RuleML+RR 2025
the 9th International Joint Conference on Rules and Reasoning
İstanbul, Türkİye
22 - 24 September 2025
doctoral consortium
General Information
The RuleML+RR 9th Doctoral Consortium 2025 (DC) is an initiative of the RuleML+RR community to attract and promote student research in Artificial Intelligence, especially research on rule-based formalisms and reasoning in such formalisms. It offers students a close contact with leading experts in the field, as well as the opportunity to present and discuss their ideas in a dynamic and friendly setting.
We invite PhD students at an early or intermediate stage of their PhD studies, as well as exceptional master’s students who are interested in pursuing a PhD, to submit papers describing their research on any of the topics of RuleML+RR 2025.
Submission and Publication
RuleML+RR DC papers range between 8 and 15 pages, are written in English, will be published as part of CEUR proceedings, and should follow the CEUR-WS.org style template CEURART (1-column variant) available at
http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip
and
https://www.overleaf.com/read/gwhxnqcghhdt
They are submitted electronically in PDF together with a maximum 2 page-long CV (the paper and the CV should be submitted together as one PDF file, but the CV is not counted within the 15 pages limit and is not published in the proceedings if the paper is accepted).
The submission should cover the following aspects:
The identification of a significant problem in a research field relevant to RuleML+RR 2025.
An outline of the current knowledge in the problem’s domain, as well as an overview of existing solutions.
A clear formulation of the research question and motivation.
A presentation of (possibly preliminary) ideas, the proposed approach, and the results achieved so far.
A sketch of the applied research methodology and its positioning in the field.
A description of the student’s contribution to the research.
A discussion of how the suggested solution is different, new, or better as compared to the state of the art.
A research plan and the potential achievements.
The accepted DC papers will be presented to an interested audience and will be discussed with a panel of senior researchers from academia and the industry. Students will present their work through brief oral presentations during a dedicated session of RuleML+RR 2025.
Please submit your paper via:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rulemlrr2025
to the Doctoral Consortium track.
The best paper will be awarded the RuleML+RR Best Doctoral Consortium Paper award 2025.
Important Dates
10 July, 2025: Paper submission deadline
31st July, 2025: Notification deadline
For each of these deadlines, a cut-off point of 23:59 AOE applies.
Organization
Chairs
Shqiponja Ahmetaj, TU Wien, Austria
Riccardo Tommasini, INSA Lyon, France
Program Committee
TBA