2026 IEEE Conference on Cognitive and Computational Aspects
of Situation Management (CogSIMA)

March 9-12, 2026 | Tempe, Arizona

Organizing Committee




General Chair
Jamie Gorman
Arizona State University,
USA

Honorary Chair
Gabriel Jakobson
CyberGem Consulting,
USA

Vice Chair
Scott Fouse
Fouse Consulting Services,
USA

TPC Co-Chair
Giuseppe D'Aniello
University of Salerno,
Italy

TPC Co-Chair
Erin Chou
Arizona State University,
USA

TPC Co-Chair
Erik Blasch
AFOSR,
USA

Treasurer
Ken Baclawski
Northeastern University,
USA

CogSIMA TC Liaison
Andrea Salfinger
University of Udine,
Italy

Local Arrangements Chair
Courtney Candage
Arizona State University,
USA

Intl. Liaisons Chair
Tamás Ruppert
University of Pannonia,
Hungary

Publication Co-Chair
Robert Gutzwiller
Arizona State University,
USA

Publication Co-Chair
Lixiao Huang
Arizona State University,
USA

Special Sessions Chair
Chen Zhong
University of Tampa,
USA

Tutorials Chair
Heather Lum
Arizona State University,
USA

Publicity Chair
Elmira Zahmat Doost
Arizona State University,
USA



Technical Program Committee

Hasan Ayaz Drexel University USA
Kenneth P. Baclawski Northeastern University USA
Erik Blasch MOVEJ Analytics USA
Jean Botev University of Luxembourg Luxembourg
Dave Braines IBM UK Ltd United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Courtney Candage ASU USA
Erin Chiou Arizona State University USA
Jin-Hee Cho Virginia Tech USA
Caterina Cinel University of Essex United Kingdom (Great Britain)
Myke Cohen Arizona State University USA
Giuseppe D'Aniello University of Salerno Italy
Natalia Derbentseva Defence R&D Canada Canada
Patricia Dockhorn Costa Federal University of Espirito Santo Brazil
Valentina Dragos ONERA France
Varun Dutt Indian Institute of Technology, Mandi India
Péter Érdi Kalamazoo College USA
Göran Falkman University of Skövde Sweden
Scott Fouse Self Employed USA
Matteo Gaeta University of Salerno Italy
Jesus Garcia Universidad Carlos III de Madrid Spain
Jamie Gorman Arizona State University USA
Robert Gutzwiller Arizona State University USA
Ray Hao ASU USA
Lixiao Huang Arizona State University USA
Mieczyslaw Kokar Northeastern University USA
Christopher Landauer Topcy House Consulting USA
Claire Laudy THALES Research & Technology France France
Christian Lebiere Carnegie Mellon University USA
Glenn Lematta MITRE USA
Robert LiKamWa Arizona State University USA
Domenico Lofù Polytechnic University of Bari Italy
Gaëlle Lortal Thales R&T France
Heather Lum Arizona State University USA
Julie Marble Applied Research Laboratory of Intelligence & Security USA
Dalila B. Megherbi University of Massachusetts, Lowell & Director of CMINDS Research Center, UMASS USA
Almuth Müller Fraunhofer IOSB Germany
Patrick Philipp University of Applied Sciences Koblenz Germany
Alicia Ruvinsky USACE ERDC USA
Andrea Salfinger University of Udine Italy
Axel Schulte Bundeswehr University Munich Germany
David Schuster San Jose State University USA
Alexander Smirnov SPIIRAS Russia
Lauro Snidaro University of Udine Italy
Dirk Soeffker University Duisburg-Essen Germany
Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan Wright State University USA
Robert Thomson United States Military Academy & Army Cyber Institute USA
Risto Vaarandi Tallinn University of Technology Estonia
Rob Vingerhoeds ISAE-SUPAERO France
Elmira Zahmat Doost Research Assistance & Arizona State University USA
Carol Zhang Arizona State University USA
Chen Zhong University of Tampa USA

News

We are accepting submissions! Please submit your paper here.

Registration will open on December 15! You can find all registration details here. Please note that the early bird rate ends on January 15.

Keynote Speaker Updates:
Dr. Maia Cook and Professor Subbarao Kambhampati have agreed to be our keynote speakers.

We’re also delighted to share that Dr. Mica Endsley has agreed to serve as our Banquet Keynote Speaker on March 11.

June 27: We are thrilled to announce that we have IEEE SMC Sponsorship for CogSIMA 2026.

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