[DEADLINE EXTENSION] IEEE EAIS 2026 Special Session: Self-Improving Systems (Now March 25th)

*Dear Colleagues,*

We are pleased to announce that the paper submission deadline for the
Special Session *"Self-Improving Systems: The Convergence of Evolutionary
Strategies and Machine Intelligence using XAI and LLMs"* at *IEEE EAIS 2026*
has been extended.

The new submission deadline is *March 25, 2026.*

This extension provides researchers additional time to contribute their
work to this interdisciplinary forum focused on creating adaptive,
resilient, and transparent computational entities.

*Updated Important Dates:*

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   *Paper Submission Deadline:* March 25, 2026 (Extended)
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   *Acceptance Notification:* May 15, 2026
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   *Camera-Ready Deadline:* June 15, 2026
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   *Conference Dates:* September 21–23, 2026
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   *Location:* University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

*Topics of Interest Include:*

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   Hybrid ES and Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) architectures.
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   LLMs as intelligent operators for mutation and code synthesis.
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   XAI methods for interpreting evolved policies and decision-making.
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   Applications in Robotics, Scientific Discovery, and AutoML.
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   Safety, Ethics, and Governance in self-improving AI.

*Submission Process:* Please follow the submission guidelines on the
official *IEEE EAIS 2026* website and select our Special Session title
during the upload process. Accepted and presented papers will be published
in the *IEEE Xplore Digital Library.*

*More Information:* https://sites.google.com/view/siseais2026/inicio
<https://sites.google.com/view/siseais2026/inicio?authuser=1>

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Best regards,

*The Organizing Committee:*

Dr. Diego Oliva (Universidad de Guadalajara, México)

Dr. Jorge Ramos-Frutos (Tecnológico Nacional de México Jiquilpan, México)

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