[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 and social program,
accommodation options and how to apply for 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.

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 (+ 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 (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)

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.a...@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.a...@uni-leipzig.de



Best regards,
Frank Loebe
on behalf of the Organizers



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