Aims and Scope
D2AI 2026, held in conjunction with ICDM, focuses on data and database systems for modern AI. Foundation models, LLMs, and autonomous agents are reshaping how data is collected, represented, retrieved, reasoned over, governed, and served. This workshop aims to bring together researchers and practitioners from databases, data mining, machine learning systems, and AI infrastructure to discuss principled, scalable, efficient, and trustworthy data foundations for AI-native workloads.
We invite original research papers, system papers, benchmark papers, vision papers, and industry experience reports that advance the interaction between data systems and modern AI.
Topics of Interest
Relevant topics include, but are not limited to:
- Data and database systems for LLMs, agents, and RAG pipelines
- Integration of vector, relational, and graph data systems
- AI-accelerated query processing and learned database components
- Data governance, provenance, quality, and trust in AI systems
- Knowledge-enhanced data systems and reasoning over structured data
- Quantum computing, quantum databases, and emerging data technologies for AI
- Benchmarks and workloads for AI-native data systems
- Industrial systems and real-world deployment experiences
Submission Categories
D2AI 2026 welcomes the following types of submissions:
- Long Papers: mature research, systems, benchmark, survey, or industry contributions of up to 8 pages, including references
- Short Papers: emerging ideas, vision papers, preliminary results, or focused technical contributions of up to 4 pages, including references
Papers should clearly state their contribution, explain their relevance to D2AI, and position the work with respect to related research and systems.
Important Dates
- Submission Deadline: 20 Aug, 2026
- Paper Notification: 20 Sep, 2026
- Camera Ready Deadline: 05 Oct, 2026
All submission deadlines follow the Anywhere on Earth (AoE) time zone(UTC-12) .
Submission Instructions
Submissions must be original and must not have been published previously or be under review in another journal, conference, or workshop. Manuscripts must be submitted electronically through the Microsoft CMT submission system; email submissions will not be accepted. Authors should submit through the D2AI 2026 CMT submission site.
All papers must be formatted in the IEEE 2-column format and must follow the page limits listed under Submission Categories. Submissions exceeding the specified page limits may be rejected without review.
At least one author of each accepted paper must register for ICDM 2026 with a valid workshop or full conference registration and is expected to present the paper in person. Online presentation requests require approval from the organizing committee.
Review Process
D2AI 2026 uses a single-blind review process: reviewers will see author names and affiliations, while reviewer identities remain confidential. Submitted manuscripts do not need to be anonymized and must include author names, affiliations, and contact information. Authors may cite their own prior work in the usual style and may include acknowledgements when appropriate. Submissions will be evaluated by the Program Committee based on originality, significance, technical quality, relevance to D2AI, and clarity of presentation.
Submission Link
Submissions will be handled through the Microsoft CMT submission system: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/DDAI2026.
Acknowledgement
The Microsoft CMT service was used for managing the peer-reviewing process for this conference. This service was provided for free by Microsoft and they bore all expenses, including costs for Azure cloud services as well as for software development and support.