[DL] ScaDS.AI School on Neuro+Symbolic AI - June 22-26, 2026 in Leipzig, Germany - Call for Participation - Early fees until April 22

[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 (Radisson Blu Hotel, Augustusplatz)
(in person only, no online participation)

Website: https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/

Early registration is open until Wednesday, April 22, registration 
overall until June 14 (AoE): https://pretix.eu/infai/SummerSchool2026/



== Invited target audience ==

- Students: PhD and Master's (+ open to Bachelor's)
- Academics: PostDocs and researchers
- Non-Academics: Practitioners from business, industry and society



== What to Expect? ==

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

https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/scientific-program/



== Speakers ==

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



== Venue ==

Radisson Blu Hotel Leipzig, Augustusplatz 5-6, 04109 Leipzig, Germany

Hotel website: https://radissonblu-leipzig.de/en/



== Fees and Registration ==

Registration is mandatory to attend the school.
It *includes* access to the sessions, lunch, coffee breaks, social 
dinner and some other social items.
It *does not cover* accommodation, breakfast, dinner (except for 
Tuesday) nor any transportation.


  Full Week Tickets:   | Early | Late

   - ScaDS.AI Member   | 490 € | 600 €
   - Student           | 510 € | 620 €
   - Academic          | 640 € | 750 €
   - Non-Academic      | 800 € | 910 €

  Day Tickets:         | 225 € | 225 €


Early registration until Wednesday, April 22 (AoE) (2 months before)
Late registration until Sunday, June 14 (AoE)      (1 week   before)



== Organization ==

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

  - Local Organizers:  Lucy Sonnet, Nicole Spieß

  - Steering Committee:  Jens Meiler, Wolfgang Nagel, Gerik Scheuermann



== 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 Organizers
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