{"id":3459,"date":"2026-03-25T14:03:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T13:03:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/?page_id=3459"},"modified":"2026-07-10T11:54:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-10T09:54:08","slug":"ijcai-ecai-2026-caipi-prl","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/organized-events\/ijcai-ecai-2026-caipi-prl","title":{"rendered":"Joint Workshop on AI Planning for Complex Real-World Applications (CAIPI) and Bridging the Gap Between AI Planning and (Reinforcement) Learning (PRL)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/04\/caipi-logo-bremen.drawio-1024x683.png\" data-credit=\"hsu-hh\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3600\" style=\"width:1140px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/04\/caipi-logo-bremen.drawio-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/04\/caipi-logo-bremen.drawio-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/04\/caipi-logo-bremen.drawio-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/04\/caipi-logo-bremen.drawio-1100x733.png 1100w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/04\/caipi-logo-bremen.drawio.png 1530w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"aim-and-scope\">Aim and Scope<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Symbolic planning, Reinforcement Learning, and emerging directions such as LLMs for planning and Neuro-Symbolic approaches all contribute important theoretical and applied perspectives on sequential decision-making. However, these communities often evolve in parallel, with distinct assumptions, theoretical backbones, methods, benchmarks, and forms of evaluation. As a result, progress on planning is fragmented across community boundaries, despite a shared interest in solving complex decision-making problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This joint workshop aims to bring these communities together across both dimensions of the field: theoretical foundations and applications. It provides a platform for researchers working on symbolic, learning-based, and hybrid planning approaches to discuss common challenges, compare methodologies, and identify opportunities for integration. By fostering exchange across established and emerging research directions, the workshop seeks to strengthen connections within the broader planning community and support the development of more general and practically relevant planning approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"topics-of-interest\">Topics of Interest<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>We invite submissions at the intersection of AI Planning and (Reinforcement) Learning for theoretical and applied problems. The topics of interest include, but are not limited to, the following<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Novel real-world applications for planning and reinforcement learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Novel planning algorithms for real-world applications<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Usage of Large Language Models (LLMs) in planning and reinforcement learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Automated generation of planning domain descriptions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reinforcement learning (model-based, Bayesian, deep, hierarchical, <abbr title=\"et cetera\">etc.<\/abbr>)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learning for planning (L4P)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Generalized planning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Monte Carlo planning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Model representation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Model learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Planning using approximated\/uncertain (learned) models<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learning search heuristics for planner guidance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Theoretical aspects of planning and reinforcement learning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Dataset and Benchmarks across planning and RL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Action policy analysis or certification<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reinforcement learning and planning competition(s)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"important-dates\">Important Dates<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><s>Paper submission deadline: May 15, AOE<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><s>Paper submission deadline: May 25, CET<\/s><\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><s>Paper acceptance notification: June 15, AOE<\/s><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Submission of Camera-Ready Version: August 1, AOE<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Workshop takes place on August 17, Bremen, Germany<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>IJCAI will be <strong>in-person<\/strong> this year. Authors of accepted workshop papers are expected to physically attend the conference and present in person.<br>We will not accept video presentations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"submission-details\">Program<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/07\/image-1024x821.png\" data-credit=\"\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3783\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/07\/image-1024x821.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/07\/image-300x241.png 300w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/07\/image-768x616.png 768w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/07\/image-1536x1232.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/07\/image-2048x1643.png 2048w, https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/07\/image-1100x882.png 1100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can download the program as PDF here<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-hsu-downloadblock\"><div class=\"thumbnail-area\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hsu\/img\/dummy\/downloads_dummy.png\" alt=\"Download Symbol-Icon\" \/><\/div><div class=\"text-area\">Program for CAIPI-PRL 2026<\/div><div class=\"download-area\"><a class=\"download-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/677\/2026\/07\/Schedule_CAIPI26.pdf\"><span class=\"download-name\">pdf laden<\/span><span class=\"download-icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"download-icon\" alt=\"download icon\" src=\"\/wp-content\/themes\/hsu\/img\/icons\/download_icon.png\" \/><\/span><span class=\"download-size\">54 kB<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"organizing-committee\">Organizing Committee<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/cse.sc.edu\/%7Eforesta\/\" rel='nofollow'>Forest Agostinelli<\/a>, University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/zlatanajanovic.com\" rel='nofollow'>Zlatan Ajanovi\u0107<\/a>, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/staff\">Jonas Ehrhardt<\/a>, Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg, Germany.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/staff\">Alexander Diedrich<\/a>, Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg, Germany.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/mosi.uni-saarland.de\/people\/timo\/\" rel='nofollow'>Timo P. Gros<\/a>, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Saarbr\u00fccken, Germany.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/staff\">Ren\u00e9 Heesch<\/a>, Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg, Germany.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/andrea.micheli.website\" rel='nofollow'>Andrea Micheli<\/a>, Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Trento, Italy.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/team\">Oliver Niggemann<\/a>, Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg, Germany.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/shperb.github.io\" rel='nofollow'>Shahaf S. Shperberg<\/a>, Ben-Gurion University, Be\u2019er Sheva, Israel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.google.com\/view\/ataitler\/home\" rel='nofollow'>Ayal Taitler<\/a>, Ben-Gurion University, Be\u2019er Sheva, Israel.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hsu-hh.de\/imb\/en\/staff\">Niklas Widulle<\/a>, Helmut-Schmidt-University, Hamburg, Germany.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Please send your inquiries to <a href=\"mailto:prl.theworkshop@gmail.com\" rel='nofollow'>prl.theworkshop@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Program Committee <\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexandre Albore, French Aerospace Lab<br>Kaja Balzereit, Faculty of Engineering and Mathematics, University of Applied Sciences Bielefeld<br>Arthur Bit-Monnot, Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems, French National Centre for Scientific Research<br>Alexander Diedrich, Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Helmut Schmidt University<br>Jonas Ehrhardt, Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Helmut Schmidt University<br>Aljosha K\u00f6cher, Institute of Automation Technology, Helmut Schmidt University<br>Ingo Pill, Institute for Software Technology, Graz University of Technology<br>Marcos Quinones-Grueiro, Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University<br>Elisa Tosello, Planning Scheduling and Optimization Unit, Fondazione Bruno Kessler<br>Luis Miguel Vieira da Silva, Institute of Automation Technology, Helmut Schmidt University<br>Niklas Widulle, Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Helmut Schmidt University<br>Alexander Windmann, Institute of Artificial Intelligence, Helmut Schmidt University<br>Alois Zoitl, LIT Cyber-Physical Systems Lab, Johannes Kepler University Linz<br>Patrick Rodler, University of Klagenfurt<br>Scott Sanner, University of Toronto<br>Argamann Mordoch, Ben-Gurion University, Be&#8217;er Sheva<br>Forest Agostinelli, University of South Carolina<br>Zlatan Ajanovi\u0107, RWTH Aachen University<br>Dillon Ze Chen, Laboratory for Analysis and Architecture of Systems (LAAS-CNRS)<br>Timo P. Gros, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI)<br>Shahaf S. Shperberg, Ben-Gurion University<br>Ayal Taitler, Ben-Gurion University, Be\u2019er Sheva<br>Roni Stern, Ben-Gurion University, Be&#8217;er Sheva<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aim and Scope Symbolic planning, Reinforcement Learning, and emerging directions such as LLMs for planning and Neuro-Symbolic approaches all contribute important theoretical and applied perspectives on sequential decision-making. 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