Are you surprised about the ability of LLMs to perform complex reasoning tasks? Do you have a particular keenness for cracking the code of their inner workings? If the answer is yes, that's the case you are working in mechanistic interpretability or in neuro-symbolic reasoning of LLMs. Then, this is the workshop for you! Observing properties and understanding the inner workings are two sides of the same coin.
Another way is possible (e.g., Position Paper: MeMo: Towards Language Models with Associative Memory Mechanisms - ACL Anthology)!
The workshop aims to accept focussed contributions on:
Mechanistic Interpretability by-design
Neuro-symbolic approaches by-design
Work in progress and blue sky ideas are in the spirit of the workshop.
Your contribution must be between four pages and six pages, excluding references, and should be prepared using the Overleaf Submission Template. The proceedings will be submitted to CEUR-WS.org for online publication. Please submit your contribution via EasyChair at the designated submission link. The reviewing process is single-blind.
Submission Deadline: 31/5/2026 12:00 PM AoE
Acceptance Notification Date: 14/6/2026
Camera ready: 21/6/2026
Workshop Date: 24/6/2026
Organizer: Fabio Massimo Zanzotto, Human-centric ART, University of Rome Tor Vergata
PC Members:
Leonardo Ranaldi, Human-centric ART, University of Rome Tor Vergata & University of Edimburgh
Elena Sofia Ruzzetti, Human-centric ART, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Roberto Basili, SAG, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Danillo Croce, SAG, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Cristina Giannone, Almawave S.p.A
Raniero Romagnoli, Almawave S.p.A
Federico Ranaldi, Human-centric ART, University of Rome Tor Vergata
Contacts: fabio.massimo.zanzotto@uniroma2.it
Hybrid Workshop (Physical and Virtual Formats)
to be defined
Venue: Departement of Enterprise Engineering, Univeristy of Rome Tor Vergata
Registration (both Pysical and Virtual): The registration is mandatory but free of charge. A link will be set up soon.