# EXPLAINS 2025 : 2nd International Conference on Explainable AI for Neural and Symbolic Methods
Conference completed its latest edition on October 22, 2025 in Spain. Researchers will present papers on a wide range of subjects, including Computer Science & Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence and Uncategorized.
**Type**: Conference
**Status**: Expired
**Verified On**: 9th May, 2026
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## β± Critical Deadline
> *No submission deadline specified*
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## π Event Information
- **Mode**: In Person
- **Location**: Spain
- **Field**: Interdisciplinary
- **Date**: October 22-24, 2025
- **Official Website**: [https://explains.scitevents.org](https://explains.scitevents.org?utm_source=callforpaper.org)
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## π Call for Papers Description
CALL FOR PAPERS
2nd International Conference on Explainable AI for Neural and Symbolic Methods (EXPLAINS)
Submission Deadline: May 19, 2025
In Cooperation with:
ACM Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence
Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence
World Federation on Soft Computing
International Neural Network Society
Proceedings will be submitted for evaluation for indexation by:
SCOPUS
Google Scholar
The DBLP Computer Science Bibliography
Semantic Scholar
Engineering Index
Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index
The event will be of hybrid nature, in the sense that online presentations of accepted papers will be possible for those authors that are unable to travel to the venue.
https://explains.scitevents.org
October 22 - 24, 2025
Marbella, Spain
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Scope:
In the future people will collaborate more and more with machines to solve complex problems using AI techniques. Such a collaboration requires adequate communication, trust, clarity and understanding. eXplainable AI (XAI) aims at addressing such challenges by combining the best of symbolic AI and Machine Learning including neural models, evolutionary computing and fuzzy systems. Such topic has been studied for years by all different communities of AI, with different definitions, evaluation metrics, motivations and results. In addition to technology, this involves social and legal issues as well as a wide range of real-world applications and domains. Both interpretability by design methods and post-hoc methods for explaining complex models have been proposed and investigated. Research has also redirected its emphasis on the structure of explanations and human-centered Artificial Intelligence, recognizing that the ultimate users of interactive technologies are humans.
EXPLAINS is organized in 3 major tracks:
Applications
Social and Legal Issues
Technology
Conference Chair(s)
Joaquim Filipe, Polytechnic Institute of Setubal, Portugal
Program Chair(s)
Kurosh Madani, University of Paris-EST CrΓ©teil (UPEC), France
Francesco Marcelloni, University of Pisa, Italy
Niki van Stein, Leiden University, Netherlands
Program Committee
https://explains.scitevents.org/ProgramCommittee.aspx
EXPLAINS Secretariat
explains.secretariat@insticc.org
Address: Avenida de S. Francisco Xavier, Lote 7 Cv. C, Setubal 2900-616, Portugal
Tel:+351 265 520 185
Web: https://explains.scitevents.org
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## π· Taxonomy & Topics
- **Primary Category**: N/A
- **Research Fields**:
- Computer Science & Software Engineering
- Artificial Intelligence
- Uncategorized
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## π Academic Citations & Bibliographic Records
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### Plain Text
```text
EXPLAINS 2025 : 2nd International Conference on Explainable AI for Neural and Symbolic Methods. Spain, October 22β24, 2025. Available at: https://callforpaper.org/cfp/explains-2025-2nd-international-conference-on-explainable-ai-for-neural-and-symbolic-methods_3272. Accessed: August 29, 2026.
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### APA Style 7th edition
```text
EXPLAINS 2025 : 2nd International Conference on Explainable AI for Neural and Symbolic Methods. (2025, October 22β24). Spain. https://callforpaper.org/cfp/explains-2025-2nd-international-conference-on-explainable-ai-for-neural-and-symbolic-methods_3272
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### IEEE
```text
"EXPLAINS 2025 : 2nd International Conference on Explainable AI for Neural and Symbolic Methods," Spain, Oct. 22β24, 2025. [Online]. Available: https://callforpaper.org/cfp/explains-2025-2nd-international-conference-on-explainable-ai-for-neural-and-symbolic-methods_3272. [Accessed: August 29, 2026].
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### BibTeX
```bibtex
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year = {2025},
month = oct,
address = {Spain},
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note = {Call for Papers. Accessed: 2026-08-29}
}
```
### RIS (Reference Manager, EndNote)
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