About us

The DDS 2026 Workshop brings together researchers and practitioners working at the intersection of knowledge graphs, semantic technologies, generative AI, and narrative design. The workshop aims to provide a forum for discussing methods, tools, and evaluations for narrative-centered approaches to working with data.

Important Dates

Fri, Jul 24, 2026
Submission deadline

Paper Submission

Research Paper Submission Tracks

Knowledge graphs and ontologies for narrative representation and generation
Linked data and semantic annotation for storytelling
Large language models and generative AI for data-driven narrative creation
Narrative grounding using structured and semi-structured data
Benchmarking narrative coherence and storytelling quality
Trustworthiness in automated storytelling, including bias, hallucination, provenance, and transparency
Human-AI collaborative authoring
Interactive and participatory storytelling systems
Multimodal storytelling and narrative interfaces
Tools and platforms for creating data-driven stories storytelling applications in journalism, education, and cultural heritage
Interdisciplinary approaches combining semantic technologies, AI, HCI, and the arts

Call for Papers Description

The workshop welcomes contributions from the Semantic Web community and related fields, including NLP, HCI, information retrieval, digital humanities, visualization, and creative practice. Papers can be full (9-14 pages) or short (4-8 pages) and must be submitted in CEUR-WS single-column style.

Committee

Organizing Committee

Pasquale Lisena

EURECOM, Sophia Antipolis, France, pasquale.lisena@eurecom.fr

Maria Angela Pellegrino

Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy, mapellegrino@unisa.it

Lisa-Yao Gan

Technical University Munich, Germany, lisa.gan@tum.de

Yihang Zhao

King's College London, UK, yihang.zhao@kcl.ac.uk

Yiwen Xing

University of Oxford, UK, yiwen.xing@eng.ox.ac.uk

Program Committee

Alessandro Mosca

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

Andras Micsik

HUN-REN SZTAKI, Hungary

Andrea Schimmenti

University of Bologna, Italy

Andrea Sillano

Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Angelo Salatino

The Open University, UK

Anisa Rula

University of Brescia, Italy

Antonio Lieto

University of Salerno, Italy

Belén Dìaz Agudo

Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

Blerina Spahiu

Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca, Italy

Daniel Schwabe

Catholic University in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Davide Picca

University of Lausanne, Switzerland

Enrico Motta

The Open University, UK

Inès Blin

Sony Computer Science Laboratories-Paris, France

Luigi de Russis

Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Marilena Daquino

University of Bologna, Italy

Marieke van Erp

KNAW Humanities Cluster / DHLab, The Netherlands

Mark Alan Finlayson

Florida International University, United States

Paul Mulholland

The Open University, UK

Rossana Damiano

University of Turin, Italy

Sara Tonelli

Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Italy

Simon Gottschalk

Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

Veruska Zamborlini

KNAW Humanities Cluster / DHLab, The Netherlands

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