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Required registration of intent to submit by August 29, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC.
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ASCI 2026
AI at Scale for Clinical Impact: Cancer Pathology Foundation Models
ASCI 2026 is a NeurIPS 2026 workshop in Sydney, Australia focused on advancing cancer AI models with clinical impact, emphasizing hospital-scale learning, multimodal clinical data, evaluation, and translation into practice. It brings together researchers, clinicians, and industry teams to present and discuss pathology foundation models and their real-world deployment.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Abstract registration
August 31, 2026
AoE
Full paper
September 7, 2026
AoE
Conference timeline
Submission and decisions
Abstract registrationKey deadline
August 31, 2026 · AoE
Full paperKey deadline
September 7, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Full Paper
Full PDF manuscript submitted via OpenReview by September 8, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC, limited to nine content pages including figures and tables.
Research areas in scope
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Submission Themes
Clinical-scale pathology foundation modelsPathology-aware learningContinual learning at hospital scaleFew-shot adaptation for rare cancers and emerging biomarkersMultimodal integration across histology, omics, spatial data, and textEvaluation, benchmarking, reporting standards, and clinical validationInterpretability, biological insight, and real-world deployment
Policies worth checking twice
- Abstract registration is required for manuscript submission.
- Submissions must be in PDF format and use the official NeurIPS 2026 paper formatting and LaTeX style files.
- Submissions are single-blind reviewed.
- The main text of submitted papers is limited to nine content pages, including all figures and tables; references and optional technical appendices do not count toward this limit.
- Accepted papers will be published in the Proceedings of Machine Learning Research (PMLR) with a DOI.
- Ten accepted manuscripts will be invited to present as spotlight talks at the workshop.
- The top 10 manuscripts will receive a $1,000 travel stipend to attend the workshop.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026