Spotlight Talks - ToM4AI Workshop at AAAI 2026

✨ Spotlight Talks

📅 Monday, January 26, 2026 | ⏰ 16:30 - 17:30

Six exceptional papers have been selected for spotlight presentations, showcasing cutting-edge research in Theory of Mind for AI. Each talk provides a focused exploration of innovative approaches and findings in this rapidly evolving field.

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Spotlight Presentations

Theory of Mind and Optimistic Beliefs Emerge in a Sequential Dilemma with Incremental Rewards

Tom Lenaerts; Marco Saponara; Jorge M Pacheco; Francisco C. Santos

📄Paper #34

A Computable Game-Theoretic Framework for Multi-Agent Theory of Mind

Fengming Zhu; Yuxin Pan; Xiaomeng Zhu; Fangzhen Lin

📄Paper #18

Language-Informed Synthesis of Rational Agent Models for Grounded Theory-of-Mind Reasoning On-The-Fly

Lance Ying; Ryan Truong; Katherine M. Collins; Cedegao E. Zhang; Megan Wei; Tyler BrookeWilson; Tan Zhi-Xuan; Lionel Wong; Joshua B. Tenenbaum

📄Paper #40

Theory of Mind for Explainable Human-Robot Interaction

Marie Bauer; Julia Gachot; Matthias Kerzel; Cornelius Weber; Stefan Wermter

📄Paper #32

SUITE: Scaling Up Individualized Theory-of-Mind Evaluation in Large Language Models

Zhenze Mo; Chance Jiajie Li; Ao Qu; Yuhan Tang; Luis Alberto Alonso Pastor; Kent Larson; Jinhua Zhao

📄Paper #33

The Curse of Knowledge in Language Models: Perfect Theory of Mind or Missing Human Biases?

Nutchanon Yongsatianchot

📄Paper #53

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