The Michigan Institute for Data and AI in Society (MIDAS) invites submissions of abstracts for poster presentations*, for the 2026 U-M Data Science and AI Summit that will take place on December 2-3, 2026.
As the focal point of data science and AI at U-M, MIDAS facilitates the work of the broad U-M data science and AI research community, advances cutting-edge methodologies and their applications, and promotes their use to benefit society. The annual Summit showcases the breadth and depth of U-M data science and AI research, and fosters ideas and collaborations that will lead to the next breakthroughs.
*Prizes for Best Poster will be conferred to student presenters for various categories. See here for the award winners from 2025.
Abstracts for Posters. The Posters can showcase research projects, data sets, software, or data/AI research tools. Posters with students as presenting authors will be automatically entered in the best poster competition and will be evaluated for presentation, innovation, impact, and messaging.
Deadlines:
Submission deadline: Oct. 2, 2026, 11:59 pm (EST)
Notification of acceptance: Oct. 30, 2026
Submission Instructions:
- At least one author/presenter should have a U-M affiliation.
- To submit abstracts for research talks and posters:
- Please include a title, list of authors/presenters and their affiliations.
- The abstract should be uploaded as one .pdf file with no more than 300 words. If necessary, you may include one figure.
- For posters, the abstract should include a brief summary of the research, methods, main results, and impact; or the details of a dataset, software or tool, how they can be used for research, and potential users.
For questions, please contact Ben Surgalski ([email protected]), MIDAS Project Manager.