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

SCOPE

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.
eXplainalbe 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


  • Generative AI vs Interpretability
  • Explainable Generative AI
  • 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
  • Explainable Edge Computing
  • Human-Computer Interfaces Supporting XAI
  • Natural Language Processing and XAI
  • XAI for the Semantic Web
  • Ontologies Supporting XAI
  • Metrics for Explanations
  • XAI Benchmarking
  • Evolutionary XAI Approaches
  • XAI for Evolutionary Computing
  • Post-Hoc Methods for Explainability
  • Model-Specific vs Model-Agnostic Methods for Explainability

AREA 2: SOCIAL AND LEGAL ISSUES


  • Ethical Concerns of XAI
  • Accountability and Responsibility
  • Explainable Bias and Fairness of XAI Systems
  • Model Accuracy and Interpretability
  • Explainability Pitfalls and Problems in XAI
  • Prevention/Detection of Deceptive AI Explanations
  • Social Implications of Synthetic Explanations
  • Trust Management and Reputation
  • Regulatory Compliance
  • Adversarial Attacks Explanations

AREA 3: APPLICATIONS


  • Healthcare and Biomedical Sciences
  • Human/AI Cooperation
  • Decision-Support Systems
  • Recommender Systems
  • Computer Vision Applications
  • Robotics and Control Systems
  • Explaining Object and Obstacle Detection
  • Explainable Methods for Finance
  • Explaining Project Risk
  • Explainability in Transportation Systems
  • Supply Chains and Industry 4.0
  • Internet of Things
  • Security and Privacy
  • Privacy-Preserving Systems

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Tome Eftimov, Jožef Stefan Institute, Slovenia, Slovenia
Gabriela Ochoa, University of Stirling, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Rita Ribeiro, University of Porto, Portugal

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 in the conference proceedings, under an ISBN reference, on paper and on digital support.
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper on our digital library is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
The proceedings will be submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index.

IMPORTANT DATES

Conference Date: 20 - 22 November, 2024

Paper Submission: June 24, 2024 (expired)
Authors Notification: July 31, 2024 (expired)
Camera Ready and Registration: September 13, 2024 (expired)

Paper Submission: July 24, 2024 (expired)
Authors Notification: September 12, 2024 (expired)
Camera Ready and Registration: September 25, 2024 (expired)

Late-Breaking

Paper Submission: September 6, 2024 (expired)
Authors Notification: September 26, 2024 (expired)
Camera Ready and Registration: October 7, 2024 (expired)

Workshops
Workshop Proposal: June 26, 2024 (expired)

Special Sessions
Special Session Proposal: June 26, 2024 (expired)

Tutorials
Tutorial Proposal: October 9, 2024 (expired)

Demos
Demo Proposal: October 9, 2024 (expired)

Panels
Panel Proposal: October 9, 2024 (expired)

Abstracts
Abstract Submission: October 1, 2024 (expired)
Authors Notification: October 9, 2024 (expired)
Camera Ready and Registration: October 15, 2024 (expired)

SECRETARIAT

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

VENUE

The conference will take place at the Vila Galé Porto hotel which is located in the beautiful and historical city of Porto in Portugal. Porto is considered to be one of the most beautiful historical towns in Portugal, with its remarkable architectural heritage shaped by history.

CONFERENCE CHAIR

Joaquim Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal / INSTICC, Portugal

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

Francesco Marcelloni, University of Pisa, Italy
Kurosh Madani, University of Paris-EST Créteil (UPEC), France
Niki van Stein, Leiden University, Netherlands

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Jaumin Ajdari, South East European University, North Macedonia
Haneen Algethami, Taif University, Saudi Arabia
Cesar Analide, Department of Informatics, University of Minho, Portugal
Andrea Apicella, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Joel Arrais, University of Coimbra, Portugal
Elena Bautu, Ovidius University Constanta, Romania
Cyrille Bertelle, Université du Havre, France
Floris Bex, Utrecht University / University of Tilburg, Netherlands
Stefano Bistarelli, University of Perugia, Italy
Ulrich Bodenhofer, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg, Austria
Anna Sergeevna Bosman, University of Pretoria, South Africa
Susana Brás, IEETA, DETI, LASI, Universidade de Aveiro, Portugal
Francesco Calimeri, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria, Italy
Juan Luis Castro, Universidad de Granada, Spain
Danilo Cavaliere, University of Salerno, Italy
Mario G. C. A. Cimino, University of Pisa, Italy
Joana Costa, Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
Inês Domingues, Polytechnic Institute of Coimbra, Coimbra Institute of Engineering, Portugal
Márcia Aparecida Fernandes, Federal University of Uberlandia - UFU, Brazil
Gianna Figà-Talamanca, University of Perugia, Italy
Duarte Folgado, Fraunhofer AICOS, Portugal
Gizem Gezici, Scuola Normale Superiore Pisa, Italy
Romain Giot, Université de Bordeaux, France
Tilottama Gowasmi, Department of Information Technology, Vasavi College of Engineering, India
Maki Habib, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Giovanni Iacca, University of Trento, Italy
Colin Johnson, University of Kent, United Kingdom
Jose M. Juarez, MedAI Lab, University of Murcia, Spain
Constantine Kotropoulos, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
Christophe Labreuche, Thales Research and Technology, France
Florin Leon, Technical University Gheorghe Asachi of Iasi, Romania
Miqing Li, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom
Hichem Maaref, Universite d'EVRY-IUT, France
Luis Magdalena, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
Luca Marconi, University of Milano - Bicocca, Italy
Hall Mark, Airbus, United Kingdom
Enza Messina, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
José Manuel Molina, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Giovanni Paragliola, Institute for High Performance Computing and Networking of the National Research Council, Italy
Alan Perotti, CENTAI Institute, Italy
Andrew Ponomarev, SPC RAS, Russian Federation
Roberto Prevete, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Alessandro Renda, University of Trieste, Italy
Daniel Sánchez, University of Granada, Spain
José Silvestre Silva, Military Academy, Portugal
Timo Speith, University of Bayreuth, Germany
Leonardo Trujillo, Instituto Tecnologico de Tijuana, Mexico
Srdjan Vesic, CNRS, France
Constantin Volosencu, Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania

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