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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

Christine Lahoud
CIAD-Lab, University of Technology of Belfort-Montbéliard
France

 
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.
Marie-Helene Abel
HEUDIASYC CNRS UMR, University of Compiègne
France
http://www.hds.utc.fr/~mhabel/perso/doku.php
 
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.
Yazan Mualla
CIAD, Univ. Bourgogne Franche-Comté, UTBM
France
https://www.ciad-lab.fr/yazan_mualla/
 
Brief Bio
Yazan Mualla is an Associate Professor at the Belfort-Montbéliard University of Technology (UTBM), France. He is the head of the specialty program: Software Development. He has been an elected member of the Distributed Knowledge and Distributed Artificial Intelligence research laboratory board since Mar 2023. He participated in 11 national & international projects and research grants. He has authored more than 50 research articles. His research interests include Explainable artificial intelligence (XAI), Human-machine/computer/robot/agent interaction/collaboration, Multi-agent systems, Agent-based modelling and simulation, Intelligent transport systems, and Cyber-physical-social systems.

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

Nader Abdelmalek, Universite de Technologie de Compiegne, France
Chady Aboujaoude, Antonine University, Lebanon
Raoudha Ben Djemaa, University of Sousse, ISITCOM, Tunisia
Nour El Mawas, Université de Lille, France
Cheikh Brahim El Vaigh, CIAD, Université Bourgogne Europe, France
Mariam Gawish, UFEID Lab, UFE, Egypt
Thorsten Händler, Ferdinand Porsche Mobile University of Applied Sciences (FERNFH), Austria
Judita Kasperiuniene, Faculty of Informatics, Vytautas Magnus University, Lithuania
Mohamed Koutheaïr Khribi, Mada Center, Qatar
Chien-Sing Lee, Sunway University, Malaysia
Mohamed Abdelhadi Mitwally, Department of Educational Foundations, UNESCO Chair on Open Distance Learning University of South Africa, South Africa
Horia Modran, Transilvania University of Brasov, Romania
Karim Sehaba, Liris lab, CNRS UMR UMR5205, France
Hajer Baazaoui Zghal, ETIS, France

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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

SECRETARIAT CONTACTS

CSEDU Special Sessions - EKM 2026
e-mail: csedu.secretariat@insticc.org
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