[DL] [Early fees until April 22] ScaDS.AI School on Neuro+Symbolic AI - June 22-26, 2026 in Leipzig, Germany - 2nd Call for Participation

[Frank Loebe]

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Visit our website at https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/ for updates 
since the previous call, e.g. on the scientific 
<https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/scientific-program/> and social 
<https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/social-program/> program, 
accommodation 
<https://scads.ai/event/summer-schools/summer-school-2026/#accommodation> 
options and how to apply for fee reduction 
<https://scads.ai/event/summer-schools/summer-school-2026/#fee-reduction> 
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 12th 
International Summer School on AI and Big Data 
<https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/>. 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/
*Fee reduction* requests received*by April 14* will be decided by April 17.


== /Invited target audience/ ==

  * Students:   PhD and Master's  (also 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. A poster 
session and 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/
https://scads.ai/summer-school-2026/social-program/


== /Speakers/ ==

  * Vaishak Belle <https://people.inf.ed.ac.uk/Vaishak_Belle.html>   
      (University of Edinburgh)
  * Vincent Derkinderen <https://vincentderk.github.io/> (KU Leuven)
  * Michael Färber
    <https://scads.ai/about-us/ai-professorships/scalable-software-architectures-for-data-analytics/> 
       (TU Dresden)
  * Robert Haase <https://scads.ai/about-us/people/robert-haase/>     
    (Leipzig University)
  * Pascal Hitzler
    <https://www.cs.ksu.edu/about/people/faculty/hitzler/>    (Kansas
    State University)
  * Yujia Hu <https://iccl.inf.tu-dresden.de/web/Yujia_Hu/en>         
    (TU Dresden)
  * Filip Ilievski <https://www.ilievski.info/> (VU Amsterdam)
  * Moa Johansson <https://www.cse.chalmers.se/~jomoa/>    (Chalmers
    University Gothenburg)
  * Lalith Manjunath
    <https://fis.tu-dresden.de/portal/en/researchers/lalith-manjunath(d53e8e89-5aad-43ca-ab75-568834b8c576).html> 
    (TU Dresden)
  * Giuseppe Marra <https://ai.kuleuven.be/members/00135696>    (KU Leuven)
  * Alessandra Mileo
    <https://www.dcu.ie/computing/people/alessandra-mileo>  (Dublin City
    University)
  * Ostap Okhrin
    <https://tu-dresden.de/bu/verkehr/ivw/osv/die-professur/inhaber-in> 
         (TU Dresden)
  * Simon Razniewski
    <https://scads.ai/about-us/ai-professorships/kaai/simon-razniewski/> 
    (TU Dresden)
  * Tobias Schreieder
    <https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=en&user=Rt0lgBYAAAAJ> (TU
    Dresden)
  * Daria Stepanova <https://dariastepanova.github.io/>  (Bosch Center
    for Artificial Intelligence)
  * Marco Valentino <https://www.marcovalentino.net/>  (University of
    Sheffield)


== /Venue/ ==

Radisson Blu Hotel Leipzig <https://radissonblu-leipzig.de/en/>, 
Augustusplatz 5-6, 04109 Leipzig, Germany


== /Registration and Fees/ ==

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
*(by Attendee Type) 	*Early* = by April 22 
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260423T115959>
(Wednesday) 	*Late* = by June 14 
<https://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20260615T115959>
(Sunday)
    ScaDS.AI Member 	490 € 	600 €
    Student 	510 € 	620 €
    Academic 	640 € 	750 €
    Non-Academic 	800 € 	910 €
*Day Tickets
*(for all Types of Attendees) 	225 € 	225 €


Deadlines apply in an AoE <https://time.is/Anywhere_on_Earth> (= UTC-12) 
reading.

Interested students can *apply for a fee reduction* 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) 
*by Tuesday, April 14*, to scads.ai.school at uni-leipzig.de .


== /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 <maitlo:scads.ai.school at uni-leipzig.de>


Best regards,
Frank Loebe
on behalf of the Organizers



-- 
Frank Loebe, Coordinator, ScaDS.AI Graduate School, Leipzig University
Phone: +49 341 97 39350   Email: frank.loebe at informatik.uni-leipzig.de




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