The 9th International Conference on Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (PRAI 2026) will be held from August 14-16, 2026, in Shanghai, China. Sponsored by Shanghai Jiao Tong University, IEEE; hosted by the College of Big Data and Information Engineering of Shanghai Jiao Tong University. The conference aims to establish a platform for academic exchange and collaboration among global experts, scholars, and professionals. The conference mainly focuses on themes related to pattern recognition and artificial intelligence. We warmly invite experts, researchers and professional technicians in this field to submit papers and attend the conference. In order to ensure the academic quality of this conference and attract more original high-level academic papers, we now openly call for papers. We welcome scientific researchers, teachers and students engaged in pattern recognition and artificial intelligence research to submit papers.

