[CFP] XAI.it 2026: 6th Workshop on Explainable AI, Generative and Agentic Systems: Trust, Transparency, and Human Oversight

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EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE

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*XAI.it 2026*

*6th Workshop on Explainable AI, Generative and Agentic Systems: Trust, 
Transparency, and Human Oversight*

https://xai-it.github.io/index.html

Hosted at 24th International Conference of the *Italian Association for 
Artificial Intelligence - AIxIA 2026*, Perugia, Italy, October 6-9, 2026

https://aixia2026.unipg.it/index.html

### *Important Dates *###

*EXTENDED Submission deadline: **27 July 2026*

*Author notification: *August 24, 2026

*Camera-ready version: *September 14, 2026

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*Submission Site: */_*https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=xaiit2026* 
<https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=xaiit2026>_/

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Topics of interests include but are not limited to:

*- Explainable AI, GenAI and Agentic AI*

*- Trustable and Transparent AI, GenAI and Agentic Models*

*- Justification Models in AI, GenAI and Agentic AI*

*- Interpretable Machine Learning Models*

*- Strategies to Explain Black Box Decision Systems*

*- Designing new Explanation Styles and Approaches*

*- Evaluating Transparency and Interpretability of AI Systems*

*- Technical Aspects of Algorithms for Explanation*

*- Theoretical Aspects of Explanation and Interpretability*

*- Ethics in AI, GenAI and Agentic AI*

*- Argumentation Theory for Explainable AI, GenAI and Agentic AI*

*- Natural Language Processing for Explainable AI, GenAI and Agentic AI*

*- Human-Machine Interaction for Explainable AI, GenAI and Agentic AI*

*- Fairness and Bias Auditing*

*- Privacy-Preserving Explanations*

*- Privacy by Design Approaches for Human Data*

*- Monitoring and Understanding System Behavior*

*- Successful Applications of Interpretable AI Systems*

*- Demo and Proof of Concepts with Explainable Results*

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Explainable AI (XAI) has become a central requirement for deploying 
modern AI systems, especially agents, LLMs and high‑capacity machine 
learning models, in safety‑critical, socially sensitive and 
decision‑support scenarios. Despite their impressive performance, these 
models are often opaque, making it difficult for users, stakeholders and 
regulators to understand how outputs are produced, to contest decisions, 
or to assess potential harms and biases. This opacity undermines trust, 
slows down real‑world adoption, and creates friction with emerging AI 
governance frameworks that explicitly call for transparency, 
accountability, and human oversight.

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We encourage the submission of original contributions, investigating 
novel methodologies to build transparent and scrutable AI systems and 
algorithms. In particular, authors can submit:

·*Regular papers*(min. 7 pages - max. 12 pages + references - One column 
CEUR.ws format);

·*Short/Position papers*(min. 4 pages - max. 6 pages + references - One 
column CEUR.ws format format);

The LaTeX template can be downloaded as source file from the CEUR 
website:*http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip* 
<http://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip> or accessed as a Template in 
Overleaf: *CEUR.WS* 
<https://www.overleaf.com/latex/templates/template-for-submissions-to-ceur-workshop-proceedings-ceur-ws-dot-org/wqyfdgftmcfw> 
*Note*: All submissions must be compatible with CEUR 
(*https://ceur-ws.org/* <https://ceur-ws.org/>) and include the *CEUR 
Declaration on Generative AI 
section* (*https://ceur-ws.org/GenAI/Policy.html* 
<https://ceur-ws.org/GenAI/Policy.html>). *_Papers missing this section 
will be desk rejected_*.

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All submitted papers will be evaluated by at least two members of the 
program committee, based on originality, significance, relevance and 
technical quality. Submissions of full research papers must be in 
English, in PDF format in the CEUR-WS single-column conference format. 
Submissions should be single blinded, i.e. authors names should be 
included in the submissions. Submissions must be made through the 
EasyChair conference system prior the specified deadline. *_At least one 
of the authors should register and take part at the conference in 
person to make the presentation_*.


###*Proceedings and Post Proceedings*###

All accepted papers will be published in *the AIxIA series of CEUR-WS*.
A selection of the best papers, accepted for the presentation at the 
workshops, will be invited to submit an extended version for publication 
on “Intelligenza Artificiale”, the International Journal of the Italian 
Association for Artificial Intelligence, edited by IOS Press and indexed 
by Thomson Reuters' "Emerging Sources Citation Index" and Scopus by 
Elsevier.


###*ORGANIZERS*###

  * *Marco Polignano (main contact)* - Assistant Professor - University
    of Bari, Italy
    E-mail:[email protected] - homepage:
    *https://swap.di.uniba.it/members/polignano.marco/*
    <https://swap.di.uniba.it/members/polignano.marco/>
  * *Cataldo Musto* - Associate Professor - University of Bari, Italy
    E-mail:[email protected] - homepage:
    *https://swap.di.uniba.it/members/musto.cataldo/*
    <https://swap.di.uniba.it/members/musto.cataldo/>
  * *Ernesto William De Luca *- Full Professor - Otto-von-Guericke
    University, Universitatplatz 2, 39106 Magdeburg, Germany
    Leibniz Institute for Educational Media | Georg Eckert Institute,
    Freisestr. 1, 38118 Braunschweig, Germany
    E-mail: [email protected] - homepage:
    *https://www.hcai.ovgu.de/Staff/Head/Ernesto+William+De+Luca.html*
    <https://www.hcai.ovgu.de/Staff/Head/Ernesto+William+De+Luca.html>
  * *Erasmo Purificato* - Scientific Project Officer at the European
    Centre for Algorithmic Transparency (ECAT) of the European
    Commission's Joint Research Centre (JRC)
    E-mail: [email protected] - homepage:
    *https://erasmopurif.com/* <https://erasmopurif.com/>
  * *Giovanni Semeraro* - Full Professor - University of Bari, Italy
    E-mail: [email protected] - homepage:
    *https://swap.di.uniba.it/members/semeraro.giovanni/*
    <https://swap.di.uniba.it/members/semeraro.giovanni/>

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