Call for Papers

Important Dates

• Abstract submission: 8 July 2026

• Paper submission: 15 July 2026

• Notification of acceptance: 10 August 2026

• Camera-Ready copy due: 30 August 2026

• Workshop starts: : 7-11 September, 2026 (TBD)

Topics of Interest

Possible topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Hybrid inductive–deductive approaches to AI

• Interaction between inductive and deductive techniques for AI solutions

• Integration of Answer Set Programming (ASP) in inductive scenarios

• Integration of Constraint Programming (CSP) in inductive scenarios

• Integration of other logic programming paradigms in inductive contexts

• Integration of declarative approaches in inductive settings

• Extensions of logic programming languages to support inductive processes

• Novel methods for combining the characteristics of deductive and inductive systems

• Use of inductive reasoning to enhance deductive systems

• Deductive approaches for managing intensive data flows

• Deductive processes in strongly inductive-oriented scenarios

• Knowledge representation and reasoning to improve inductive processes

• Discussions and position papers on hybrid deductive–inductive methods

• Evaluation and comparison of existing deductive and inductive approaches

• Hybridization of logic programming paradigms with procedural approaches

• Novel application domains for hybrid deductive–inductive systems

Submissions and Review Process

Authors are invited to submit their manuscripts in PDF via the EasyChair system at the link: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hydra2026.

The workshop welcomes both full papers, possibly already submitted to other conferences or journals, and short papers, which are suggested for presenting work in progress, extended abstracts, software prototypes, or general overviews of research projects. The workshop also welcomes position and discussion papers.

All submissions must be in PDF format, written in English, and formatted according to the LNCS format (https://www.springer.com/gp/computer-science/lncs/conference-proceedings-guidelines). Full papers should not exceed 13 pages (including bibliography); short, position, and discussion papers should not exceed 6 pages (including bibliography). To ease the reviewing process, the authors of full papers may add an appendix (although reviewers are not required to consider it in their evaluation).

Proceedings and post-Proceedings

All accepted original contributions (both full and short) are being considered for publication in the CCIS book series. 

If a sufficient number of high-quality papers are accepted, Chairs will consider the publication of a selection on an international journal special issue. However, should there be a limited number of accepted papers, the proceedings will be published on CEUR-WS.org. 

Non-original communications will be given visibility on the workshop website including a link to the original publication, if already published.