About the workshop
The rapid advancement of Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) has revolutionized various fields, including natural language processing, computer vision, and creative industries. Models such as GPT, DALL·E, and others have demonstrated the immense potential of generative AI in creating realistic, coherent, and often groundbreaking outputs across a wide range of domains. However, the application of these generative models to scientific discovery and problem-solving remains an emerging area, filled with opportunities and challenges.
Science is inherently generative: it involves creating hypotheses, designing experiments, interpreting data, and communicating results. Generative AI has the potential to augment these processes by automating routine tasks, enabling hypothesis generation, synthesizing complex information, and uncovering insights from vast datasets. Scientific data is often sparse, noisy, and domain-specific, requiring models to understand and adhere to rigorous scientific principles and constraints.
The SymGenAI4Sci 2025 workshop aims to address these challenges and explore the transformative potential of generative AI in scientific research by bringing together researchers, practitioners, and domain experts.
Where
SEMANTICS 2025 | Vienna, Austria
When
September 3, 2025 | 10:30 - 14:30 CEST
Workshop Format
The workshop explores innovative approaches to integrating Symbolic and Generative AI for scientific applications
Welcome Session
Welcome and Introduction
Workshop opening and overview
Keynote 1
Robert Tjarko Lange, Sakana.ai
Toward Open-Ended Agentic Discovery:
LLMs as Artists, Scientists, and Evolutionary Engines
Paper Presentations 1
Chebifier 2: An Ensemble for Chemistry
Presenters: Simon Flügel, Martin Glauer, Janna Hastings, Till Mossakowski, Christopher J. Mungall, Charlotte Tumescheit and Fabian Neuhaus
Investigating Symbolic Triggers of Hallucination in Gemma Models Across HaluEval and TruthfulQA
Presenters: Naveen Lamba, Sanju Tiwari and Manas Gaur (Online)
Lunch Break
Lunch Break
Keynote 2
Cogan Shimizu
Towards Understanding Structures in KG
Embedding Spaces for Experimental Design
Paper Presentations 2
DeepResearchEco: A Recursive Agentic Workflow for Complex Scientific Question Answering in Ecology
Presenters: Jennifer D'Souza, Endres Keno Sander and Andrei Aioanei (Online)
Ontology Enrichment of Video Games with LLMs
Presenters: Oğuzhan Menemencioğlu and Ahmet Selim Küçükara (Online)
Abstract Argumentation Frameworks Extraction for Dispute Resolution in Scientific Peer Review
Presenters: Ildar Baimuratov and Alexandr Karpovich
Closing Session
Closing Remarks
Workshop conclusion and future directions
Workshop Topics
The workshop welcomes contributions on the following topics:
Symbolic and Generative AI in Science
- Model development and adaptation for scientific domains
- Symbolic and Generative AI for scientific discovery and innovation
- Addressing and mitigating hallucinations and biases in generative AI
- Evaluation and validation of generative AI models in science
- Metrics and benchmarks for assessing generative AI in scientific applications
- Case studies and real-world applications in scientific workflows
Symbolic and Hybrid Approaches
- Integrating symbolic reasoning with generative AI for scientific inference
- Ontologies, schemas, and knowledge graphs for structured scientific AI
- Hybrid AI approaches combining generative and symbolic reasoning
- Human-in-the-loop methods for enhancing generative AI in science
- Open information extraction and knowledge-graph-based approaches
Tools, Resources, and Societal Impacts
- Open-source tools, datasets, and platforms for generative AI in science
- Societal impacts and ethical considerations of generative AI in scientific domains
- Generative AI in education and outreach for scientific literacy
Advanced Techniques and Emerging Trends
- Exploring multi-modal generative models for scientific applications
- Deep learning and hybrid generative approaches
- Schema-guided generation and structured output modeling for scientific AI
Call for Papers
We welcome original research contributions in the following categories:
All papers will be peer-reviewed by multiple researchers.
Selected papers will be published with CEUR.
All papers should follow the 1-column CEUR format:
Important Dates
- Paper submissions due: July 20, 2025
- Notification of final decision: August 3, 2025
(All deadlines are midnight Anywhere on Earth time.)
Organizing Committee
The organizing committee comprises experts in the fields of generative AI and Semantic Web.
Program Committee
Tentative Program Committee members with expertise in the field.
- Angelo Salatino, The Open University, UK
- Amna Dirdi, Birmingham City University, UK
- Davide Buscaldi, Université Paris 13, France
- Hamed Babaei Giglou, TIB Hanover, Germany
- Patience Usoro Usip, University of Uyo, Nigeria
- Azanzi Jiomekong, University of Yaounde, Cameroon
- Disha Purohit, TIB, Germany
- Francesco Osborne, The Open University, UK
- Lars Vogt, TIB, Hanover, Germany
- Allard Oelen, TIB, Hanover, Germany
- Carlos FEnguish, UAT Mexico
- Fernando Ortiz-Rodriguez, UAT Mexico
- Meriem DEZZAR, University of Khenchela, Algeria