Primary Track
Vision-language models
Grounded reasoning
Multimodal agents
Agentic memory
Grounded Retrieval and Agentic Intelligence for Vision-Language plan > retrieve > reason > verify
A CVPR 2026 workshop for researchers and practitioners building grounded multimodal retrieval, reranking, and verification systems that can be deployed with confidence.
Who
CV/IR/NLP/HCI researchers building grounded agents
Format
Keynotes · orals · posters/demos · panel
Where
Denver, USA · in-person + hybrid
When
Key dates and deadlines
Submission deadline
Mar 5, 2026 (AoE)
Workshop day
Jun 3-4, 2026
P-R-R-V Loop
Plan tasks and tool use, retrieve candidates, rerank with grounded reasoning, then verify with calibrated evidence.
GRAIL-V
CVPR 2026
Focus areas at a glance
We’re looking for work that ties mutlimodal agentic tools,evidence to decisions, scales retrieval and reranking, and evaluates real deployment constraints.
Secondary Track
Detection & retrieval
Video understanding
Document & chart analysis
Foundation models
Visual Grounding & Evidence
Region grounding
Temporal grounding
Evidence overlays
Citation provenance
Retrieval & Ranking
Hybrid search
Dense/sparse retrieval
Structured & unstructured sources
Rerankers
Long-context retrieval
Agentic Tools & Planning
Tool routing
Structured queries
Layout parsing
Guardrails
Evaluation & Efficiency
Benchmarks
Reproducibility
Latency & cost
Energy & memory
Why now
Grounded evidence is the missing piece for agentic vision
Vision-language agents increasingly rely on a loop of plan, retrieve, rerank, and verify before acting. But how we measure evidence grounding, calibration, and end-to-end efficiency is still fragmented across communities.
GRAIL-V brings together CV, IR, NLP, HCI, and systems researchers and practitioners working on evidence-centric retrieval and verification for deployable agentic systems.
Why submit or attend
- Get feedback on grounded retrieval, reranking, and verification.
- Share real-world evaluations, demos, and deployment lessons.
- Connect with researchers building agentic VLM pipelines.
- Help shape community benchmarks and best practices.
Submission details
We invite archival papers and demos on grounded multimodal retrieval, reranking, and verification for agentic vision systems. We especially welcome work that reports grounded evidence (region/page/moment), calibration or abstention behavior, and real deployment constraints (latency, memory, cost).
Submission at a glance
- CVPR format, double-blind, up to 8 pages (references excluded).
- Grounded evidence + efficiency metrics strongly encouraged.
- Submit via OpenReview.
Important dates
Timeline (Anywhere on Earth)
Mar 5, 2026
Paper submission deadline
OpenReview submission closes at 23:59 AoE.
Mar 28, 2026
Notification to authors
Decisions released via OpenReview.
Apr 11, 2026
Camera-ready due
Final versions for CVPR workshop proceedings.
Jun 3-4, 2026
Workshop day in Denver, USA
Full-day program with keynotes, panels, and posters.
Updates
News and deadlines
Dec 22, 2025
Workshop accepted at CVPR 2026
GRAIL-V has been accepted as a CVPR 2026 workshop in Denver, USA.
Jan 6, 2026
OpenReview submissions are live
Submit your paper via the GRAIL-V OpenReview forum.
Speakers
Kristen Grauman
University of Texas at Austin
Leads work on egocentric video understanding and retrieval at scale, with a focus on long-horizon grounding and efficient perception.
Mohit Bansal
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Researches multimodal language/vision agents, grounded reasoning, and controllable generation for real-world tasks.
Dan Roth
University of Pennsylvania / Oracle AI
Pioneer in structured, grounded reasoning and robust inference for language/vision systems deployed in real settings.In-person with hybrid support
Location
Denver, USA. Workshop dates: Jun 3-4, 2026.
Hybrid plan
Hybrid participation follows CVPR guidance; details will be posted when available.
Registration
Registration is handled via CVPR. We will link the official registration page when it opens.
Accessibility
Reserved front-row seating, mic runners, captioning support.
Contact
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General inquiries
Reach out to the organizers with questions about submissions, sponsorship, or program.
