Neuro-symbolic AI Seminar
Scope
The Neuro-symbolic AI Seminar is jointly organized by IMAR, FMI-CS, ILDS, with the support of BRD and IBF.
Format
All seminars, except where otherwise indicated, will be on Thursdays between 10:00 and 12:00, Bucharest time. The seminars are held locally at Hall 203 of the Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, University of Bucharest (in the new PBTower location), but can also be occasionally held remotely.
To receive announcements about the seminar, please send an email to nsai-seminar@ilds.ro.
Organizers
Laurențiu Leuștean
Marius Popescu
Talks
SQAN: A Neuro-Symbolic Architecture for Normative Reasoning
Speaker: Cristian Kevorchian
(University of Bucharest)
Jun 4, 2026, 10:00
PBTower, Hall 203, IMAR
An Introduction to Voting Theory
Speaker: Bogdan Ichim and Ștefania-Alexandra Cristea
(University of Bucharest & IMAR)
May 28, 2026, 10:00
PBTower, Hall 203, IMAR
Durable Alignment via Orthogonal Memory in Large Language Mode
Speaker: Radu Negulescu
(The Informational Buildup Foundation)
May 21, 2026, 10:00
PBTower, Hall 203, IMAR
Concept creation and abstraction
Speaker: Răzvan Diaconescu and Ionuț Țuțu
(IMAR)
May 14, 2026, 10:00
PBTower, Hall 203, IMAR
On the gradient method
Speaker: Cristian Bereanu
(University of Bucharest and IMAR)
May 7, 2026, 10:00
PBTower, Hall 203, IMAR
Łukasiewicz logic and neural networks
Speaker: Ioana Leuștean and Bogdan Macovei
(University of Bucharest)
Apr 30, 2026, 10:00
PBTower, Hall 203, IMAR
Reinforcement Learning: Foundations, Algorithms, and LLM Applications II
Speaker: Ciprian Păduraru
(University of Bucharest)
Apr 23, 2026, 10:00
PBTower, Hall 203, IMAR
The Informational Buildup Framework: A Computable Theory of Coherence-Preserving Dynamics
Speaker: Radu Negulescu
(The Informational Buildup Foundation)
Apr 2, 2026, 10:00
PBTower, Hall 203, IMAR
Reinforcement Learning: Foundations, Algorithms, and LLM Applications I
Speaker: Ciprian Păduraru
(University of Bucharest)
Mar 26, 2026, 10:00
PBTower, Hall 203, IMAR
Adaptive virtual organisms: A compositional model for complex hardware-software binding
Speaker: Gheorghe Ștefănescu
(University of Bucharest)
Mar 19, 2026, 10:00
PBTower, Hall 203, IMAR
Mixed control-flow and data-flow computing models
Speaker: Gheorghe Ștefănescu
(University of Bucharest)
Mar 12, 2026, 10:00
PBTower, Hall 203, IMAR
NeurASP a differentiable extension of the Answer Set Programming
Speaker: Marius Popescu
(University of Bucharest)
Mar 5, 2026, 10:00
PBTower, Hall 203, IMAR