European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI)*
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The European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI), formerly the Summer Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB), is Europe’s premier archival venue for presenting scientific results in Artificial Intelligence.
The conference is jointly organized by the European Association for Artificial Intelligence (EurAI) and one of its European countries’ member associations. Until 2022 it was a biennial event.
Relevant “Knowledge Management” Workshops:
- Knowledge Management and Organizational Memories (1998-2007; in odd years at IJCAI)
- Agent-Mediated Knowledge Management (2004; in 2003: Symposium @ AAAI Spring Symposium, in 2005: Workshop @ AAMAS)
- Knowledge Management for Healthcare Processes aka Knowledge Management for Health Care Procedures (K4HelP) (2008)
- Artificial Intelligence for Knowledge Management (2012, (2018); in 2014: Workshop @ KAM; since 2015: Workshop @ IJCAI)
Sister conferences:
- IJCAI – International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence
- PRICAI – Pacific Rim International Conferences on Artificial Intelligence
Conference History:
3rd IJCAI-ECAI-2026, Bremen, Germany
Conference Theme: TBD
(35st IJCAI and the 29th ECAI; Host: U Bremen Research Alliance; Section for Artificial Intelligence, German Informatics Society)
- Conference Program TBD
28th ECAI-2025, 27-31 October, 2025, Bologna, Italy
Conference Theme: TBD
(Host: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Bologna; Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence)
- Conference Program TBD
27th ECAI-2024, October 19-24, 2024, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Conference Theme: 50 Years Building the Future with AI
(Host: Intelligent Systems Group, Research Center on Information Technology (CITIUS), University of Santiago de Compostela)
- Conference Program TBD
Main Track Sessions:
Planning and Learning
Reinforcement Learning
Machine Learning
Graph-Based Machine Learning
Natural Language Processing
Federated Learning
Contrastive Learning
Reasoning and Learning
Adversarial Machine Learning
Workshops:
2nd Workshop on Data Fusion for Artificial Intelligence (DAFUSAI)
37th International Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning (QR)
Workshop on Classifier Learning From Difficult Data (CLD2)
Workshop on Automated Machine Learning (AutoML; CANCELLED)
Workshop on Weakly Supervised and Cautious Learning: Bridging Machine Learning and Uncertainty Management (WSCL)
Machine Learning Meets Differential Equations: From Theory to Applications (ML-DE)
4th Workshop on Data Meets Applied Ontologies in Explainable AI (DAO-XAI IV)
2nd Workshop on Multimodal Semantic Representations (MMSR II)
Workshop on Intelligent Management Information Systems (IMIS)
Doctoral Consortium
Tutorials:
A Multi-view panorama of Data-Centric AI: Techniques, Tools, and Applications
Beyond Trial & Error: A Tutorial on Automated Reinforcement Learning
Boosting Ontology Conceptualization with Chowlk
How do you Construct a Knowledge Graph?
Improving Deep Learning by Exploiting Synthetic Images
Multi-Objective Multi-Agent Learning: Evolutionary and Reinforcement Learning Perspectives
Referring Expressions in Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Representation Systems
The Epistemology of Machine Learning: Induction, Causality, Explanation
26th ECAI-2023, September 30 – October 5, 2023, Kraków, Poland
(Co-organizer: Group for Engineering of Intelligent Systems and Technologies, Jagiellonian University in Kraków & AGH University of Science and Technology)
- Technical Sessions:
Machine Learning
Speech & Natural Language Processing
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Machine Learning and Generative AI
Multiagent Learning
Planning and Search
Classification and Regression
Machine Learning: Reinforcement Learning Algorithms
Data Mining and Data Science
Workshops:
The Semantic Data Mining Workshop
Verifying Learning AI Systems
2nd International Workshop on HYbrid Models for Coupling Deductive and Inductive ReAsoning
Workshop on Intelligent Management Information Systems
International Workshop on Logical Aspects in Multi-Agent Systems and Strategic Reasoning
International Workshop on Explainable and Interpretable Machine Learning
2nd Workshop on Perspectivist Approaches to NLP (and Beyond)
36th International Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning
Modelling and Representing Context
Tutorials:
Hypervolume Approximation for Many-objective Optimization and Learning
Decentralized Federated Learning: Enabling Collaborative AI With Enhanced Trust and Efficiency
2nd IJCAI-ECAI-22, July 23-29, 2022, Vienna, Austria
(31st IJCAI and the 25th ECAI; Co-organizer: Center for Computer Science; Kurt Goedel Society)
Note: The conference was planned to take place in Bologna, Italy (Co-organizer: Associazione Italiana per l’Intelligenza Artificiale)
Workshops:
Trustworthy Federated Learning
2nd International Workshop on Heuristic Search in Industry (HSI)
First International Workshop on Spatio-Temporal Reasoning and Learning
Cognitive Aspects of Knowledge Representation
35th International Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning
MRC 2022 – 13th International Workshop on Modelling and Reasoning in Context
NASO 2022 – Workshop on New Architectures for Search and Optimization
Safe Reinforcement Learning (RL) Workshop
Semantic Techniques for Narrative-based Understanding
Interactions between Analogical Reasoning and Machine Learning
Fourth Workshop on Bridging the Gap Between AI Planning and Reinforcement Learning (PRL)
The fifth Data Science Meets Optimization (DSO) Workshop
24th ECAI-2020, 29 August – 8 September 2020, Santiago de Compostela, Spain Virtual venue
Conference Theme: Paving the Way Towards Human-centric Artificial Intelligence
Special Topic: Artificial Intelligence for Human Values
(Host: Asociación Española para la Inteligencia Artificial (AEPIA); Organizer: IIntelligent Systems Group, Research Center on Information Technology (CITIUS), University of Santiago de Compostela)
Note: The conference was scheduled for 8-12 June 2020 and 29 August – 2 September 2020
Conference Tracks:
Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KRR); Machine Learning (ML); Semantic Technologies (SEM)
Pre-/Post-Conference Workshops (Aug 28-29/Sep 4-8):
5th International Workshop on Knowledge Discovery in Healthcare Data; Workshop on Data Fusion for Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning for Data Streams; Safe Machine Learning — SafeML; 6th International Workshop on Graph Structures for Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (GKR 2020); Knowledge Representation & Representation Learning (KR4L)
Pre-/Post-conference Tutorials (Aug 29-30/Sep 4-5):
Deep Learning in the Fields; Scalable Deep Learning: How far is one billion neurons?; Knowledge Graph Embeddings: From Theory to Practice; Deep Learning for Graphs – Processing symbolic relationships with neural networks; Graph Representation Learning in the Presence of Community Outliers; Probabilistic Circuits: Representations, Inference, Learning and Applications; Practical Uses of Existential Rules in Knowledge Representation; Referring Expressions in Knowledge Representation System; Explanation and Fairness in Unsupervised Learning; Machine Learning Guided Program Synthesis; Defeasible Reasoning for Ontologies (CANCELLED)
1st IJCAI-ECAI-2018, 13-19 July 2018, Stockholm, Sweden
(27th IJCAI and 23rd ECAI, part of the Federated AI Meeting (FAIM), July 9-19; Host: Swedish Artificial Intelligence Society (SAIS); Organizer: IJCAI – International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, EurAI – European Association for Artificial Intelligence)
- Conference Tracks:
Machine Learning; Knowledge Representation
Pre-Conference Workshops:
Artificial Intelligence for Knowledge Management; Knowledge Discovery in Healthcare Data; Learning and Reasoning: Principles & Applications to Everyday Spatial and Temporal Knowledge
Pre-conference Tutorials:
Recent Advances in Knowledge Compilation
Co-located:
Doctoral Consortium
22nd ECAI-2016, 29 August – 2 September 2016, The Hague, The Netherlands
(Host: Benelux Association for Artificial Intelligence (BNVKI/AIABN); Organizer: Delft University of Technology, Universiteit Utrecht, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
- Conference Tracks:
Reinforcement Learning; Knowledge Representation; Learning; Information Retrieval and NLP; Clustering; Classification; Learning in Use; Multi-Class Classification; Reasoning about Knowledge and Data; Possibilistic Reasoning; Ontologies and Conformance
Pre-Conference Workshops:
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Pre-conference Tutorials:
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Co-located Conferences:
STarting AI Researchers Symposium (STAIRS)
21st ECAI-2014, 18-21 August 2014, Prague, Czech Republic
(Host: Czech Society for Cybernetics and Informatics (CSKI); Organizer: Czech Technical University in Prague)
- Conference Tracks:
Machine Learning and Data Mining; Knowledge Representation, Reasoning, and Logic; Web and Knowledge-based Information Systems
Pre-Conference Workshops:
International Workshop on Reactive Concepts in Knowledge Representation (ReactKnow 2014); Artificial Intelligence meets Web of Knowledge (AIWK) (CANCELLED); Knowledge Engineering and Software Engineering (KESE2014)
Pre-conference Tutorials:
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Co-located Conferences:
STarting AI Researchers Symposium (STAIRS)
20th ECAI-2012, 27-31 August 2012, Université Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France
(Host: French Association for Artificial Intelligence (AFIA); Organizer: Montpellier Laboratory for Informatics, Robotics and Microelectronics (LIRMM))
- Conference Tracks:
Machine Learning
Pre-Conference Workshops:
Knowledge Engineering and Software Engineering (KESE2012); Artificial Intelligence for Knowledge Management
Pre-conference Tutorials:
Knowledge processing and reasoning for robotic agents performing everyday manipulation
Co-located Conferences:
STarting AI Researchers Symposium (STAIRS)
19th ECAI-2010, 16-20 August 2010, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
(Host: Associação Portuguesa para a Inteligência Artificial (APPIA); Organizer: University of Lisbon)
- Conference Tracks:
Machine Learning; Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Pre-Conference Workshops:
Intelligent Engineering Techniques for Knowledge Bases (I-KBET); Knowledge Representation for Health Care (KR4HC)
Pre-conference Tutorials:
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Co-located Conferences:
STarting AI Researchers Symposium (STAIRS)
18th ECAI-2008, 21-25 July 2008, University of Patras, Patras, Greece
(Host: Hellenic Artificial Intelligence Sociaty (EETN); Organizer: University of Patras)
- Conference Tracks:
Machine Learning, Data Mining; Knowledge Representation
Pre-Conference Workshops:
Inference methods based on graphical structures of knowledge; Knowledge Management for Healthcare Processes aka Knowledge Management for Health Care Procedures (K4HelP)
Pre-conference Tutorials:
Knowledge Compilation: A Sightseeing Tour
Co-located Conferences:
STarting AI Researchers Symposium (STAIRS)
17th ECAI-2006, 28 August – 1 September 2006, Riva del Garda (Trentino), Italy
(Host: Associazione Italiana per l’Intelligenza Artificiale (AIIA); Organizer: ITC)
- Conference Tracks:
Machine Learning, Data Mining; Knowledge Representation
Pre-Conference Workshops:
Knowledge Management and Organizational Memories; Inference methods based on graphical structures of knowledge
Pre-conference Tutorials:
Uncertainty in Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
Co-located Conferences:
STarting AI Researchers Symposium (STAIRS)
16th ECAI-2004, 22-27 August 2004, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
(Host: Asociación Española de Inteligencia Artificial (AEPIA) and Associació Catalana d’Intel·ligència Artificial (ACIA); Organizer: Universidad Politécnica de Valencia)
- Conference Tracks:
Machine Learning, Data Mining; Knowledge Representation
Pre-Conference Workshops:
Knowledge Management and Organizational Memories; Ontology Learning and Population: Towards Evaluation of Text-based Methods in the Semantic Web and Knowledge Discovery Life Cycle; Artificial Intelligence in Computer Supported Collaborative Learning; Agent-Mediated Knowledge Management (AMKM-04)
Pre-conference Tutorials:
Information Extraction: Theory and Practice (CANCELLED)
Co-located Conferences:
STarting AI Researchers Symposium (STAIRS)
15th ECAI-2002, 21-26 July 2002, Institut National des Sciences Appliquées, Lyon, France
(Host: Association Française pour l’Intelligence Artificielle (AFIA); Organizer: University Claude Bernard of Lyon 1 (UCBL) and the National Institute of Applied Sciences (INSA))
- Conference Tracks:
Machine Learning, Knowledge Discovery, Datamining; Knowledge Acquisition/Knowledge Engineering; Knowledge Representation
Pre-Conference Workshops:
Knowledge Management and Organizational Memories; Knowledge Discovery from Temporal and Spatial Data; Knowledge Transformation for the Semantic Web; Semantic Authoring, Annotation and Knowledge Markup
Pre-conference Tutorials:
Ontologies: Representation, engineering, learning and applications; Multi-relational knowledge discovery
Co-located Conferences:
First STarting AI Researchers Symposium (STAIRS)
14th ECAI-2000, 20-25 August 2000, Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany
(Host: Fachbereich Künstliche Intelligenz der Gesellschaft für Informatik; Organizer: Humboldt University)
- Conference Tracks:
Machine Learning, Knowledge Discovery, Datamining; Knowledge Representation
Pre-Conference Workshops:
Knowledge Management and Organizational Memories; Knowledge Representation and Ontologies (CANCELLED); Machine Learning for Information Extraction; 7th International Workshop on Knowledge Representation Meets Databases (KRDB-2000); Ontology Learning; Analysis and Modelling of Collaborative Learning Interactions; Flexible Strategies for Maintaining Knowledge Containers; Knowledge-Based Systems for Model-Based Engineering
Pre-conference Tutorials:
AI Techniques for Knowledge Management; Knowledge Markup Techniques; Neural Networks and Structured Knowledge (CANCELLED)
13th ECAI-1998, 23-28 August 1998, Brighton, UK
(Host: Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour (AISB); Organizer: Universities of Brighton and Sussex on behalf of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour)
- Conference Tracks:
Logics for knowledge representation; Knowledge-based systems; Knowledge representation
Pre-Conference Workshops:
Intelligent information integration; Building, maintaining and using organizational memories
Pre-conference Tutorials:
Rough sets for data mining and knowledge discovery
12th ECAI-96, 11-16 August 1996, Budapest, Hungary
(Host: AI Group of the John von Neumann Society for Computing Sciences (NJSZT))
- Workshops:
3rd Workshop on Knowledge Representation Meets Databases (KRDB’96)
2nd Workshop on the Representation and Processing of Spatial Expressions
Distributed Artificial Intelligence Meets Machine Learning, Learning in Multi-Agent Environments (LDAIS)
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11th ECAI-1994, 8-12 August 1994, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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10th ECAI-1992, 3-7 August 1992, Vienna, Austria
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9th ECAI-1990, 6-10 August 1990, Stockholm, Sweden
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8th ECAI-1988, 1-5 August 1988, Munich, Germany
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7th ECAI-1986, 20-25 July 1986, Brighton, United Kingdom …
6th ECAI-1984, 5-7 September 1984, Pisa, Italy
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5th ECAI-1982, 12-14 July 1982, Orsay, France
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AISB-80 Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 1-4 July 1980, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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AISB/GI Conference on Artificial Intelligence 1978, 18-20 July 1978, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
(co-sponsored by the Gesellschaft für Infotmatik (GI))
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AISB Summer Conference 1976, 12-14 July 1976, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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1st AISB Summer Conference 1974, July 1974, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom
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