SENTIS Workshop

Leveraging SEmaNtics for Transparency in Industrial Systems

About SENTIS

The increasing complexity of industrial automation systems, driven by IT/OT convergence, is transforming traditionally deterministic systems into distributed non-deterministic cyber-physical systems (CPS).

This evolution, combined with the growing adoption of ML and AI technologies, creates an urgent need for transparency and explainability in industrial applications. The upcoming EU AI Act further emphasizes this requirement, making it essential to convert black box systems into interpretable white box solutions that provide trustworthy information and recommendations to system operators. Semantic web technologies (SWT) and knowledge graphs (KG) have emerged as powerful tools to address these challenges in complex automation systems.

The SENTIS workshop serves as a collaborative platform connecting researchers, industry professionals, and domain experts who specialize in SWT for automation systems. The workshop focuses on advancing transparency in both automation systems and their AI models, while promoting explainable solutions for industry applications.

SENTIS aims to foster engaging discussions, encourage the sharing of ideas, and catalyze future collaborative research initiatives in this rapidly evolving domain.

Keywords

Industrial Systems - Transparency - Explainability - Auditability - Use Cases - Semantic Web Applications

Topics of Interest

Topics include, but are not limited to:

  • Knowledge graphs for system transparency, explanations, auditability
  • Semantic Web technologies for user-centered explanations
  • Applications of semantic frameworks in industrial systems
  • Human-in-the-loop to construct and/or evaluate interpretable systems
  • Semantic interpretability: how to add semantics to explanations
  • Applications of Web of Things technologies in industrial systems
  • AI explainability in digital twins
  • Event detection and representation in industrial systems
  • Formal methods for describing and verifying industrial systems
  • Learning and representing causal knowledge

Keynote Speakers

To Be Announced

Workshop Program

To Be Announced

Important Dates

Submission Deadline
14
June
2025
11:59 PM AoE
Notification of Acceptance
05
July
2025
11:59 PM AoE

Submissions

The SENTIS Workshop calls for original and previously unpublished submissions. Both short and long paper submissions are welcome:

  • Short paper submissions are limited to 5-9 pages (single column). This category welcomes submissions presenting early research results, novel concepts, or discussion-oriented position papers.
  • Full papers should range between 10 and 16 pages (single column). They should present complete and well-developed research, featuring thorough theoretical analysis or substantial practical contributions
Submission Guidelines

Papers will be published in the SEMANTiCS side event proceedings through CEUR Workshop Proceedings. The submissions must be in English and adhere to CEUR workshop Template.

The papers should be submitted as PDF files to EasyChair. The review process will be single-blind. Please note: At least one author per paper must be registered and attend the workshop to present the work.

Workshop Organizers

Konrad Diwold
Siemens AG Österreich
Andreas Harth
University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Marta Sabou
WU Vienna
Gernot Steindl
TU Vienna/FH Burgenland
Katrin Schreiberhuber
WU Vienna

Program Committee

To Be Announced