Call for Papers

The Second Annual International Workshop on Combinatorial Methods in Artificial Intelligence

(Combinatorics & AI 2025)
Co-located with IEEE AIxSET 2025

Combinatorial methods play a crucial role in artificial intelligence (AI), particularly in solving
problems where discrete structures and decisions are involved. This workshop is focused on
advanced combinatorial techniques and their applications in AI.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

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• Combinatorial optimization with emphasis on AI methods and/or applications

• Applications to/of statistical models (e.g., feature selection)

• Use of reinforcement learning, neural networks, and other AI methods to enhance combinatorial problem-solving

• Integration of machine learning techniques with combinatorial optimization

• Real-world applications of combinatorial methods in AI, including scheduling, resource allocation, network design, etc.

• Heuristics

• Exact and enumeration algorithms

• Computational & parameterized complexity

• Workflow development that include a combinatorial component

 

Authors are invited to submit extended abstracts (two pages, excluding references) in PDF format through this link by August 20, 2025.

 

IMPORTANT SUBMISSION INSTRUCTION:

• When submitting a paper to the Combinatorics & AI 2025 Workshop, please choose the "Workshop on Combinatorial Methods in Artificial Intelligence" track in Easychair.

• Page limits:

  • Regular and Workshop Papers – 8 pages (up to 2 extra pages allowed at $150 per extra page)

  • Short Papers – 4 pages (1 extra page allowed at $150)

  • Position Papers – 2 pages (1 extra page allowed at $150)

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Contributions will be reviewed for quality and relevance to the workshop’s theme. Theoretical and applied papers and papers that capture best practices and lessons learned from field studies are encouraged. Submission of preliminary results would also be considered.

 

Authors of accepted abstracts will present their work at the workshop either as regular talks or as posters.
The workshop organizers plan to invite the authors of distinguished extended abstracts to submit a full paper of their work in selected internationally renowned journal to be announced.

 

Workshop Organizers

Joseph R. Barr, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Arizona USA
Jon Haass, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Prescott Arizona USA
Faisal Abu-Khzam, Lebanese American University, Beirut, Lebanon
Gregory Gutin, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK
Peter Shaw, Oujiang Laboratory, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China