[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  (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     (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


== 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 (Wednesday)	Late = by June 14 (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 (= 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.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