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EXPLAINS is sponsored by INSTICC – Institute for Systems and Technologies of Information, Control and Communication

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In the future people will collaborate more and more with machines to solve complex problems using AI techniques. Such a collaboration requires adequate communication, trust, clarity and understanding. eXplainable AI (XAI) aims at addressing such challenges by combining the best of symbolic AI and Machine Learning including neural models, evolutionary computing and fuzzy systems. Such topic has been studied for years by all different communities of AI, with different definitions, evaluation metrics, motivations and results. In addition to technology, this involves social and legal issues as well as a wide range of real-world applications and domains. Both interpretability by design methods and post-hoc methods for explaining complex models have been proposed and investigated. Research has also redirected its emphasis on the structure of explanations and human-centered Artificial Intelligence, recognizing that the ultimate users of interactive technologies are humans. This conference aims at attracting different research perspectives to promote debate. It intends to be a major multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary forum, bringing together academics and scholars of different disciplines, interested in the study, analysis, design, modelling and implementation of interpretable and explainable AI systems. Contributions are welcome both in addressing theoretical issues and in a broad range of application fields.

CONFERENCE AREAS

Each of these topic areas is expanded below but the sub-topics list is not exhaustive. Papers may address one or more of the listed sub-topics, although authors should not feel limited by them. Unlisted but related sub-topics are also acceptable, provided they fit in one of the following main topic areas:

1. TECHNOLOGY
2. SOCIAL AND LEGAL ISSUES
3. APPLICATIONS


AREA 1: TECHNOLOGY


  • XAI using Machine Learning
  • Deep Learning and XAI
  • Fuzzy Systems and Logic for XAI
  • Knowledge Graphs in XAI
  • Explainable Graph Neural Networks
  • Explainable Neuro-Symbolic Reasoning
  • Evaluation of Explainability
  • Argumentative-Based Approaches for XAI
  • Bayesian Modelling for Interpretability
  • Human-Computer Interfaces Supporting XAI
  • Natural Language Processing and XAI
  • Metrics for Explanations
  • XAI Benchmarking
  • Evolutionary XAI Approaches
  • Post-Hoc Methods for Explainability
  • Model-Specific vs Model-Agnostic Methods for Explainability
  • Mechanistic Interpretability

AREA 2: SOCIAL AND LEGAL ISSUES


  • Accountability and Responsibility
  • Model Accuracy and Interpretability
  • Explainability Pitfalls and Problems in XAI
  • Fairness and XAI Related to the EU AI Act

AREA 3: APPLICATIONS


  • Healthcare and Biomedical Sciences
  • Human/AI Cooperation
  • Decision-Support Systems
  • Recommender Systems
  • Computer Vision Applications
  • Robotics and Control Systems
  • Explainable Methods for Finance
  • Security and Privacy

IJCCI KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

IJCCI 2027 will have several invited keynote speakers, who are internationally recognized experts in their areas. Their names are not yet confirmed.

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors can submit their work in the form of a complete paper or an abstract, but please note that accepted abstracts are presented but not published in the proceedings of the conference. Complete papers can be submitted as a Regular Paper, representing completed and validated research, or as a Position Paper, portraying a short report of work in progress or an arguable opinion about an issue discussing ideas, facts, situations, methods, procedures or results of scientific research focused on one of the conference topic areas.

Authors should submit a paper in English, carefully checked for correct grammar and spelling, addressing one or several of the conference areas or topics. Each paper should clearly indicate the nature of its technical/scientific contribution, and the problems, domains or environments to which it is applicable. To facilitate the double-blind paper evaluation method, authors are kindly requested to produce and provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors’ personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors’ identity.

When submitting a complete paper please note that only original papers should be submitted. Authors are advised to read INSTICC's ethical norms regarding plagiarism and self-plagiarism thoroughly before submitting and must make sure that their submissions do not substantially overlap work which has been published elsewhere or simultaneously submitted to a journal or another conference with proceedings. Papers that contain any form of plagiarism will be rejected without reviews. Authors should also avoid using an excessive number of self-citations and an excessive number of co-authors.

All papers must be submitted through the online submission platform PRIMORIS and should follow the instructions and templates that can be found under Guidelines and Templates. After the paper submission has been successfully completed, authors will receive an automatic confirmation e-mail.

PUBLICATIONS

All accepted complete papers will be published by Springer in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference.
The proceedings will be abstracted/indexed in DBLP, Google Scholar, EI-Compendex, INSPEC, Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST), Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series, Mathematical Reviews, SCImago, Scopus and zbMATH. CCIS volumes are also submitted for the inclusion in ISI Proceedings.

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference Date: 27 - 29 October, 2027

Paper Submission: April 27, 2027
Authors Notification: June 18, 2027
Camera Ready and Registration: June 30, 2027

Paper Submission: June 3, 2027
Authors Notification: July 26, 2027
Camera Ready and Registration: September 6, 2027

Workshops
Workshop Proposal: June 11, 2027

Special Sessions
Special Session Proposal: June 11, 2027

Tutorials
Tutorial Proposal: June 11, 2027

Demos
Demo Proposal: June 11, 2027

Panels
Panel Proposal: June 11, 2027

SECRETARIAT

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e-mail: explains.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: https://explains.scitevents.org

VENUE

Available soon.

IJCCI CONFERENCE CHAIR

Francesco Marcelloni, University of Pisa, Italy

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Kurosh Madani, University of Paris-EST Créteil (UPEC), France
Niki van Stein, LIACS, Leiden University, Netherlands

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Michael Affenzeller, Independent Researcher, Austria
Heba M. Afify, Biomedical Engineering Department, Cairo University, Egypt
Mojtaba Ahmadieh Khanesar, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Emilia Barakova, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Bernhard Bauer, University of Augsburg , Germany
Fevzi Belli, Univ. of Paderborn, Germany, Germany
Isabelle Bichindaritz, State University of New York at Oswego, United States
Lars Braubach, City University of Hamburg, Germany
Joerg Bremer, University of Oldenburg, Germany
Francesco Calimeri, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria, Italy
Giovanna Castellano, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
Amitava Chatterjee, Jadavpur University, India
Mihaela Dinsoreanu, Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Pietro Ducange, University of Pisa, Italy
Romain Giot, Université de Bordeaux, France
Maki Habib, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Gareth Howells, University of Kent, United Kingdom
Ajay Jain, Independent Researcher, India
Colin Johnson, University of Kent, United Kingdom
Peter Kieseberg, St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Ho-Pun Lam, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, China
Carsten Lanquillon, Heilbronn University of Applied Sciences / COAI Research, Germany
Christos Hercules Makris, University of Patras, Greece
Stefano Mariani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Manuel Mazzara, Innopolis University, Russian Federation
Luca Mazzola, HSLU - Lucerne University of Applied Sciences, Switzerland
Chilukuri Mohan, Syracuse University, United States
José Manuel Molina, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Colm O Riordan, University of Galway, Ireland
Dawid Polap, Faculty of Applied Mathematics, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Ramesh Rayudu, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Olympia Roeva, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Luciano Sanchez, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
Catarina Silva, University of Coimbra, CISUC, Portugal
Philippe Thomas, Université de Lorraine, France
Tom van Engers, University of Amsterdam & TNO, Netherlands
Gregg Vesonder, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Constantin Volosencu, Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania
Xiaokun Zhang, Athabasca University, Canada

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