Special Session
9th Special Session on
Educational Knowledge Management -
EKM
2026
18 - 20 May, 2026 - Benidorm, Spain
Within the 18th International Conference on Computer Supported Education - CSEDU 2026
CO-CHAIRS
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Christine Lahoud
CIAD-Lab, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard
France
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Brief Bio
Christine Lahoud is Assistant Professor at University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard (UTBM) in France. She was Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the Faculty of Engineering at the Université Française d'Egypte in Egypt, and before that at Galatasaray University, in Turkey. She obtained her PhD in Computer Science from UTBM in 2013. Her research interests include knowledge management, semantic web and artificial intelligence. She has been a member of the Program Committee of several conferences. She organised several workshops on Knowledge Management as KARE 2011 and EKM (2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023), and a special issue at the international journal of Continuing Engineering Education and Life-Long Learning, 2020.
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Marie-Helene Abel
HEUDIASYC CNRS UMR, University of Compiègne
France
http://www.hds.utc.fr/~mhabel/perso/doku.php
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Brief Bio
Pr. Marie-Helene Abel is director of the computer engineering department at university of technology of Compiègne (France) since March 2020. After obtained its PhD she worked during four years at the University of Amiens as associate professor before joining the University of Compiègne in 2000. She was in charge of: the specialization “Knowledge Engineering and Information Media” - University of Technologie of Compiègne, and leader of the Research Team ICI (Information, Knowledge, and Interaction) – UMR CNRS HEUDIASYC. She has published numerous papers in Journals and Conferences in the e-learning or knowledge engineering domain. She was in the scientific committee of conferences on e-learning and knowledge management. She takes part to European research projects. She is a member of the Network of Excellence Kaleidoscope, the European Network Taconet, and the Web Intelligent Consortium.
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SCOPE
The high volume of information in organizations has led researchers to focus on knowledge management (KM) as a form of competitive and success leverage.
The interest in KM for the educational domain has been growing in recent years as a strategic approach for sustainable development.
The use of KM in education can, for instance, help develop strategies to improve teaching effectiveness and student retention, support decision-making, analyze the impact of social media and games in learning, generate exam questions from text files, or provide personalized student guidance.
For this 9th edition, we are opening up to AI-driven educational systems. This new focus highlights the growing impact of Agentic AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Small Language Models (SLMs), and Explainable AI (XAI) in shaping next generation learning environments. By expanding our scope, we aim to explore how these technologies enhance personalization, automation, and educational decision-making.
We welcome submissions reporting original research that explores how KM technologies and AI technologies (Agentic AI, Generative AI, knowledge graph, ontologies, etc.) can address challenges related to the management and analysis of
educational information in academic or professional learning institutions.
TOPICS OF INTEREST
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
- Recommendation and Personalized Learning
- Educational Knowledge Management and Ontologies
- Educational Data and Learning Analytics
- Semantic Web and Linked Data in Education
- Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Human-Computer Interaction in Education
- Natural Language Processing To Improve Educational Effectiveness
- Educational Systems and Software
- Practical Learning and Pedagogical Methods
- Agentic AI and Autonomous Educational Agents
- LLMs and SLMs for Educational Purposes
- Generative AI and Large Language Models for Knowledge Creation and Tutoring
- XAI for Transparent Educational Decision-Making
- Human-Centered Design and Ethics in Agentic Learning Systems
- Integrating KM Frameworks With AI-Driven Adaptive Learning
- Collaborative Intelligence and Human-AI Co-Creation in Education
IMPORTANT DATES
Paper Submission:
March 24, 2026
Authors Notification:
April 7, 2026
Camera Ready and Registration:
April 15, 2026
SPECIAL SESSION PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Available soon.
PAPER SUBMISSION
Prospective authors are invited to submit papers in any of the topics listed above.
Instructions for preparing the manuscript (in Word and Latex formats) are available at: Paper Templates
Please also check the Guidelines.
Papers must be submitted electronically via the web-based submission system using the appropriated button on this page.
PUBLICATIONS
After thorough reviewing by the special session program committee, all accepted papers will be published in a special section of the conference proceedings book - under an ISBN reference and on digital support and submitted for indexation by SCOPUS, Google Scholar, DBLP, Semantic Scholar, EI and Web of Science / Conference Proceedings Citation Index
SCITEPRESS is a member of CrossRef (http://www.crossref.org/) and every paper is given a DOI (Digital Object Identifier).
All papers presented at the conference venue will be available at the SCITEPRESS Digital Library