Regular research papers
8 pages + references, submitted via ARR commitment or direct submission
NLP/CORE Unranked
AKBC 2026
Workshop on Automated Knowledge Base Construction 2026
The 11th Workshop on Automated Knowledge Base Construction (AKBC 2026) brings together researchers to address the integration of structured knowledge into large language models (LLMs), tackling challenges like hallucinations, lack of provenance, and unreliable reasoning. It focuses on knowledge base construction, knowledge-aware generation, retrieval-augmented systems, and neuro-symbolic methods, building on a decade of prior workshops co-located with EMNLP 2026 in Budapest.
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Vision papers
4 pages + references, submitted via direct submission; presenting bold ideas, emerging directions, and unifying perspectives
Shared task papers
4 pages + references, submitted via direct submission; system descriptions and analyses for the AKBC shared task
Research areas in scope
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Knowledge for generative models
knowledge-aware pretraining and fine-tuningfactuality, attribution, and verificationneuro-symbolic and hybrid methodsinjecting and editing knowledge in LLMs
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Building and maintaining knowledge
extraction and consolidation from text and multimodal dataknowledge graphs, ontologies, and schema alignmentKB construction, completion, and continual updates
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Retrieval and reasoning
retrieval-augmented generation with structured sourcesgraph-based and knowledge-intensive question answeringmulti-hop reasoning and interaction with KBs
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Vision papers
new roles for structured knowledge in generative modelsnew architectures, benchmarks, and research agendas for knowledge-grounded generationthe future of knowledge bases, reasoning, and trustworthy AI
Policies worth checking twice
- All submissions follow EMNLP formatting instructions
- Submissions are double-blind
- Double submissions to other venues with proceedings are not allowed
- An optional limitations section and appendix do not count towards the page limit
- Appendix may not be included in the proceedings
- Accepted papers are presented as posters, with a selection invited for lightning talks
- Remote participation is possible; remote authors upload posters instead of presenting physically
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026