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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
  • 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

IJCCI KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Luís Paulo Reis, University of Porto, Portugal
Pietro Ducange, University of Pisa, Italy
Fei Liu, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong

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.

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: 22 - 24 October, 2025

Paper Submission: June 6, 2025 (extended)
Authors Notification: July 17, 2025
Camera Ready and Registration: July 31, 2025

Paper Submission: June 26, 2025
Authors Notification: July 31, 2025
Camera Ready and Registration: September 5, 2025

Workshops
Workshop Proposal: May 27, 2025 (expired)

Special Sessions
Special Session Proposal: May 27, 2025 (expired)

Tutorials
Tutorial Proposal: September 11, 2025

Demos
Demo Proposal: September 11, 2025

Panels
Panel Proposal: September 11, 2025

SECRETARIAT

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Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C
             2900-616 Setúbal - Portugal
Tel.: +351 265 520 185
Fax: +351 265 520 186
e-mail: explains.secretariat@insticc.org
Web: https://explains.scitevents.org

VENUE

The conference will take place at the Barceló Marbella hotel which is located right in the heart of the Costa del Sol. A city full of live with twenty-eight kilometres of coastline, four sports marinas, fourteen golf courses, and an exceptional climate.

IJCCI CONFERENCE CHAIR

Joaquim Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal / INSTICC, Portugal

PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS

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

PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Michael Affenzeller, Independent Researcher, Austria
Mojtaba Ahmadieh Khanesar, University of Nottingham, United Kingdom
Emel Aktas, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
Wudhichai Assawinchaichote, King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
Rosangela Ballini, Unicamp, Brazil
Bernhard Bauer, University of Augsburg , Germany
Fevzi Belli, Izmir Institute of Technology, Turkey
Floris Bex, Utrecht University / University of Tilburg, Netherlands
Isabelle Bichindaritz, State University of New York at Oswego, United States
Stefano Bistarelli, University of Perugia, Italy
Ulrich Bodenhofer, School of Informatics, Communications and Media, University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, Hagenberg, Austria
Francesco Calimeri, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Calabria, Italy
Giovanna Castellano, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", Italy
Juan Luis Castro, Universidad de Granada, Spain
Amitava Chatterjee, Jadavpur University, India
Mario G. C. A. Cimino, University of Pisa, Italy
Kendra Cooper, Independent Researcher, Canada
Flavio S. Correa da Silva, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
António Cunha, UTAD - Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro, Portugal
Pietro Ducange, University of Pisa, Italy
Márcia Aparecida Fernandes, Federal University of Uberlandia - UFU, Brazil
Jose M Ferrandez, Technical University Cartagena, Spain
Gianna Figà-Talamanca, University of Perugia, Italy
Romain Giot, Université de Bordeaux, France
Maki Habib, The American University in Cairo, Egypt
Gareth Howells, University of Kent, United Kingdom
Giovanni Iacca, University of Trento, Italy
Colin Johnson, University of Kent, United Kingdom
Uzay Kaymak, Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands
Peter Kieseberg, St. Poelten University of Applied Sciences, Austria
Ziad Kobti, University of Windsor, Canada
Constantine Kotropoulos, Aristotle Univ. of Thessaloniki, Greece
Christophe Labreuche, Thales Research and Technology, France
Wookey Lee, Inha University, Korea, Republic of
Ahmad Lotfi, Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom
Hichem Maaref, Universite d'EVRY-IUT, France
Christos Makris, University of Patras, Greece
Stefano Mariani, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy
Manuel Mazzara, Innopolis University, Russian Federation
Enza Messina, University of Milano Bicocca, Italy
José Manuel Molina, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain
Lale Özbakir, Engineering Faculty, Erciyes University, Turkey
Elpiniki Papageorgiou, University of Thessaly, Greece
Anitha S. Pillai, Hindustan Institute of Technology and Science, India
Dawid Polap, Silesian University of Technology, Poland
Olympia Roeva, Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria
Roseli A. Francelin Romero, University of São Paulo, Brazil
Luciano Sanchez, Universidad de Oviedo, Spain
Daniel Sánchez, University of Granada, Spain
Sabrina Senatore, University of Salerno, Italy
Catarina Silva, University of Coimbra, CISUC, Portugal
José Silvestre Silva, Military Academy, Portugal
Philippe Thomas, Université de Lorraine, France
Leonilde Rocha Varela, University of Minho, Portugal
Gregg Vesonder, Stevens Institute of Technology, United States
Weiwei Yu, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

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