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Neuro+Symbolic AI - June 22-26, 2026 in Leipzig, Germany - 3rd
Call for Participation</title>
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<hr width="100%" size="2">Currently noteworthy:
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<li><b>Early bird</b> rates <b>end today,</b> on <a
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href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260521T115959">May
20 (AoE)</a></li>
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<li>Registering secures the rate, in case of bank transfer
allowing for payment within a week </li>
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registration remains open until <a
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(AoE)</a></li>
<li><b style="font-weight: 700; font-weight: 700">Day
tickets</b> are <b
style="font-weight: 700; font-weight: 700">available</b>,
each of which<b> </b>includes the social dinner on Day 2,
Tuesday, June 23</li>
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<p>More info & updates: <a
href="https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/</a> </p>
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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> had been extended in April until
Wednesday, <b>May 20</b>, and registration is open <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>
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<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>
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== <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>
Accommodation options:<br>
<a
href="https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/local-information/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/local-information/</a><br>
<br>
<br>
== <i>Registration and Fees</i> ==<br>
<br>
Registration is mandatory to attend the school: <a
href="https://pretix.eu/infai/SummerSchool2026/"
class="moz-txt-link-freetext">https://pretix.eu/infai/SummerSchool2026/</a> .<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=20260521T115959">by
May 20</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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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Deadlines apply in an <a
href="https://time.is/Anywhere_on_Earth">AoE</a> (=
UTC-12) reading. Initial early deadline was <a
href="https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260423T115959">April
22</a>.</font><br>
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== <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>
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== <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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