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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>AAAI 2025 Bridge on Explainable AI, Energy and Critical Infrastructure Systems</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">FEBRUARY 25 – 26, 2025 | PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, USA</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> <b>Description of Bridge and topics</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The goal of this bridge will be to bring together researchers, practitioners from industry and policymakers </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">to share technical advances and insights on applications and challenges for the application of (X)AI in </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">energy and critical infrastructure systems. The target audience is AI researchers that are actively working</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">on the use of AI and XAI in energy and critical infrastructure systems, as well as researchers in energy </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">and critical infrastructure systems that would like to explore the potential benefits of applying AI and XAI</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">to these domains. Other stakeholders, including policymakers and regulators interested in AI are also </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">welcome to join. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Important dates</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Submission deadline: November 25<sup>th</sup>, 2024</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Notifications due: December 9<sup>th</sup>, 2024</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Bridge date: TBD (either February 25<sup>th</sup> or 26<sup>th</sup>, 2025)</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Website</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Submission Site Information: <a href="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=xaieci2025" title="https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=xaieci2025">https://easychair.org/my/conference?conf=xaieci2025</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bridge website: <a href="https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~fleofant/aaai25-xai-eci/index.html" title="https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~fleofant/aaai25-xai-eci/index.html">https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~fleofant/aaai25-xai-eci/index.html</a></p>
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<b>Format of Bridge</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This 1-day bridge will include invited talks, panels and tutorials covering a wide range of topics at the</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">intersection of XAI, Energy and Critical Infrastructure Systems. This bridge will also include networking</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">sessions and mentoring opportunities for students.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Submission requirements</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This Bridge accepts submissions to a variety of Tracks, which are described in the <a href="https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~fleofant/aaai25-xai-eci/index.html" title="https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~fleofant/aaai25-xai-eci/index.html">Bridge website</a>.
Our aim</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">is to maximise opportunities and options for contributing to this Bridge and the Bridge community. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Submissions to multiple Tracks are allowed. </p>
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Submissions need to discuss interactions between XAI, Energy and Critical Infrastructure systems in some</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">fashion. All submissions should keep in mind that Bridge attendees are not necessarily experts in both </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">fields. Presentations should try to bridge potential gaps, and welcome questions and discussion. <br>
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Submissions should be prepared using the AAAI 2025 template available <a href="https://aaai.org/authorkit25/" title="https://aaai.org/authorkit25/">here</a>. Submissions should specify</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">the Track they are submitted to, contain the names, affiliations and contact emails of the authors, and </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">indicate which authors would be expected to attend the Bridge.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The full list of Track options is available at the <a href="https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~fleofant/aaai25-xai-eci/index.html" title="https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~fleofant/aaai25-xai-eci/index.html">bridge website</a> along with full submission
requirements and </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">instructions and other important information. Submissions will be through <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=xaieci2025" title="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=xaieci2025">EasyChair</a>. The deadline for </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">submitting to this bridge is November 25th, 2024. All accepted contributions must be presented in person.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All participants, whether they have an accepted contribution or not, will be required to register to AAAI 2025</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">using the Bridge, Tutorial and Lab only registration. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">All accepted submissions will be posted on this website. If a submission is accepted for physical presentation,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">authors will then be expected to provide any slides used in the presentation for inclusion in the Bridge </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">website as well.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Organising team</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Bridge Chair:</b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://fraleo.github.io/" title="https://fraleo.github.io/">Francesco Leofante</a>, Imperial College London, <a href="mailto:f.leofante@imperial.ac.uk" title="mailto:f.leofante@imperial.ac.uk">f.leofante@imperial.ac.uk</a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Bridge Committee</b>: </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://fraleo.github.io/" title="https://fraleo.github.io/">Francesco Leofante</a>, Imperial College London, <a href="mailto:f.leofante@imperial.ac.uk" title="mailto:f.leofante@imperial.ac.uk">f.leofante@imperial.ac.uk</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://andreartelt.github.io/" title="https://andreartelt.github.io/">André Artelt</a>, Bielefeld University, <a href="mailto:aartelt@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de" title="mailto:aartelt@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de">aartelt@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.kios.ucy.ac.cy/eliades/" title="https://www.kios.ucy.ac.cy/eliades/">Demetrios Eliades</a>, University of Cyprus, <a href="mailto:eliades.demetrios@ucy.ac.cy" title="mailto:eliades.demetrios@ucy.ac.cy">eliades.demetrios@ucy.ac.cy</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/a.korre" title="https://profiles.imperial.ac.uk/a.korre">Anna Korre</a>, Imperial College London, <a href="mailto:a.korre@imperial.ac.uk" title="mailto:a.korre@imperial.ac.uk">a.korre@imperial.ac.uk</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://uqtmiller.github.io/" title="https://uqtmiller.github.io/">Tim Miller</a>, The University of Queensland, <a href="mailto:timothy.miller@uq.edu.au" title="mailto:timothy.miller@uq.edu.au">timothy.miller@uq.edu.au</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ft/" title="https://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ft/">Francesca Toni</a>, Imperial College London, <a href="mailto:f.toni@imperial.ac.uk" title="mailto:f.toni@imperial.ac.uk">f.toni@imperial.ac.uk</a></p>
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