[DL] ScaDS.AI School on Neuro+Symbolic AI - June 22-26, 2026 in Leipzig, Germany

[Filippo De Bortoli]

The Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence 
(ScaDS.AI) Dresden/Leipzig cordially invites you to its 12th 
International Summer School on AI and Big Data.

This year's theme is "Neuro+Symbolic AI", focusing on an emerging 
paradigm that combines the strengths of neural learning and symbolic 
reasoning, augmented with foundations in each of these.

June 22-26, 2026 | Leipzig, Germany
(in person only, no online participation)
Website: https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/

Invited target audience:
- PhD and Master's students
- PostDocs and researchers
- Practitioners from business, industry and society


== What to Expect? ==

The summer school will feature 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. Social 
program elements will allow for networking among the participants as 
well as for exploring the lively city of Leipzig.


== Confirmed Speakers ==

- Vaishak Belle    (University of Edinburgh)
- Vincent Derkinderen  (KU Leuven)
- Michael Färber   (TU Dresden)
- Pascal Hitzler   (Kansas State University)
- Filip Ilievski   (VU Amsterdam)
- Moa Johansson    (Chalmers University Gothenburg)
- Giuseppe Marra   (KU Leuven)
- Alessandra Mileo (Dublin City University)
- Ostap Okhrin     (TU Dresden)
- Simon Razniewski (TU Dresden)
- Daria Stepanova  (Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence)
- Marco Valentino  (University of Sheffield)


== Venue ==

Fixing the venue in or near the city center of Leipzig is in progress.


== Fees and Registration ==

The exact registration fees will be decided shortly, expecting amounts 
similar to those of 2025 (see https://scads.ai/summer-school-2025#prices 
for a comparison).

Registration is mandatory and will open soon.
We will happily notify you when that happens, if you share your email 
address via the following form:

https://t1p.de/scadsai-school2026-interest

(shortened link for 
https://cloud.scadsai.uni-leipzig.de/index.php/apps/forms/s/dPwLMwX9JN6YazLSXzr876i8)


== Organization ==

   - Scientific Organizers:  Filippo De Bortoli, Parvaneh Joharinad,
                             Frank Loebe, Paramita Mirza, Iryna Okhrin

   - Local Organizers:  Lucy Sonnet, Nicole Spieß

   - Steering Committee:
     - Jens Meiler (Scientific Director at the Leipzig site)
     - Wolfgang Nagel (Director at the Dresden site)
     - Gerik Scheuermann (Managing Director at the Leipzig site)


== Contact ==

Please write to Lucy Sonnet, Leipzig University, via

scads.ai.school at uni-leipzig.de


Best regards,
Filippo De Bortoli, on behalf of the school organizers
-- 
Filippo De Bortoli

Graduate School Coordinator, Center For Scalable Data Analytics and 
Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI) Dresden/Leipzig [1]
Research Associate, TUD Dresden University of Technology [2]

[1] TUD Dresden University of Technology
Center for Interdisciplinary Digital Sciences (CIDS)
Center for Scalable Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence (ScaDS.AI)
Cognitive AI Unit

[2] TUD Dresden University of Technology
Faculty of Computer Science
Institute of Artificial Intelligence
Computational Logic Group

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