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<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Dear colleagues,</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Please find below the call for papers for the 1st International Conference on eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI 2023) (<a href="https://xaiworldconference.com/">https://xaiworldconference.com/</a>), with a <b>special
track</b> on “Visual representations & analytics for xAI” (<a href="https://xaiworldconference.com/accepted-special-tracks/">https://xaiworldconference.com/accepted-special-tracks/</a>).</span></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">We look forward to your submissions!</span></div>
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<div class="default-style"><strong><font size="4">1st International Conference on eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI 2023)</font></strong></div>
<div class="default-style">(26/28 July 2023, Lisbon, Portugal)</div>
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<div><strong><font size="3">Call for papers</font></strong></div>
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<div style="font-size: 14px;">Artificial intelligence has seen a significant shift in focus towards designing and developing intelligent systems that are 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 echoed both in the research literature and in the press, attracting scholars from around the world and a lay audience. An emerging field with AI is <strong>eXplainable Artificial
Intelligence (xAI)</strong>, devoted to the production of intelligent systems that allow humans to understand their inferences, assessments, prediction, recommendation and decisions. Initially devoted to designing post-hoc methods for explainability, <strong>eXplainable
Artificial Intelligence (xAI)</strong> is rapidly expanding its boundaries to neuro-symbolic methods for producing self-interpretable models. Research has also shifted the focus on the structure of explanations and human-centred Artificial Intelligence since
the ultimate users of interactive technologies are humans.</div>
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<div style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>The World Conference on Explainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI 2023)</strong> 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).</div>
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<div style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>xAI 2023</strong> encourages submissions related to eXplainable AI and contributions from academia, industry, and other organizations discussing open challenges or novel research approaches related to the explainability
and interpretability of AI systems.</div>
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<strong><font size="3">Important dates</font></strong>
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<div style="font-size: 10px;">*<em>All dates are Anywhere on Heart time (<strong>AoE</strong><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anywhere_on_Earth">)</a></em></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong>Article submission</strong> (main track) </span>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Abstracts registration deadline* (<em>easy-chair</em>):</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">April 15, 2023</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">April 20, 2023</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Notification of acceptance:</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">May 12, 2023</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Registration & camera ready:</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">May 19, 2023</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Publication (Springer CCIS series)</span></td>
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<figcaption class="wp-element-caption">*full, short and extended abstract articles</figcaption></figure><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Doctoral consortium (DC) submission</strong>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">DC Proposal registration deadline (<em>easy-chair</em>):</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">April 16th 2023</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">April 30, 2023</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Notification of acceptance:</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">May 7, 2023</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Registration:</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">May 19, 2023</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Publication (planned with <a href="http://ceur-ws.org/">CEUR-WS.org</a>*)</span></td>
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<figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>*Proceedings shall be submitted to <a href="http://ceur-ws.org/">CEUR-WS.org</a> for online publication</em></figcaption></figure><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Late-breaking work & demos</strong>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">May 06, 2023</span></td>
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<figcaption class="wp-element-caption"><em>*Proceedings shall be submitted to <a href="http://ceur-ws.org/">CEUR-WS.org</a> for online publication</em></figcaption></figure><strong style="font-size: 14px;">Special track (or workshop) proposal</strong>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Proposal submission (<em><a href="https://xaiworldconference.com/contacts/" data-id="819" data-type="page">contact</a>)</em>:</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">The World Conference on eXplainable AI</span></td>
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<strong><font size="3">Submission</font></strong>
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<div style="font-size: 14px;">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 <strong><a href="http://www.springer.com/computer/lncs?SGWID=0-164-6-793341-0">format
provided here</a>.</strong> Latex and word files are admitted: however, the former is preferred (<a href="https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19238706/data/v1">word template</a>, <a href="https://resource-cms.springernature.com/springer-cms/rest/v1/content/19238648/data/v6">latex
template</a>, <a href="https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/springer-lecture-notes-in-computer-science/kzwwpvhwnvfj">latex in overleaf</a>). All submissions and reviews will be handled electronically. The conference has a <strong>no dual submission policy</strong>,
so submitted manuscripts should not be currently under review at another publication venue.</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;">Articles must be submitted using the easy-chair platform <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=xai2023"><strong>here</strong></a>.</span></td>
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<div style="font-size: 14px;">The contact author must provide the following information: paper title, all author names, affiliations, postal address, e-mail address, and at least three keywords.</div>
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<div style="font-size: 14px;">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:</div>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>Full articles</strong> 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 implications
of the contributions for xAI as a field and beyond should be explicitly discussed.</span></td>
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>Shorter articles </strong>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
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<span style="font-size: 12px;"><strong>Extended abstracts</strong> are not simply long abstracts. It should contain the definition of a problem and the presentation of a solution, comparisons to related work, and other details expected in a research manuscript
but not in an abstract. An extended abstract is a research article whose ideas and significance can be understood in less than an hour. Producing an extended abstract can be more demanding than producing a full or short research article. Some things that can
be omitted from an extended abstract, such as future work, details of proofs or implementation that should seem plausible to reviewers, and ramifications not relevant to the key ideas of the abstract. It should also contain enough bibliographic references
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<strong><font size="3">Anonymity for review</font></strong>
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<div style="font-size: 14px;">The submitted article (a .pdf) must be anonymous, given that the conference uses a<strong> <a href="http://xaiworldconference.org/review-process/">double-blind</a> </strong>review process. Therefore, authors must omit their names
and affiliations in the submitted .pdf file and avoid obvious identifying statements. For instance, citations to the author’s prior work should be made in the third person. Failure to anonymize your submission could result in desk rejection.</div>
<h3 class="has-small-font-size"><strong><font size="3">Ethical & Human Subjects Considerations</font></strong></h3>
<div style="font-size: 14px;">The conference organisers expect authors to discuss the ethical considerations and the impact of the presented work and/or its intended application, where appropriate. Additionally, all authors must comply with ethical standards
and regulatory guidelines associated with human subjects research, including using personally identifiable data and research involving human participants. Manuscripts reporting on human subjects research must include a statement identifying any regulatory
review the research is subject to (and identifying the form of approval provided) or explaining the lack of required review.</div>
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<div style="font-size: 14px;">We ask the authors to start the reference section on a new page. Appendices count toward the page limit. Supplementary material, if any, should be linked to an external source using an anonymized URL.</div>
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<div><font size="3"><b>Review process</b></font></div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">All articles submitted within the deadlines and according to the guidelines will be subjected to a </span><strong style="font-size: 14px;">double-blind</strong><span style="font-size: 14px;"> review. Papers that are out of
scope, incomplete, or lack sufficient evidence to support the basic claims may be rejected without full review. Furthermore, reviewers will be asked to comment on whether the length is appropriate for the contribution. Each of the submitted articles will be
reviewed by </span><strong style="font-size: 14px;">at least three members of the Scientific Committee</strong><span style="font-size: 14px;">.</span></div>
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<div style="font-size: 14px;">After completion of the review process, the authors will be informed about the <strong>acceptance or rejection </strong>of the submitted work. The reviewers’ comments will be available to the authors in both cases. 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 <strong>organizing
committee and the editors reserve the right not to include these works</strong> in the conference proceedings.</div>
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<div style="font-size: 14px;">The article’s final version <strong>must follow the appropriate style guide </strong>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, and clarity of exposition and organisation.</div>
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<div><span style="font-size: 14px;">Inspired by the code of ethics put forward by the Association of Computing Machinery, the programme committee, supervised by the general conference chairs and organisers, have the right to desk-reject manuscripts that perpetuate
harmful stereotypes, employ unethical research practices, or uncritically present outcomes or implications that disadvantage minoritized communities. Further, reviewers of the scientific committee will be explicitly asked to consider whether the research was
conducted in compliance with professional, ethical standards and applicable regulatory guidelines. Failure to do so could lead to a desk-rejection.</span></div>
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<div class="default-style"><span style="font-size: 14px;">Each accepted and presented full, short and extended abstract manuscript will be included in the conference proceedings by Springer in </span><a href="https://www.springer.com/series/7899" style="font-size: 14px;">Communications
in Computer and Information Science</a><span style="font-size: 14px;">. At least one author must register for the conference by the early registration deadline. The official publication date is when the publisher makes the proceedings available online. This
date will be after the conference and can take a number of weeks.</span></div>
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