Short papers
Anonymous 2-4 page contributions focusing on connecting world modeling to autonomous driving decisions.
Machine Learning/CORE Unranked
CoRL 2026
CoRL 2026 Workshop on Grounded 4D Multimodal World Models for Autonomous Driving Decision Making
The CoRL 2026 workshop on Grounded 4D Multimodal World Models focuses on advancing 4D occupancy, multi-view video, LiDAR, and scenario generation techniques that directly support autonomous driving decision-making, planning, control, and safety validation. It emphasizes non-archival, double-blind submissions of early-stage ideas, negative results, benchmarks, and resources to foster collaborative discussion and community-driven outputs like evaluation checklists and an open problems whitepaper.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
October 12, 2026
AoE
Workshop timeline
Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
October 12, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Extended abstracts
Concise summaries of work that contribute to the workshop conversation.
Benchmark or dataset reports
Reports introducing or analyzing benchmarks or datasets relevant to grounded 4D multimodal world models.
Resource or challenge proposals
Proposals for new resources, codebases, datasets, or challenges to advance the field.
Position papers
Opinionated or conceptual papers that frame key questions or directions for the community.
Negative results
Work that reports failed experiments or limitations to guide future research.
Early-stage ideas
Preliminary or exploratory work intended to spark discussion and feedback.
Research areas in scope
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Representations for Action
Occupancy-centric 4DObject-centric modelsBEV (Bird's Eye View)VideoLiDARHybrid driving world modelsTrajectoriesHybrid state abstractions
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Grounded 4D Multimodal Worlds
GeometrySemanticsTemporal coherenceSensor rigsPhysically plausible interactions
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Decision-aware Evaluation
Planning utilityNo at-fault collisionsDrivable area complianceRobustnessFailure transfer
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Scenario Generation
Long-tail scenariosAdversarial scenariosCounterfactual scenariosSafety-critical scenario generation
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Benchmarks and Datasets
Benchmarks for sim-to-real validityMetrics for planning utilityDataset curationAnnotationScaling laws for grounded 4D multimodal driving world models
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Resource and Challenge Tracks
Open codeDatasetsPretrained weightsReproducible evaluation suites
Policies worth checking twice
- Double-blind review process
- Anonymous submissions only; author identity must not be revealed
- 2-4 page limit for main text; references and optional appendix excluded
- Use of official CoRL 2026 LaTeX template required
- Anonymous supporting code, data, video, or project pages allowed if they do not reveal author identity
- Non-archival: accepted work will not appear in CoRL or PMLR proceedings
- At least one author must attend in person to present
- Authors choose whether to make the accepted PDF public on OpenReview or keep it private
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026