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UniMAS @ COLM 2026


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COLM 2026

UniMAS: A Unified View of Multi-Agent Systems for Embodied AI


October 9, 2026  •  Hilton Union Square, San Francisco, USA

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## Overview

Multi-agent systems are central to real-world intelligent systems, from robotic teams and autonomous driving to manufacturing and healthcare, where agents must coordinate under uncertainty and changing conditions. At the same time, modern AI has produced a new class of multi-agent systems powered by LLMs, VLMs, and world models that can reason, plan, and coordinate in simulated environments.

**UniMAS** addresses the gap between these two paradigms. Robotics treats multi-agent systems as physically grounded control problems; modern AI treats them as reasoning and representation problems. We bring both sides together under a unified view of embodied intelligence, focusing on shared principles of representation, coordination, and distributed decision-making.

We invite submissions on topics including but not limited to:

- **LLM-Based Multi-Agent Coordination** -- How language models enable agents to communicate and coordinate
- **Embodied Multi-Agent Systems** -- Robotic teams and physical systems with real-world constraints
- **Emergent Communication** -- How agents develop shared languages, from message passing to symbolic protocols
- **World Models for Agent Coordination** -- Using simulators and world models for planning and coordination
- **Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning** -- Cooperative and competitive learning, parameter sharing, distributed training
- **Unifying Physical and Digital Agents** -- Bridging robotics control systems with AI reasoning agents

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## Confirmed Keynote Speakers

| Name | Affiliation |
|------|-------------|
| **Dawn Song** | Professor, Computer Science, UC Berkeley |
| **Sergey Levine** | Associate Professor, EECS, UC Berkeley |
| **Chi Wang** | Senior Staff Research Scientist, Google DeepMind (Creator of AutoGen) |

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## Organizers

| Name | Role | Affiliation |
|------|------|-------------|
| **Xuan Wang** | Assistant Professor, Computer Science | Virginia Tech |
| **Manling Li** | Assistant Professor, Computer Science | Northwestern University |
| **Wenqi Shi** | Assistant Professor, Health Data Science | UT Southwestern Medical Center |
| **Yuchen Zhuang** | Research Scientist | Google DeepMind |
| **Ligeng Zhu** | Researcher | Nvidia |
| **Charles Flemming** | Senior Researcher | Cisco |
| **Di Jin** | Co-founder | Eigen AI |
| **Zihan Wang** | VP of Research | Abaka AI |
| **Heng Ji** | Professor, Computer Science | UIUC |
| **Jiawei Han** | Michael Aiken Chair Professor, Computer Science | UIUC |

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## Important Dates

| Milestone | Date |
|-----------|------|
| Paper Submission Deadline | June 23, 2026 |
| Acceptance Notification | July 24, 2026 |
| Camera-Ready Deadline | August 21, 2026 |
| Workshop Day | **October 9, 2026** |

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## Contact

For questions about the workshop, reach out at [unimas-colm2026@googlegroups.com](mailto:unimas-colm2026@googlegroups.com) or visit the [workshop website](https://ctrl-gaurav.github.io/unimas-colm-workshop-2026).

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UniMAS @ COLM 2026  •  San Francisco, USA