The EPIA Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a well-established European conference in the field of AI. Its purpose is to promote research in all areas of AI, covering both theoretical and foundational issues and applications, and the scientific exchange among researchers, engineers, and practitioners in related disciplines. The 24^th edition, EPIA 2025, will take place in Faro from 1^st to 3^rd of October, 2025. As in previous editions, this international conference is hosted with the patronage of the Portuguese Association for Artificial Intelligence (APPIA). 

Importante Dates

PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE:  May 23, 2025 (AoE)

NOTIFICATION OF PAPER ACCEPTANCE: July 04, 2025

CAMERA-READY PAPERS DEADLINE: July 14, 2025 (AoE)

CONFERENCE: October 1-3, 2025 

Call for Papers

We invite all members of the international AI research and industry communities to submit their high-quality, previously unpublished papers to EPIA 2025.

EPIA2025 is organized around thematic tracks. These are intended to provide an environment that fosters an active exchange of ideas between attendees within specific sub-areas of AI. 

In addition to the parallel sessions for the different tracks, there will be plenary sessions with invited lectures given by leading scientists, discussion sessions, and social events. More detailed and up-to-date information may be found at: https://epia2025.ualg.pt/

Submission Guidelines

Papers should be prepared according to the Springer LNAI format, using either a LaTeX or a Word template, with a maximum of 12 pages, including references. However, authors should consider any track-specific details in their submission.

EPIA 2025 will not accept any paper that, at the time of submission, is under review for, has already been published in or has already been accepted for publication in a journal or another venue with formally published proceedings. Authors of EPIA 2025 submissions are also not permitted to submit their paper to a journal or another venue with formally published proceedings during the EPIA 2025 review period. (As a guideline, authors should regard publications with a DOI, ISBN, or ISSN as formal publications. Questions about submission eligibility should be referred to the program chair before the deadline.) These restrictions do not apply to workshops and similar specialized presentations without formally published proceedings.

Submitted papers will be subject to a double-blind review process and will be peer-reviewed by at least three members of the respective thematic track program committee.

It is the responsibility of the authors to remove names and affiliations from the submitted papers, and to take reasonable care to assure anonymity during the review process. Authors should also follow the standards as set out in the Springer Nature code of conduct.

Prospective authors should select the thematic track to which their paper is to be submitted.

EPIA2025 features the following thematic tracks covering a wide spectrum of AI topics:

• AI and Creativity
• AI for Architecture, Engineering and Conservation
• Ambient Intelligence and Affective Environments (AmIA)
• Artificial Intelligence and IoT in Agriculture (AIoTA)
• Artificial Intelligence and Law
• Artificial Intelligence for Industry and Societies (AI4IS)
• Artificial Intelligence in Medicine (AIM)
• Artificial Intelligence in Power and Energy Systems (AIPES)
• Artificial Intelligence in Transportation Systems (AITS)
• Ethics and Responsibility in AI
• Fuzzy Data Analysis and Applications
• Generative AI – Foundations and Applications
• Knowledge Discovery and Business Intelligence
• Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
• Natural Language Processing, Text Mining and Applications (NLP-TeMA)

Proceedings and Presentations

Accepted papers will be included in the conference proceedings (a volume of Springer’s LNAI – Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence), provided that at least one author is registered in EPIA 2025 by the early registration deadline. The EPIA 2025 proceedings are indexed in Thomson Reuters ISI Web of Science, Scopus, DBLP and Google Scholar. 

Each accepted paper is required to be presented by one of the authors in a track session. Previous volumes of EPIA proceedings are available here.

Committees

Steering Committee

• Bernardete Ribeiro, University of Coimbra
• Ernesto Costa, University of Coimbra
• Eugenio Oliveira, FEUP, University of Porto
• Goreti Marreiros, ISEP, Polytechnic of Porto
• Inês Lynce, IST, University of Lisbon
• José Júlio Alferes, University NOVA of Lisbon
• Paulo Novais, University of Minho
• Virginia Dignum, Umeå University

Event and Program Committee

• José Valente de Oliveira, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve
• João Leite, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
• João Rodrigues, Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Universidade do Algarve 
• João Dias, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve
• Pedro Cardoso, Professor, Instituto Superior de Engenharia, Universidade do Algarve

Organizing committee

• Simão Melo de Sousa, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve
• Helder Daniel, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve
• José Barateiro, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve
• Marielba Zacarias, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve
• Paula Martins Ventura, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve