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<hr width="100%" size="2">Visit our website at <a
href="https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/</a>
for updates since the previous call, e.g. on the <a
href="https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/scientific-program/">scientific</a>
and <a href="https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/social-program/">social</a>
program, <a
href="https://scads.ai/event/summer-schools/summer-school-2026/#accommodation">accommodation</a>
options and how to apply for <a
href="https://scads.ai/event/summer-schools/summer-school-2026/#fee-reduction">fee
reduction</a> by April 14.
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The Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence
(ScaDS.AI) Dresden/Leipzig cordially invites you to its <a
href="https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/">12th International
Summer School on AI and Big Data</a>. This year's theme is '<b>Neuro+Symbolic
AI</b>', focusing on an emerging paradigm that combines the
strengths of neural learning and symbolic reasoning, augmented
with foundations in each of these.<br>
<br>
<b>June 22-26</b>, 2026 | <b>Leipzig, Germany</b> (Radisson Blu
Hotel, Augustusplatz)<br>
(in person only, no online participation)<br>
<br>
Website: <b><a href="https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/</a></b><br>
<br>
<b>Early registration</b> is open until Wednesday, <b>April 22</b>,
registration <b>overall until June 14</b> (AoE):<br>
<a href="https://pretix.eu/infai/SummerSchool2026/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://pretix.eu/infai/SummerSchool2026/</a><br>
<b>Fee reduction</b> requests received<b> by April 14</b> will be
decided by April 17.<br>
<br>
<br>
== <i>Invited target audience</i> ==<br>
<ul>
<li>Students: PhD and Master's (also open to Bachelor's)</li>
<li>Academics: PostDocs and researchers</li>
<li>Non-Academics: Practitioners from business, industry and
society</li>
</ul>
<br>
== <i>What to Expect?</i> ==<br>
<br>
The summer school features a rich program of short courses taught
by leading experts, complemented by hands-on tutorials,
interactive formats, and invited talks that provide a
comprehensive overview of recent advances and key achievements in
Neuro-Symbolic AI. A poster session and social program elements
will allow for networking among the participants as well as for
exploring the lively city of Leipzig.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/scientific-program/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/scientific-program/</a><br>
<a href="https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/social-program/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/social-program/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
== <i>Speakers</i> ==
<ul>
<li><a href="https://people.inf.ed.ac.uk/Vaishak_Belle.html">Vaishak
Belle</a> (University of Edinburgh)</li>
<li><a href="https://vincentderk.github.io/">Vincent Derkinderen</a>
(KU Leuven)</li>
<li><a
href="https://scads.ai/about-us/ai-professorships/scalable-software-architectures-for-data-analytics/">Michael
Färber</a> (TU Dresden)</li>
<li><a href="https://scads.ai/about-us/people/robert-haase/">Robert
Haase</a> (Leipzig University)</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.cs.ksu.edu/about/people/faculty/hitzler/">Pascal
Hitzler</a> (Kansas State University)</li>
<li><a href="https://iccl.inf.tu-dresden.de/web/Yujia_Hu/en">Yujia
Hu</a> (TU Dresden)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.ilievski.info/">Filip Ilievski</a>
(VU Amsterdam)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.cse.chalmers.se/~jomoa/">Moa Johansson</a>
(Chalmers University Gothenburg)</li>
<li><a
href="https://fis.tu-dresden.de/portal/en/researchers/lalith-manjunath(d53e8e89-5aad-43ca-ab75-568834b8c576).html">Lalith
Manjunath</a> (TU Dresden)</li>
<li><a href="https://ai.kuleuven.be/members/00135696">Giuseppe
Marra</a> (KU Leuven)</li>
<li><a
href="https://www.dcu.ie/computing/people/alessandra-mileo">Alessandra
Mileo</a> (Dublin City University)</li>
<li><a
href="https://tu-dresden.de/bu/verkehr/ivw/osv/die-professur/inhaber-in">Ostap
Okhrin</a> (TU Dresden)</li>
<li><a
href="https://scads.ai/about-us/ai-professorships/kaai/simon-razniewski/">Simon
Razniewski</a> (TU Dresden)</li>
<li><a
href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Rt0lgBYAAAAJ">Tobias
Schreieder</a> (TU Dresden)</li>
<li><a href="https://dariastepanova.github.io/">Daria Stepanova</a>
(Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence)</li>
<li><a href="https://www.marcovalentino.net/">Marco Valentino</a>
(University of Sheffield)</li>
</ul>
<br>
== <i>Venue</i> ==<br>
<br>
<a href="https://radissonblu-leipzig.de/en/">Radisson Blu Hotel
Leipzig</a>, Augustusplatz 5-6, 04109 Leipzig, Germany<br>
<br>
<br>
== <i>Registration and Fees</i> ==<br>
<br>
Registration is mandatory to attend the school.<br>
It <b>includes</b> access to the sessions, lunch, coffee breaks,
social dinner and some other social items.<br>
It does<b> <u>not</u> cover</b> accommodation, breakfast, dinner
(except for Tuesday) nor any transportation.<br>
<br>
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<td valign="top"><b><font color="#63a44b">Full Week Tickets</font><br>
</b>(by Attendee Type)</td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><b>Early</b> = <a
href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260423T115959">by
April 22</a><br>
(Wednesday)</td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><b>Late</b> = by <a
href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260615T115959">June
14</a><br>
(Sunday)</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"> ScaDS.AI Member</td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font color="#63a44b">490 €</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font color="#63a44b">600 €</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"> Student</td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font color="#63a44b">510 €</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font color="#63a44b">620 €</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"> Academic</td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font color="#63a44b">640 €</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font color="#63a44b">750 €</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"> Non-Academic</td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font color="#63a44b">800 €</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font color="#63a44b">910 €</font></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td valign="top"><b><font color="#1275ac">Day Tickets</font><br>
</b>(for all Types of Attendees)</td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font color="#1275ac">225 €</font></td>
<td valign="top" align="center"><font color="#1275ac">225 €</font></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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Deadlines apply in an <a
href="https://time.is/Anywhere_on_Earth">AoE</a> (= UTC-12)
reading.</font><br>
<br>
Interested students can <b>apply for a fee reduction</b> by
submitting a statement of motivation (at most ~250 words) and a
brief recommendation by their supervisor (signed letter or email
from supervisor’s account) <b>by Tuesday, April 14</b>, to <a
href="mailto:scads.ai.school@uni-leipzig.de"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">scads.ai.school@uni-leipzig.de</a>
.<br>
<br>
<br>
== <i>Organization</i> ==<br>
<ul>
<li>Scientific Organizers: Filippo De Bortoli, Parvaneh
Joharinad, Frank Loebe, Paramita Mirza, Iryna Okhrin</li>
<li>Local Organizers: Lucy Sonnet, Nicole Spieß</li>
<li>Steering Committee: Jens Meiler, Wolfgang Nagel, Gerik
Scheuermann</li>
</ul>
<br>
== <i>Contact</i> ==<br>
<br>
Please write to Lucy Sonnet, Leipzig University, via <a
href="maitlo:scads.ai.school@uni-leipzig.de">scads.ai.school@uni-leipzig.de</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Frank Loebe<br>
on behalf of the Organizers<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
-- <br>
Frank Loebe, Coordinator, ScaDS.AI Graduate School, Leipzig
University<br>
Phone: +49 341 97 39350 Email: <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="mailto:frank.loebe@informatik.uni-leipzig.de">frank.loebe@informatik.uni-leipzig.de</a><br>
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