BILAI PhD Summer School 2025

Welcome to the first PhD Summer School on Bilateral AI, taking place from July 7–11, 2025 in Klagenfurt, Austria.

Organized in cooperation with AIRoV (Austrian Symposium on AI, Robotics, and Vision), this Summer School offers a fantastic opportunity not only to learn but also to connect with other researchers, exchange ideas, and expand your network.

Registrations will start soon - stay tuned!

Summer School Programme 

(subject to change)

Monday, July 7, 2025
12:00-13:30 Lunch
14:00-14:30 Welcome speech
14:30-16:00 Lecture: Martina Seidl, Introduction to Symbolic AI
16:00-16:30 Coffee break
16:30-18:00 Lecture: Robert Peharz, Introduction to Sub-Symbolic AI
19:00  Summer School Social Event

Tuesday, July 8, 2025
9:00 Division into Groups
9:30-10:30 Keynote talk and discussion (AIRoV)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:00 Keynote talk and discussion (AIRoV)
12:00 Lunch
13:00-14:30 Lecture: Katja Hose, Knowledge Graphs
14:30-15:00 Coffee break
15:00-17:00 Group Work
18:00 Poster Session, Buffet (AIRoV)

Wednesday, July 9, 2025
9:00-10:30 Lecture: Erich Kobler, Deep Learning
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Group Work
12:30 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Keynote talk and discussion (AIRoV)
15:00 Coffee break
15:30-17:30 Group Work

Thursday, July 10, 2025
9:00-10:30 Lecture: Johannes Fürnkranz, A Brief Introduction to Deep and Interpretable Rule Learning
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-12:30 Lecture: Emanuel Sallinger, Graph-based Neuro-symbolic AI
12:30 Lunch
13:30-15:00 Group Work
15:00 Coffee break
15:30-17:30 Group Work

Friday, July 11, 2025
9:00-10:30 Group Presentations (Groups 1,2,3)
10:30-11:00 Coffee break
11:00 Group Presentations (Groups 4,5)
12:00 Lunch
13:00-14:00 Group Awards, Farewell

More information about AIRoV: airov.at