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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The RuleML+RR 10th Doctoral Consortium 2026 (DC)</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> is an initiative of the RuleML+RR community
to attract and promote student research in Artificial Intelligence, especially research on rule-based formalisms and reasoning in such formalisms. It offers students a close contact with leading experts in the field, as well as the opportunity to present and
discuss their ideas in a dynamic and friendly setting. We invite PhD students at an early or intermediate stage of their PhD studies, as well as exceptional master’s students who are interested in pursuing a PhD, to submit papers describing their research
on any of the topics of </span><a href="https://2026.declarativeai.net/ruleml-rr" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://2026.declarativeai.net/ruleml-rr&source=gmail&ust=1773405626609000&usg=AOvVaw1V9up8GrOk7-XHk1cFDz0b" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RuleML+RR
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<b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Venue:</span></b><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> The RuleML+RR 10th Doctoral Consortium 2026 will be held as a part of the </span><a href="https://2026.declarativeai.net/ruleml-rr" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://2026.declarativeai.net/ruleml-rr&source=gmail&ust=1773405626609000&usg=AOvVaw1V9up8GrOk7-XHk1cFDz0b" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">RuleML+RR
2026</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> in Vilnius, Lithuania from August 24th to 26th. It will be co-located with several events as part of </span><a href="https://2026.declarativeai.net/" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://2026.declarativeai.net/&source=gmail&ust=1773405626609000&usg=AOvVaw2CbM4snPSp4MwCa_9BjECj" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Declarative
AI 2026</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, including </span><a href="https://2026.declarativeai.net/decisioncamp" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://2026.declarativeai.net/decisioncamp&source=gmail&ust=1773405626609000&usg=AOvVaw0Wi3UPFzlD2zEGhB9pf-d6" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">DecisionCamp</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">,
the </span><a href="https://2026.declarativeai.net/reasoning-web" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://2026.declarativeai.net/reasoning-web&source=gmail&ust=1773405626609000&usg=AOvVaw38mccAWf7IMUHWigRMJfFL" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Reasoning
Web Summer School</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">, and multiple other satellite events of RuleML+RR 2026</span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 11pt;">(</span><a href="https://2026.declarativeai.net/ruleml-rr/rule-challenge" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://2026.declarativeai.net/ruleml-rr/rule-challenge&source=gmail&ust=1773405626609000&usg=AOvVaw247r5hRDsGtfIWJ4fIpVhI" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; vertical-align: baseline; font-size: 11pt;">Rule
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Systems, Interoperability, Constraints, and Applications & Experiences. For the detailed list, please refer to </span><a href="https://2026.declarativeai.net/ruleml-rr/main-track" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://2026.declarativeai.net/ruleml-rr/main-track&source=gmail&ust=1773405626609000&usg=AOvVaw1mMKCyl0hRg9szxJchMYqq" style="color: rgb(17, 85, 204);"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">https://2026.declarativeai.</span><wbr><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">net/ruleml-rr/main-track</span></a><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">.</span></p>
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significant problem in a research field relevant to RuleML+RR 2026. </span></li><li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo, serif, EmojiFont;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An outline of the current
knowledge in the problem’s domain, as well as an overview of existing solutions. </span></li><li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo, serif, EmojiFont;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A clear formulation of the
research question and motivation. </span></li><li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo, serif, EmojiFont;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A presentation of (possibly
preliminary) ideas, the proposed approach, and the results achieved so far. </span></li><li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo, serif, EmojiFont;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A sketch of the applied
research methodology and its positioning in the field. </span></li><li style="margin: 0px; line-height: normal; font-family: "Helvetica Neue";"><span style="line-height: normal; font-family: Menlo, serif, EmojiFont;"></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A description of the student’s
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