Track 1: Papers with IEEE/CVF Workshop Proceedings
Original, previously unpublished papers up to 8 pages (excluding references); accepted papers will be included in the IEEE/CVF workshop proceedings.
Computer Vision/CORE Unranked
CVPR 2026
The 1st CogVL: Cognitive Foundations for Multimodal Models Workshop at CVPR 2026
The CogVL Workshop @ CVPR 2026 brings together researchers in computer vision, natural language processing, and cognitive science to develop vision-language models with cognitively inspired capabilities such as reasoning, generalization, and trustworthy decision-making. The workshop focuses on principles like causal inference, theory of mind, and compositional reasoning to address limitations in current multimodal models, and features keynote talks, a panel, poster sessions, and the BlackSwan Challenge for abductive and defeasible reasoning.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
March 7, 2026
AoE
Workshop timeline
Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
March 7, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Track 2: Papers without Workshop Proceedings
Papers not included in proceedings; two subcategories: Novel/ongoing work (max 4 pages) and Accepted/previously published papers (max 8 pages); accepted papers will be publicly shared on the workshop website.
Research areas in scope
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Topics of Interest
Robustness and GeneralizationCausal and Counterfactual ReasoningCompositional and Structured ReasoningTheory of Mind and Social ReasoningNon-Monotonic ReasoningDual-process Reasoning and Meta-CognitionCognition for Embodied and Interactive Agents
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must be original and previously unpublished for Track 1.
- Dual submissions are not allowed.
- All submissions must follow CVPR 2026 formatting guidelines.
- All submissions must be in PDF format.
- Submissions must be made via OpenReview.
- For Track 2, previously published papers are allowed if limited to 8 pages.
- The BlackSwan Challenge allows up to 3 submissions per team.
- BlackSwan submissions must be sent via email with a JSON prediction file and team details.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026