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AIDEM 2025 - International Tutorial and Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Democracy
https://aidem2025.isti.cnr.it/
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co-located with the ECML-PKDD 2025 Conference, Porto, Portugal


IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission deadline: June 14, 2025
Accept/Reject Notification: July 07, 2025
Camera-ready deadline: July 25, 2025
Workshop: September 19, 2025

CONTEXT & OBJECTIVES
We are pleased to announce the AIDEM 2025: International Tutorial and Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Democracy, a critical gathering that aims to explore the transformative role of artificial intelligence (AI) in modern governance, public discourse, and democratic processes. As AI technologies continue to evolve, their influence permeates every aspect of our lives, from the way we communicate on social media to how decisions are made in both public and private sectors. While AI promises numerous opportunities for improving efficiency, fairness, and public engagement, it also introduces significant challenges to democratic values, citizen privacy, and social integrity. This workshop seeks to bring together scholars, policymakers, industry experts, and practitioners to engage in discussions about the opportunities and risks posed by AI in the context of democracy. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the role of AI in social media ecosystems, disinformation, the regulation of algorithms, ethical concerns, content moderation, social justice, algorithmic fairness, and the implications of generative AI. We aim to foster interdisciplinary dialogue that addresses the ethical, social, and political dimensions of AI technologies and offers solutions for balancing innovation with democratic principles.

TOPICS
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

* AI and the Integrity of Online Information
- Integrity and Trust in Social Media Ecosystems
- Disinformation in Social Media
- Deep Fake in Social Media
- Moderation in Social Media
- Coordinated Online Behavior

* AI, Social Media, and Public Opinion
- Polarization in Online Platforms
- Effects of Recommender Algorithms on Social Media Users
- Generative AI in Social and Opinion
- Personalized Advertising and Risks

* AI for Democracy, Governance, and Justice
- Ethical Aspects and Implications of AI in Democracy
- Regulation vs. Innovation in AI
- Fairness in Democracy
- AI and Data Analytics for Social Justice
- Democracy in Justice and Crime
- AI methods for implementing public consultation processes

* AI, Bias, and Societal Impact
- Bias and AI
- Algorithmic Hiring
- Citizen Privacy in the Age of AI
- Impact of Algorithms on Mobility
- Overreliance on AI Undermines Accountability and Responsibility

* AI for Public Services and Social Good
- Democratization of Social Services with AI
- AI and Data Analytics for Social Justice

* Democratic governance of AI systems
- Citiczens' assemblies for assembling training sets for content moderation systems
- Citizens' assemblies for aligning generative AI models

AIDEM 2025 is a Workshop of the ECML-PKDD Conference: https://ecmlpkdd.org/2025/

SUBMISSION & PUBLICATION
All contributions will be reviewed by at least three members of the Program Committee. Regarding paper length, contributions can be up to 16 pages in LNCS format, i.e., the ECML PKDD 2025 submission format. All papers should be written in English and be in LNCS format. The following kinds of submissions will be considered: research papers, tool papers, case study papers, and position papers. Detailed information on the submission procedure are available at the workshop web page:

URL: https://aidem2025.isti.cnr.it/

Accepted papers will be published after the workshop by Springer in a volume of Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS). Condition for inclusion in the post-proceedings is that at least one of the co-authors has presented the paper at the workshop. Pre-proceedings will be available online before the workshop. We also allow accepted papers to be presented without publication in the conference proceedings, if the authors choose to do so. Some of the full paper submissions may be accepted as short papers after review by the Program Committee.
We thus accept the following types of submissions:
- Regular papers (12 - 16 pages including references) presenting novel original work not published or submitted elsewhere. Regular papers should be anonymized (double-blind review process) and formatted according to the ECMLPKDD 2025 guidelines (see link below). Accepted regular papers will be included in the Springer Workshop proceedings of ECMLPKDD 2025.
- Short papers (6 - 11 pages including references) presenting work-in-progress and position papers. Short papers should be anonymized (double-blind review process) and formatted according to the ECMLPKDD 2025 guidelines (see link below). Accepted short papers will be included in the Springer Workshop proceedings of ECMLPKDD 2025.
- Non-archival submissions presenting relevant work recently accepted or currently under submission/review at other venues. The original work should be submitted (free format). These submissions will not be included in the Springer Workshop proceedings.


The submission link is: https://cmt3.research.microsoft.com/ECMLPKDDWorkshops2025/Submission/Index
After logging in, create a new submission in your author console, and select the track “AIDEM 2025 - International Tutorial and Workshop on Artificial Intelligence, Data Analytics and Democracy”


PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
* Stefano Cresci, IIT-CNR, Italy
* Alistair Knott, Victoria University of Wellington
* Susan Leavy, University College Dublin, Ireland
* Lorenzo Mannocci, University of Pisa, Italy
* Anna Monreale, University of Pisa, Italy

VENUE
The event will take place at the ECML-PKDD 2025 Conference.

CONTACT
All inquiries should be sent to lorenzo.mannocci@phd.unipi.it