Iliad is now opening up applications to attend Agent Foundations 2026 at CMU!

Agent Foundations 2026 will be a 5-day conference (of ~35 attendees) on fundamental, mathematical research into agency. It will take place March 2–6, 2026 at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and will be the third conference in the Agent Foundations conference series.

Topics covered will include:

Decision Theory
Learning Theory
Abstractions and World Models
Causality
Logical Induction
Bounded Optimality

Apply: Here by January 12, 2026 at 11:59 pm AoE.

Please reach out to us at contact@iliad.ac (or below) with any questions.

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First published:
December 5th, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/jqiviznbgckhNHiue/announcing-agent-foundations-2026-at-cmu-2

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Narrated by TYPE III AUDIO.

“Announcing: Agent Foundations 2026 at CMU” by David Udell, Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel, windows, Matt Dellago

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“Announcing: Agent Foundations 2026 at CMU” by David Udell, Alexander Gietelink Oldenziel, windows, Matt Dellago