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Call for Papers

COL-SAI: 1st International Workshop on COllaboration and Learning through Symbiotic Artificial Intelligence
Co-located with the 16th Biannual Conference of the Italian SIGCHI Chapter - "Technologies and Methodologies of Human-Computer Interaction in the Third Millenium" (CHITALY 2025)
Salerno, Italy
6 – 10 October 2025

Workshop website: https://sites.google.com/unisa.it/col-sai/home-page
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Important Dates
  • Submission deadline:  June 16th 2025 
  • Notification:  June 30th 2025
  • Camera-ready:  TBD
  • Registration due:  TBD
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Objectives

This workshop aims to explore how humans and AI systems can effectively collaborate, learn from each other, and co-adapt symbiotically. Through discussions and the exchange of perspectives, the workshop has the goal of investigating the key components of the interaction between the two parties. Participants will gain deeper insights into the implications of integrating AI into various aspects of daily life, facilitating problem-solving activities such as learning, decision-making, and co-creation. 

The workshop will be structured as follows: after an initial introduction by the organizers concerning the topics and objectives, there will be presentations for each contribution (10 minutes circa), followed by questions from the other participants. At the end of the session, there will be a participatory activity, through which we will be able to exchange ideas, comments, and reflections concerning the best practices and challenges of Symbiotic Artificial Intelligence for Collaborative Learning Environments. 
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Topics

The topics that will be addressed in the workshop are the following: 

  • The impact of a symbiotic human-AI relationship in collaborative environments. 
  • Human-Computer Interaction methodologies and techniques to foster symbiosis between humans and AI. 
  • Using AI in human learning processes to assist humans cognitively. 
  • Using AI for education and skill development. 
  • Methodologies and techniques for transferring knowledge between humans and AI through feedback mechanisms. 
  • Ethical considerations in human-AI collaborative environments (bias mitigation, fairness, non-discrimination, etc). 
  • AI adaptability for personalized interaction experience based on individuals' requirements. 
  • The role of trustworthiness in human-AI collaboration for critical activities. 
  • Design and evaluation of systems that foster and support human-AI collaboration. 
  • Case studies of AI in real-world applications (medicine, healthcare, education, etc). 

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Submissions and Evaluation Criteria

Contributions for the workshop must be submitted through EasyChair using the following link https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=colsai2025, following the LaTeX or Microsoft Word template, available at: https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip.  For more information, visit the CEUR website.  

We accept two types of submissions: 
  • Full paper: at least 10 "standard" pages* and an appropriate number of references. 
  • Position paper: between 5-9 "standard" pages*. 
*(1 standard page = 2500 characters) 

Each submission will be subjected to a single-blind peer review process, and two reviewers from the Program Committee (PC) will assess each contribution in terms of relevance to the workshop’s topics and its quality. 
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Workshop Organizers


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This workshop is supported by the co-funding of the European Union - Next Generation EU: NRRP Initiative, Mission 4, Component 2, Investment 1.3 – Partnerships extended to universities, research centers, companies and research D.D. MUR n. 341 del 15.03.2022 – Next Generation EU (PE0000013 – “Future Artificial Intelligence Research – FAIR” - CUP: H97G22000210007, Spoke 6, WP 6.1).