GAIW 2026

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GAIW 2026

The 8th Games, Agents, and Incentives Workshop

May 26 2026Paphos, CyprusOfficial workshop site Site reachable

GAIW 2026 is the 8th iteration of the Games, Agents, and Incentives Workshop, co-located with AAMAS 2026 in Paphos, Cyprus. It brings together researchers working at the intersection of AI and economics, focusing on game theory, computational social choice, fair division, mechanism design, and agent-mediated systems, with an emphasis on fostering discussion and cross-fertilization of ideas among junior and senior scholars.

Official CFP Submission site Back to deadlines Verified September 9, 2026

Key deadlines

Verified September 9, 2026

Full paper

February 12, 2026

AoE

Workshop timeline

Submission and decisions

Full paperKey deadline

February 12, 2026 · AoE

Paper fit

Contribution paths

A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.

Full papers

Papers submitted in PDF format via OpenReview, up to 8 pages in AAMAS 2026 format with additional pages allowed for references. Must include a structured abstract with five specified sections (Background, Objectives and Research Questions, Methods, Results, Conclusions).

Research areas in scope

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Invited Topics

Agentic AI systemsAlgorithmic mechanism designAuctionsBehavioral Game TheoryBounded rationalityCooperative GamesComputational advertisingComputational aspects of equilibriaComputational social choiceCoalitions, coordination, collective action, and cooperationEconomic aspects of security and privacyEconomic aspects of distributed and network computingEquilibrium computationEmpirical approaches to e-marketsFairness (in ML & elsewhere)Fair DivisionIncentives in machine learningInformation and attention economicsLearning in games (e.g., solution concepts and equilibria)Matching and Matching MarketsNegotiationPreference aggregation and reasoningPrice differentiation and price dynamicsSocial networksTrading agent design and analysisUncertainty in AI and economics

Policies worth checking twice

  • Papers must be submitted in PDF format via the OpenReview Submission Link.
  • Papers must include a structured abstract with five specified sections, each limited to 500 characters (total < 2500 characters).
  • Papers must follow the AAMAS 2026 formatting guidelines, including replacing the copyright block with \\setcopyright{rightsretained}.
  • Papers are limited to 8 pages in AAMAS format; additional pages are permitted only for references.
  • Supplemental material may be appended but reviewers are not obligated to review it.
  • Multiple submissions to other venues are encouraged; there is no formal publication of proceedings.
  • Previously published work may be submitted only if published within the last calendar year (after Jan 1, 2025), and must be submitted non-anonymously with clear indication of prior publication.
  • Reviews will be public after the review period, including 'micro-reviews' based on the structured abstract.

Official sources

Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.

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Last verified September 9, 2026