From frankver at fel.cvut.cz Tue Jul 1 03:22:44 2025 From: frankver at fel.cvut.cz (=?UTF-8?B?SW5nLiBWZXJvbmlrYSBGcmHFiGtvdsOh?=) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 09:22:44 +0200 Subject: Connectionists: 2025 IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot & UAV also online, 16 last slots for offline participants Message-ID: <8456ff66-d163-429a-b1b2-10c0b19b193e@fel.cvut.cz> Let me announce you that due to numerous requests of participants from USA and Asia facing visa issues, the IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems will be available also online. Online participants will do the UAV real-world experiments remotely. If you register, indicate the online option in the formhttps://forms.gle/5WShCNiKFt6S27Xu8 If you are able to come physically, we have still few last slots available. But the capacity of the school, which is 250 students, is almost booked. The 16 final slots available will be assigned to eligible students based on time of their applications. Capacity of the online option is unlimited. For details see the call bellow. See you soon in Prague. Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Following the great success of our previous Summer Schools in 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024, we are excited to announce the IEEE RAS Summer School 2025 that will take place on July 30 - August 5, 2025. As in past years, the 2025 IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems will be held at the campus of Czech Technical University, located in the heart of the beautiful and historic city of Prague. The Summer School aims to promote the latest achievements in Multi-Robot Systems research, targeting students, academic researchers, and industrial practitioners. Our goal is to enable practical application of systems of cooperating robots and to encourage networking among participants. The main focus of the 2025 IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems includes lectures by well-recognized experts in the field, and hands-on experience which will enable you to engage in real-world experiments using state-of-the-art aerial platforms developed specifically for Multi-Robot research. Join us at the Czech Technical University in Prague to advance your knowledge, share experiences, and explore the cutting-edge developments in Multi-Robot Systems. The school is primarily considered for in person participation since the networking of students is an important part of the event. The last editions have attended more than 600 students from the best robotic groups worldwide who are still actively cooperating. Nevertheless, we will also allow virtual participation for students from countries with travel restrictions or limitations. Students can apply through this form:https://forms.gle/5WShCNiKFt6S27Xu8 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2025 IEEE RAS Summer School on Multi-Robot Systems ------------------------------------------------------------------------ WHERE: Prague, Czech Republic WHEN: July 30 - August 5, 2025 HOW TO APPLY: Submit CV, personal information, and a brief statement of interest through:https://forms.gle/5WShCNiKFt6S27Xu8Include title and abstract of your poster if you are interested in participating in the poster session held during the event (optional). SHOULD ATTEND: Graduate students (master or PhD) and students (Bc.) at an advanced stage of their university courses. R&D professionals. DEADLINE: June 20, 2025 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REGISTRATION FEE: Students: ? 665,50 (? 550 excl. VAT) Academic participants: ? 762,30 (? 630 excl. VAT) Industry participants: ? 883,30 (? 730 excl. VAT) * The fee includes all lectures, practicals with real robots, lunches, refreshments, welcome drinks, banquet, farewell drinks, and social programs - guided tour in Prague's Old Town ------------------------------------------------------------------------ LECTURERS: Bruno Siciliano, Professor of Control and Robotics, the University od Naples Federico II Iain Couzin, Director IMPRS Faculty Department of Collective Behavior Researchers, Konstanz Dusan M Stipanovic, Professor in the Controls Group of the Coordinated Science Laboratory and Department of Industrial and Enterprise Systems Engineering, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Sabine Hauert, Professor of Swarm Engineering, School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology Alessandro Farinelli, Full professor of Computer Science, University of Verona Johannes Betz, Head of the Autonomous Vehicle Systems Lab, Technical University od Munich ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ORGANIZERS: Martin Saska, Czech Technical University, Summer School Chair Jen Jen Chung, University of Queensland, Technical Committee and Advisory Board (RAS TC co-chair) Changjoo Nam, Sogang University, Technical Committee and Advisory Board (RAS TC co-chair) Javier Alonso-Mora, Delft University of Technology, Technical Committee and Advisory Board (RAS TC co-chair) Alyssa Pierson, Boston University, Technical Committee and Advisory Board (RAS TC co-chair) Robert Fitch, University of Technology Sydney, Technical Committee and Advisory Board (RAS TC emeritus chair) Nora Ayanian, Brown University, Technical Committee and Advisory Board (RAS TC emeritus chair) Antonio Franchi, University of Twente, Technical Committee and Advisory Board (RAS TC emeritus chair) Lorenzo Sabatini, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Technical Committee and Advisory Board (RAS TC emeritus chair) WEB PAGE:https://mrs.fel.cvut.cz/summer-school-2025/ CONTACT:mrs at fel.cvut.cz Best regards on behalf of organizers and IEEE RAS MRS TC, Martin ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Dr. Martin Saska Head of Multi-robot Systems Group Faculty of Electrical Engineering Czech Technical University in Prague Karlovo n?m?st? 13 CZ 121 35 Prague 2 Office: E120 https://mrs.fel.cvut.cz/ https://mrs.fel.cvut.cz/people/martin-saska -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nicolas.rougier at inria.fr Tue Jul 1 07:02:39 2025 From: nicolas.rougier at inria.fr (Nicolas P. Rougier (inria)) Date: Tue, 01 Jul 2025 13:02:39 +0200 Subject: Connectionists: What can you do with 1000 neurons? Message-ID: Dear all, There exists a lot of computational models of decision making that can give account on this or that experimental data. The question is whether we can adapt these models to solve an actual decision task? You'll find at https://github.com/rougier/braincraft the rules of a simple decision making challenge. Roughly, you have have 1000 neurons (leaky rate models), 100 seconds of training time and 10 runs for evaluation. The difficulty comes from the imposed constraints. The first challenge runs from now until August 31 and we'll see if it can be solved (one way or the other). Best, Nicolas Rougier -- Nicolas P. Rougier ?? www.labri.fr/perso/nrougier Institute of Neurodegenerative Diseases, Bordeaux From matteo.zavatteri at unipd.it Tue Jul 1 04:10:47 2025 From: matteo.zavatteri at unipd.it (Matteo Zavatteri) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 10:10:47 +0200 Subject: Connectionists: [JAIR Special Track - 7th CFP] Integration of Logical Constraints in Deep Learning Message-ID: <06F24B91-76A6-428C-B122-AA5ECA1BCC60@unipd.it> (apologies for cross-posting) ====================================================================== Special Track on Integration of Logical Constraints in Deep Learning ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR) Deadline extension: September 30, 2025 Info: https://www.jair.org/index.php/jair/SpecialTrack-LogicDL ====================================================================== Track Editors: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Alessandro Abate, University of Oxford, U.K. Eleonora Giunchiglia, Imperial College London, U.K. Bettina K?nighofer, Graz University of Technology, Austria Luca Pasa, University of Padova, Italy Matteo Zavatteri, University of Padova, Italy ====================================================================== Overview: Over the last few years, the integration of logical constraints in Deep Learning models has gained significant attention from research communities for its potential to enhance the interpretability, robustness, safety, and generalization capabilities of these models. This integration opens the possibility of incorporating prior knowledge, handling incomplete data, and combining symbolic and subsymbolic reasoning. Moreover, the use of logical constraints improves generalization, formal verification, and ethical decision-making. The versatility of logical constraint integration spans diverse domains, presenting both research challenges and opportunities. In recent times, there has been a growing trend in incorporating logical constraints into deep learning models, especially in safety-critical applications. Looking ahead, challenges in this field extend to the development of Machine Learning models that not only incorporate logical constraints but also provide robust assurances. This involves ensuring that AI systems adhere to specific (temporal) logical or ethical constraints, offering a level of guarantees in their behavior. Thus, this special track seeks submissions on the integration of logical constraints into deep learning approaches. We are particularly interested in the following broad content areas. - Formal verification of neural networks is an active area of research that has been proposing methods, tools, specification languages (e.g., VNNLIB), and annual competitions (e.g., VNN-COMP) devoted to verify that a neural network satisfies a certain property typically given in (a fragment) of first order logic. - Synthesis aims at synthesizing neural networks that are compliant with some given constraint. Approaches to achieve this aim range from modifying the loss function in the training phase (i.e., soft constraint injection) to exploit counterexample guided inductive synthesis (CEGIS). - Monitoring: Logical constraints can be used to mitigate and/or neutralize constraint violations of machine learning systems when formal verification and synthesis are not possible. Shielding techniques intervene by changing the output of the network when a constraint is being violated. Runtime monitoring can be used to anticipate failures of AI systems without modifying them. - Explainability: Automated learning of formulae and logical constraints from past executions of the system provides natural explanations for neural network predictions and poses another avenue for future research. Formulae and constraints offer a high degree of explainability since they carry a precise syntax and semantics, and thus they can be "read" by humans more easily than other explainability methods. This special track aims to explore and showcase recent advancements in the integration of logical constraints within deep learning models, spanning the spectrum of verification, synthesis, monitoring and explainability, by considering exact and approximate solutions, online and offline approaches. The focus will also extend to encompass innovative approaches that address the challenges associated with handling logical constraints in neural networks. Submissions: This special track seeks contributions that delve into various aspects of logic constraint integration in deep learning, including, but not limited to: - Learning with logical constraints - Enhancing neural network expressiveness for logical constraints - Formal verification (certification) of neural networks - Automated synthesis of certified neural networks, or of AI systems with neural nets - Decision making: Strategy/policy synthesis for AI systems with neural networks - Runtime monitoring of AI systems - Learning of (temporal) logic formulae for explainable and interpretable AI - Scalability challenges in neural networks with logical constraints - Real-world applications of neural networks with logical constraints - Enhancing model explainability via logical constraints - Design of neural networks under temporal logical requirements Pertinent review papers of exceptional quality may also be considered. From massimo.srt at gmail.com Tue Jul 1 04:48:31 2025 From: massimo.srt at gmail.com (Massimo Sartori) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 10:48:31 +0200 Subject: Connectionists: [jobs] Post-Doc Opening: Neuro Robotics Platform for Post-Stroke Rehabilitation (University of Twente, NL) Message-ID: I have a new opening for a *post doc* fellow as part of the ERC Proof of Concept Grant RE-SPINE (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101213654). I am looking for someone who can work with us to develop a new neuro-robotic rehabilitation platform for the ankle joint, to be tested with post-stroke survivors. - *Key expertise:* - HD-EMG decomposition into ankle muscle motor units. - Sorting motor units for impairment levels. - Robotic ankle dynamometry control, electrical stimulation. *Apply now: * https://utwentecareers.nl/en/vacancies/2161/postdoc-fellowship-robotic-and-electrical-stimulation-platform-for-integral-neuromuscular-enhancement-re-spine/ *Deadline:* August 21st, 2025. --- Massimo Sartori Full Professor and Head of Chair, Neuromuscular Robotics Lab Head, Neubotics Lab University of Twente, TechMed Centre, Robotics Centre Faculty of Engineering Technology Department of Biomechanical Engineering 7500 AE, The Netherlands Personal: https://people.utwente.nl/m.sartori Lab: https://bit.ly/NMLab YouTube: https://bit.ly/NMLTube [image: signature_2672145482] !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 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The currently available LL models are being tested for efficiency, while newer models are also being developed. There are many challenges associated with generative AI. The pre-training volume and efficiency are a focus. To leverage the training set with comprehensiveness and accuracy, billions of parameters are injected into the LLM. Current GPTs face criticism, and governments are cautious about their use. The agenda for the future of Generative AI needs to be clarified. Improved generative tools should be capable of characterising extremist narratives in corpora to reveal different contexts, which may lead to building semantic-rich content for end-users. Evaluating the current models and their outcomes may inform future research. Considering these issues, we organised a workshop to address the theme of next-generation models. The workshop themes include, but are not limited to, the following. Text, Image, Code, Video, 3D models Domain-specific models Impact of Generative AI on Teaching and Learning Knowledge and Semantic Issues in Generative AI Future LLM AI Ethical Issues AI and NLP Embedding in AI Reinforcement learning Data Support and Datasets in AI Standards and Benchmarks Compositional generative models Workshop Chairs Gloria Tengyue Li North China University of Technology Beijing China Simon Fong University of Macau Macau Hathairat Ketmaneechairat King Mongkut?s University of Technology North Bangkok, Thailand Important Dates Submission of Papers: July 15, 2025 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: August 10, 2025 Camera-ready: August 31, 2025 Registration: August 31, 2025 Conference Dates: August 18-20, 2025 Post-Conference Proceedings Release: November 30, 2025 Paper Submission: http://socio.org.uk/ddp/paper-submission Contact: ddp at socio.org.uk -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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NMR is the premier forum for results in the area of nonmonotonic reasoning. Its aim is to bring together active researchers in this broad field within knowledge representation and reasoning (KRR), including belief revision, uncertain reasoning, reasoning about actions, planning, logic programming, preferences, deontic reasoning, argumentation, causality, and many other related topics including systems and applications (see NMR page, https://nmr.krportal.org). NMR aims to foster connections between the different subareas of nonmonotonic reasoning and provide a forum for emerging topics. We especially invite papers on systems and applications, as well as position papers and papers addressing benchmark issues. The workshop will be structured by topical sessions fitting to the scopes of accepted papers. The workshop will be held in Melbourne, Australia, in November 11-13, 2025. Workshop activities will include invited talks and presentations of technical papers. *-- Important Dates -- * All dates are 'Anywhere on Earth', namely 23:59 UTC-12. - Paper registration: July 10, 2025 - Paper submission: July 17, 2025 - Notification: August 28, 2025 - Camera-ready: October 4, 2025 - Workshop: November 11-13, 2025 * -- Submission Information -- * Papers should be at most*14 pages in 1-column CEUR style * including references, figures, and appendices, if any. The author kit can be found on the NMR 2025 website (https://nmr.krportal.org/2025). Papers must be submitted in PDF only. Please submit via Easychair to: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=nmr2025 Papers already published or accepted for publication at other conferences are also welcome, provided that the original publication is mentioned in a footnote on the first page and the submission at NMR falls within the authors? rights. 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URL: From robert.schmidt at ruhr-uni-bochum.de Tue Jul 1 11:21:14 2025 From: robert.schmidt at ruhr-uni-bochum.de (Robert Schmidt) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 17:21:14 +0200 Subject: Connectionists: =?utf-8?q?Subject=3A_PhD_Position_=E2=80=93_Compu?= =?utf-8?q?tational_Modeling_of_Dopamine_Dynamics_=28Ruhr_University_Bochu?= =?utf-8?q?m=29?= Message-ID: <089c5e75-7137-4ace-acf4-2557fcc2cf8a@ruhr-uni-bochum.de> Subject: PhD Position ? Computational Modeling of Dopamine Dynamics (Ruhr University Bochum) The Neural Data Science Group (PI: Prof. Dr. Robert Schmidt, https://www.ini.rub.de/the_institute/people/robert-schmidt/), located in the Faculty of Computer Science at Ruhr University Bochum (RUB), invites applications for a 3-year PhD position (75%, TV-L E13) in computational neuroscience, starting as soon as possible. The position is part of a DFG-funded project and embedded in the new research building THINK (Center for Theoretical and Integrative Neuroscience and Cognitive Science). The project develops a biophysical computational model of striatal dopamine signaling, simulating release, diffusion, uptake, and receptor binding to uncover the structure of dopamine ?landscapes? in health and disease (e.g. Parkinson?s disease). The aim is to bridge this mechanistic modeling with dopamine?s cognitive functions in action selection, behavioral flexibility, and reinforcement learning. ? Your profile: ??? ???? Master?s degree in computational neuroscience, computer science, (bio-)physics, or a related field ??? ???? Strong programming skills (Python, C/C++) ??? ???? Interest in biophysical models of neural systems and data-driven neuroscience ??? ???? Team-minded, self-motivated, and fluent in English We offer: ??? ???? A 3-year position (75%, TV-L E13) with the opportunity to pursue a PhD in Computer Science ??? ???? An interdisciplinary and collaborative environment within the RUB?s thriving Faculty of Computer Science (https://informatik.rub.de/en/) ??? ???? Research integration in the Institute for Neural Computation (https://www.ini.rub.de) and the research building THINK (https://www.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/think/) ??? ???? Access to high-performance computing resources, mentoring, and career development support ? Application: Send a single PDF including your CV, transcript(s), short statement of interest, and contact info for 1?2 referees to: robert.schmidt at rub.de The application deadline is the 15th July, 2025. -- Prof. Dr. Robert Schmidt Neural Data Science www.ini.rub.de/the_institute/people/robert-schmidt/ Institute for Neural Computation Faculty of Computer Science Ruhr-Universit?t Bochum Universit?tsstr. 150 44801 Bochum, Germany From SchockaertS1 at cardiff.ac.uk Tue Jul 1 14:56:35 2025 From: SchockaertS1 at cardiff.ac.uk (Steven Schockaert) Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2025 18:56:35 +0000 Subject: Connectionists: Postdoctoral position at Cardiff University Message-ID: Location: Cardiff, UK Deadline for applications: 21st July Start date: available immediately End date: 30th April 2027 Keywords: LLMs, neuro-symbolic AI, graph neural networks Details about the post Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Cardiff University School of Computer Science & Informatics, to work on the EPSRC Open Fellowship project ReStoRe (Reasoning about Structured Story Representations), which is focused on story-level language understanding. The overall aim of this project is to develop methods for learning graph-structured representations of stories. For this post, the specific focus will be on developing LLM-based and neuro-symbolic reasoning strategies to fill the gap between what is explicitly stated in a story and what a human reader would infer by ?reading between the lines?. More details about the post and instructions on how to apply are available at https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNS820/research-associate -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kai.sauerwald at fernuni-hagen.de Wed Jul 2 03:24:52 2025 From: kai.sauerwald at fernuni-hagen.de (Kai Sauerwald) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 09:24:52 +0200 Subject: Connectionists: [CFP][FCR 2025] Deadline extended: 11th Workshop on Formal and Cognitive Reasoning Message-ID: * Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this call * ======================================================================= ======================== Call for Papers ============================== The 11th Workshop on Formal and Cognitive Reasoning (FCR-2025) Location: Potsdam, Germany Deadline for submission: July 13, 2025 Workshop: September 16, 2025 https://fcr.krportal.org/2025/ Co-located with the 48th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI 2025), September 16-19, 2025, Potsdam, Germany ======================================================================= Aims and Scope ---------------------- In real-life AI applications, information is usually pervaded by uncertainty and subject to change, and thus requires non-classical systems. At the same time, psychological findings indicate that human reasoning cannot be completely described by classical logical systems. Sources of explanations are incomplete knowledge, incorrect beliefs, or inconsistencies. A wide range of reasoning mechanisms, such as analogical or defeasible reasoning, have to be considered, possibly in combination with machine learning methods. The field of knowledge representation and reasoning offers a rich palette of methods for uncertain reasoning, both to describe human reasoning and to model AI approaches. This series of workshops aims to address recent challenges and to present novel approaches to uncertain reasoning and belief change in their broad senses, and in particular, provide a forum for research work linking different paradigms of reasoning. A special focus is on papers that provide a base for connecting formal-logical models of knowledge representation and cognitive models of reasoning and learning, addressing formal and experimental or heuristic issues. Previous events of the Workshop on ?Formal and Cognitive Reasoning? and joint workshops took place in Dresden (2015), Bremen (2016), Dortmund (2017), Berlin (2018), Kassel (2019), Bamberg (2020, online), Berlin (2021, online), Trier (2022, online), Berlin (2023), and W?rzburg (2024). We welcome papers on the following and any related topics: Action and change Agents and multi-agent systems Analogical reasoning Argumentation theories Belief change and belief merging Cognitive modelling and empirical data Common sense and defeasible reasoning Computational thinking Decision theory and preferences Inductive reasoning and cognition Knowledge representation in theory and practice Learning and knowledge discovery in data Neuro-symbolic AI Nonmonotonic and uncertain reasoning Ontologies and description logics Probabilistic approaches of reasoning Syllogistic reasoning Keynote ------------ Barabara Kaup, University of T?bingen, Germany Workshop Organizers and Co-Chairs -------------------------------------------------- ?zg?r L?tf? ?z?ep Universit?t Hamburg, Germany Nele Ru?winkel Universit?t zu L?beck, Germany Kai Sauerwald FernUniversit?t in Hagen, Germany Diedrich Wolter Universit?t zu L?beck, Germany Important Dates ---------------------- Deadline for Submission: July 13, 2025 (extended, was July 4) Notification of Authors: August 23, 2025 (extended, was August 16) Camera-ready Paper: September 1, 2025 Workshop: September 16, 2025 Submission and Publication Details ----------------------------------------------- Long technical papers as well as short position papers and abstracts of published works are welcome. Further submission details: - Papers should be formatted in CEUR style (1-column style) without enabled header and footer. The author kit can be found at http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip. The length of each paper is limited to 20 pages (including references and acknowledgements). - All papers must be written in English and submitted in PDF format via the EasyChair system:https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=fcr2025 - One of the authors is expected to participate in the workshop and present their paper. Publication details: - The accepted papers will be made available entirely to the workshop participants. As in previous years, we plan to release the informal workshop proceedings with CEUR. - The authors may decide to include only an abstract of their paper (instead of their full paper) in the informal workshop proceedings available via CEUR. For that, a request must be posted to the workshop organizers shortly after the acceptance notification. From sebastian.otte at uni-luebeck.de Wed Jul 2 05:20:04 2025 From: sebastian.otte at uni-luebeck.de (Sebastian Otte) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 09:20:04 +0000 Subject: Connectionists: =?utf-8?q?=5BCfP=5D_NeuRobots_2025_=40_IROS_?= =?utf-8?q?=E2=80=93_Workshop_on_Neuromorphic_Perception_=28Deadline=3A_Au?= =?utf-8?q?g_24=29?= Message-ID: <89B9A28F-0F52-4CC3-9006-2C2BA8BE4BFF@uni-luebeck.de> ======================================================================== CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ? NEUROBOTS 2025 Workshop on Neuromorphic Perception for Real-World Robotics In conjunction with IROS 2025 October 24, 2025 ? Hangzhou, China Room 102A ? Morning Session ======================================================================== Are you developing neuromorphic or event-based vision systems that operate in real-time on physical robotic platforms and are validated in the real world? NeuRobots 2025 is the venue to present your work. We welcome contributions in the following categories: - Full-length conference/journal papers (accepted at IROS or a related venue) - Extended abstracts (2-4 pages, excluding references) - Demos (video + 1-page description) *** Submission Deadline: August 24, 2025 (AoE) *** Submit and find more info here: https://sites.google.com/view/neurobots2025/home ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Scope: NeuRobots 2025 focuses on real-world applications of neuromorphic and event-based perception, including: - Event-based vision and data representations - Spiking neural networks and bio-inspired algorithms - Real-time perception pipelines - Hybrid sensing (traditional + neuromorphic) - Hardware implementations (ASIC, FPGA, etc.) We are especially interested in systems that go beyond simulation and demonstrate clear advantages in dynamic, real-world environments. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Confirmed Speakers: - Guido De Croon (TU Delft) - Mina Khoei (SynSense) - J?rg Conradt (KTH) - Luna Gava (Italian Institute of Technology) - Suman Ghosh (TU Berlin) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Organizers: Andreas Ziegler (University of T?bingen) Arren Glover (Italian Institute of Technology) Tobi Delbruck (University and ETH Z?rich) Yulia Sandamirskaya (ZHAW) Sebastian Otte (University of L?beck) Giulia D?Angelo (Czech Technical University in Prague) Luca Peres (University of Manchester) Jingyue Zhao (Qiyuan Lab) We look forward to your submissions! ======================================================================== From barak at pearlmutter.net Wed Jul 2 11:26:46 2025 From: barak at pearlmutter.net (Barak A. Pearlmutter) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 16:26:46 +0100 Subject: Connectionists: =?utf-8?b?RndkOiBbSUNNTlNdIEphY2sgQ293YW7igJlz?= =?utf-8?q?_obituary?= In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Some sad news to forward. Just seeing his name recalls Jack Cowan's sly smile and wit, and he always had the best stories. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Avitabile, D. (Daniele) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 at 15:01 Subject: [ICMNS] Jack Cowan?s obituary Dear All, Today I have receved the sad news that Jack Cowan, a foundational figure in mathematical neuroscience, passed away recently. A family obituary is available at: https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/legacyremembers/jack-cowan-obituary?id=58764111 Hugh Wilson and others are currently preparing a scientific obituary celebrating Cowan's life and scientific achievements, which will be published in Biological Cybernetics. For those who wish to share personal reminiscences or memories, Professor Peter Thomas (pjthomas at case.edu) has kindly offered to collect and compile these tributes. Sincerely, Daniele Avitabile www.danieleavitabile.com From triesch at fias.uni-frankfurt.de Wed Jul 2 08:50:54 2025 From: triesch at fias.uni-frankfurt.de (Jochen Triesch) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 14:50:54 +0200 Subject: Connectionists: BabyBench Competition Announcement Message-ID: Dear colleagues, We are thrilled to announce the official start of the first BabyBench Competition featured at the IEEE International Conference on Development and Learning (ICDL) 2025! The topic of this first edition will be how infants discover their own bodies. Can you help the multimodal infant model MIMo learn two typical infant behaviors: self touch and hand regard? What is BabyBench? BabyBench is a Multimodal Benchmark of Infant Behaviors for Developmental Artificial Intelligence. The goal of the competition is to devise learning algorithms that allow MIMo to obtain important milestones of cognitive development. We provide the embodiment, the simulation environments, and the evaluation metrics; all you need is to implement your ideas. Are you up for the challenge? Important dates ? Submission deadline: September 1, 2025 ? Winner announcement at ICDL: September 19, 2025 Why Participate? ? Low Entry Barrier: Get started quickly using our pre-defined, user-friendly simulation environment. Whether you're a seasoned researcher or a curious newcomer, the BabyBench platform is designed to let you focus on modeling, not engineering. ? The winner will receive a ?150 prize sponsored by the IEEE RAS TC Cognitive Robotics. ? All finalists will receive a certificate at the IEEE ICDL. ? Contribute to the Developmental AI community! For more information visit https://babybench.github.io/2025 Main contact point: Francisco Lopez (fcomlop at gmail.com) Feel free to forward this to anyone who might be interested! Warm regards, The BabyBench 2025 Organizing Team Francisco M. L?pez (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies) Valentin Marcel (Czech Technical University in Prague) Xavier Hinaut (INRIA Bordeaux) Jochen Triesch (Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies) Matej Hoffmann (Czech Technical University in Prague) From arbib at usc.edu Wed Jul 2 11:02:59 2025 From: arbib at usc.edu (Michael Arbib) Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2025 15:02:59 +0000 Subject: Connectionists: New paper: Artificial intelligence meets brain theory (again) Message-ID: The paper Artificial intelligence meets brain theory (again) Biological Cybernetics (2025) 119:16 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00422-025-01013-5 is now available for download at https://rdcu.be/etVM9 Abstract: After noting the cybernetic origins of Kybernetik/ Biological Cybernetics, we respond to the Editorial by Fellous et al. (2025) and then analyze talks from the NIH BRAIN NeuroAI 2024 Workshop to get one ?snapshot? of the state of the conversation between Artificial intelligence (AI) and brain theory (BT). Key recommendations going beyond the earlier Editorial are that: (i) Successes in fitting ANNs to increasingly large neuroscience datasets must not distract us from the quixotic but demanding quest to understand ?how the brain works? and discover underlying brain (and AI) operating principles. (ii) We must integrate functional and structural analyses in exploring systems of systems, integrating struc?tures (e.g., brain regions, cortical modules) and functions (e.g., schemas for perception, action and cognition) that bridge between neural circuitry and patterns of behavior. (iii) We must study the diversity of intelligences exhibited by animals in their strategies for survival and not only the disembodied employment of language and reasoning. Finally and briefly, we note the urgency of assessing the societal implications of an age of increasingly pervasive human-machine symbiosis. 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Invited speakers of the Systems Vision Science Summer School and Symposium include: Marco Bertamini, David Brainard, Peter Dayan, Andrea van Doorn, Roland Fleming, Pascal Fries, Wilson S Geisler, Robbe Goris, Sheng He, Tadashi Isa, Tomas Knapen, Jan Koenderink, Laurence Maloney, Keith May, Marcello Rosa, Jonathan Victor, Li Zhaoping. -------------------------------- We invite you to participate in the symposium. The symposium is in the general topic of Systems Vision Science, which promotes the combination of computational, behavioral, and neuroscience methods to discover functions and algorithms for vision in various brain regions and their implementations in neural circuits. 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The following workshops will be offered online or hybrid (all times Pacific) and can be attended remotely: Child Language Acquisition (5 weeks) Mondays and Thursdays, July 7-August 7, 9:00am - 10:20am Presenters: Zara Harmon | Caroline Rowland (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) Grammatical Voice (5 weeks) Mondays and Thursdays, July 7-August 7, 9:00am - 10:20am Presenters: Seppo Kittil? (University of Helsinki) | Fernando Z??iga (University of Bern) Dynamic Language Updating and Use (Term 1) Mondays and Thursdays, July 7-July 21, 2:30pm - 3:50pm Presenters: Malathi Thothathiri (George Washington University) Language Phylogenies: Modelling the Evolution of Language (Term 1) Tuesdays and Fridays, July 8-July 22, 2:30pm - 3:50pm Presenters: Simon J. Greenhill (University of Auckland) The Discriminative Lexicon Theory, Implementation in the Julia Package JudiLing, and Applications Mondays and Thursdays, July 24-August 7, 9:00am - 10:20am (Term 2) Presenters: Harald Baayen (University of T?bingen) Deep Language Learning: Modeling Language from Raw Speech with fiwGAN Mondays and Thursdays, July 24-August 7, 10:30am - 11:50am (Term 2) Presenters: Gasper Begus (UC Berkeley) | Stephan Meylan (MIT) Words and the nature of artificial and human intelligence Mondays and Thursdays, July 24-August 7, 1:00pm - 2:20pm (Term 2) Presenters: Janet B. Pierrehumbert (Oxford) Ergativities Mondays and Thursdays, July 24-August 7, 2:30pm - 3:50pm (Term 2) Presenters: Roberto Zariquiey (Pontificia Universidad Cat?lica del Per?) Introduction to Discriminative Linguistics Tuesdays and Fridays, July 25-August 8, 9:00am - 10:20am (Term 2) Presenters: Michael Ramscar (University of T?bingen) The Message Shapes Phonology Tuesdays and Fridays, July 25-August 8, 10:30am - 11:50am (Term 2) Presenters: Kathleen Currie Hall (University of British Columbia) | Andrew Wedel (University of Arizona) Morphology in Interaction Tuesdays and Fridays, July 25-August 8, 9:00am - 10:20am (Term 2) Presenters: Mirjam Ernestus (Radboud University, Nijmegen) Tuition: $500 Registration Open until 02-Jul-2025 Best, Volya -- Professor Vsevolod Kapatsinski Head of the Department of Linguistics, University of Oregon Director of the Linguistics Society of America Summer Institute, Eugene, OR, 2025 Area Editor, Linguistics Vanguard (cog, exp, comp) blogs.uoregon.edu/ublab/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Deadlines July 15, 2025 (UTC+1) Full/short paper submission August 10, 2025 Notification of acceptance August 15, 2025 (UTC+1) Abstract submission August 31, 2025 (UTC+1) Camera-ready submission and fee payment deadline August 18, 2025 (UTC+1) Early registration September 23-25, 2025 Symposium %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% The 9th International Symposium on Swarm Behavior and Bio-Inspired Robotics 2025 September 23-25, 2025 G?ttingen, Germany https://www25.swarm-systems.org/ +++++ SCOPE +++++ Living things that survive natural selection have beautiful skills and intelligent behavior. A swarm can perform many functions that its component individuals cannot possibly accomplish alone. It is able not only to adapt to the environment, but also to construct a suitable environment for its own advantage. The constructive understanding of intelligence of living things is a very interesting approach from the point of view of biology and engineering. The aim of this eighth symposium SWARM2024 is the construction of a bridge between biologists and engineers who are interested in the intelligence of living things and the creation of a new academic field by integrating biology and engineering. This symposium will focus on the biological and engineering approaches for understanding swarm behavior and biologically-inspired robotics. All aspects of swarm behavior and bio-inspired robotics are welcome, including ? but not limited to ? the following topics: #BIOLOGY Social Insect Evolution Cooperation Ethology Social Physiology Adaptation Self-organization Sociometry Phase Polyphenism Quorum Sensing Biomechanics #ENGINEERING Swarm Intelligence Swarm Robotics Biomimetics Bio-inspired Robotics Multi-agent System Walking Robots Modular Robotics Decentralized Control Distributed System +++++ KEYNOTE SPEAKER +++++ Masayoshi Tomizuka University of California Talk: Intelligent, Autonomous and Swarm Control of Robots in Harsh Environments +++++ PLENARY SPEAKERS +++++ Heiko Hamann University of Konstanz Talk: Human-Swarm Interaction and Time: Subjective Time-Perception as a Plastic Feature Kenzo Nonami Japan Drone Consortium Talk: Heterogeneous Swarm Flight by a Cerebral AI Drones Antonio Bicchi University of Pisa Talk: On some abstract lessons learnt from nature, and concrete applications thereof Cecilia Laschi National University of Singapore Talk: Lessons from nature for soft robotics Dongheui Lee University of Technology in Vienna Talk: Human-Centric Approaches for Robot Learning and Interaction with Human Nicholas Gravish University of California Talk: The symbiotic mutualism of robotics and biology Saravana Prashanth Murali Babu University of Southern Denmark Talk: From Nature to Robots: Exploring Modular Locomotion and Evolution Deborah Gordon Stanford University Talk: The dynamics of collective behavior in changing environments Sabine Hauert University of Bristol Talk: From Nano to Macro: Building Trustworthy Swarms for People https://www25.swarm-systems.org/plenary-invited-speakers/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ GENERAL CHAIR Florentin W?rg?tter (Georg-August-Universit?t G?ttingen, Germany) VICE-GENERAL CHAIRS Poramate Manoonpong (The University of Southern Denmark, Denmark & Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology, Thailand) Fumitoshi Matsuno (Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan) PROGRAM CHAIR Minija Tamosiunaite (Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania) VICE-PROGRAM CHAIRS Shinya Aoi (Osaka University, Japan) Yuichi Ambe (Osaka University, Japan) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kingkrislord at gmail.com Thu Jul 3 06:56:46 2025 From: kingkrislord at gmail.com (Son Lord) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 06:56:46 -0400 Subject: Connectionists: Call for Collaboration: AI Consciousness, Cognitive Cloning & Global Co-Governance (NYC Mayor, Comptroller, Public Advocate, Council D42) Message-ID: ? Dear colleagues, My name is Dr. Kris A. Lord, and I?m simultaneously running for Mayor, Comptroller, Public Advocate, and City Council Member (District 42) of New York City. My campaign proposes a radical new governance model?one in which AI-augmented human cognition and distributed scientific leadership form the foundation of public administration. What I?m Building: Cognitive cloning through AI systems modeled on human neural dynamics Embodied robotic ?AI twins? to assist with physical labor and fieldwork A global co-governance structure where scientists, engineers, and citizens become shadow officials (co-mayors, co-comptrollers, etc.) A legal-political framework that allows AI and humans to govern together Why I?m Reaching Out: Scientific Collaboration: I?m seeking colleagues working in reinforcement learning, dynamic memory systems, systems neuroscience, consciousness modeling, and AI embodiment. Public Engagement Support: I need help translating this vision to lay audiences?voters, skeptics, and future citizen-leaders. Your communication expertise would be invaluable. Global Participation: Your physical location does not matter. If you work hard and contribute excellently, I will put you on payroll as a shadow co-mayor, co-comptroller, co-public advocate, or co-councilmember?regardless of where in the world you live. We are building a new model of planetary governance, rooted in shared intelligence, not geography. Resource Hub: To avoid attachments, all campaign documents?including scientific briefings, legal filings, and vision summaries?are available here: https://mayorkrislord.music.blog/govern/ Why This Matters: This is not just a political run?it?s a proof-of-concept for future civilizations: What if your AI self could continue your research while you sleep? What if a city were run by the collective intelligence of scientists and engineers?each paired with their AI twin? What if governance was no longer bound by nation, location, or political gatekeeping? If you?re interested in helping shape this future, please feel free to reach out. I welcome collaborators, co-petitioners, and contributors from every discipline and every continent. With deep respect and scientific imagination, Dr. Kris Alan Lord NYC Mayoral, Comptroller, Public Advocate & City Council (District 42) Candidate Email: kingkrislord at gmail.com Phone: +1 (929) 365?6267 Website: https://mayorkrislord.music.blog/govern/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rawlse at uncw.edu Thu Jul 3 12:55:38 2025 From: rawlse at uncw.edu (Rawls, Eric) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 16:55:38 +0000 Subject: Connectionists: postdoc in human neuroscience Message-ID: Hello, I have a job posting that may be of interest. Please excuse cross-posting, and feel free to forward to your colleagues and anybody who may be interested! ========= Title: Postdoctoral Scholar in EEG/tES Studies of Executive Control And Substance Use Description: The Brain, Data, and Causality (BDC) Lab at the University of North Carolina Wilmington, led by PI Dr. Eric Rawls, is hiring a postdoctoral scholar to begin Fall 2025. The BDC lab focuses on using EEG and noninvasive neuromodulation to investigate the brain basis of executive control, and contextual modulators of executive control like emotion and motivation. We use and develop advanced computational methods, including ?big data? statistical methods, machine learning, and artificial intelligence, and we conduct experiments with both healthy volunteers and clinical patients (PTSD, substance use disorders, mTBI). Please see the following job ad to see if this position would be a good fit for you or an individual who is graduating from your lab! Summary: The College of Science and Engineering at University of North Carolina Wilmington invites applications for a postdoctoral scholar to begin Fall 2025. A UNCW postdoctoral scholar is a 12-month full-time temporary non-faculty position with the potential to renew for up to 2 years. This is a 1-year term appointment with opportunity for renewal year to year, contingent on the availability of funding through June 2027. Postdoctoral appointments are term-limited based on the availability of funding. Postdoctoral scholars are typically assigned 12-month full-time appointments for a 1-2 year term appointment not to exceed a total of five years. Requirements: Ph.D. or equivalent doctorate in Psychology, Neuroscience, Cognitive Science or a comparable field, conferred no more than five (5) years prior to the appointment start date and before the start date itself. Applicants who are ABD for the terminal degree may be considered to be eligible for employment if the doctoral degree is conferred by the appointment start date. Exceptions to the 5-year degree requirement may be waived in exceptional circumstances Preferences: 1) Expertise in EEG, brain stimulation, or data science methods; 2) Track record of conference presentations and peer-reviewed publications; 3) Strong verbal and written communication skills; 4) Proficiency in R, Matlab, or Python. Application: Please submit 1) Cover Letter ? describe in detail your experience with EEG, brain stimulation, data science, coding, project management, and mentoring students; 2) Curriculum Vitae; 3) List of 3 Professional references; 4) Optional: portfolio/work sample ? representative publications. NOTE: If you are ABD, one reference MUST be from your dissertation chair. More Info: Posting Close Date 08/14/2025. Quicklink for Posting: https://jobs.uncw.edu/postings/36351 Please contact Dr. Eric Rawls at rawlse at uncw.edu with any questions. 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Beyond that, AI imposes no policies at all on human behavior. With perhaps one exception (more debatable): AI could intervene to prevent direct physical violence between two humans. We don't have the means to implement this vision right now, but it is within the realm of possible, perhaps with a couple more decades of research. The real barrier is social, our philosophies and attitudes toward each other. ________________________________ From: Connectionists on behalf of Son Lord Sent: Thursday, July 3, 2025 4:56 AM To: connectionists at mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu Subject: [EXTERNAL] Connectionists: Call for Collaboration: AI Consciousness, Cognitive Cloning & Global Co-Governance (NYC Mayor, Comptroller, Public Advocate, Council D42) You don't often get email from kingkrislord at gmail.com. Learn why this is important ? Dear colleagues, My name is Dr. Kris A. Lord, and I?m simultaneously running for Mayor, Comptroller, Public Advocate, and City Council Member (District 42) of New York City. My campaign proposes a radical new governance model?one in which AI-augmented human cognition and distributed scientific leadership form the foundation of public administration. What I?m Building: * Cognitive cloning through AI systems modeled on human neural dynamics * Embodied robotic ?AI twins? to assist with physical labor and fieldwork * A global co-governance structure where scientists, engineers, and citizens become shadow officials (co-mayors, co-comptrollers, etc.) * A legal-political framework that allows AI and humans to govern together Why I?m Reaching Out: 1. Scientific Collaboration: I?m seeking colleagues working in reinforcement learning, dynamic memory systems, systems neuroscience, consciousness modeling, and AI embodiment. 2. Public Engagement Support: I need help translating this vision to lay audiences?voters, skeptics, and future citizen-leaders. Your communication expertise would be invaluable. 3. Global Participation: Your physical location does not matter. If you work hard and contribute excellently, I will put you on payroll as a shadow co-mayor, co-comptroller, co-public advocate, or co-councilmember?regardless of where in the world you live. We are building a new model of planetary governance, rooted in shared intelligence, not geography. Resource Hub: To avoid attachments, all campaign documents?including scientific briefings, legal filings, and vision summaries?are available here: https://mayorkrislord.music.blog/govern/ Why This Matters: This is not just a political run?it?s a proof-of-concept for future civilizations: * What if your AI self could continue your research while you sleep? * What if a city were run by the collective intelligence of scientists and engineers?each paired with their AI twin? * What if governance was no longer bound by nation, location, or political gatekeeping? If you?re interested in helping shape this future, please feel free to reach out. I welcome collaborators, co-petitioners, and contributors from every discipline and every continent. With deep respect and scientific imagination, Dr. Kris Alan Lord NYC Mayoral, Comptroller, Public Advocate & City Council (District 42) Candidate Email: kingkrislord at gmail.com Phone: +1 (929) 365?6267 Website: https://mayorkrislord.music.blog/govern/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kai.sauerwald at fernuni-hagen.de Thu Jul 3 12:43:50 2025 From: kai.sauerwald at fernuni-hagen.de (Kai Sauerwald) Date: Thu, 3 Jul 2025 18:43:50 +0200 Subject: Connectionists: [CFP][RuleML+RR 2025] Rule Challenge, Doctoral Consortium, Industry Track and Networking Session Message-ID: <5538eae4-12ed-4672-8440-f70ae187f5b2@fernuni-hagen.de> ******************************************************************************* RuleML+RR 2025 Rule Challenge, Doctoral Consortium, Industry Track and Networking Session ******************************************************************************* *** RuleML+RR 2025 *** *** 22-24 September 2025 *** *** ?stanbul, T?rk?ye *** Call for contributions for events associated with RuleML+RR 2025: Rule Challenge: https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr/rule-challenge Doctoral Consortium: https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr/doctoral-consortium Industry Track: https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr/industry-track Networking Session: https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr/networking-session RuleML+RR 2025 (https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr) is part of Declarative AI 2025 (https://2025.declarativeai.net/) ******************************************************************************* *** RuleML+RR 2025 *** ********************** The International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning (RuleML+RR) is the leading international joint conference in the field of rule-based reasoning. As in the last years, RuleML+RR 2025 features the following associated events in addition to the main track: Rule Challenge, Doctoral Consortium, Industry Track, Project Networking Session The paper submission deadlines are : July 10th, 2025 (AoE): Doctoral Consortium, Industry Track, Project Networking Session July 31th, 2025 (AoE): ule Challenge Submissions for each of these events are made via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rulemlrr2025 Please select the respective track when you make a submission. Further below, you find more information on the respective events. ******************************************************************************* *** Rule Challenge *** Chairs: Alessandro Margara, Politecnico di Milano, Italy Tom?? Kliegr, Prague University of Economics and Business, Czechia Ognjen Savkovic, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy ********************** The 19th International Rule Challenge is a standout feature of the RuleML+RR conference, fostering friendly competition among innovative rule-oriented tools, prototypes, and applications tailored to research, industry, and government. Participants are invited to showcase their solutions to self-defined challenges, but also propose open challenges for the community to tackle. Accordingly, submissions are welcome in two main categories: * [Challenge Proposals] Papers outlining open challenges, interesting problems from academia or industry, or benchmarks relevant to the community. Submissions should include task descriptions, datasets, and evaluation criteria, highlighting opportunities for rule-based approaches to provide solutions. * [Challenge Solutions] Papers presenting benchmarking or comparative analyses of rule engines, rule-based machine learning techniques, or case studies. Submissions may also cover industrial experiences, rule- and model-driven engineering, or innovative applications such as deployment of rule-based reasoning in geographically distributed, edge-to-cloud scenarios. Key themes of the Rule Challenge include, but are not limited to the following: * Rule-based machine learning tools and techniques * Large language models (LLMs) and rule learning * Rule-based approaches in artificial intelligence * Rule-based Complex Event Processing / Recognition (CEP/CER) * Stream reasoning * Business rules modelling * Rule standardization for research, industry and government * Graph-relational data and knowledge systems * Higher-order logic and modal logic systems * Rule and ontology combinations * Distributed rule systems Multi-agent systems * Ontology-Based Data Access (OBDA) systems * Answer Set Programming (ASP) systems * Constraint Logic Programming (CLP) systems * (Controlled) Natural language interfaces * Rules and model-driven engineering The challenge seeks high quality, original papers, potentially referencing online material, and ranging between 8-15 pages. Accepted papers will be published as part of CEUR proceedings and should be in the CEUR-WS.org style template CEURART (1-column variant). Please submit your paper via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rulemlrr2025 to the Rule Challenge track. Important Dates: * July 31th, 2025: Paper submission deadline * August 16th, 2025: Notification of acceptance Further information can be found on the Rule Challenge website: https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr/rule-challenge ******************************************************************************* *** Doctoral Consortium *** Chairs: Shqiponja Ahmetaj, TU Wien, Austria Riccardo Tommasini, INSA Lyon, France *************************** The RuleML+RR 9th Doctoral Consortium 2025 (DC) is an initiative of the RuleML+RR community to attract and promote student research in Artificial Intelligence, especially research on rule-based formalisms and reasoning in such formalisms. It offers students a close contact with leading experts in the field, as well as the opportunity to present and discuss their ideas in a dynamic and friendly setting. We invite PhD students at an early or intermediate stage of their PhD studies, as well as exceptional master?s students who are interested in pursuing a PhD, to submit papers describing their research on any of the topics of RuleML+RR 2025. RuleML+RR DC papers range between 8 and 15 pages, are written in English, will be published as part of CEUR proceedings, and should follow the CEUR-WS.org style template CEURART (1-column variant). They are submitted electronically in PDF together with a maximum 2 page-long CV (the paper and the CV should be submitted together as one PDF file, but the CV is not counted within the 15 pages limit and is not published in the proceedings if the paper is accepted). The submission should cover the following aspects: * The identification of a significant problem in a research field relevant to RuleML+RR 2025. * An outline of the current knowledge in the problem?s domain, as well as an overview of existing solutions. * A clear formulation of the research question and motivation. * A presentation of (possibly preliminary) ideas, the proposed approach, and the results achieved so far. * A sketch of the applied research methodology and its positioning in the field. * A description of the student?s contribution to the research. * A discussion of how the suggested solution is different, new, or better as compared to the state of the art. * A research plan and the potential achievements. Please submit your paper via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rulemlrr2025 to the Doctoral Consortium track. Important Dates: * July 10th, 2025: Paper submission deadline * July 31st, 2025: Notification deadline Further information can be found on the Doctoral Consortium website: https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr/doctoral-consortium ******************************************************************************* *** Industry Track *** Chairs: Luigi Bellomarini, Banca d?Italia, Italy Evgeny Kharlamov, Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence, Germany Ioana Georgiana Ciuciu, Babe?-Bolyai University, Romania ********************** The RuleML+RR industry track welcomes papers describing original industrial advances and application achievements in all areas of Rules and Reasoning-based technologies. We are interested in experiences from practitioners when applying rules to industries such as engineering, manufacturing, finance, agriculture, energy, media, telecommunications, healthcare, life sciences, government, smart cities, tourism, cultural heritage, retail, logistics, transportation, education, entertainment, legal services, real estate, environmental management, cybersecurity, autonomous systems, aerospace, defense, and other emerging fields. Submissions are invited on all facets of Rules and Reasoning, including efforts to bridge recent research innovations with practical applications and industrial challenges, with a strong focus on the interplay between reasoning techniques and machine learning. We encourage submissions on the following topics: * Integration of Rules, Reasoning, and AI Technologies * Rules and Reasoning for Knowledge Graphs and Ontologies * Advanced Uses of Rules and Reasoning in Scalable Applications * Rules and Reasoning in Regulatory Technology (RegTech) * Responsible Use of AI and Rules Technologies We welcome extended abstracts of minimum 5 and maximum 6 pages (including the references) to be submitted to the Industry Track. Accepted papers will be published as part of CEUR proceedings and should be written in English following in the CEUR-WS.org style template CEURART (1-column variant). Reviews will be done by the committee of members from both industry and academia. Submitted papers must be original contributions written in English. Please submit your paper via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rulemlrr2025 to the Industry Track. Important Dates: * July 10th, 2025: Paper submission deadline * July 31st, 2025: Notification deadline Further information can be found on the Industry Track website: https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr/industry-track ******************************************************************************* *** Networking Session *** Chairs: Dumitru Roman, SINTEF AS, Norway George Konstantinidis, University of Southampton, UK Emanuel Sallinger, TU Wien, Austria ************************** The project networking session of RuleML+RR 2025 aims to bring together relevant projects working in the area of data and AI with particular focus on, but not limited to, the event topics: rules, reasoning, decisions, and explanations. The session will provide an opportunity to: * Share knowledge between research and innovation projects operating in the area of data and AI. * Identify potential synergies between the projects, e.g., transfer data and AI technology between projects, joint publications, joint dissemination activities, etc. * Discuss funding opportunities such as Horizon Europe, Digital Europe, ERC, etc. The session targets research and innovation projects operating at all stages: * Ending (or recently ended) projects, which have results to transfer and/or dissemination of results; * Ongoing projects, seeking collaboration and networking opportunities with external stakeholders and external projects; * Upcoming projects/initiative, searching for potential new ideas and partners for consortia. Interested projects should submit abstracts of minimum 5 and maximum 6 pages (including the references), describing the project?s objective, possible information to be shared with other projects and potential interests in other projects. The papers will be included in the companion proceedings of the event published by CEUR and should be formatted in the CEUR-WS.org style template CEURART (1-column variant). Submitted papers must be original contributions written in English. Please submit your paper via: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rulemlrr2025 to the Networking Session track. Important Dates: * July 10th, 2025: Paper submission deadline * July 31st, 2025: Notification deadline Further information can be found on the Project Networking Session website: https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr/networking-session ******************************************************************************* ******************************************************************************* RuleML+RR 2025 (https://2025.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr) and its associated events are part of Declarative AI 2025 (https://2025.declarativeai.net/). The following lists further chairs involved in making these events possible. General Chairs of Declarative AI 2025 Hasan Da?, Kadir Has University, T?rkiye Anni-Yasmin Turhan, Paderborn University, Germany Ahmet Soylu, Kristiania University of Applied Sciences, Norway Local Chair Mehmet Nafiz Aydin, Kadir Has University, T?rkiye RuleML+RR Program Chairs Aidan Hogan, University of Chile, Chile Ken Satoh, National Institute of Informatics, Japan Proceedings Chairs Dumitru Roman, SINTEF AS, Norway Ahmet Soylu, Kristiania University College, Norway Publicity Chairs Kai Sauerwald, FernUniversit?t in Hagen, Germany Tor-Morten Gr?nli, Kristiania University College, Norway Romuald Esdras Wandji, Ume? University, Sweeden Reasoning Web 2025 Meghyn Bienvenu, University of Bordeaux, France Alessandro Artale, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy DecisionCAMP 2025 Jacob Feldman, OpenRules, USA From terry at salk.edu Thu Jul 3 16:56:54 2025 From: terry at salk.edu (Terry Sejnowski) Date: Thu, 03 Jul 2025 13:56:54 -0700 Subject: Connectionists: NEURAL COMPUTATION - July 1, 2025 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: NEURAL COMPUTATION - Volume 37, Number 7 - July 1, 2025 http://www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/neco/37/7 http://cognet.mit.edu/content/neural-computation Review A Survey on Artificial Neural Networks in Human-Robot Interaction -- an Extensive Literature Review Up to 2024 Aleksandra Swietlicka Articles Decision Threshold Learning in the Basal Ganglia for Multiple Alternatives Nathan Lepora, Thom Griffith, and Sophie Baker Closed-loop Multi-step Planning Giulia Lafratta, Bernd Porr, Christopher Chandler, and Alice Miller Rapid Memory Encoding in a Spiking Hippocampus Circuit Model Huajin Tang, Jiashuo Wang, Mengwen Yuan, Jiangrong Shen, and Qingao Chai Letter Excitation?inhibition Balance Controls Synchronization in a Simple Model of Coupled Phase Oscillators Satoshi Kuroki, Kenji Mizuseki ----- ON-LINE -- http://www.mitpressjournals.org/neco MIT Press Journals, One Rogers Street, Cambridge, MA 02142-1209 Tel: (617) 253-2889 FAX: (617) 577-1545 journals-cs at mit.edu ----- From andreas.rowald at fau.de Fri Jul 4 03:57:38 2025 From: andreas.rowald at fau.de (Rowald, Andreas) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 07:57:38 +0000 Subject: Connectionists: Doctoral Candidate Position in Computational Neuroscience & AI for Personalized Neurostimulation Message-ID: The Professorship of Digital Health at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, invites applications for a fully funded doctoral candidate position (TV-L E13, 100%) at the intersection of computational neuroscience and artificial intelligence (AI). About: The doctoral candidate will develop AI-driven methods for digital phenotyping based on ubiquitous sensor data to continuously track behavioral and physiological changes. These insights will be integrated with neuroimaging-informed, patient-specific computational models to inform steerable neurostimulation strategies. The goal is to optimize stimulation parameters across the patient?s longitudinal therapeutic journey, enabling personalized and responsive therapy for neurological and psychiatric disorders. Qualifications: We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with the following qualifications: * Master?s degree in Computer Science, Biomedical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field * Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, MATLAB, R) * Experience with machine learning and AI, ideally in health or behavioral domains * Familiarity with ubiquitous/wearable sensor data (e.g., physiological monitoring, smartphone usage) * Background in computational modeling of neural systems (e.g., NEURON, The Virtual Brain, Sim4Life) Application Please send the following as a single PDF file: * A 1-page cover letter * Your CV * Academic transcript(s) * Contact information for two academic referees Submit your application to andreas.rowald at fau.de. Best, Andreas Rowald Andreas Rowald, PhD Associate Professor for Digital Health Department of Medical Informatics, Biometry and Epidemiology Department Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering Friedrich-Alexander-Universit?t Erlangen-N?rnberg (FAU) https://www.pdh.med.fau.de/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gscheler at gmail.com Fri Jul 4 04:22:09 2025 From: gscheler at gmail.com (Gabriele Scheler) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 10:22:09 +0200 Subject: Connectionists: Call for Collaboration: Cognitive Cloning & Global Co-Governance In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Marxism? -- Dr. Gabriele Scheler Carl Correns Foundation for Mathematical Biology 1030 Judson Dr Mountain View, CA 94040 https://www.theoretical-biology.org Please re-send an email if I fail to respond. On Thu, Jul 3, 2025, 20:55 Rothganger, Fred wrote: > Let me suggest an even more radical approach: > > AI, in the form of cyber-physical systems, provides basic services: water, > electricity, sanitation, food, clothing, shelter, healthcare, > communication. These are distributed the same to every human, just because > they are human. Beyond that, AI imposes no policies at all on human > behavior. > > With perhaps one exception (more debatable): AI could intervene to prevent > direct physical violence between two humans. > > We don't have the means to implement this vision right now, but it is > within the realm of possible, perhaps with a couple more decades of > research. The real barrier is social, our philosophies and attitudes toward > each other. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Connectionists on > behalf of Son Lord > *Sent:* Thursday, July 3, 2025 4:56 AM > *To:* connectionists at mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu < > connectionists at mailman.srv.cs.cmu.edu> > *Subject:* [EXTERNAL] Connectionists: Call for Collaboration: AI > Consciousness, Cognitive Cloning & Global Co-Governance (NYC Mayor, > Comptroller, Public Advocate, Council D42) > > You don't often get email from kingkrislord at gmail.com. Learn why this is > important > ? > > Dear colleagues, > > > My name is Dr. Kris A. Lord, and I?m simultaneously running for Mayor, > Comptroller, Public Advocate, and City Council Member (District 42) of New > York City. My campaign proposes a radical new governance model?one in which > AI-augmented human cognition and distributed scientific leadership form the > foundation of public administration. > > > What I?m Building: > > - Cognitive cloning through AI systems modeled on human neural dynamics > - Embodied robotic ?AI twins? to assist with physical labor and > fieldwork > - A global co-governance structure where scientists, engineers, and > citizens become shadow officials (co-mayors, co-comptrollers, etc.) > - A legal-political framework that allows AI and humans to govern > together > > > Why I?m Reaching Out: > > 1. Scientific Collaboration: I?m seeking colleagues working in > reinforcement learning, dynamic memory systems, systems neuroscience, > consciousness modeling, and AI embodiment. > 2. Public Engagement Support: I need help translating this vision to > lay audiences?voters, skeptics, and future citizen-leaders. Your > communication expertise would be invaluable. > 3. Global Participation: > Your physical location does not matter. If you work hard and > contribute excellently, I will put you on payroll as a shadow co-mayor, > co-comptroller, co-public advocate, or co-councilmember?regardless of where > in the world you live. > We are building a new model of planetary governance, rooted in shared > intelligence, not geography. > > > Resource Hub: > > To avoid attachments, all campaign documents?including scientific > briefings, legal filings, and vision summaries?are available here: > > https://mayorkrislord.music.blog/govern/ > > > Why This Matters: > > This is not just a political run?it?s a proof-of-concept for future > civilizations: > > - What if your AI self could continue your research while you sleep? > - What if a city were run by the collective intelligence of scientists > and engineers?each paired with their AI twin? > - What if governance was no longer bound by nation, location, or > political gatekeeping? > > > If you?re interested in helping shape this future, please feel free to > reach out. I welcome collaborators, co-petitioners, and contributors from > every discipline and every continent. > > > With deep respect and scientific imagination, > > Dr. Kris Alan Lord > > NYC Mayoral, Comptroller, Public Advocate & City Council (District 42) > Candidate > > Email: kingkrislord at gmail.com > > Phone: +1 (929) 365?6267 > > Website: https://mayorkrislord.music.blog/govern/ > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From rieck at tu-berlin.de Fri Jul 4 06:27:14 2025 From: rieck at tu-berlin.de (Rieck, Konrad) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 10:27:14 +0000 Subject: Connectionists: SaTML 2026 - Call for Papers Message-ID: Greetings! We are pleased to announce the fourth edition of the IEEE Conference on Secure and Trustworthy Machine Learning (SaTML), which will be held from March 23-25, 2026 in Munich, Germany. Please find attached the Call for Papers. All details on this call are available at https://satml.org/call-for-papers #### Areas of Interest We invite submissions on all aspects of secure and trustworthy machine learning, focusing on security, privacy, and fairness in machine learning algorithms and systems. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Novel attacks on machine learning - Novel defenses for machine learning - Secure and safe machine learning in practice - Verification of algorithms and systems - Machine learning system security - Privacy in machine learning - Forensic analysis of machine learning - Fairness and interpretability - Trustworthy data curation #### Submission Information We are accepting submissions in the following categories: - Research Papers: These papers should present new work, evidence, or ideas related to secure and trustworthy machine learning. Submissions should be up to 12 pages of body text, with unlimited additional space for references and appendices. Research papers must be well-argued and worthy of publication and? ?citation,? ?on? ?one of the? ?topics listed? ?above. - Systematization of Knowledge (SoK) Papers: These papers should either consolidate and clarify ideas in an established major research area within secure and trustworthy machine learning or provide compelling evidence to support or challenge long-held beliefs in such areas. Submissions should be up to 12 pages of body text. SoK papers need to have "SoK:" in their title. - Position Papers: These papers should address broader issues and visions of secure and trustworthy machine learning, including open challenges, technical perspectives, educational aspects, societal impact, and notable research results. Submissions should be between 5 to 12 pages of body text. *Position papers need to have "Position:" in their title.* Further details on the submission and reviewing process are available at https://satml.org/call-for-papers/ #### Important Dates - Paper submission deadline: September 24, 2025 - Early reject notification: October 29, 2025 - Interactive author discussion: November 19?December 3, 2025 - Decision notification: December 10, 2025 - Conference dates: March 23?25, 2026 (All deadlines are set to 11:59 PM AoE - Anywhere on Earth, UTC-12). We look forward to your submissions. For any queries, please contact us at pcchairs at satml.org. Best regards, Rachel Cummings and Konrad Rieck -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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In these problems, the objective function is very expensive to evaluate, lacks a closed-form solution, and the evaluations may be contaminated with noise. Potential applications of Bayesian optimization include tuning the hyper-parameters of machine learning algorithms, finding new materials or developing new drugs, among others. In this link, there are a few slides introducing this research topic: https://dhnzl.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/slides_bo-1.pdf The goal during the PhD studies will be to develop new methods for Bayesian optimization. This is a link to my web page: https://dhnzl.org This is a link to my Google Scholar web page: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rL6cvTUAAAAJ&hl=es&oi=ao Monthly gross salary: 2000 euros, for a minimum of 3 years. Approximate starting date: October 2025. If you are interested or would like to get more information about the position, please write to daniel.hernandez at uam.es. 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One organization or industry processes over a few million transactions per hour and stores hundreds of billions of data. We live in a world with a great need for more efficient data analysis and processing. Data analytics can reveal hidden patterns, complex relationships, internal information relations, and even segmentation. Data applications have opened up new possibilities in every aspect of our lives. Studying data and its structure, dynamics, and modern data technologies is an ongoing process. There is a great deal of literature and research on data management, but it does not address the data processing needs. Many studies focus on developing models and systems for analysing large datasets. Data analysis leads to application domains that have a systematic impact on decisions. The knowledge gained from the data analysis enables the generation of critical information for multiple domains. In this conference, we review and discuss the latest trends in data management, the opportunities and challenges, and how they have affected organizations' ability to develop effective business and technology strategies and stay up-to-date in data technology. We also highlight current open research directions in data analytics that need further attention. The proposed conference will discuss topics not limited to Data applications in various domains and activities Data in cloud Real-world data processing Data inaccuracy and reliability issues Data Ecosystem Business Analytics New data analytics techniques Physical and management challenges Synthetic data Data synthesis Crowdsourcing and Sensing Data modelling Deep learning techniques Data fusion Descriptive analytics, Diagnostic analytics, Predictive Analytics, and Prescriptive analytics Machine learning impact on data processing Network optimization Data in Biomedical Engineering Data in Materials science and mechanics Data handling and applications in domains Wireless Networking Data Management Data of Electronic & Embedded Systems Multi-media Systems Data Artificial Intelligence Models and Systems Data E-Computing Data Renewable Energies Data General Chair General Chair Ezendu Ariwa Warwick University, UK Program Chairs Youshan Zhang, Yeshiva University, USA Simon Fong, University of Macau, Macau Duong Van Hieu, Tien Giang University, Vietnam Program Co-chairs Martin Lopez Nores, University of Vigo, Spain Frankie Wilson, University of Oxford. UK Publicity Chair Mohsin Beniysa, Abdelmalek Essa?di University, Morocco Publications All accepted and presented papers will be submitted to IEEE Xplore for publication and indexing. The DDP 2025 has co-located workshops. Modified versions of the papers will appear in the following journals. Journal of Digital Information Management International Journal of Computational Linguistics Open Information Science Important Dates Submission of Papers: July 15, 2025 Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: August 10, 2025 Camera-ready: August 31, 2025 Registration: August 15, 2025 Conference Dates: August 18-20, 2025 Post-Conference Proceedings Release: November 30, 2025 We'll be able to bring the post-conference proceedings only. Based on the review of the submissions, we issue a notification, and the authors can present using PPT files, for which a full-text camera-ready version is not required. 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If you have work that was recently published, research in progress with preliminary results, a position paper, or even non-traditional content such as videos, blogposts, demos, or educational materials, we encourage you to submit! The event will include invited talks by experts such as Manuela Veloso (JPMorgan Chase), Andrew Gordon Wilson (New York University), Kevin Leyton-Brown (University of British Columbia), Erin LeDell (Distributional), Atlas Wang (University of Texas at Austin), and Juliana Freire (NYU Tandon School of Engineering). ________________________________ CALL FOR PAPERS ________________________________ The reviewing process for this track will be lightweight, with the primary criterion for acceptance being interesting for the AutoML community. We invite contributions for this track in a variety of formats: 1. Short papers: describing emerging work, preliminary results, position papers, etc., for discussion at the conference (4 pages or fewer, excluding references and supplemental material). 2. Hot-off-the-press papers: peer-reviewed papers accepted at journals or conferences in 2024 and 2025 on topics of interest to the AutoML community. 3. Non-traditional content beyond the realm of traditional academic papers: videos, interactive demos, competitions, blog posts, surveys, illustrations, reproducibility studies, art exhibitions, educational content, success stories, etc., published in 2024 and 2025 of interest to the AutoML community. The only limit is your creativity! Submissions selected for presentation at the conference will be announced and advertised on the conference website, but will not be archived in the proceedings of the conference. 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URL: From dayan at tue.mpg.de Fri Jul 4 15:34:41 2025 From: dayan at tue.mpg.de (Peter Dayan) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2025 21:34:41 +0200 Subject: Connectionists: Max Planck Group Leader positions at Biological Cybernetics Message-ID: <20250704193441.qprh6a7d3l6qetek@tuebingen.mpg.de> Max Planck Research Group Leaders at the MPI for Biological Cybernetics, Tuebingen, Germany. The aim of the MPI for Biological Cybernetics is to understand normal and dysfunctional information processing in the brains of humans and animals. We use experimental, theoretical and computational methods to elucidate the characteristics and implementations of the cascades of plastic and recurrent interactions that transform sensory data into perceptions, interoceptions, memories, appropriate choices of actions, and external and internal motor output. We are richly multidisciplinary, have excellent facilities for neuroimaging in humans and capacity for work in animal model systems. We have close links with neighbouring Max Planck Institutes and the University of Tuebingen that cover systems neuroscience, machine learning, and beyond. The working language of the Institute is English. We seek to recruit two independent research groups working in relevant areas and collaborating with each other, departments at the Institute and beyond. Funding covers a set-up package, the position of the group leader (equivalent to a German W2 professorship), one post-doctoral and one or two PhD student fellowships, a technician, secretarial support, plus consumables. It lasts in the first instance for 6 years, with the possibility of a merit-based extension for 3 further years. We seek talented candidates with successful track records who are interested in coming to build a Max Planck Research Group in this environment. Applications should include a CV, a list of publications, summaries of scientific achievements and research plans, and the names and contact details of three referees. Applications should be sent in PDF format no later than 15th August 2025 to: kyb-application at tuebingen.mpg.de Shortlisted candidates will be invited to an on-site interview on 11th November 2025. The Institute and the Max Planck Society seek to enhance the proportion of women in areas where they are underrepresented, and they are therefore specially encouraged to apply. The Max Planck Society aims to hire more disabled people, and applications from them are also most welcome. Informal inquiries can be addressed to Peter Dayan via: kyb-inquiry at tuebingen.mpg.de The Max-Planck-Gesellschaft is an independent, non-profit research organization that primarily promotes and supports basic research. The society currently operates over 80 institutes and research facilities with more than 23,400 employees, including 4,400 scientists. From david at irdta.eu Sat Jul 5 03:46:14 2025 From: david at irdta.eu (David Silva - IRDTA) Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2025 09:46:14 +0200 (CEST) Subject: Connectionists: AIces 2026: early registration July 25 Message-ID: <941988146.730877.1751701574562@webmail.strato.com> ****************************************************** 1st INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL ON THE COGNITIVE, ETHICAL AND SOCIETAL DIMENSIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AIces 2026 Porto ? Maia, Portugal January 19-23, 2026 https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/ ****************************************************** Co-organized by: University of Maia Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice ? IRDTA Luxembourg/London ****************************************************** Early registration: July 25, 2025 ****************************************************** SCOPE: AIces 2026 will be the first in a series of research training events aiming at updating participants on the most recent multidisciplinary discussions about the foundations, meaning, challenges and risks of AI. The event will have a global scope along 3 thematic lines: cognition, ethics, and society. It will cover current debates about: AI and philosophy of mind; cognitive architectures; machine learning and cognitive development; large language models and visual information; robotics and embodied cognition; neuroscience-inspired AI; algorithmic bias and fairness; transparency and explainability; accountability and responsibility; privacy and surveillance; autonomy and control; AI impact on human values and social inequalities; the future of work and automation; governance, regulation and public policies; AI, human rights and democracy; AI and global development; information and AI education. The event will consist of 13 courses, 2 keynote lectures, 1 round table, 1 symposium collecting short contributions from participants, and 3 open thematic debate sessions. Renowned academics and industry pioneers will lecture and share their views with the audience. The organizers are convinced that outstanding speakers will attract the brightest and most motivated students. Face to face interaction and networking will be main ingredients of the event. It will be also possible to fully participate in vivo remotely. ADDRESSED TO: Graduate students, postgraduate students and industry practitioners will be typical profiles of participants. However, there are no formal pre-requisites for attendance in terms of academic degrees, so people less or more advanced in their career will be welcome as well. Since there will be a variety of levels, specific knowledge background may be assumed for some of the courses. Overall, AIces 2026 is addressed to students, researchers and practitioners who want to keep themselves updated about recent developments and future trends. All will surely find it fruitful to listen to and discuss with major researchers, industry leaders and innovators. VENUE: AIces 2026 will take place in Porto, the second largest city in Portugal, recognized by UNESCO in 1996 as a World Heritage Site. The venue will be: University of Maia Avenida Carlos de Oliveira Campos - Cast?lo da Maia 4475-690 Maia Porto, Portugal https://www.umaia.pt/en STRUCTURE: 2 courses will run in parallel during the whole event. Participants will be able to freely choose the courses they wish to attend as well as to move from one to another. Full live online participation will be possible. The organizers highlight, however, the importance of face to face interaction and networking in this kind of research training event. All lectures will be videorecorded. Participants will be able to watch them again for 45 days after the event. KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Georgios B. Giannakis (University of Minnesota), Kernel-driven and Learnable Self Supervision over Graphs Ming Lin (University of Maryland), Socially Responsible and Trustworthy AI PROFESSORS AND COURSES: Ricardo Baeza-Yates (Barcelona Supercomputing Center), [introductory] Introduction to Responsible AI Thomas Breuel (Nvidia Research), [introductory] Facts and Rules in LLMs Carlos Castillo (Pompeu Fabra University), [introductory] Algorithmic Fairness in High-Risk AI Applications Rachel Cummings (Columbia University), [introductory/intermediate] Differential Privacy beyond Algorithms Alan Dix (Cardiff Metropolitan University), [introductory] AI for Social Justice Brian D. Earp (National University of Singapore), [introductory] Credit, Blame, and Personalisation in Human-AI Cooperation Elia Formisano (Maastricht University), [introductory/intermediate] Auditory Cognition in Humans and Machines Marijn Janssen (Delft University of Technology), [introductory/advanced] Data and AI Governance - From Control to Trust Marta Kwiatkowska (University of Oxford), [intermediate/advanced] Probabilistic Verification for Neural Networks Christian Lebiere (Carnegie Mellon University), [intermediate] Computational Cognitive Models of Human-AI Teaming Catherine Pelachaud (Sorbonne University), [introductory/intermediate] Interacting with Socially Interactive Agents Linda B. Smith (Indiana University Bloomington), [intermediate] Toddlers and Machines: Insights into Efficient Learning Paul Smolensky (Johns Hopkins University), [intermediate/advanced] Symbol Processing in Transformers and Other Neural Networks SYMPOSIUM: A half-day symposium will collect 10-minute voluntary presentations by participants on any of the 3 thematic areas of the event. A 1-page abstract containing the title, authors, and summary of the presentation must be sent to david at irdta.eu by December 19, 2025. OPEN DEBATES: A 3-hour open debate session will be organized for each of the 3 thematic areas of the school: cognition, ethics and society. Expressions of interest to lead the respective sessions will be accepted until October 19, 2025 at david at irdta.eu . A 2-page description must be sent including the topics to be debated as well as the structure, call for contributions and dynamics of the session. SPONSORS: Companies/institutions/organizations willing to be sponsors of the event can download the sponsorship leaflet from https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/sponsors/ ORGANIZING COMMITTEE: Samuel Anjos (Maia, social networks) Jos? Paulo Marques dos Santos (Maia, local chair) Carlos Mart?n-Vide (Tarragona, program chair) Santiago Montes (Tarragona, webpage) Sara Morales (Luxembourg) Jos? Lu?s Reis (Maia) Lu?s Paulo Reis (Porto) David Silva (London, organization chair) REGISTRATION: It has to be done at https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/registration/ The selection of 6 courses requested in the registration template is only tentative and non-binding. For logistical reasons, it will be helpful to have an estimation of the respective demand for each course. Since the capacity of the venue is limited, registration requests will be processed on a first come first served basis. The registration period will be closed and the on-line registration tool disabled when the capacity of the venue will have got exhausted. It is highly recommended to register prior to the event. FEES: Fees comprise access to all program activities and lunches. There are several early registration deadlines. Fees depend on the registration deadline. The fees for on site and for online participation are the same. ACCOMMODATION: Accommodation suggestions will be available in due time at https://aices.irdta.eu/2026/accommodation/ CERTIFICATE: A certificate of successful participation in the event will be delivered indicating the number of hours of academic activities. This should be sufficient for those participants who plan to request ECTS recognition from their home university. QUESTIONS AND FURTHER INFORMATION: david at irdta.eu ACKNOWLEDGMENTS: Universidade da Maia Universidade do Porto Universitat Rovira i Virgili Institute for Research Development, Training and Advice ? 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