This half-day workshop will be held on June 4, 2026, from 1:30 PM, in Room 102/104, at CVPR 2026 in Denver, CO, USA.
Abstract
On-road testing of autonomous vehicles is costly, making simulation essential for developing autonomous driving. Beyond evaluation, simulation also plays an increasing role in closed-loop training and reinforcement learning. This workshop brings together researchers from multiple disciplines to advance both fronts of the simulation challenge: improving fidelity and leveraging simulation for training and evaluation. Topics include sensor simulation, behavior modeling, reinforcement learning, and closed-loop evaluation. The program features keynotes, contributed papers, and a panel discussion.
Topics
This workshop will cover topics related to:
- Improve fidelity and diversity of reconstruction and generative models for behavior and sensor simulation.
- Leverage simulation for validation and training, developing effective metrics for quality and safety measurements.
- Build connection to recent advances from other fields (e.g., RL, foundation models) for more scalable and accessible simulation.
Call for Papers
We invite submissions of original research on topics including, but not limited to: generative models or policies for agent behavior in AV simulation, sensor and perception simulation, world models, evaluation metrics for model fidelity and coverage, novel training or evaluation frameworks using simulation, high-fidelity tail-event simulation (e.g., collisions), and safety assessment in simulation-based training.
A single, non-archival track will be offered, accepting original work or papers previously submitted/published elsewhere. Manuscripts should be 4–8 pages (excluding references) in CVPR format and should include author names and affiliations (submissions must not be anonymized); previously published work may retain the original format. The review process is single-blind.
Submit your paper on OpenReview.
Important Dates 📅
Paper Submission Deadline: March 19 UTC-0 (extended from March 12), 2026Notification to Authors: March 29, 2026Camera-Ready Submission: April 11, 2026
For inquiries, feel free to reach out to the organizing committee at: agents4ad@googlegroups.com
Agenda
This half-day workshop will take place on Thursday June 4th, 13:30 to 18:00 MDT (UTC-6).
Below times are in Denver time. Current time in Denver is .
Invited Speakers
Marco Pavone
Stanford University / NVIDIA
Hongyang Li
The University of Hong Kong
Dragomir Anguelov
Waymo
Siva Manivasagam
Waabi
Cathy Wu
MIT
Accepted Papers
Organizers
Yiyi Liao
Zhejiang University
Maximilian Igl
NVIDIA
Kashyap Chitta
NVIDIA
Azadeh Dinparastdjadid
Waymo
Maximilian Naumann
Zoox
Zan Gojcic
NVIDIA
Shuhan Tan
University of Texas at Austin
Kate Tolstaya
Waymo
Jingkang Wang
University of Toronto / Waabi
Sanja Fidler
University of Toronto / NVIDIA
Shimon Whiteson
University of Oxford / Waymo
Contact: agents4ad@googlegroups.com