Bremen as an AI location with the aim of raising its profile in national and international competition. IJCAI and ECAI will focus the industry’s attention on Bremen and offer an outstanding opportunity for the location and its players.

The editorial process of the Artificial Intelligence Journal is performed by the Artificial Intelligence Journal Division, AIJD, under a contract with Elsevier BV, the company that publishes the Journal. It is in charge of the acquisition, reception, selection, and evaluation of contributions to the AIJ, supplies accepted contributions to Elsevier for publication. In formal terms, AIJD is one of the two divisions of IJCAI, the other division being IJCAI’s organization for its yearly conferences. The inclusion of AIJ activities as a division within IJCAI occurred in 2002.

The journal of Artificial Intelligence (AIJ) welcomes papers on broad aspects of AI that constitute advances in the overall field including, but not limited to, cognition and AI, automated reasoning and inference, case-based reasoning, commonsense reasoning, computer vision, constraint processing, ethical AI, heuristic search, human interfaces, intelligent robotics, knowledge representation, machine learning, multi-agent systems, natural language processing, planning and action, and reasoning under uncertainty. The journal reports results achieved in addition to proposals for new ways of looking at AI problems, both of which must include demonstrations of value and effectiveness.

Hessian.AI – the Hessian Center for Artificial Intelligence  is a state-wide research and innovation center managed by the Technical University of Darmstadt. Focusing on excellence in research, it bundles the AI competence of 13 Hessian universities comprising more than 80 scientific members; 22 dedicated AI professorships have been new established. The collaboration between the universities at hessian.AI fosters cutting-edge AI research and outreach into the partner-faculties and beyond, it enables researchers to address complex questions that transcend traditional disciplinary boundaries. Hessian.AI’s mission is to act as a hub for innovation in AI.

Working together to turn digital transformation into a digital advantage: with IT solutions that make people’s lives safer and easier. This is our vision. Our mission: to securely protect digital data and identities with the objective of enabling Germany to achieve end-to-end digitalization. For 25 years now, more than 335 dedicated Governikus employees have been working to protect personal data. Secure identities, legally compliant communication, and the protection of sensitive data are central aspects of our solutions. Governikus offers IT components for digitalization that support the federal government, states, municipalities, and the judiciary in implementing their strategies. With Governikus ITU GmbH, we are expanding our portfolio to include IT solutions for environmental protection and waste management.