Latest News
November 9, 2026
The main conference program is now available, listing every oral session by room and the poster sessions from 1 to 4 December. The program at a glance has also been updated, and Friday now includes the Yarra River cruises. The program is subject to change. See Program > Main Program.
November 7, 2026
Call for Student Volunteers: we are looking for student volunteers to help run ACML 2026 in Melbourne. For each full day you volunteer, you receive a complimentary one-day pass for an additional day. Applications close 20 November 2026 (AoE). See Call for Volunteers to apply.
October 30, 2026
We are delighted to welcome two more keynote speakers: Junchi Yan (Shanghai Jiao Tong University) and Karin Verspoor (RMIT University). See Invited Speakers for their bios.
About ACML 2026
The 18th Asian Conference on Machine Learning (ACML 2026) aims to provide a leading international forum for researchers in machine learning and related fields to share their new ideas, progress and achievements. Submissions from regions other than the Asia-Pacific are also highly encouraged. The conference calls for high-quality, original research papers in the theory and practice of machine learning. ACML has taken place annually since 2009 in locations throughout the Asia-Pacific region. Previous conferences were held in Taipei, Taiwan (2025), Hanoi, Vietnam (2024), Istanbul, Turkey (2023), Hyderabad, India (2022), Bangkok, Thailand (2021/2020), Nagoya, Japan (2019), Beijing, China (2018), Seoul, Korea (2017), Hamilton, New Zealand (2016), Hong Kong, China (2015), Nha Trang, Vietnam (2014), Canberra, Australia (2013), Singapore (2012), Taoyuan, Taiwan (2011), Tokyo, Japan (2010), and Nanjing, China (2009).
Invited Speakers
Important Dates
Deadlines are 23:59 Anywhere on Earth (AoE) Time for all dates.
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Reviews released to authors |
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Journal Track
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| 15 May 2026 | OR website opens for the journal submission |
| 31 May 2026 | Springer website opens for the journal submission (The Springer submission portal is now open.) |
| 20 June 2026 | Submission deadline |
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1st round review results released to authors (accept, minor revision, or reject) |
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Revised manuscript submission deadline (for minor revision papers) |
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Acceptance notification |
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| 25 December 2026 | Final camera-ready manuscript submission deadline (for papers presented at ACML 2026, subject to fulfillment of the author registration requirements; the conditional camera-ready 13 October 2026 deadline no longer applies). |
Tutorial
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| 31 August 2026 | Tutorial Final Decisions (Final decisions have been made. See the accepted tutorials.) |
| 02 November 2026 | Tutorial Material Due |
| 01 December 2026 | Tutorial Date |
Workshop
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Workshop proposals due (AoE Time) |
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Acceptance notification |
| 12 October 2026 | Workshop material/website due (AoE Time) |
| 01 December 2026 | ACML workshops |
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