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<span style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: "Aptos Display", serif, EmojiFont;"><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/nn4g2025/home-page" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="OWA6114cd9b-5701-617d-dcb7-e3cd597ff9ab" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://sites.google.com/view/nn4g2025/home-page">Neural
Networks for Graphs and Beyond (NN4G+) @ ICANN 2025</a></span></h1>
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This special session at ICANN 2025 aims to bring together cutting-edge research and new ideas in neural networks and machine learning models for graphs. We encourage the submission of works that address open challenges by advancing both theoretical investigations
and practical applications.</div>
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The special session contributions will be published as part of the ICANN 2025 proceedings in the <span style="font-weight: 700;"><u><a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="OWA45b234b6-9ffa-f44a-ce9b-03eec6361d61" class="x_OWAAutoLink">Springer
Lecture Notes in Computer Science</a></u> (LNCS)</span> series, indexed as a peer-reviewed publication in the Web of Science.</div>
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Important dates</h1>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Deadline for full paper and extended abstract submission:</span> <span style="background-color: yellow;"><u>1 May 2025</u></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Notification of acceptance:</span> 1 June 2025</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Camera-ready upload:</span> 15 June 2025</div>
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<span style="font-weight: 700;">Conference dates:</span> 9-12 September 2025</div>
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Description</h1>
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Graphs play a crucial role in different fields in modeling complex structures composed of entities and their relationships, including dynamic domains where these relationships can evolve over time. Notable examples of graph-based representations and processing
can be found in biology, where the structures of molecules and proteins are naturally modeled as graphs; social sciences, where graphs are used to model interactions between individuals or groups; data science, where graphs enhance recommendation systems by
tracking user-item interactions; and transportation, where graphs are employed to model the evolution of traffic flow over time.</div>
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Neural models on graphs enable adaptive solutions for a wide range of learning tasks on graph data, avoiding the need for hand-engineered features or domain-specific knowledge. This capability has driven significant progress in applying machine learning to
graph-based problems across various research fields. As a result, the design, optimization, and analysis of these graph-based learning models have become central to cutting-edge research, while also presenting a range of open challenges that continue to shape
the field's future directions.</div>
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Topics</h1>
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Topics of interest to this session include, but are not limited to:</div>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Graph neural networks based on convolutional, recurrent, and transformer architectures</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Temporal and dynamic graphs</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Relational inference, heterogeneous graphs</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Graph pooling, graph structure learning</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Open problems in representation learning, e.g. over-smoothing, over-squashing, heterophily</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Graph learning for time series, including data imputation</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Theory of graph learning</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Graph signal processing, including spectral methods for analysis and design</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Trustworthy AI for graph learning, including explainability (XAI), robustness, reliability</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Graph-based methodologies for pattern recognition</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Other methods for learning on graphs, including kernel-based approaches</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Datasets and benchmarks for learning on graphs</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Applications of graph learning, including:</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Chemistry and biology, e.g. toxicology, protein interactions</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Graph learning on brain data</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Social sciences, social networks</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Graph learning for ecology</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Knowledge engineering and discovery</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;">Sensor networks and IoT applications</p>
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<p style="direction: ltr;"><i>… and many more!</i></p>
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Submission instructions</h1>
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Submit your contribution using the instructions provided at <u><a href="https://e-nns.org/icann2025/submission" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="OWA6a6eb741-4647-ff70-f689-8e4ae1f71597" class="x_OWAAutoLink">https://e-nns.org/icann2025/submission</a></u> on
the conference management system. Select the “<i>Special Session on Neural Networks for Graphs and Beyond</i>” track on <u><a href="https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ICANN2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="OWA0f573006-4ea6-97c8-25cc-d2a9d36ff59f" class="x_OWAAutoLink">Microsoft
CMT</a></u>.</div>
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We follow a <span style="font-weight: 700;">double-blind</span> review process.</div>
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Call for reviewers</h1>
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Please volunteer as a reviewer to help us ensure the quality of the papers presented at this special session. <span style="font-weight: 700;"><u><a href="https://forms.gle/7wgxZuzwNAJC42Kx7" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" id="OWA1f4d22db-30e8-90c8-58e2-6a5dad3546ea" class="x_OWAAutoLink" title="https://forms.gle/7wgxZuzwNAJC42Kx7">Apply
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Organizers</h1>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;">Alessio Micheli</span>, <i>University of Pisa, Italy</i></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;">Benoit Gaüzère</span>, <i>INSA Rouen Normandie, France</i></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;">Domenico Tortorella</span>, <i>University of Pisa, Italy</i></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;">Filippo Maria Bianchi</span>, <i>UiT the Arctic University of Norway</i></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;">Luca Pasa</span>, <i>University of Padova, Italy</i></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;">Nicolò Navarin</span>, <i>University of Padova, Italy</i></p>
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<span style="font-weight: 700; font-family: Aptos, Aptos_EmbeddedFont, Aptos_MSFontService, Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif, serif, EmojiFont;">Vincenzo Carletti</span>, <i>University of Salerno, Italy</i></p>
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