Important Dates

Note: all deadlines are “anywhere on earth” (UTC-12)

October 23, 2023: Electronic applications due 

December 1, 2023: Notification of acceptance or rejection 

December 19, 2023: Talk title and abstract, and speaker bio and photo due to AAAI 

January 5, 2024:  CRC due (AAAI CRC site)

Jan 15, 2024 (Tentative): Links to video of selected talks due to AAAI for review. Details about video format and content will be announced after acceptance.   

New Faculty Highlights: Call for Proposals

This year, AAAI is continuing its invited speaker program, highlighting AI researchers who have just begun careers as new faculty members or the equivalent in industry. 

New Faculty Highlight talks will be allotted 30 minutes each; the aim is for these talks to broadly survey the candidate’s research to date. Several talks will be released online and publicized each day of the AAAI conference, following which they will be available archivally as part of the conference program. Invited speakers will be further invited to contribute an article to a corresponding series in AI Magazine. 

The eligibility dates for AAAI-24 are between July 1, 2021, and December 31, 2023. 

To qualify applicants must have taken up a faculty position at a research-intensive university or a broadly equivalent position in industry (e.g., a position in a research lab that involves independent research and publication at AI venues), with a start date between July 1, 2021, and December 31, 2023. 

We invite applications from qualified researchers. Applications should consist of (all documents must be in PDF format) 

• a cover letter (at most 2 pages) that explains the promise and impact of the candidate’s research to-date (e.g., publications in top-tier forums, citations, awards, or deployed systems) and future plans;  
• the candidate’s CV;  
• a link to the candidate’s Google Scholar profile or equivalent,  
• and a one-page statement describing the work that would be surveyed by the talk. 

Applications may be submitted at https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aaai24nfh and are due on or before October 23, 2023. The final selections are competitive and will be done based on the strength of the candidate’s track record, and the promise of the research plan.  

For More Information 

Inquiries concerning submissions and suggestions for the new faculty highlight program may be directed to the program cochairs at aaai24fhchairs@aaai.org. All other inquiries should be directed to AAAI at aaai24@aaai.org. 

New Faculty Highlight Co-Chairs 

Guy Van den Broeck, University of California, Los Angeles 
Vibhav Gogate, The University of Texas at Dallas