We invite original papers on (but not limited to) theoretical and practical advances in transparent, trustworthy, and ethical AI systems for decision-making aligned with the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

– Paper submission deadline: 20.09.2025
– Notification of acceptance: 20.10.2025
– Camera-ready submission: 27.10.2025
– Workshop date: 07.11.2025

– Paper type: Regular papers (10–15 pages), English.
– Template (CEUR-ART, one-column):
    – LaTeX ZIP: CEURART.zip (recommended with Overleaf)
    – Libre Office template: Download
– Authorship limits: ≤ 5 authors per paper.
– Self-citation: ≤ 20 % of references.
– Submission system: Submit via Microsoft CMT.
– Peer review: Double-blind. Each submission will receive at least two independent reviews. Acceptance requires at least one strong accept and no rejects; a third reviewer may be invited in case of disagreement.

Generative AI disclosure: Authors must include the mandatory CEUR declaration regarding the use (or non-use) of generative AI tools (see CEUR policy: https://ceur-ws.org/GenAI/Policy.html).

Author metadata: Meaningful affiliations with institutional e‑mail addresses and ORCID identifiers (https://orcid.org) must be provided in the paper footer (page 1), per CEUR-ART instructions.

To improve acceptance likelihood and ensure CEUR compliance:
– Concise, specific title (≤ 13 words; avoid repeated words).
– Clear English; please proofread.
– Paper structure: Abstract; Keywords; Introduction; Related Work; Methods/Model; Results & Discussion; Conclusion; References.
– Reference list: ~25–30 sources typical for regular papers; majority recent (≤ 5–8 years).
– International reach: ≤ 20 % total local (same-country + self) references; self-citation ideally ≤ 15 % and in all cases ≤ 20 %.
– No «cascade» chains of >3 sequential references.
– Non-English sources must include language tags (e.g., (in Ukrainian)).
– Ensure uniform formatting of headings, captions, and equations; provide high-quality figure graphics with readable fonts (vector graphics are preferred).

Each accepted paper must be accompanied by a signed CEUR-WS Open-Access Author Agreement (hand-completed and scanned/PDF):

AUTHOR‑AGREEMENT (NTP) – select this form if your submission contains no copyrighted third‑party material and no content generated with AI/LLM tools (the usual case).

AUTHOR‑AGREEMENT (TP) – select this form if your paper does include copyrighted third‑party material. Attach the corresponding permission letters to the signed agreement.

General Chair
– Prof. Tetiana Hovorushchenko, Khmelnytskyi National University, Ukraine

Program Committee Chairs
– Prof. Olexander Barmak, Khmelnytskyi National University, Ukraine
– Prof. Iurii Krak, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, Ukraine

International Program Committee
– Prof. Eduard Manziuk, Khmelnytskyi National University, Ukraine
– Prof. Nataliia Shakhovska, Lviv Polytechnic National University, Ukraine
– Prof. Vyacheslav Kharchenko, National Aerospace University KhAI, Ukraine
– Prof. Volodymyr Lytvynenko, Kherson National Technical University, Ukraine
– Prof. Vyacheslav Kovtun, Vinnytsia National Technical University, Ukraine
– Prof. Roman Kuc, Yale University, USA
– Prof. Orken Mamyrbayev, Institute of Information and Computational Technologies, Kazakhstan
– Prof. Andrii Biloshchytskyi, Astana IT University, Kazakhstan
– Prof. Waldemar Wojcik, Lublin University of Technology, Poland
– Dr. Ivan Izonin, University of Birmingham, UK
– Prof. Sergey Yakovlev, Lodz University of Technology, Poland
– Prof. Adam Wierzbicki, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology, Poland
– Prof. Sergii Babichev, Jan Evangelista Purkyne University in Usti and Labem, Czech Republic
– Dr. Dmytro Chumachenko, University of Waterloo, Canada
– Prof. Vitaly Levashenko, Zilina University, Slovakia
– Prof. Elena Zaitseva, Zilina University, Slovakia
– Dr. Miroslav Kvassay, Zilina University, Slovakia
– Dr. Artem Boyarchuk, TalTech University, Estonia
– Dr. Tomáš Sochor, University of Ostrava, Czech Republic
– Prof. Abdel-Badeeh M. Salem, Ain Shams University, Egypt
– Dr. Houda El Bouhissi, University of Bejaia, Algeria

Additional reviewers with relevant expertise will be invited as needed.

Organizing Committee
– Dr. Pavlo Radiuk, Khmelnytskyi National University, Ukraine
– Dr. Oleksandr Mazurets, Khmelnytskyi National University, Ukraine
– Dr. Maryna Molchanova, Khmelnytskyi National University, Ukraine
– Dr. Olena Sobko, Khmelnytskyi National University, Ukraine

Authors of high-quality workshop papers will be invited to submit extended versions (≥ 70 % new content) to selected journals. Confirmed opportunity:

Sustainability, ISSN 2071–1050, Q2 (Scimago), IF 3.3. Special Issue: «Empowering Artificial Intelligence to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals». Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Olexander Barmak, Prof. Dr. Iurii Krak, Prof. Dr. Eduard Manziuk, Dr. Pavlo Radiuk.

All extended submissions will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process.

Questions? Please e-mail explai.khmnu@gmail.com

Updates: https://kn.khmnu.edu.ua/ExplAI-2025/