Proceedings Track
Original, unpublished research intended for the MICCAI satellite-events LNCS proceedings; format: 8 pages (LNCS style) + up to 2 pages references; double-blind peer review; published in Springer LNCS.
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MI4MedFM 2026
The Ist MICCAI Workshop on Mechanistic Interpretability for Medical Foundational Models
MI4MedFM 2026 is a workshop held in conjunction with MICCAI 2026 in Strasbourg, France, focused on mechanistic interpretability for medical foundation models. It aims to bridge internal model analysis with clinical safety and deployment by examining how these models compute, fail, and can be corrected using methods like circuit discovery, activation patching, and steering.
Key deadlines
Verified September 9, 2026Full paper
July 14, 2026
AoE
Workshop timeline
Submission and decisions
Full paperKey deadline
July 14, 2026 · AoE
Paper fit
Contribution paths
A strong submission should clearly identify its contribution and evaluate it appropriately.
Non-Archival Track
Extended abstracts, previously published work, or work currently under review elsewhere; format: 4-page extended abstract + references; light review for relevance and quality; not included in proceedings.
Research areas in scope
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Four Core Pillars of MI4MedFM
Inspect internal model mechanismsValidate clinically meaningful validationDebug failures: spurious cues, shortcuts, and hallucinationsIntervene: editing, steering, and controlDeployment: monitoring unsafe states in practiceTooling: scalable, usable open infrastructure
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Topics of Interest
Internal Mechanisms: Sparse autoencoders, circuit analysis, feature discoveryClinical Validation: Faithfulness, concept alignment, clinically grounded benchmarksFailure Modes: Tracing shortcuts, multimodal hallucinations, bias detectionInterventions: Feature steering, debugging, robust editing, inference monitoringTooling: Scalable, usable open infrastructure
Policies worth checking twice
- Submissions must be original and unpublished for the Proceedings Track.
- For the Non-Archival Track, previously published work or work under review elsewhere is allowed.
- Double-blind peer review with conflict-of-interest safeguards.
- Page limits: 8 pages + up to 2 pages references for Proceedings Track; 4 pages + references for Non-Archival Track.
- Use of the official Springer LNCS LaTeX template is required.
Official sources
Compiled from the official call for papers. The organizers’ pages remain authoritative.
Last verified September 9, 2026