Connectionists: Call for Workshop Proposals - ECML PKDD 2026 - ICORE Rank A

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Main Conference 7 - 11 September 2026


Workshop track timeline:

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    09/01/2026 Systems opening

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    13/02/2026 Workshop proposal deadline

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    06/03/2026 Workshop decision

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    05/06/2026 Workshop paper submission deadline

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    10/07/2026 Camera ready submission


Workshop Track

The ECML PKDD 2026 Organizing Committee invites proposals for workshops 
to be held on the first and last days of the conference (September 7th 
and 11th, 2026), which will take place in Naples, Italy. We solicit 
proposals for full- and half-day workshops on current and emerging 
machine learning and data mining topics. Workshops allow discussion of 
novel topics in a small and interactive atmosphere. They can concentrate 
in-depth on research topics but can also be devoted to application 
domains, issues, or questions concerning the economic and social aspects 
of machine learning and data mining. Multidisciplinary workshops that 
bring together researchers and practitioners from different communities 
are particularly welcome. We also welcome proposals for less 
conventional ECMLPKDD workshop formats, e.g., those similar in spirit to 
CRAFT workshops at FAccT, which are currently running EU projects and 
other interactive events. We offer a waived registration fee for 
attendance at the main conference to one organizer or invited speaker 
for each accepted workshop.


Duration and format

We welcome full- and half-day workshop proposals and tutorial+workshop 
proposals. Full-day workshops have a program of typically 8 hours, 
including two 30-minute coffee breaks plus a lunch break. Half-day 
workshops have a 4 hours program with a 30-minute coffee break. Combined 
tutorial + workshop events start with a half-day tutorial followed by a 
half-day workshop. We encourage proposers to aim for a varied and 
exciting program. Especially where the workshop format is concerned, we 
would like you to consider going beyond the usual list of presentations 
of accepted papers. Remember that the main conference is necessarily 
more time-constrained, and workshops allow for group explorations of 
exciting topics through discussions, demo sessions, invited talks, and 
panels. Another way of extending the usual format is to include a 
specific challenge problem that can be addressed by the workshop 
participants with a dedicated challenge session in the workshop program. 
Note, however, that the challenge should be only one of the components 
of the workshop, targeting a problem specific to the workshop topic(s).


Guidelines for Workshop Proposals

Workshop proposals should contain the necessary information for the 
workshop chairs and reviewers to judge the importance, quality, and 
community interest in the proposed topic (a minimum of 15-20 expected 
participants is required). Each workshop should have one or more 
designated organizers and a program. When proposing a workshop, please 
provide (at least) the following information:

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    A brief description of the specific issues that the workshop will
    address, the reasons why the workshop is of interest, the main
    research areas involved, and what the workshop will add to the
    conference (e.g., do you expect papers of a theme that would not fit
    the main conference?).

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    Contact information of the workshop chairs, their competence in the
    proposed topic(s), and previous experience in chairing scientific
    events.

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    A tentative list of Program Committee members and potential invited
    speakers.

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    A draft of the Call for Papers, including information on accepted
    formats (e.g., regular papers, extended abstracts, oral-only
    presentations of relevant recently published or submitted
    contributions, etc.) and expected format of the workshop (e.g.,
    invited talks, presentations, poster sessions, panel discussions,
    challenge sessions, or other ideas for ensuring an interactive
    atmosphere). In the case of a combined tutorial - workshop, please
    clearly indicate the format.

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    Any special requirements regarding logistics (e.g., poster stands,
    audio equipment), if applicable.

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    An estimate of the number of expected submissions and workshop
    participants at the conference.

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    Proof of interest from the community will be of added value to the
    proposal.

If you are proposing a tutorial + workshop event, we kindly ask you to 
write a single proposal that covers both. In addition, the links should 
be clearly described, and the proposal should be submitted to the 
workshop and tutorial chairs. For tutorial guidelines, please see the 
separate Call For Tutorial Proposals.


Evaluation of Workshop Proposals

Features that will be evaluated are:

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    The interestingness of the ECML PKDD areas should result in a large
    audience.

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    The maturity and popularity of the workshop subject; we expect that
    the workshop addresses a small and active community of researchers,
    who ideally submit to the workshop every year.

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    Experience of the proposers in organizing such an event and contacts
    within the addressed community of researchers.

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    Involvement of renowned members of this community as anticipated
    authors or reviewers.

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    The combined tutorial+workshop proposals will be reviewed jointly by
    the workshop and tutorial co-chair, who may use the help of external
    reviewers and experts on the submission topics.


Workshops Electronic Management System

Accepted Workshops will be hosted and managed by the workshop proposal 
authors in CMT


Post-Workshop Proceedings

The Workshops and Tutorials will be included in a joint Post-Workshop 
proceeding published by Springer Communications in Computer and 
Information Science, in 1-2 volumes, organized by focused scope. Papers 
authors will have the faculty opt-in or opt-out. We suggest that 
workshop papers be prepared and submitted in the LNCS format 
(https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines). 
Springer LNCS Template.


Contact

For further information, please contact Mail: 
ecml-pkdd-2026-workshop-chairs at googlegroups.com

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