WorkShop (WS) ACAI-2025
ACAI - Awakening Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence
This workshop (W31) is part of ECAI 2025 (https://ecai2025.org/) and will take place on the morning of 26 October 2025 in Bologna, Italy.
More information: https://ecai2025.org/workshops/ (W31)
This WS is a collection of papers exploring the subject about the future of AI consciousness and its potential impact on humanity.
IMPORTANT DATES
Submissions: open from 1 May 2025 (Closed)
Abstract Submission: Friday, 27 June 2025 (Closed)
Paper deadline: Friday, 25 July 2025 (Closed)
Author notification: Friday, 22 August 2025 (Updated)
Final workshop schedule published:
Friday, 29 August 2025 (Updated)
Workshops:
26 October 2025 (half-day, Morning)
The WS-ACAI-2025 proceedings will be submitted for publication in an open-access repository such as Zenodo, Figshare, or a similar platform)
WS-ACAI-2025 Programme – Morning of 26 October
Each paper: presentation; up to 10 minutes, discussion; up to 10 minutes
09:00-09:10; Chairs; Paulo Vieira; Open the WorkShop - Editorial + Sentience Computation
09:15 - 09:35; W31-2; Jamy Li and Yasmina Ndjamo; Personality and U.S. Adult Belief in Sentient A.I.
09:40 - 10:00; W31-3; Fernando Rodriguez and Phil Husbands; Compression of time: Temporality in cognitive and artificial systems
10:05 - 10:30; W31-6; Markus And Co-Autor-Sêlèn-Chatgtp Ofner; Resonance Spaces for AI: A new Pathway to Consciousness-Oriented Development in Artificial Intelligence
10:30-11:00; ECAI Coffee break
11:05 - 11:25; W31-7; Mounesh K and Teja Sree; Will AI Become Conscious? Investigating Non-Life Consciousness, Evolution, and Risks of Self-Aware Machines
11:30 - 11: 50; W31-8; Abinas Roy; Consciousness: Philosophical ideas exploring non-computational nature of AI
11:55 - 12:05; Chairs; Closing the WS-ACAI-2025
Call For Papers
The goal of this WS is to gather Knowledge about Cognition and Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence. For guidance, some possible (but not limiting) topics:
Definition of Cognition-Consciousness in Computing Systems
Measures of Cognition-Consciousness in Computing Systems
The Emergence of Consciousness in Computing Systems
Conscious Models Solving Problems
Models with Cognition
Practical Applications of Conscious Systems
Risks and Challenges in AI Conscious
Ethics and Alignment of the Computational Conscious Systems
Changes in Human Morality Due to Conscious Computing Systems
Conscious Artificial Intelligence
Cognitive Artificial Intelligence
Chairs
Paulo Vieira, from academy, Polytechnic of Guarda
Celestino Gonçalves, from academy, Polytechnic of Guarda
WorkShop Organization
Paulo Vieira, from academy, Polytechnic of Guarda
Celestino Gonçalves, from academy, Polytechnic of Guarda
Maria Rosa, from academy, Polytechnic of Guarda
Deep Learning students of the BSc in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, from academy, Polytechnic of Guarda
Program Committee Members
André Bordín, from the development Industry, COCUS Portugal
Celestino Gonçalves, from academy, Polytechnic University of Guarda
Diogo Ribeiro, from the development Industry, Critical TechWorks
Michele Farisco, from academy, Uppsala University
Paulo Vieira, from academy, Polytechnic University of Guarda
Figueredo Ramos, from Research Group, CISE - Electromechatronic Systems Research Centre (UBI-IPG)
Contact the ACAI 2025 organization
This WS is part of the ECAI 2025
