Call for Papers - REASON 2026 - The First International Conference on Reasoning and Decision-making in Intelligent Systems

REASON 2026 - The First International Conference on Reasoning and Decision-making in Intelligent Systems

Join us in Porto, Portugal

June 7 - 11, 2026

https://www.dtrsociety.org/reason2026/

In an era where intelligent systems operate in increasingly dynamic and complex environments, the bridge from raw sensing to reliable decision-making is a defining challenge. Advances in sensor technology, data fusion, and AI-driven reasoning are converging to create pipelines capable of perceiving, understanding, and acting with precision and resilience. This conference focuses on the mechanisms and implementations that make such pipelines possible – from embedded hardware and signal processing to adaptive reasoning and safe decision execution.

Professionals from industry, government, and academia, researchers, engineers, practitioners, and students are invited to contribute. REASON welcomes 1) full papers presenting significant research, development, application, position, or survey, 2) short papers on work-in-progress, 3) posters, 4) contributed talk presentations, as well as workshops, thematic sessions, and demos.

Prospective authors are invited to submit original, unpublished works, which are not under review in any other conference or journal.

IMPORTANT DATES:
Submission deadline: March 18, 2026
Notification: April 8, 2026
Registration: April 21, 2026
Camera Ready: April 28, 2026

Themes of interest include, but are not limited to:

Reasoning and Decision-making in Agentic and (generative)AI-based Environments
IoT and Real-time Decision-making Systems
Context-aware Data Processing and Representation
Pattern Discovery and Recognition in Intelligent Systems
ML and Hybrid Advanced Reasoning Mechanisms
Intelligent Approaches to Decision-making
Complex Behavioral and Situational Reasoning
Human-centered and Domain-specific Decision-making
Security, Privacy, and Trust in Decision Processes
Domain-specific Decisions in Intelligent Systems
AI Mechanisms and Digitalization for Data, Patterns, and Reasoning
Trends in Adaptive AI-based Decision Architectures
Decisions for Edge, Fog, and Cloud integration
Decision-making in Visual Machines, Robotics, and Mechatronics Environments

For more information on topics, submission types, satellite events, etc., please visit the conference website at https://www.dtrsociety.org/reason2026/

Conference Chairs
Dr. Steve Chan Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, VTIRL, VT, USA
Prof. Ing. Luigi Lavazza Università dell'Insubria - Varese, Italy

Conference Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Ankush Ghosh Chandigarh University, India
Prof. Dr. Filip Ilievski Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

DTRS Scientific Advisors: https://www.dtrsociety.org/organization/
Dr. Steve Chan Decision Engineering Analysis Laboratory, VTIRL, VT, USA
Prof. Dr. Herwig Mannaert University of Antwerp, Belgium
CEO Dr.-Ing. Vladimir Sulc MICRORISC, Jičín, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Hans-Werner Sehring NORDAKADEMIE Hochschule der Wirtschaft, Hamburg, Germany
CEO PhD MBA Sarfraz Khokhar Rasimo Systems, Raleigh, NC, USA
Assist. Prof. Dr. Oren Gal University of Haifa, Israel
Prof. Dr. Pascal Lorenz University of Haute Alsace, France
Prof. Dr. Jaime Lloret Mauri Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Prof. Ing. Luigi Lavazza Università dell'Insubria - Varese, Italy
Prof. Dr. Erik Buchmann Universität Leipzig, Germany
Prof. Dr. Monika Maria Möhring Technische Hochschule Mittelhessen, Germany
Prof. Dr. Carlos Becker Westphall Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Prof. Dr. Alexander Lawall IU International University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Prof. Dr. Lasse Berntzen University of South-Eastern Norway, Norway

Regards,
Liz Wilson, liz.wilson@dtrsociety.org
Scientific Coordinator
Digital Transformation Research Society
https://www.dtrsociety.org/