日本データベース学会の皆様
お世話になります、東京工科大学の中西です。
説明可能なAI(XAI)をスコープにした国際会議である
XAI2026がFortaleza, Brazilで01-03 July, 2026の日程が開催されます。
そのCFPを送付させていただきます。締め切りはFebruary 1, 2026です。
本会議のGeneral Chairの一人であります、Luca Longo博士から
日本、アジアからの論文投稿を強く望まれています。
XAIに関する研究成果がございましたら、ぜひご投稿を検討ください。
何卒よろしくお願いいたします。
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中西崇文
東京工科大学
コンピュータサイエンス学部 教授
〒192-0982
東京都八王子市片倉町1404-1
研究棟A601
nakanishitf(a)stf.teu.ac.jp
042-637-2445
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CALL FOR PAPERS:
https://xaiworldconference.com/2026/call-for-papers/
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Artificial intelligence has undergone a significant shift in focus, with a growing
emphasis on designing and developing intelligent systems that are both interpretable and
explainable. This is due to the complexity of the models, built from data, and the legal
requirements imposed by various national and international parliaments. This has been
echoed both in the research literature and the press, attracting scholars worldwide and a
lay audience. An emerging field in AI is Explainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI), which
is devoted to producing intelligent systems that enable humans to understand their
inferences, assessments, predictions, recommendations, and decisions. Initially devoted to
designing post-hoc methods for explainability, eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI)
is rapidly expanding its boundaries to neuro-symbolic methods for producing
self-interpretable models. Research has also shifted the focus to the structure of
explanations and human-centred Artificial
Intelligence, as the ultimate users of interactive technologies are humans.
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IMPORTANT DATES
Authors/title registration on submission platform – (easy-chair)* (it remains open until
the paper submission deadline below): January, 15, 2026
Article upload deadline on submission platform (easy-chair)*: February 1, 2026
Paper bidding for reviewers February 2-4, 2026
Review submission deadlines for reviewers February 20, 2026
Notification of acceptance*: February 22, 2026
Registration (payment) and camera-ready* (upload to easy-chair): February 28, 2026
Article presentation instructions notification June, 2026
Publication (Springer CCIS series)
September/October, 2026
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The World Conference on Explainable Artificial Intelligence is an annual event that aims
to bring together researchers, academics, and professionals, promoting the sharing and
discussion of knowledge, new perspectives, experiences, and innovations in the field of
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI). This event is multidisciplinary and
interdisciplinary, bringing together academics and scholars of different disciplines,
including Computer Science, Psychology, Philosophy, Law and Social Science, to mention a
few, and industry practitioners interested in the practical, social and ethical aspects of
the explanation of the models emerging from the discipline of Artificial Intelligence
(AI).
The conference organisation encourages submissions related to explainable AI and
contributions from academia, industry, and other organisations discussing open challenges
or novel research approaches related to the explainability and interpretability of AI
systems.
Submitted manuscripts must be novel and not substantially duplicate existing work.
Manuscripts must be written using Springer’s Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS) in
the format provided here. Latex and word files are admitted; however, the former is
preferred. All submissions and reviews will be handled electronically. The conference has
a no dual submission policy, so submitted manuscripts must not be currently under review
at another publication venue.
Articles must be submitted using the easy-chair platform here.
While registering on the platform, the contact author must provide the following
information: paper title, all author names, affiliations, postal address, e-mail address,
and at least three keywords.
The conference will not require a strict page number, as we believe authors have different
writing styles and would like to produce scientific material differently. However, the
following types of articles are admitted:
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ARTICLE TYPES
full articles between 14 and 24 pages (including references)
short articles between 10 and 14 pages (including references)
Full articles should report on original and substantial contributions of lasting value,
and the work should concern the theory and/or practice of Explainable Artificial
Intelligence (xAI). Moreover, manuscripts showcasing the innovative use of xAI methods,
techniques, and approaches and exploring the benefits and challenges of applying xAI-based
technology in real-life applications and contexts are welcome. Evaluations of proposed
solutions and applications should be commensurate with the claims made in the article.
Full articles should reflect more complex innovations or studies and have a more thorough
discussion of related work. Research procedures and technical methods should be presented
sufficiently to ensure scrutiny and reproducibility. We recognise that user data may be
proprietary or confidential; therefore, we encourage sharing (anonymized, cleaned) data
sets, data collection procedures, and code. Results and findings should be communicated
clearly, and implication
s of the contributions for xAI as a field and beyond should be explicitly discussed.
Shorter articles should generally report on advances that can be described, set into
context, and evaluated concisely. These articles are not ‘work-in-progress’ reports but
complete studies focused on smaller but complete research work, simple to describe. For
these articles, the discussion of related work and contextualisation in the wider body of
knowledge can be smaller than that of full articles.
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APPENDIXES and supplemental material
Appendices and supplemental material must be placed within the article and the maximum
number of pages mentioned above.
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SPECIAL SESSION ARTICLES
The article submitted to the special sessions follows the submission procedure of the main
track and must be submitted via EasyChair, as mentioned above. The types of articles
admitted are full and shorter, as described above. The authors of an article to be
associated with a special session must select the name of such special session in the list
of topics in EasyChair, along with other relevant topics.
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AUTHOR COMMITTING TO REVIEW
By submitting to the conference, each senior manuscript author (holding at least a PhD)
volunteers to be added to the pool of potential PC members/reviewers for the conference
and may be asked to review manuscripts. This does not apply to authors who have already
agreed to contribute to the conference in some capacity (e.g., as PC/SPC members of the
main conference or special tracks, area chairs, or members of the organising committee)
and authors who are not qualified to be on the programme committee.
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THE PEER-REVIEW PROCESS
All articles submitted within the deadlines and per the guidelines will be subjected to a
single-blind review. Authors can also opt-out to disclose their names. However, authors
will not know the names of their reviewers. Papers that are out of scope, incomplete, or
lack sufficient evidence to support the basic claims may be rejected without full review.
Manuscripts that do not conform to the specified formatting style will be desk-rejected. A
non-dual policy submission exists, and articles submitted parallel to another
conference/journal will be desk-rejected. Furthermore, reviewers will be asked to comment
on whether the length is appropriate for the contribution. Each submitted article will be
reviewed by at least two appropriate committee members (main/special track programme
committee, late-breaking work/demo/DC committee).
After completion of the review process, the authors will be informed about the acceptance
or rejection of the submitted work. The reviewers’ comments will be available to the
authors if they are not desk-rejected. In case of acceptance, authors must meet the
recommendations for improvement and prepare and submit the definitive version of the work
up to the camera-ready paper submission deadline. In case of failure to consider the
recommendations made by the reviewers, the organizing committee, the chairs and the
editors reserve the right not to include these works in any of the planned conference
proceedings.
The article’s final version must follow the appropriate style guide and contain the
authors’ data (names, institutions and emails) and the ORCID details. Submitted articles
will be evaluated according to their originality, technical soundness, significance of
findings, contribution to knowledge, clarity of exposition and organisation and
applicability.
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PUBLICATION AND INDEXING
Each accepted and presented full, short paper (for the main and special tracks), presented
either as an oral presentation or as a poster, will be included in the conference
proceedings by Springer in Communications in Computer and Information Science, edited by
the general/PC chairs. At least one author of each accepted paper must pay the related
fees and register for the conference by the deadline. The official publication date is
when the publisher makes the proceedings available online. This date will be after the
conference and can take some weeks.
If authors want to publish their article OPEN ACCESS (upon a fee with Springer), please
refer to this page.