[CfP] Doctoral Consortium @ RuleML+RR 2026
Federica Di Stefano
The RuleML+RR 10th Doctoral Consortium 2026 (DC) is an initiative of the RuleML+RR community to attract and promote student research in Artificial Intelligence, especially research on rule-based formalisms and reasoning in such formalisms. It offers students a close contact with leading experts in the field, as well as the opportunity to present and discuss their ideas in a dynamic and friendly setting. We invite PhD students at an early or intermediate stage of their PhD studies, as well as exceptional master’s students who are interested in pursuing a PhD, to submit papers describing their research on any of the topics of RuleML+RR 2026.
Link: https://2026.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr/doctoral-consortium
Venue: The RuleML+RR 10th Doctoral Consortium 2026 will be held as a part of the RuleML+RR 2026 in Vilnius, Lithuania from August 24th to 26th. It will be co-located with several events as part of Declarative AI 2026, including DecisionCamp, the Reasoning Web Summer School, and multiple other satellite events of RuleML+RR 2026 (Rule Challenge, Industry Track, and Networking Session).
Topics of Interest: Macro areas are Ontologies and the Semantic Web, Rules and AI, Reasoning, Systems, Interoperability, Constraints, and Applications & Experiences. For the detailed list, please refer to https://2026.declarativeai.net/events/ruleml-rr/cfp.
Important dates (Anywhere on Earth - AoE):
June 12th, 2026 (AoE): Paper Submission
July 3rd, 2026 (AoE): Notification of Acceptance
Submission Procedure:
RuleML+RR DC papers range between 5 and 9 pages, are written in English and will be published as part of CEUR proceedings. They are submitted electronically in PDF together with a maximum 2 page-long CV (the paper and the CV should be submitted together as one PDF file, but the CV is not counted within the 9-page limit and is not published in the proceedings if the paper is accepted).
The submission should cover the following aspects:
- The identification of a significant problem in a research field relevant to RuleML+RR 2026.
- An outline of the current knowledge in the problem’s domain, as well as an overview of existing solutions.
- A clear formulation of the research question and motivation.
- A presentation of (possibly preliminary) ideas, the proposed approach, and the results achieved so far.
- A sketch of the applied research methodology and its positioning in the field.
- A description of the student’s contribution to the research.
- A discussion of how the suggested solution is different, new, or better as compared to the state of the art.
- A research plan and the potential achievements.
The accepted DC papers will be presented to an interested audience and will be discussed with a panel of senior researchers from academia and the industry.
Submission Link: cmt3.research.microsoft.com/DAI2026/ (select the “Doctoral Consortium” track).
Doctoral Consortium Chairs:
Sanja Lukumbuzya, TU Wien, Austria
Virginijus Marcinkevičius, Vilnius University, Lithuania