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AWESOME-2026 is an interdisciplinary workshop exploring the evolution of agentic AI systems, their social abilities, and their role in socio-technical environments. The workshop covers technological advances, theoretical foundations, and societal implications, drawing from computer science, sociology, philosophy, and behavioral game theory. It is co-located with KI 2026.

Important Dates

Sat, May 30, 2026
Deadline for Submission
Sun, Jun 7, 2026
Notification of Authors
Mon, Jun 8, 2026
Early bird registration
Tue, Jun 30, 2026
Camera-ready Paper
Tue, Aug 11, 2026
Workshop (half-day)

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Logics for agentic systems/agency
Support for the modeling and verification of agent decision-making processes and agency and their preferences
Formal logic for transparent agent behavior
Social Mechanisms, Social Epistemology, and Formal Ethics
Mechanisms governing cooperation, coordination, and conflict resolution in agentic systems
Applications of social epistemology to distributed AI
Embedding agentic systems in societal institutions
Behavioral game theory
Formally well-founded approaches to AI alignment
Human-beneficial AI
Humanities-Oriented Artificial Intelligence
Transferring hermeneutic, interpretive, and normative methods of the humanities to agentic AI
Formalizing philosophical concepts such as intentionality, meaning, and pragmatics in agent models
Influence of humanities-oriented AI research on the design of transparent and explainable systems
Causal, Dynamic, and Probabilistic-Relational Foundation Models
Models of uncertainty in agentic systems
Models for robust explanations of agent decisions and their consequences
Relational models for describing social structures and interactions among agents
Information systems for supporting the training, evaluation, and continuous learning of foundation models
Adequate causality-based approaches to modeling fairness and/or responsibility

Call for Papers Description

Papers should be formatted in CEUR style (1-column style) without enabled header and footer. The length of long papers should not exceed 15 pages (excluding references). The length of short papers should not exceed 7 pages. All papers must be written in English and submitted in PDF format via EasyChair.

Committee

Workshop Organizers and Co-Chairs

Johannes Fähndrich

Hochschule für Polizei Baden-Württemberg, Germamy

Özgür Lütfü Özçep

Universität Hamburg, Germany

Program Committe

Stefano Moretti

CNRS, LAMSADE, France

Kevin Baum

DFKI / CERTAIN, Germany

Alex Marin

University of Washington, USA

Roxana Radulescu

Utrecht University, NL

Jonas Karge

TU Dresden, Germany

Susanne Draheim

University of Applied Sciences (HAW), Hamburg, Germany

Marcel Gehrke

University of Hamburg, Germany

Ralf Möller

University of Hamburg, Germany

Ulrich Furbach

University of Koblenz, Germany

Speakers

Ulrich Furbach

Keynote Speaker

University of Koblenz, Germany

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