Principia Analogiae 2025

June 19-21, 2025 - Lisbon, Portugal

Analogical reasoning is a remarkable human capability, allowing us to adapt to novel situations - an ability that current AI systems still lack.

Much research has suggested that analogies are key to non-brittle systems that can adapt to new domains. Attempts to attack this problem have been fragmented, with different groups focusing on narrow aspects of the problem, each group using their own separate evaluation metrics. We believe that the lack of unifying foundational mathematical frameworks and evaluation benchmarks has been limiting progress in analogy research.

With this conference we aim to bring together leading experts from various research and applied fields to join forces, share perspectives, and collectively define the research agenda for the immediate future. Recognizing the need for foundational work in this area, we seek unifying frameworks, methodologies, and basic principles that will serve as the cornerstone for future advancements.

Principia Analogiae 2025 will involve keynote presentations, followed by working groups to tackle several challenges related to analogy theory and applications. These will be soon announced.

The conference is free of charge but registration is mandatory and places are limited.

Register Here before 10 of April, 2025!

Schedule

Schedule being updated!

Day 1 (19.6): “Framing the Field” — Orient, Connect, and Surface Key Themes

Time Session Details
09:30 - 10:15 Opening & Welcome
10:15 – 11:00 Lightning Talks: ‘What is the most important research question we should pursue? (and what shouldn't we spend time on?)’
11:00 – 11:30 Coffee & Connection
11:30 – 12:30 Research Speed Dating
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 16:00 WG Marketplace + Breakout Round 1
16:00 – 17:00 Plenary Shareback + Common Threads Board
18:30+ Casual Dinner + Powerpoint Karaoke

Day 2 (20.6): “Making With Analogy” — Build, Test, Create

Time Session Details
09:00 – 09:30 Morning Warm-Up:
09:30 – 10:30 Provocations
10:30 – 12:00 WG Breakout Round 2: Deep Dive
12:30 – 13:30 Lunch
13:30 – 15:00 Cross-Pollination Lab
15:00 – 16:00 WG Breakout Round 3
16:00 – 17:00 Feedback Gallery + Voting
20:00+ Dinner at “Cantinho do Avilez” cantinho do avillez lisboa lisbon chiado melhores restaurantes best restaurants jantar dinner almoço lunch recomendado recommended Portugal

Day 3 (21.6): “Where Do We Go From Here?” — Synthesize & Seed Action

Time Session Details
10:00 – 12:30 WG Breakout Round 4: Commitments & Prototypes
12:30 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:30 Closing Fair: Show & Tell from Each WG
15:30 – 16:30 Closing Ritual
16:30+ Chill hangout (Optional)

Day 4 (22.6, Optional)

Time Session Details
10:00+ Tour of Lisbon in the morning

Featured Speakers

Meet our distinguished panel of speakers from leading universities and industries worldwide.

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Working Groups

Information to be announced.

organizing committee

Miguel Couceiro

Miguel Couceiro

INESC-ID, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal

Dafna Shahaf

Dafna Shahaf

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel

Pierre Monnin

Pierre Monnin

Université Côte d'Azur, Inria, CNRS, I3S, France

Zied Bouraoui

Zied Bouraoui

Université d’Artois, CRIL, CNRS, France

Practical information

Contact email: analogiae2025@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Registration: The conference is free of charge but registration is mandatory and places are limited. Register Here

Getting to Lisbon: You can reach Lisbon either by airplane, train or car.

Venue: The conference will be mainly located in the Computer Science and Engineering (DEI) and the Dep. Mathematics, Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, in the Campus Alameda, Centro de Congressos and Informática I/III

Subway statio: Saldanha and Alameda

Acommodation

We can suggest the following hotels (but you can find plenty of offers around the conference site!) that may provide some discounts. For that you should mention the IST, U.Lisbon, in the reservation email.

Sightseeing Lisbon

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