The 2nd Workshop of AI4NextG: AI and ML for Next-Generation Wireless

The 2nd Workshop on AI4NextG: AI and ML for Next-Generation Wireless at ICML 2026 aims to bridge the significant and urgent gap between AI/ML research and real-world wireless system development, particularly as NextG (e.g., 6G) standardization efforts accelerate. While AI/ML holds transformative potential for wireless networks, a persistent disconnect remains between advances in ML theory/algorithms and the practical constraints of reliability, standard compliance, latency, and deployment within legacy infrastructures. Building on the strong success of the inaugural AI4NextG workshop at NeurIPS 2025, which brought together AI/ML researchers and wireless experts from both academia and industry, this edition will place a deliberate emphasis on deepening academia–industry collaboration. Through invited talks, interactive panels, and technical presentations spanning the full protocol stack, the workshop seeks to catalyze co-designed research agendas, accelerate deployable AI-native wireless solutions, and position the ICML community at the forefront of next-generation wireless innovation.