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From September 8-10, the Baskin School of Engineering hosted the 19th Conference on Neurosymbolic Learning and Reasoning (NeSy 2025), the longest-standing gathering for the presentation and discussion of cutting-edge research in neurosymbolic AI.
The event brought together more than 90 people to discuss the future of a field that aims to build powerful computational AI models, systems and applications by integrating neural and symbolic learning and reasoning. Researchers and students had the chance to learn, collaborate, and network with presentations, posters sessions, and social hours.
Leilani Gilpin, Baskin Engineering assistant professor of computer science and engineering who leads the AI Explainability and Accountability (AIEA) Lab, brought the event to campus.
“It was fantastic to be able to host NeSy at UC Santa Cruz,” Gilpin said. “It is the first time the conference was held in the U.S. as a full conference rather than a workshop. It brought together an incredible community of researchers from around the world and fostered exciting discussions on the future of neurosymbolic AI.”
Keynote speakers included Guy van den Broeck, professor of computer science at the UC Los Angeles, Thomas Kipf, staff research scientist at Google DeepMind, and Deborah McGuinness, professor of computer science, cognitive science, and industrial and systems engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.