Doctoral Consortium

Date: August 17, 2026
Location: Room Cartesium – Rotunde

TimeSessionTitle, Speaker
09:00 AMWelcome!IJCAI-ECAI 2026 DC Co-chairs: Maria Chang, Leilani Gilpin, Vlad Ryzhikov
09:15 AMTRAI 1Trustworthy + Robust AI 1:health, clinical data, social choiceKG-MultiMS: a Knowledge Graph-Enhanced Multimodal Framework  for Multiple SclerosisRiccardo Francia (Università degli Studi del Piemonte Orientale)
Towards Reliable Multimodal Clinical Decision Support: From Quality-Aware Fusion to Patient Digital TwinsLinpeng Sun (Texas Tech University)
Towards Comprehensive Benchmarking of Domain Generalization and Adaptation for Time-Series Forecasting in Clinical Multivariate Time-Series ForecastingMayra Roxana Elwes (University of Cologne)
Trustworthy AI for Post-Stroke CareVictor F. Lopes de Souza (Université de Montpellier)
Novel Applications of Large Language Models in Computational Social ChoiceNguyen Thach (University of Nebraska–Lincoln)
10:30 AMBreak
11:00 AMKRNSKnowledge Representation + Neuro-Symbolic AIOntology-Aware LLMs for Human-Usable Knowledge Graph SystemsLuiz Miranda (Jagiellonian University)
Configuring Neuro-Symbolic Systems with Guaranteed Properties with Application in Hybrid IntelligenceJohannes Eduard Bendler (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
Neuro-Symbolic AI for Evidence-Based Renewable Energy Planning in Sub-Saharan AfricaJanice Anta Zebaze (Université de Yaoundé I)
Towards cognitively-aligned AI with analogical reasoning abilitiesMohammadhossein Khojasteh (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)
12:00 PMLunch
01:30 PMCareer PanelPanelists:Anthony Cohn (University of Leeds)Toby Walsh (UNSW Sydney)Michael Theilscher (UNSW Sydney)
02:30 PMTRAI 2Trustworthy + Robust AI 2Equivariant Graph Neural Networks for Protein Interaction Modeling and Structure-Aware Molecular DesignAnimesh (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur)
Cybersecurity in AI-Enabled Digital Ecosystems: Evolutionary Game-Theoretic Modelling and Multi-Agent DefenceAdeela Bashir (Teesside University)
Recovering Formal Guarantees for Neural Network-Controlled Systems under Changing DynamicsSterre Lutz (Delft University of Technology)
IKnowFlow: Trustworthy RAG for Sensitive DomainsYash Saxena (University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
03:30 PMBreak
04:00 PMTRAI 3Trustworthy + Robust AI 3: Personalization, Interpretability, GeneralizationContext-Adaptive World Models for Visual Out-of-Distribution GeneralizationShubham Subhnil (Trinity College Dublin)
Personalizing Long-Term Interactions with LLM-based AgentsRebecca Westhäußer (Mercedes-Benz Germany; Ulm University)
Interpreting Neural Receivers: Mechanistic and Data Attribution ApproachesMarko Tuononen (University of Eastern Finland)
Toward Trustworthy Foundation Models: Mitigating OOD Failure in Adaptation and DeploymentPing Song (Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway)
05:00 PMClosing Remarks, Adjourn