<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-gs" style="margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:auto;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div class="gmail-"><div class="gmail-ii gmail-gt" id="gmail-:nc" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem;overflow-x:hidden"><div class="gmail-a3s gmail-aiL" id="gmail-:tw" style="direction:ltr;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:auto hidden"><div id="gmail-avWBGd-706"><div dir="ltr"><div style="margin:0px;min-width:0px;padding:0px 0px 20px;width:auto;font-family:"Google Sans",Roboto,RobotoDraft,Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:medium"><div><div id="m_7758449747611028007gmail-:mq" style="direction:ltr;margin:8px 0px 0px;padding:0px;font-size:0.875rem;overflow-x:hidden"><div id="m_7758449747611028007gmail-:qd" style="direction:ltr;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal;font-size-adjust:none;font-kerning:auto;font-feature-settings:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:small;line-height:1.5;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;overflow:auto hidden"><div dir="ltr">Dear Colleagues,<br><br>We have extended the deadline for submissions of the 1st Transparent and Interpretable Robots (TRAIL) Conference to the 31st of January. It will be taking place April 16 - April 17 2026 in Catania, Italy<br> <br>Conference website : <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/trail-conference" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/view/trail-conference</a> <br><br>About the conference :<br><br>This conference is ideal for early–career researchers and students, offering a friendly environment to present short contributions — including work-in-progress, novel concepts, and early results. It’s a great opportunity to receive constructive feedback and build international collaborations.<br>There are no registration fees, since this event is proudly supported by the TRAIL Marie Skłodowska–Curie European Union project (<a href="https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/research/projects/trail.html" target="_blank">https://www.inf.uni-hamburg.de/research/projects/trail.html</a>), promoting transparency and interpretability in human–robot interaction.<br><br>Topics include (but not limited to):<br><br>- Causal and Counterfactual Reasoning in AI (including but not limited to Neural Networks)<br>- Cognitive Modeling for Interpretable and Human-Aligned AI<br>- Evaluation for Explainability, Trust, Transparency, and Faithfulness<br>- Explainable Reinforcement Learning (RL)<br>- Failure Recognition, Assessment, and Recovery in Robotic Scenarios<br>- Foundation models for Interpretability and Transparency  <br>- Human and Context Awareness in Robotics<br>- Interactive Visualization and Explanation Interfaces<br>- Interpretable and Transparent Robot Behavior    <br>- Knowledge-Based Robotic Design<br>- Multimodal and Grounded Explanations (Vision, Language, and Sensor Data)<br>- Multimodality and Language Grounding in Vision, Sound, Robotics, and Beyond<br>- Navigation, Planning, and Control in Robotic Systems<br>- Post-hoc Explanation Techniques<br>- Robotic Decision-Making<br>- Security and Ethics AI in Explainable Systems<br>- Trustworthiness, Faithfulness, and Robustness in AI and Robotics<br><br>Dates :<br><br>Extended Abstract Deadline: <strike>16th January, 2026</strike>  31st January 2026<br>Acceptance Notification: <strike>13th February, 2026</strike>  27th February 2026<br>Camera Ready Deadline: <strike>14th March, 2026</strike> 20th March 2026<br><br>Venue :<br><br>The Conference will be collocated with SWEET Spring School at :  <br>Museo della Rappresentazione  <br>Via Etnea, 742, 95128 Catania CT, Italy<br><br>Submission Guidelines :<br><br>Authors are invited to submit original contributions (2-4 Pages excluding appendix and references) following the format provided at the website : <a href="https://sites.google.com/view/trail-conference/call-for-papers" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/view/trail-conference/call-for-papers</a><br><br>We look forward to your contributions and seeing you at Catania !<br><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>Best Regards,</div><div>TRAIL Conference Organisers</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>