CALL FOR PAPERS

3rd International Conference on Explainable AI for Neural and Symbolic Methods (EXPLAINS)
Submission Deadline: May 19, 2026


In Cooperation with:
ACM Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence
International Neural Network Society
European Society for Fuzzy Logic and Technology

Proceedings will be submitted for evaluation for indexation by:
DBLP
Google Scholar
EI-Compendex
INSPEC
Japanese Science and Technology Agency (JST)
Norwegian Register for Scientific Journals and Series
Mathematical Reviews
SCImago
Scopus
zbMATH
Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index

The event will be of hybrid nature, in the sense that online presentations of accepted papers will be possible for those authors that are unable to travel to the venue.

https://explains.scitevents.org
October 28 - 30, 2026
Angers, France
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Scope:
In the future people will collaborate more and more with machines to solve complex problems using AI techniques. Such a collaboration requires adequate communication, trust, clarity and understanding. eXplainable AI (XAI) aims at addressing such challenges by combining the best of symbolic AI and Machine Learning including neural models, evolutionary computing and fuzzy systems. Such topic has been studied for years by all different communities of AI, with different definitions, evaluation metrics, motivations and results. In addition to technology, this involves social and legal issues as well as a wide range of real-world applications and domains. Both interpretability by design methods and post-hoc methods for explaining complex models have been proposed and investigated. Research has also redirected its emphasis on the structure of explanations and human-centered Artificial Intelligence, recognizing that the ultimate users of interactive technologies are humans.


EXPLAINS is organized in 3 major tracks:
Technology
Social and Legal Issues
Applications

Conference Chair(s)
Francesco Marcelloni, University of Pisa, Italy

Program Chair(s)
Kurosh Madani, University of Paris-EST Créteil (UPEC), France
Niki van Stein, Leiden University, Netherlands

Program Committee
https://explains.scitevents.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx

EXPLAINS Secretariat
explains.secretariat@insticc.org

Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C, Setubal 2900-616, Portugal
Tel:+351 265 520 185
Web: https://explains.scitevents.org