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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=DE link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>=== Comprehensibility and Explanation in AI and ML (CEx) @ AI*IA 2017 ===<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Location: University of Bari (Bari, Italy).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Date: Nov. 14 & 15 XOR Nov. 16 & 17, 2017.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Hosted at: AI*IA 2017, the 16th International Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (<a href="http://aiia2017.di.uniba.it/">http://aiia2017.di.uniba.it/</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>== WORKSHOP WEBSITE == <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><a href="http://cex.inf.unibz.it">http://cex.inf.unibz.it</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>== INVITED SPEAKERS ==<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Barbara Hammer, University of Bielefeld<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>...more to come...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>== REGISTRATION ==<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Registration for the workshop is handled via the main conference website. Please consult <a href="http://aiia2017.di.uniba.it/">http://aiia2017.di.uniba.it/</a> for details.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>== CALL FOR PAPERS == <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>** Mission Statement **<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>CEx addresses fundamental questions for the nature of "comprehensibility" and "explanation" in an AI and ML context from a theoretical and an applied perspective. Research into philosophical approximations to what an explanation in AI and ML is (or can be) or how the comprehensibility of an intelligent system can formally be defined will be presented next to work addressing practical questions of how to assess a systems comprehensibility from a psychological perspective, or how to design and build better explainable AI and ML systems.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>** Fields of Interest **<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>The workshop brings together a diverse audience, including...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- ...participants from core areas of AI and ML,...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- ...ontologists,...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- ...cognitive scientists,... <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- ...psychologists,... <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- ...HCI researchers,... <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- ...and practitioners from industry and business contexts.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>** Accepted Submission Formats **<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit original papers that have not been submitted for review or published elsewhere:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Submitted papers must be written in English, must be formatted according to the Springer LNCS style (templates and sample files are available from <a href="https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines">https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines</a>).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- FULL PAPERS: Research and experience papers should not exceed 10 pages (excluding references/bibliography).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- SHORT PAPERS: Position papers or technical notes should not exceed 6 pages (excluding references/bibliography).<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- All submitted papers will be judged based on their relevance, originality, significance, technical quality, and organization.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>** Submission Website **<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Submissions to CEx @ AI*IA 2017 should be made via EasyChair: <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cexaiia2017">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=cexaiia2017</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>** Presentation **<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Selected papers will be presented during the workshop. The workshop will include extra time for discussion of the presentations allowing the group to have a better understanding of the issues, challenges, and ideas being presented.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>** Publication **<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Accepted papers will be published in official workshop proceedings within the CEUR-WS.org series. Depending on the number and quality of accepted papers, the organizers will consider organizing a special issue of a journal as follow-up publication.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>== IMPORTANT DATES ==<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Deadline for paper submission: July 27, 2017 (anywhere on this planet)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Notification of paper acceptance/rejection: September 10, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Camera-ready paper due: September 30, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>Workshop date: Nov. 14 & 15 XOR Nov. 16 & 17, 2017<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>== WORKSHOP ORGANISERS ==<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Tarek R. Besold (University of Bremen, Germany)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Oliver Kutz (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>== PROGRAMME COMMITTEE ==<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- John Bateman, University of Bremen<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Joanna Bryson, University of Bath<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Derek Doran, Wright State University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Artur Garcez, City, University of London<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Barbara Hammer, University of Bielefeld<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Caroline Jay, University of Manchester<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Kristian Kersting, Technical University Darmstadt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Antonio Lieto, University of Turin<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Rafael Penaloza, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Sarah Schulz, University of Stuttgart<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Gem Stapleton, University of Brighton<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Serge Thill, University of Skövde<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Leon van der Torre, University of Luxembourg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Rebekah Wegener, RWTH Aachen University<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>- Christina Zeller, University of Bamberg<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US>...more to come...<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>--<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-language:DE'>Digital Media Lab<br>Center for Computing and Communication Technologies (TZI)<br>University of Bremen<br><br>Email: Tarek.Besold@uni-bremen.de<br>Web: http://www.cat-ai.org<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-US><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>