Call for Papers

A2ID — 1st International Workshop on Augmented Artificial Intelligence: a Symbiotic Approach to Enhance Decision-Making

16-18 June 2025

Workshop website: https://a2id.di.uniba.it

Important Dates

• Submission deadline: 4th April 2025
• Notification: 18th April 2025
• Camera-ready: 2nd May 2025
• Registration due: 10th May 2025

Aims and Scope

The workshop A2ID — 1st International Workshop on Augmented Artificial Intelligence: a Symbiotic Approach to Enhance Decision-Making has the objective to explore, through discussion and exchange of views, the role of human-AI interaction in domains where humans can make decisions with the help of AI-based systems. The workshop aims to investigate the potential of Symbiotic AI (SAI), a specialization of Human-Centered AI (HCAI), that aims at supporting humans, instead of replacing them while augmenting and enhancing their skills. Building SAI systems requires a multidisciplinary approach that integrates five disciplines: Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), AI, end-user Development (EUD), Law and Ethics, and Software Engineering (SE).

The expected outcome concerns a collection of insights that can guide the future definition of design patterns, evaluation techniques, and guidelines that can be applied to creating SAI systems that can be used during the decision-making process.

Participants are invited to submit contributions that revolve around the following topics focusing on the human-AI relationship in critical scenarios:

• Novel interaction mechanisms to support professionals through AI.
• Case studies investigating the relationship between humans and AI in critical contexts (e.g., industry, medicine).
• Re-engineering of already-existing AI systems for problem-solving and decision-making.
• Application of HCD and development techniques to AI-powered software to support humans in making decisions.
• Evaluation methods and quality verification techniques for the creation or employment of AI-based systems.
• Application of EUD methods and techniques to AI-based solutions that can help humans in making decisions.
• Considerations of legal and ethical issues concerning the use of AI systems in contexts in which human responsibility and accountability play a crucial role.
• Investigation concerning the role of trustworthiness in AI to support decision-making (e.g., AI systems used by professionals or patients for diagnostic/therapeutic support).

Topics

The key areas that will be investigated during the workshop revolve around the human-AI relationship in decision making, specifically:

• Human-AI Decision Support Systems
• Human-Computer Interaction for AI
• End-User Development methods, techniques, and tools for AI
• Human-Centered Design (HCD) applied to the creation of AI
• Trustworthy AI
• Ethical and Responsible AI
• Legal Frameworks for AI
• Software Engineering for creating AI-based systems
• Evaluation and Assessment of AI-based Systems

Submissions and Evaluation Criteria

Potential participants are invited to submit a position paper addressing the topics and goals of the workshop. Participants may submit novel ideas, work-in-progress, or well-founded works. Submissions should not exceed 10 pages in length (excluding references), and should be carefully formatted using the single-column CEUR-WS CEURAT template, available for both LaTeX and Word users at https://ceur-ws.org/Vol-XXX/CEURART.zip (an Overleaf template is also available for LaTeX users at https://www.overleaf.com/read/gwhxnqcghhdt).

Contributions will be managed through EasyChair. Contributions can be submitted using the following link: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=aid20250

Each submission will be reviewed by at least 2 members of the Program Committee, who will assess the relevance of the submission to the workshop's topics, as well as the technical soundness and presentation quality.

Workshop Organizers

• Miriana Calvano – University of Bari, Italy (miriana.calvano@uniba.it)
• Antonio Curci – University of Bari, Italy and University of Pisa, Italy (antonio.curci@uniba.it)
• Paloma Diaz – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Spain (pdp@inf.uc3m.es)
• Andrea Esposito – University of Bari, Italy (andrea.esposito@uniba.it)
• Alexander Repenning – School of Education, PH FHNW, Switzerland (alexander.repenning@fhnw.ch)

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).