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Call for Posters Session on Knowledge, Reasoning and Decision-Making

You are invited to submit an abstract for a poster presentation during 2026 Summer School of Institut des sciences cognitives of Université du Québec à Montréal in Montreal, Québec Canada, on the theme of Knowledge, Reasoning, and Decision-Making. 

Three prizes will be awarded to the posters that receive the highest scores from the jury:

1st place: $500 CAD;

2nd place: $250 CAD;

3rd place: $250 CAD.

Knowledge plays a determinant role in effective decision-making. This is why humans use a considerable amount of cognitive energy to reason and make decisions by mobilizing and transforming their knowledge, using both implicit and explicit reasoning strategies. Recent developments in computer science and artificial intelligence now remarkably extend these human capacities while offering new tools to represent knowledge, model reasoning, and support decision-making. In this context, 2026 Summer School of Institut des sciences cognitives seeks to present fresh research from the major research domains studying knowledge, reasoning, and decision-making. Such a perspective embraces interdisciplinarity, welcoming perspectives from the cognitive sciences, philosophy, psychology, linguistics, logic, and artificial intelligence. Submissions from graduate, postgraduate, and young researchers working in one or many of these fields are welcome.

Some of our confirmed experts are:

  • Catarina Dutilh Novaes, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam | Logic
  • Christian Lebiere, Carnegie Mellon University | Cognitive architectures 
  • Gordon Pennycook, Cornell University | Psychology of reasoning 
  • Ian Pratt-Hartmann, University of Manchester | Computer science 
  • Hannah Rohde, University of Edinburgh | Linguistics

Your presentation must fall within one of the disciplines covered by the Summer School.

These disciplines are: computer science, linguistics, logic, philosophy, and psychology. 

Examples of questions raised during the Summer school :

  • How can non classical logics model human reasoning?
  • What are the mechanisms of creative reasoning in humans (induction, abduction, analogy)?
  • How can data-driven abduction mechanisms be integrated at the architectural level without sacrificing the consistency of symbolic reasoning models?
  • Can hybrid neuro-symbolic architectures provide a unified representation of knowledge that is both logically manipulable and suitable for statistical learning under uncertainty?
  • Is human reasoning logic? Is it probabilistic?
  • Can we inhibit our cognitive biases? If so, how?
  • Why are we susceptible to belief in fake news or to conspiracy theories?
  • Which role do formal ontologies play in reasoning and decision-making and what is their relation to Large Language Models?
  • How do modern methods of constraint resolution extend human capacities? To which tasks, reasoning strategies, and decisions can they be applied to?
  • In which contexts do we see an influence from contextual information (discursive, enunciative, situational, social, etc.) on the use and understanding of linguistic phenomena?
  • How do different knowledge bases interact to generate inferences and guide decision-making during linguistic production and perception?
     

Guidelines for submit an abstract

All submissions must be made through the EasyChair system by following this link: https://easychair.org/conferences2/submissions?a=36391988

If you don’t have an EasyChair account, click on the "create an account " tab and follow the instructions. When you are connected, click the "New Submission" tab.

Your submission must include:

  • A title
  • An abstract (2500 characters, spaces included)
  • Full name, affiliation and email address of the author and co-authors (if applicable).
  • A minimum of 3 keywords
  • The discipline and topic addressed in your presentation

Guidelines for poster presentation

  • You will be provided with a maximum surface area of 4 feet x 6 feet (122 cm x 182 cm) to display your poster. Posters can not exceed this size.
  • Push pins will be provided for you to affix your poster to the display board.
  • You may hand out information sheets to those viewing your poster.
  • Poster material must be prepared in advance and should be large enough to be viewed from a distance of approximately 3 feet or more.
  • Each poster must have a top label indicating the title of the paper, the names of the authors and their affiliations. The size of the characters for the title should be at least one inch high.
  • Keep illustrative material simple. Charts, drawings and illustrations may be similar to those used in making slides – preferably with bolder, heavier figures. These materials should be mounted on fairly stiff paper – but NOT heavy cardboard.
  • “Introduction” and “Conclusion” sections are usually helpful.
  • When feasible, use graphs for demonstrating qualitative relationships, tables of precise numerical values.
  • If used, photographs should be in a matte finish, not glossy.
  • Do not fold posters; roll and carry them in an appropriate container.
  • Do not mail poster presentations in advance; bring them with you.
  • Local printing of posters is possible—if so, please contact the Institut des sciences cognitives for details.
  • Meeting staff will be present to assist you during the poster set up times.
  • At the end of the display period, the author(s) are responsible for removing and collecting the posters.
  • Posters that have not been removed will be placed in the recycling box.

Deadline 
The submission deadline is FridayApril 10, 2026. 

Notifications of acceptance will be sent before April 17, 2026.

*Registration is mandatory to attend and present a poster at the ISC 2026 Summer School. Participants whose posters are accepted will be offered free registration.



 

 

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